ON Semiconductor Corp. (NASDAQ: ON): A Suicide Machine Or A Millionaire’s Dream?

In the last trading session, 4.6 million shares of the ON Semiconductor Corp. (NASDAQ:ON) were traded, and its beta was 1.80. Most recently the company’s share price was $73.85, and it changed around $0.3 or 0.41% from the last close, which brings the market valuation of the company to $31.56B. ON currently trades at a discount to its 52-week high of $111.35, offering almost -50.78% off that amount. The share price’s 52-week low was $61.47, which indicates that the current value has risen by an impressive 16.76% since then. We note from ON Semiconductor Corp.’s average daily trading volume that its 10-day average is 6.09 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 7.47 million.

ON Semiconductor Corp. stock received a consensus recommendation rating of Buy, based on a mean score of 1.97. If we narrow it down even further, the data shows that 1 out of 21 analysts rate the stock as a Sell; another 5 rate it as Overweight. Among the rest, 6 recommended ON as a Hold, whereas 9 deemed it a Buy, and 0 rated it as Underweight. ON Semiconductor Corp. is expected to report earnings per share of $1.05 for the current quarter.

ON Semiconductor Corp. (NASDAQ:ON) trade information

Instantly ON has showed a green trend with a performance of 0.41% at the end of last trading. The performance over the last five days has remained in the red territory. The company’s shares are currently down -11.59% year-to-date, but still down -1.11% over the last five days. On the other hand, ON Semiconductor Corp. (NASDAQ:ON) is -6.42% down in the 30-day period. We can see from the shorts that 20.65 million shares have been sold at a short interest cover period of 3.21 day(s).

The consensus price target as assigned by Wall Street analysts is $86.69, which translates to bulls needing to increase their stock price by 14.81% from its current value. Analyst projections state that ON is forecast to be at a low of $60 and a high of $115.

ON Semiconductor Corp. (ON) estimates and forecasts

ON Semiconductor Corp. share prices are performing particularly well not compared to other companies within the same industry. As is evident from the statistics, the company’s shares have fallen -21.48 percent over the past six months and at a -15.89% annual growth rate that is well below the industry average of -11.10%. Moreover, analysts have decided to roll up on their fiscal year 2024 revenue estimates. The rating firms predict that it will loss -11.80% in revenue this quarter, and will report a decrease of -24.10% in the next quarter. The year-over-year growth rate is expected to be -8.80%, down from the previous year.

Consensus estimates provided by 26 financial analysts predict the company will bring in an average of $1.85 billion in revenue for the current quarter. 26 analysts expect ON Semiconductor Corp. to make $1.83 billion in revenue for the quarter ending Jun 2024. The company’s sales for the same quarters a year ago were $1.92 billion and $2.09 billion respectively. Analysts predict that the company’s current quarter sales will drop, forecast at -3.70%. Forecasts for the next quarter put sales growth at -12.70%.

Looking at the company’s year-over-year earnings, the past five years showed a positive earnings growth rate of 27.71%. ON Semiconductor Corp. earnings are expected to increase by -17.70% in 2024, but the outlook is positive 4.61% per year for the next five years.

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ON Semiconductor Corp.’s next quarterly earnings report is expected to be released around April 29 and May 03.

ON Semiconductor Corp. (NASDAQ:ON)’s Major holders

Upon looking at major shareholders, it appears that insiders hold 0.41% of ON Semiconductor Corp. shares, and 102.42% of them are in the hands of institutional investors. The stock currently has a share float of 102.84%. ON Semiconductor Corp. stock is held by 1,301 institutions, with FMR, LLC being the largest institutional investor. By Jun 29, 2023, it held 12.99% of the shares, which is about 56.08 million shares worth $5.3 billion.

Vanguard Group Inc, with 11.61% or 50.16 million shares worth $4.74 billion as of Jun 29, 2023, holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares.

Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and Vanguard 500 Index Fund were the top two Mutual Funds as of Jun 29, 2023. The former held 13.47 million shares worth $1.27 billion, making up 3.12% of all outstanding shares. On the other hand, Vanguard 500 Index Fund held roughly 10.28 million shares worth around $972.53 million, which represents about 2.38% of the total shares outstanding.