Allegro MicroSystems’ (ALGM) “Buy” Rating Reaffirmed at Needham & Company LLC

Needham & Company LLC reaffirmed their buy rating on shares of Allegro MicroSystems (NASDAQ:ALGMFree Report) in a research note released on Wednesday, Benzinga reports. Needham & Company LLC currently has a $50.00 price objective on the stock.

A number of other brokerages also recently issued reports on ALGM. TheStreet downgraded Allegro MicroSystems from a b- rating to a c+ rating in a report on Thursday, May 18th. Mizuho boosted their price objective on Allegro MicroSystems from $50.00 to $56.00 in a report on Thursday, July 20th. Wolfe Research assumed coverage on Allegro MicroSystems in a research note on Wednesday, July 19th. They set a market perform rating for the company. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their target price on Allegro MicroSystems from $52.00 to $60.00 in a report on Wednesday, July 26th. Finally, Barclays boosted their target price on Allegro MicroSystems from $50.00 to $60.00 in a report on Thursday, July 20th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and five have assigned a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of Moderate Buy and a consensus price target of $52.33.

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Allegro MicroSystems Price Performance

Shares of ALGM stock opened at $43.22 on Wednesday. The firm has a market cap of $8.29 billion, a P/E ratio of 45.02 and a beta of 1.72. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.03, a quick ratio of 3.11 and a current ratio of 4.03. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $44.00 and its 200-day moving average price is $42.38. Allegro MicroSystems has a fifty-two week low of $19.80 and a fifty-two week high of $53.05.

Allegro MicroSystems (NASDAQ:ALGMGet Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, May 10th. The company reported $0.33 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.32 by $0.01. The business had revenue of $240.53 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $265.00 million. Allegro MicroSystems had a return on equity of 22.37% and a net margin of 19.83%. On average, equities research analysts anticipate that Allegro MicroSystems will post 1.22 earnings per share for the current year.

Institutional Trading of Allegro MicroSystems

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. FMR LLC grew its stake in Allegro MicroSystems by 43.3% in the 1st quarter. FMR LLC now owns 8,058,071 shares of the company’s stock valued at $386,707,000 after buying an additional 2,436,308 shares during the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its stake in shares of Allegro MicroSystems by 4.1% in the third quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 6,633,415 shares of the company’s stock worth $144,940,000 after acquiring an additional 263,189 shares during the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. raised its stake in shares of Allegro MicroSystems by 4.3% in the first quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 4,152,293 shares of the company’s stock worth $117,924,000 after acquiring an additional 170,171 shares during the last quarter. Clearbridge Investments LLC raised its stake in shares of Allegro MicroSystems by 18.6% during the first quarter. Clearbridge Investments LLC now owns 4,029,946 shares of the company’s stock worth $114,450,000 after buying an additional 632,036 shares during the last quarter. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its stake in shares of Allegro MicroSystems by 3.1% during the first quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 3,134,307 shares of the company’s stock worth $150,415,000 after buying an additional 93,540 shares during the last quarter. 50.41% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

About Allegro MicroSystems

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Allegro MicroSystems, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, and markets sensor integrated circuits (ICs) and application-specific analog power ICs for motion control and energy-efficient systems. Its products include magnetic sensor ICs, such as position, speed, and current sensor ICs; power ICs comprising motor driver ICs, regulator and LED driver ICs, and isolated gate drivers; and photonic and advanced 3D sensing components.

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