Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Limited (NASDAQ:AOSL) Shares Sold by Uniplan Investment Counsel Inc.

Uniplan Investment Counsel Inc. lessened its holdings in shares of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Limited (NASDAQ:AOSL) by 1.1% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 191,776 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 2,071 shares during the quarter. Uniplan Investment Counsel Inc.’s holdings in Alpha and Omega Semiconductor were worth $7,101,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other large investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC lifted its stake in shares of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor by 456.7% in the fourth quarter. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC now owns 9,313 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $345,000 after buying an additional 7,640 shares in the last quarter. MetLife Investment Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor by 8.2% during the 4th quarter. MetLife Investment Management LLC now owns 14,605 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $541,000 after purchasing an additional 1,101 shares during the last quarter. First Trust Advisors LP purchased a new stake in shares of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $613,000. XTX Topco Ltd acquired a new stake in shares of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $344,000. Finally, Barclays PLC lifted its position in Alpha and Omega Semiconductor by 73.9% during the fourth quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 70,179 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $2,599,000 after buying an additional 29,820 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 78.97% of the company’s stock.

Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Price Performance

NASDAQ:AOSL opened at $16.25 on Tuesday. Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Limited has a 52 week low of $15.90 and a 52 week high of $53.29. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $26.03 and its two-hundred day moving average is $33.66. The company has a market capitalization of $477.99 million, a P/E ratio of -20.31 and a beta of 2.48. The company has a quick ratio of 1.50, a current ratio of 2.72 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.03.

Alpha and Omega Semiconductor (NASDAQ:AOSL) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 5th. The semiconductor company reported ($0.18) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.08 by ($0.26). Alpha and Omega Semiconductor had a negative net margin of 3.46% and a negative return on equity of 0.23%. Equities analysts expect that Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Limited will post -0.82 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several analysts have issued reports on the company. Benchmark upped their target price on Alpha and Omega Semiconductor from $40.00 to $42.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, February 6th. StockNews.com lowered shares of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Thursday, April 17th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus cut their price objective on shares of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor from $30.00 to $18.00 and set a “sell” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, April 17th.

About Alpha and Omega Semiconductor

Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Limited designs, develops, and supplies power semiconductor products for computing, consumer electronics, communication, and industrial applications in Hong Kong, China, South Korea, the United States, and internationally. It offers power discrete products, including metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFET), SRFETs, XSFET, electrostatic discharge, protected MOSFETs, high and mid-voltage MOSFETs, and insulated gate bipolar transistors for use in smart phone chargers, battery packs, notebooks, desktop and servers, data centers, base stations, graphics card, game boxes, TVs, AC adapters, power supplies, motor control, power tools, E-vehicles, white goods and industrial motor drives, UPS systems, solar inverters, and industrial welding.