Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. Semtech Corp shares valued at $33,120 were sold by Walsh Paul V Jr on Oct 22 ’25. At $66.24 per share, Walsh Paul V Jr sold 500 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 26,779 shares worth approximately $1.86 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Walsh Paul V Jr purchased 1,500 shares, netting a total of over 99,360 in proceeds.
Before that, Lin Mark had sold 971 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $70,713, the EVP and CFO traded Semtech Corp shares for $72.83 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 971 shares, worth approximately $1.24 million.
As published in their initiating research note from TD Cowen on October 01, 2025, Semtech Corp [SMTC] has been a Buy and the price target has been revised to $75. Analysts at Oppenheimer upgraded the stock from ‘”a Perform”‘ to ‘”an Outperform”‘ outlook in a report released in late September. As of April 07, 2025, Morgan Stanley has initiated its “an Equal-weight” rating for SMTC. Earlier on March 14, 2025, Craig Hallum resumed its rating. Their recommendation was “a Buy” for SMTC stock.
Analyzing SMTC Stock Performance
On last trading session, Semtech Corp [NASDAQ: SMTC] plunged -1.25% to $69.56. The stock’s lowest price that day was $68.2776, but it reached a high of $72.5 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 6.80%. Over the course of the year, Semtech Corp shares have jumped approximately 52.98%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $79.52 on 01/22/25 and a 52-week low of $24.05 on 04/21/25.
Support And Resistance Levels for Semtech Corp (SMTC)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 67.73, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 65.89. In the upper region, resistance lies at 71.95. The next price resistance is at 74.33. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 55.44 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
Is Semtech Corp subject to short interest?
Stocks of Semtech Corp saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-10-15 dropping by -1.38 million shares to 6.61 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-09-15 was 8.0 million shares. A decline of -20.94% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 3.55 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 3.55.
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In terms of Semtech Corp share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 63.5 in the next 12 months, down nearly -9.85% from the previous closing price of $70.44. Analysts anticipate Semtech Corp stock to reach 81 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 43. In spite of this, 14 analysts ranked Semtech Corp stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On January 17, 2025, UBS assigned a price target of “a Buy” to the stock and initiated coverage with a $85.
