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Bear of the Day: Diodes (DIOD)
With a slew of promising semiconductor stocks to choose from, investors may want to avoid Diodes (DIOD - Free Report) at the moment which lands a Zacks Rank #5 (Strong Sell) and the Bear of the Day.
This comes as the supplier of high-quality discrete and analog semiconductor products says it's grappling with a slower-than-expected recovery in the consumer, communications, and computing markets.
Growth Concerns
Reporting its first quarter results in early May, Diodes’ Q1 sales of $301.97 million missed estimates by -1% and dropped -35% from $467.24 million a year ago. Furthermore, Q1 earnings of $0.28 per share fell -82% from EPS of $1.59 in the comparative quarter despite slightly edging expectations.
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Declining Earnings Estimates
Following mixed Q1 results, the earnings outlook for Diodes has begun to slip over the last 30 days with FY24 EPS estimates falling -20% from $2.55 per share to $1.80 a share. More concerning is that FY25 EPS projections have dipped -13% despite a rebound forecasted in Diodes bottom line next year to $4.06 a share although this is down from estimates of $4.67 per share a month ago.
In contrast, many chipmakers have seen a positive trend of earnings estimate revisions including of course Nvidia (NVDA - Free Report) and closer peers to Diodes such as Alpha and Omega Semiconductor (AOSL - Free Report) , Amkor Technology (AMKR - Free Report) , and Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO - Free Report) .
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The CEO Just Sold Shares
What may also concern investors and dampen the optimism for a rebound in Diodes' bottom line is that CEO and Director Keh Shew Lu sold 13,216 of his DIOD shares for a total of $965,462 on May, 14. Notably, Lu controls over 900,000 shares of the company with 369,992 shares held directly and 599,143 shares held indirectly according to the Form-4 filing with the SEC.
Bottom Line
Given there are so many promising semiconductor companies to invest in, Diodes’ stock may not be worth the risk at the moment considering the downward trend of earnings estiamte revisons and insider selling.