Tower Semiconductor (NASDAQ:TSEM) Trading 6.4% Higher - Here's What Happened

Shares of Tower Semiconductor Ltd. (NASDAQ:TSEM - Get Free Report) shot up 6.4% during mid-day trading on Tuesday . The company traded as high as $118.47 and last traded at $119.0080. 512,890 shares were traded during mid-day trading, a decline of 47% from the average session volume of 968,337 shares. The stock had previously closed at $111.86.

Analyst Ratings Changes

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Several brokerages recently issued reports on TSEM. Benchmark raised their target price on shares of Tower Semiconductor from $73.00 to $120.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 11th. Wedbush raised their price objective on Tower Semiconductor from $85.00 to $125.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 11th. Weiss Ratings reissued a "hold (c)" rating on shares of Tower Semiconductor in a report on Tuesday, November 25th. Barclays raised their price target on Tower Semiconductor from $74.00 to $97.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a report on Tuesday, November 11th. Finally, Susquehanna lifted their price objective on shares of Tower Semiconductor from $100.00 to $135.00 and gave the stock a "positive" rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 11th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Tower Semiconductor has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $119.25.

Check Out Our Latest Analysis on TSEM

Tower Semiconductor Stock Performance

• Left for dead, Tower Semiconductor is a phoenix rising

The company has a market cap of $13.01 billion, a P/E ratio of 67.37 and a beta of 0.94. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $83.63 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $61.11. The company has a quick ratio of 5.50, a current ratio of 6.57 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05.

Tower Semiconductor (NASDAQ:TSEM - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, November 10th. The semiconductor company reported $0.55 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $0.55. The business had revenue of $395.67 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $394.98 million. Tower Semiconductor had a return on equity of 7.37% and a net margin of 13.20%.The firm's quarterly revenue was up 6.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.57 EPS. On average, research analysts predict that Tower Semiconductor Ltd. will post 1.67 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Tower Semiconductor

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A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Mackenzie Financial Corp boosted its holdings in Tower Semiconductor by 2.6% in the 3rd quarter. Mackenzie Financial Corp now owns 5,053 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $359,000 after purchasing an additional 127 shares during the period. Mariner LLC increased its holdings in shares of Tower Semiconductor by 2.4% during the third quarter. Mariner LLC now owns 8,815 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $637,000 after purchasing an additional 207 shares during the period. Westside Investment Management Inc. raised its position in shares of Tower Semiconductor by 100.0% in the third quarter. Westside Investment Management Inc. now owns 452 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $34,000 after buying an additional 226 shares in the last quarter. Blue Trust Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Tower Semiconductor by 14.8% in the second quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 1,764 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $76,000 after buying an additional 227 shares during the period. Finally, CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC boosted its stake in shares of Tower Semiconductor by 254.2% in the third quarter. CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC now owns 418 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $30,000 after buying an additional 300 shares during the period. 70.51% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

About Tower Semiconductor

Tower Semiconductor Ltd., an independent semiconductor foundry, focus on specialty process technologies to manufacture analog intensive mixed-signal semiconductor devices in Israel, the United States, Japan, Europe, and internationally. It provides various customizable process technologies, including SiGe, BiCMOS, mixed signal/CMOS, RF CMOS, CMOS image sensor, integrated power management, and MEMS.

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