BN · rank #20 · 2026-07-21
NXPI
NASDAQ · $67.46B (USD)
The exact numbers the algorithm saw.
| Composite score Z-score blend of the factors below; drives the rank. | 0.08 |
|---|---|
| Forward revenue growth Consensus forward revenue growth. | +10.6% |
| Forward net margin Consensus forward net margin. | +22.8% |
| Net margin TTM Trailing twelve month net margin. | +21.0% |
| Margin expansion Forward minus trailing net margin (percentage points). | +1.8% |
| Forward PEG Forward P/E to growth. Below 1 is cheap for the growth. | 0.67 |
| Debt / FCF Net debt relative to free cash flow. Lower is safer. | 3.96× |
| Analyst upside Spread between the consensus 12m target and the current price. | +16.3% |
| Last EPS surprise Most recent reported EPS versus consensus. | +2% |
| Market cap (USD) | $67.46B |
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Summary
NXP Semiconductors is a leading automotive and industrial edge semiconductor supplier whose domain-specific SoCs, radar chips, and secure AI processors are deeply designed into multi-year vehicle and industrial platform lifecycles.
Rationale
The bottleneck-solver thesis is reinforced by NXP's single-chip radar SoCs with embedded L2/L2+ ADAS processing and S32N7 zonal processor, which are structural design-win bottlenecks in software-defined vehicles with long replacement cycles, supported by a 0.67 forward PEG and 16% analyst upside implying the market underprices this embedded position.
Material risks
- 1April 2026 distributor-level price increases risk accelerating share shifts to Texas Instruments or Infineon if automotive OEMs perceive NXP's value proposition as insufficient to justify the premium, directly threatening the design-win retention that underpins the bottleneck thesis.
- 2Earnings report due July 28, 2026 (7 days post as-of-date) creates binary near-term event risk; any Q2 revenue miss within the wide $3.35–$3.55B guidance range or softening automotive commentary could compress the multiple before the structural thesis plays out.
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