Semiconductors

According to a research report, Citi raises Linear Technology's (NASDAQ: LLTC) price target from $31 to $36. Citi continued, “We anticipate LLTC will guide Jun-Q to grow 4%-8% to $321M-334M, vs. the Street's +5.3%/$329M. Continued industrial recovery (39% bookings) and automotive strength (17%...

Analysts at Credit Suisse upgraded Esterline Technologies Corp (NYSE: ESL) from “neutral” to “outperform.” ESL's shares closed at $66.93 on Friday. Esterline Technologies' trailing-twelve-month operating margin is 12.65%. Piper Jaffray upgraded Home Depot Inc (NYSE: HD) from “neutral” to “...

Shares of LSI Corporation (NYSE: LSI) are lower on the session by 1.09%, currently trading at $8.63. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past three months and is currently trading above the 50-day moving average. Options traders are focusing on calls today. The strike seeing the...

Micrel, Inc. (Nasdaq: MCRL), today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire a controlling interest in PhaseLink Company Limited, a private company based in Taiwan and Silicon Valley. The acquisition is intended to complement Micrel's high performance clock generation and...

Shares of Linear Technology (NASDAQ: LLTC) are lower on the session by 0.77%, currently trading at $33.52. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past two weeks and is currently trading above the 50-day moving average. Options traders are focusing on puts today. The strike seeing the...

Shares of Linear Technology (NASDAQ: LLTC) are lower on the session by 0.77%, currently trading at $33.52. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past two weeks and is currently trading above the 50-day moving average. Options traders are focusing on puts today. The strike seeing the...

Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: LSCC) announced today that its Board of Directors has approved a stock repurchase program pursuant to which up to $20 million of its outstanding common stock may be repurchased from time to time. The duration of the repurchase program is twelve months....

Shares of Linear Technology (NASDAQ: LLTC) are higher on the session by 1.05%, currently trading at $33.76. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past three months and is currently trading above the 50-day moving average. Options traders are focusing on calls today. The strike seeing...

Below are the top mid-cap semiconductor-specialized stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of cash. NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) had $2.75 billion in total cash and $21.95 million in total debt for the latest quarter. Xilinx Inc (NASDAQ: XLNX) had $1.76 billion in total cash and $903.06...

Stifel Nicolaus reiterates its Buy rating on Microchip Technology (NASDAQ: MCHP) and raises its price target to $42 from $41 a share as it appears the December quarter marked a trough to current downturn in the company's revenues. Stifel Nicolaus says, "Management believes the company is seeing...

Microchip Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MCHP) today announced a 25% performance increase on its dsPIC33F “GS” series of Digital Signal Controllers for Switch Mode Power Supplies. Now featuring 50 MIPS performance, the dsPIC33F “GS” series of DSCs include on-chip peripherals for digital-power...

Goldman Sachs maintains its Neutral rating on LSI (NYSE: LSI) and raises its price target by 50 cents to $7 on strong guidance from the company. Goldman Sachs says, "LSI reported 4Q11 sales of $523 mn (down 4% qoq), in line with the Street at $527 mn, and at the midpoint of guidance (down 9% to...

Shares of LSI (NYSE: LSI) are higher on the session by 11.72%, currently trading at $7.91. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past two months and is currently trading above the 50-day moving average. Options traders are focusing on calls today. The strike seeing the heaviest volume...

Some of the stocks that may grab investor focus today are: Wall Street expects AT&T Inc (NYSE: T) to post its Q4 EPS at $0.44 on revenue of $31.96 billion. AT&T shares fell 0.60% to $30.03 in after-hours trading. SanDisk Corp (NASDAQ: SNDK) reported a 42% drop in its fourth-quarter profit...

LSI Corporation (NYSE: LSI) today announced an expansion of its long-term strategic relationship with ARM, a leader in microprocessor intellectual property. The agreement will lead to new product solutions designed to address critical customer needs for accelerated performance as applications such...