How These Semiconductor Stocks are Faring? -- Inphi, Mellanox Technologies, FormFactor, and MACOM Technology Solutions

NEW YORK, December 5, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --

The Broad Line Semiconductor industry is engaged in the design, manufacturing, and marketing of a range of semiconductor products for use in computer systems, automobiles, telecommunications systems, and consumer products. Companies in this category tend to offer above-average dividend yields in comparison to the wider market. For today, Stock-Callers.com has lined up four equities for review: Inphi Corp. (NYSE: IPHI), Mellanox Technologies Ltd (NASDAQ: MLNX), FormFactor Inc. (NASDAQ: FORM), and MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: MTSI). Register now and get full and free access to our downloadable research reports on these stocks at:

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Inphi  

Last Friday, shares in Santa Clara, California headquartered Inphi Corp. ended the session 0.20% lower at $40.01. The stock recorded a trading volume of 2.01 million shares, which was above its three months average volume of 937,450 shares. The Company's shares have advanced 48.08% on an YTD basis. The stock is trading above its 200-day moving average by 12.58%. Furthermore, shares of Inphi, which provides high-speed analog and mixed signal semiconductor solutions for the communications, datacenter, and computing markets worldwide, have a Relative Strength Index (RSI) of 35.67.

On November 01^st, 2016, Inphi announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire ClariPhy Communications Inc., a leading provider of ultra-high-speed systems-on-chip (SoCs) for multi-terabit data, long haul and metro networking markets for $275 million in cash as well as the assumption of certain liabilities at the close. The acquisition is expected to close in December of 2016, at which time ClariPhy's employees are expected to join Inphi. Access our complete research report on IPHI for free at:

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Mellanox Technologies  

Yokneam, Israel headquartered Mellanox Technologies Ltd's stock finished 1.51% lower at $39.15. A total volume of 693,153 shares was traded, which was above their three months average volume of 647,260 shares. The Company's shares are trading below their 50-day moving average by 9.02%. Moreover, shares of Mellanox Technologies, which designs, manufactures, and sells interconnect products and solutions, have an RSI of 26.75.

On November 15^th, 2016, Liqid Inc. and Echostreams announced partnership with Mellanox to deliver high performance data transfer nodes of 200Gbps throughput in a compact 1U form factor. The EchoStreams FlacheSAN1N Flash Array, built with Liqid NVMe technology and Mellanox InfiniBand adapters, provides the industry's highest performance 1U NVMe all-flash node, achieving up to 24GB per second and 3.5 million IOPS with latencies around 200µs. A single 1RU node holds up to 32TB of data.

On November 21^st, 2016, research firm Jefferies downgraded the Company's stock rating from 'Hold' to 'Underperform'. The complimentary research report on MLNX can be downloaded at:

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FormFactor  

Shares in Livermore, California headquartered FormFactor Inc. closed the day flat at $10.35. The stock recorded a trading volume of 345,193 shares. The Company's shares have gained 19.65% in the last month and 15.00% since the start of this year. The stock is trading above its 200-day moving average by 15.65%. Moreover, shares of FormFactor, which designs, develops, manufactures, sells, and supports semiconductor probe card products worldwide, have an RSI of 44.50. Register for free on Stock-Callers.com and get access to the latest PDF format report on FORM at:

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MACOM Technology Solutions  

Lowell, Massachusetts headquartered MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings Inc.'s shares recorded a trading volume of 550,913 shares last Friday, which was above their three months average volume of 485,120 shares. The stock closed 2.35% higher at $47.13. The Company's shares have advanced 31.87% in the past month, 8.25% over the previous three months, and 15.26% on an YTD basis. The stock is trading 14.23% above its 50-day moving average and 19.20% above its 200-day moving average. Additionally, shares of MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, which together with its subsidiaries, designs and manufactures analog RF, microwave, millimeter wave, and photonic semiconductor solutions in the US, the Asia/Pacific, and internationally, have an RSI of 59.83.

On November 16^th, 2016, research firm Stifel reiterated its 'Buy' rating on the Company's stock with an increase of the target price from $50 a share to $52 a share.

On November 21^st, 2016, MACOM Technology announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Applied Micro Circuits Corporation, for approximately $8.36 per share, consisting of $3.25 in cash and 0.1089 MACOM's shares per share of AppliedMicro. This price for each share of AppliedMicro represented a 15.4% premium over the company's closing price of $7.25 on November 18^th, 2016. MACOM intends to divest the well-positioned but non-strategic Compute business within the first 100 days of closing. MACOM and AppliedMicro's pro-forma combined TTM revenue was approximately $709 million including AppliedMicro's Compute business, or approximately $644 million, excluding the Compute business. Download your free research report on MTSI at:

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