Voya Investment Management LLC reduced its position in shares of Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ:XLNX) by 4.5% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 158,713 shares of the programmable devices maker’s stock after selling 7,415 shares during the period. Voya Investment Management LLC owned approximately 0.06% of Xilinx worth $7,455,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Filament purchased a new position in Xilinx during the fourth quarter worth $363,000. Jay D. Rosenbaum boosted its position in shares of Xilinx by 1.2% in the fourth quarter. Jay D. Rosenbaum now owns 21,275 shares of the programmable devices maker’s stock valued at $999,000 after buying an additional 250 shares during the last quarter. Cibc World Markets Corp boosted its position in shares of Xilinx by 19.1% in the fourth quarter. Cibc World Markets Corp now owns 21,308 shares of the programmable devices maker’s stock valued at $1,001,000 after buying an additional 3,410 shares during the last quarter. GSA Capital Partners LLP bought a new position in shares of Xilinx during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $1,031,000. Finally, Capstone Asset Management Company boosted its position in shares of Xilinx by 3.3% in the fourth quarter. Capstone Asset Management Company now owns 22,051 shares of the programmable devices maker’s stock valued at $1,036,000 after buying an additional 705 shares during the last quarter.

Shares of Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ:XLNX) opened at 47.49 on Tuesday. The company’s 50-day moving average is $47.72 and its 200-day moving average is $46.41. Xilinx, Inc. has a one year low of $38.73 and a one year high of $50.72. The company has a market capitalization of $12.14 billion and a PE ratio of 23.65.

Xilinx (NASDAQ:XLNX) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, January 20th. The programmable devices maker reported $0.49 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $0.49. The business had revenue of $566 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $554.50 million. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.62 earnings per share. Xilinx’s revenue was down 4.6% on a year-over-year basis. Equities analysts predict that Xilinx, Inc. will post $2.03 earnings per share for the current year.

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 16th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, March 2nd were given a $0.31 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, February 29th. This represents a $1.24 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.61%.

Several equities analysts have recently commented on the stock. Nomura increased their price target on shares of Xilinx from $41.00 to $43.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 21st. Barclays increased their price target on shares of Xilinx from $41.00 to $43.00 in a research report on Thursday, January 14th. BMO Capital Markets increased their price target on shares of Xilinx from $57.00 to $60.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, March 14th. Jefferies Group increased their price target on shares of Xilinx from $48.00 to $49.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 21st. Finally, Zacks Investment Research raised shares of Xilinx from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $55.00 price target on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, February 23rd. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, sixteen have assigned a hold rating, eight have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. Xilinx presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $49.24.

In other Xilinx news, VP Steven L. Glaser sold 7,539 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 29th. The shares were sold at an average price of $48.32, for a total value of $364,284.48. Following the transaction, the vice president now directly owns 15,588 shares in the company, valued at $753,212.16. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, Director John Michael Patterson sold 12,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, February 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $48.09, for a total transaction of $577,080.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now owns 14,060 shares in the company, valued at $676,145.40. The disclosure for this sale can be found here.

Xilinx, Inc (NASDAQ:XLNX) designs and develops programmable devices and associated technologies. The Company’s programmable devices and associated technologies include integrated circuits (IC) in the form of programmable logic devices (PLD); software design tools to program the PLDs; targeted reference designs; printed circuit boards, and intellectual property (IP), which consists of Xilinx, and third-party verification and IP cores.