ZURICH: Swiss National Bank increased its stake in shares of Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ:XLNX) by 0.5% in the third quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 914,384 shares of the programmable devices maker’s stock after purchasing an additional 4,900 shares during the quarter. Swiss National Bank owned approximately 364,369.00% of Xilinx worth $64,766,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.
A number of other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in XLNX. HighTower Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of Xilinx by 0.9% in the first quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC now owns 7,106 shares of the programmable devices maker’s stock valued at $409,000 after purchasing an additional 60 shares during the period. Bank of Montreal Can grew its holdings in Xilinx by 463.9% during the second quarter. Bank of Montreal Can now owns 466,572 shares of the programmable devices maker’s stock worth $30,009,000 after acquiring an additional 383,829 shares during the period. NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V. grew its holdings in Xilinx by 217.1% during the second quarter. NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V. now owns 39,326 shares of the programmable devices maker’s stock worth $2,529,000 after acquiring an additional 26,925 shares during the period. Creative Planning grew its holdings in Xilinx by 52.9% during the second quarter. Creative Planning now owns 12,083 shares of the programmable devices maker’s stock worth $777,000 after acquiring an additional 4,182 shares during the period. Finally, State of Alaska Department of Revenue grew its holdings in Xilinx by 97.8% during the second quarter. State of Alaska Department of Revenue now owns 4,430 shares of the programmable devices maker’s stock worth $284,000 after acquiring an additional 2,190 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 95.22% of the company’s stock.
Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ XLNX) traded down $0.32 on Tuesday, reaching $72.17. The company had a trading volume of 1,580,907 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,623,004. The firm has a market cap of $18,090.00, a PE ratio of 30.75, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.01 and a beta of 1.10. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.70, a current ratio of 9.86 and a quick ratio of 9.35. Xilinx, Inc. has a 1 year low of $52.54 and a 1 year high of $75.14.
Xilinx (NASDAQ:XLNX) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October 25th. The programmable devices maker reported $0.65 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks’ consensus estimate of $0.63 by $0.02. The company had revenue of $620.00 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $620.99 million. Xilinx had a return on equity of 25.17% and a net margin of 25.93%. Xilinx’s revenue for the quarter was up 7.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.61 EPS. equities research analysts anticipate that Xilinx, Inc. will post 2.59 EPS for the current year.
The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, December 6th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, November 15th will be issued a $0.35 dividend. This represents a $1.40 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.94%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, November 14th. Xilinx’s payout ratio is currently 58.82%.
In related news, Director Elizabeth W. Vanderslice sold 2,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, November 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $72.20, for a total value of $180,500.00. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CEO Moshe Gavrielov sold 1,400 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, October 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $73.38, for a total value of $102,732.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 111,413 shares in the company, valued at approximately $8,175,485.94. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 213,127 shares of company stock valued at $15,135,685 over the last three months. Company insiders own 0.40% of the company’s stock.
