Key Points
- CFO Steve Manko sold 50,000 shares on Nov. 14 at an average price of $17.40 for $870,000, reducing his stake by 15.28% to 277,122 shares (valued at about $4.82M).
- The Nov. 14 sale continues a pattern of insider selling — Manko also sold 60,829 shares on Sept. 26 and 43,383 shares on Sept. 22, with these recent disposals totaling roughly $2.6M.
- Company performance is mixed: SkyWater beat Q3 EPS ($0.24) and revenue estimates, but issued negative Q4 2025 guidance (‑$0.080 to ‑$0.040) and analysts expect a full-year EPS loss; the stock is trading down and carries a "Moderate Buy" consensus with an average target of $21.50.
SkyWater Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:SKYT - Get Free Report) CEO Thomas Sonderman sold 5,207 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, November 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of $17.00, for a total transaction of $88,519.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 526,967 shares in the company, valued at $8,958,439. This trade represents a 0.98% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink.
Thomas Sonderman also recently made the following trade(s):
- On Wednesday, September 10th, Thomas Sonderman sold 8,355 shares of SkyWater Technology stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $10.58, for a total transaction of $88,395.90.
SkyWater Technology Stock Down 5.4%
Shares of NASDAQ SKYT opened at $15.71 on Wednesday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.61, a current ratio of 0.67 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.17. The business's 50 day moving average is $16.61 and its two-hundred day moving average is $12.28. SkyWater Technology, Inc. has a 52-week low of $5.67 and a 52-week high of $24.23. The firm has a market cap of $762.09 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 6.09 and a beta of 3.49.
SkyWater Technology (NASDAQ:SKYT - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November 5th. The company reported $0.24 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.17) by $0.41. The business had revenue of $150.74 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $135.50 million. SkyWater Technology had a negative return on equity of 4.96% and a net margin of 36.36%. SkyWater Technology has set its Q4 2025 guidance at -0.080-0.040 EPS. Research analysts predict that SkyWater Technology, Inc. will post -0.22 EPS for the current year.
Analyst Ratings Changes
SKYT has been the topic of several analyst reports. TD Cowen increased their price objective on SkyWater Technology from $22.00 to $24.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Thursday, November 6th. Cowen restated a "buy" rating on shares of SkyWater Technology in a report on Thursday, November 6th. Jefferies Financial Group raised SkyWater Technology to a "hold" rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. Piper Sandler boosted their price objective on SkyWater Technology from $12.00 to $17.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research report on Thursday, November 6th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a "sell (e+)" rating on shares of SkyWater Technology in a report on Monday. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, one has given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $21.50.
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Institutional Investors Weigh In On SkyWater Technology
A number of hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in SKYT. Federated Hermes Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of SkyWater Technology during the 2nd quarter worth $25,000. BNP Paribas Financial Markets boosted its position in SkyWater Technology by 56.4% during the second quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 2,749 shares of the company's stock worth $27,000 after purchasing an additional 991 shares in the last quarter. Financial Management Professionals Inc. acquired a new stake in SkyWater Technology in the second quarter valued at $32,000. CWM LLC grew its stake in SkyWater Technology by 320.2% in the 1st quarter. CWM LLC now owns 5,719 shares of the company's stock valued at $41,000 after acquiring an additional 4,358 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Russell Investments Group Ltd. increased its holdings in SkyWater Technology by 814.1% during the 3rd quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. now owns 2,468 shares of the company's stock valued at $46,000 after acquiring an additional 2,198 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 70.00% of the company's stock.
About SkyWater Technology
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SkyWater Technology, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a pure-play technology foundry that engages in the provision of semiconductor development, manufacturing, and packaging services in the United States. The company offers engineering and process development support services to co-create technologies with customers; and semiconductor manufacturing services for various silicon-based analog and mixed-signal, micro-electromechanical systems, and rad-hard integrated circuits.
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