Chip manufacturer NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ: NXPI) will be reporting results tomorrow afternoon. Here’s what to look for.
NXP Semiconductors met analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $3.11 billion, down 9.1% year on year. It was a mixed quarter for the company, with a narrow beat of analysts’ EPS estimates but an increase in its inventory levels.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting NXP Semiconductors’s revenue to decline 9.5% year on year to $2.83 billion, a deceleration from its flat revenue in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $2.60 per share.
Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. NXP Semiconductors has only missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates once over the last two years, exceeding top-line expectations by 1.2% on average.
Looking at NXP Semiconductors’s peers in the semiconductors segment, some have already reported their Q1 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Texas Instruments delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 11.1%, beating analysts’ expectations by 4.1%, and Impinj reported a revenue decline of 3.3%, topping estimates by 3.7%. Texas Instruments traded up 6.7% following the results while Impinj was also up 16.9%.
Read our full analysis of Texas Instruments’s results here and Impinj’s results here.
Questions about potential tariffs and corporate tax changes have caused much volatility in 2025. While some of the semiconductor stocks have shown solid performance in this choppy environment, the group has generally underperformed, with share prices down 4.7% on average over the last month. NXP Semiconductors is up 1.2% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $241.29 (compared to the current share price of $192.40).
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