Zacks Research Expects Stronger Earnings for InterDigital

InterDigital, Inc. (NASDAQ:IDCC) – Investment analysts at Zacks Research boosted their FY2025 EPS estimates for InterDigital in a research note issued to investors on Tuesday, January 21st. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now anticipates that the Wireless communications provider will earn $5.33 per share for the year, up from their prior estimate of $5.25. The consensus estimate for InterDigital’s current full-year earnings is $13.67 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for InterDigital’s Q4 2025 earnings at $1.51 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.41 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.38 EPS and Q4 2026 earnings at $1.74 EPS.

Separately, StockNews.com downgraded shares of InterDigital from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, November 4th.

InterDigital Stock Up 1.2 %

IDCC opened at $176.87 on Friday. InterDigital has a twelve month low of $95.33 and a twelve month high of $207.08. The company has a quick ratio of 1.62, a current ratio of 1.62 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.03. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $189.31 and a 200 day moving average price of $158.36. The company has a market cap of $4.48 billion, a PE ratio of 18.90, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.97 and a beta of 1.44.

InterDigital Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, January 22nd. Investors of record on Wednesday, January 8th were paid a dividend of $0.45 per share. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, January 8th. This represents a $1.80 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.02%. InterDigital’s dividend payout ratio is presently 19.23%.

Insider Activity at InterDigital

In related news, insider Joshua D. Schmidt sold 140 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, November 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $182.19, for a total transaction of $25,506.60. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now owns 24,138 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $4,397,702.22. This represents a 0.58 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, CEO Lawrence Liren Chen sold 5,891 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, December 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $195.34, for a total transaction of $1,150,747.94. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 164,543 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $32,141,829.62. This represents a 3.46 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last quarter, insiders sold 12,622 shares of company stock valued at $2,433,251. Corporate insiders own 2.30% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of InterDigital

Several hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Disciplined Growth Investors Inc. MN grew its stake in shares of InterDigital by 3.6% in the 3rd quarter. Disciplined Growth Investors Inc. MN now owns 1,132,818 shares of the Wireless communications provider’s stock valued at $160,441,000 after buying an additional 39,891 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC grew its stake in shares of InterDigital by 0.7% in the 3rd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 592,754 shares of the Wireless communications provider’s stock valued at $83,968,000 after buying an additional 3,975 shares during the period. Reinhart Partners LLC. grew its stake in shares of InterDigital by 83.8% in the 4th quarter. Reinhart Partners LLC. now owns 360,238 shares of the Wireless communications provider’s stock valued at $69,785,000 after buying an additional 164,223 shares during the period. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. grew its stake in shares of InterDigital by 28.9% in the 3rd quarter. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. now owns 214,783 shares of the Wireless communications provider’s stock valued at $30,420,000 after buying an additional 48,137 shares during the period. Finally, Emerald Advisers LLC grew its stake in shares of InterDigital by 50.3% in the 3rd quarter. Emerald Advisers LLC now owns 180,987 shares of the Wireless communications provider’s stock valued at $25,633,000 after buying an additional 60,575 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 99.83% of the company’s stock.

InterDigital Company Profile

InterDigital, Inc operates as a global research and development company with focus primarily on wireless, visual, artificial intelligence (AI), and related technologies. The company engages in the design and development of technologies that enable connected in a range of communications and entertainment products and services, which are licensed to companies providing such products and services, including makers of wireless communications, consumer electronics, IoT devices, and cars and other motor vehicles, as well as providers of cloud-based services, such as video streaming.