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Ambrish Srivastava of BMO Capital Markets maintains an Outperform rating on Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) with a price target boosted from $66 to $71 after attending the company's Analyst Day presentation. According to Srivastava, Xilinx's event on Monday focused on the company's commitment to expand...

Pacific Crest reiterated its Overweight rating on Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) after the company's analyst event strengthened its bullish stance on the stock. The brokerage also noted that Xilinx is taking share from Altera, which was bought by Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) last year. Altera...

Short interest in the leading semiconductor stocks was mixed again in late November. Short sellers piled on Analog Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADI) and Qorvo Inc (NASDAQ: QRVO) in particular during that time. Yet, the number of Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ: BRCM) shares short dropped sharply by month's...

Short interest in the leading semiconductor stocks was mixed again in early October. Short sellers piled on Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT), NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) and Qorvo Inc (NASDAQ: QRVO) in particular during that time. Several other chip stocks also saw double-digit...

While short interest in semiconductor stocks was mixed again in late September, upswings generally were stronger than downswings. Short sellers piled on Altera, Skyworks Solutions and Marvell Technology in particular during that time. Qorvo saw the only significant decline in the number...

Short sellers seemed to find much to like among the leading semiconductor-related stocks between the June 15 and June 30 settlement dates. That was particularly true of Maxim Integrated Products Inc. (NASDAQ: MXIM) and Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (NASDAQ: MRVL). On the other hand, short interest...

Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) on Monday announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) for $54 per share, valuing the entire transaction at around $16.7 billion. According to a press release, Intel stated that the acquisition will improve...

Among the leading semiconductor stocks, Altera (NASDAQ: ALTR), Broadcom (NASDAQ: BRCM) and Marvell Technology (NASDAQ: MRVL) saw the most significant swings in short interest between the June 13 and June 30 settlement dates. Like Broadcom, Avago Technologies, Cirrus Logic, Maxim Integrated...

Among the leading semiconductor stocks, Avago Technologies, (NASDAQ: AVGO), Marvell Technology (NASDAQ: MRVL) and Maxim Integrated Products (NASDAQ: MXIM) saw the most significant upswings in short interest between the April 30 and May 15 settlement dates. Gains in the number of shares short...

Monday, May 19, 2014, RBC released a report about the semiconductor industry putting the spotlight on the maturing market being a positive for rising free cash flow. RBC analyst Doug Freedman believes the business model is changing, and the valuations should too. The semiconductor industry...

Among the leading semiconductor stocks, Altera (NASDAQ: ALTR), Marvell Technology (NASDAQ: MRVL) and Maxim Integrated Products (NASDAQ: MXIM) saw the most significant swings in short interest between the April 15 and April 30 settlement dates. Short sellers also retreated from Advanced Micro...

Among the leading semiconductor stocks, Altera (NASDAQ: ALTR), Marvell Technology (NASDAQ: MRVL) and Xilinx (NASDAQ: XLNX) saw the most significant downswings in short interest between the March 31 and April 15 settlement dates. Short sellers also retreated from Applied Materials, ARM Holdings,...

Among the semiconductor stocks that analysts at J.P. Morgan expect to flourish in the coming year are Altera (NASDAQ: ALTR), Intel (NASDAQ: INTC), Texas Instruments (NASDAQ: TXN) and Xilinx (NASDAQ: XLNX). In a recent research report, J.P. Morgan was impressed by the strong start to the year that...

Among the leading semiconductor stocks, Altera (NASDAQ: ALTR), Marvell Technology (NASDAQ: MU) and Xilinx (NASDAQ: XLNX) saw the most significant swings in short interest between the January 15 and January 31 settlement dates. The number of shares sold short of Advanced Micro Devices, Applied...

Among the leading semiconductor stocks, Broadcom (NASDAQ: BRCM), Marvell Technology (NASDAQ: MU) and Maxim Integrated Products (NASDAQ: MXIM) saw the most significant swings in short interest between the December 31 and January 15 settlement dates. The number of shares sold short of Advanced Micro...