Insider Selling: Silvaco Group (NASDAQ:SVCO) Insider Sells 8,300 Shares of Stock

Silvaco Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:SVCO) insider Candace Jackson sold 8,300 shares of Silvaco Group stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, November 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $4.25, for a total value of $35,275.00. Following the transaction, the insider owned 43,069 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $183,043.25. This represents a 16.16% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website.

Silvaco Group Price Performance

Silvaco Group stock traded up $0.24 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, hitting $4.25. 149,988 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 137,496. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $5.50 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $5.01. Silvaco Group, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $3.55 and a fifty-two week high of $9.93. The stock has a market cap of $130.22 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -4.13 and a beta of 3.18.

Silvaco Group (NASDAQ:SVCO) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November 12th. The company reported ($0.07) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.04) by ($0.03). The company had revenue of $18.67 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $15.95 million. Silvaco Group had a negative net margin of 47.59% and a negative return on equity of 15.53%. Silvaco Group has set its Q4 2025 guidance at EPS. On average, research analysts anticipate that Silvaco Group, Inc. will post -0.76 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Silvaco Group

Several institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Nisa Investment Advisors LLC grew its position in Silvaco Group by 4,961.5% during the second quarter. Nisa Investment Advisors LLC now owns 5,264 shares of the company’s stock worth $25,000 after buying an additional 5,160 shares in the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. acquired a new position in Silvaco Group in the 2nd quarter valued at $38,000. Blair William & Co. IL bought a new stake in shares of Silvaco Group during the 1st quarter valued at $46,000. Strs Ohio acquired a new stake in shares of Silvaco Group during the 1st quarter worth $50,000. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its holdings in shares of Silvaco Group by 27.3% during the 2nd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 13,483 shares of the company’s stock worth $64,000 after purchasing an additional 2,895 shares in the last quarter.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities research analysts have issued reports on SVCO shares. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of Silvaco Group from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Saturday. Rosenblatt Securities reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $12.00 target price on shares of Silvaco Group in a research note on Tuesday, November 4th. TD Cowen reduced their price target on Silvaco Group from $10.00 to $8.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, August 8th. Jefferies Financial Group raised Silvaco Group to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, October 28th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reissued a “sell (e+)” rating on shares of Silvaco Group in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, four have issued a Buy rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $11.25.

About Silvaco Group

Silvaco Group Inc is a provider of TCAD, EDA software and SIP solutions which enable semiconductor design and AI through software and innovation. The company’s solutions are used for process and device development across display, power devices, automotive, memory, high performance compute, photonics, internet of things and 5G/6G mobile markets for complex SoC design.