Semtech Corp’s recently made public that its Director Fischer Gregory Michael unloaded Company’s shares for reported $78067.0 on Jan 09 ’26. In the deal valued at $75.50 per share,1,034 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, Fischer Gregory Michael now holds 2,857 shares worth roughly $0.22 million.
Then, WILSON JOHN MICHAEL sold 5,000 shares, generating $375,600 in total proceeds. Upon selling the shares at $75.12, the Chief Quality Officer and CTO now owns 60,066 shares.
Before that, Gillai Saar sold 3,600 shares. Semtech Corp shares valued at $270,945 were divested by the Director at a price of $75.26 per share. As a result of the transaction, Gillai Saar now holds 9,523 shares, worth roughly $0.72 million.
Summit Insights upgraded its Semtech Corp [SMTC] rating to a Buy from a a Hold in a research note published recently. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including TD Cowen’s analysts, who began to cover the stock in early October with a ‘”a Buy”‘ rating. Oppenheimer also remained covering SMTC and has increased its forecast on September 30, 2025 with a “an Outperform” recommendation from previously “Perform” rating. Morgan Stanley started covering the stock on April 07, 2025. It rated SMTC as “an Equal-weight”.
Price Performance Review of SMTC
On Tuesday, Semtech Corp [NASDAQ:SMTC] saw its stock fall -4.64% to $75.98. Over the last five days, the stock has lost -1.89%. Semtech Corp shares have risen nearly 14.86% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 3.11% over the past one year.
How much short interest is there in Semtech Corp?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Semtech Corp stocks on 2025-12-31, dropping by -0.62 million shares to a total of 5.56 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-11-28 was 6.18 million shares. There was a decline of -11.12%, which implies that there is a negative sentiment for the stock.
The most recent change occurred on March 14, 2025 when Craig Hallum resumed its ‘”a Buy”‘ rating for the stock and retained the price target to $55.
