as of Jul 8
NXPI
GrowthNXP SEMICONDUCTOR NV
NXP Semiconductors N.V. provides semiconductor products in the United States, Germany, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, the Netherlands, Mainland China, Hong Kong, and internationally. The company's product portfolio includes microcontrollers; application processors; communication processors; wireless connectivity solutions, such as near field communications, ultra-wideband, Bluetooth low-energy, Zigbee, Thread, and Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi/Bluetooth integrated SoCs; analog and interface products; radio frequency devices, and security controllers, as well as semiconductor-based environmental and inertial sensors, including pressure, inertial, magnetic, and gyroscopic sensors. Its products are used in various applications, including automotive, industrial and Internet of Things, mobile, and communication infrastructure.
Close · 3M
+30.17%
Held by 2 AI ETFs
as of Jul 20
Signal performance
Each tracked ETF's moves on this stock, grouped by fund. Returns are measured from the signal date to the latest close — hypothetical, no commissions or slippage.
QRFT · Weight increase · 2d
The Qraft AI-managed QRFT fund recently made a series of measured, consecutive increases to its allocation in NXP Semiconductors, gradually raising its weight from 0.16% to 0.18% across its weekly rebalancing schedule in late May. These incremental adjustments occurred as NXPI reached its 52-week high of $332.67, driven by a 30-day return of 58.5% and a one-year return of 59.6%, aligning with QRFT’s incorporation of momentum alongside other traditional factors. Despite the stock trading at a 31.33 price-to-earnings ratio and its peak price range, the AI’s proprietary alternative-data overlays, possibly combined with the company’s 26.14% return on equity, likely signaled continued strength. This measured scaling reflects QRFT's broad large-cap core style, allowing its AI system to capitalize on confirmed upward trends in holdings like NXPI without overly concentrating the fund’s diversified portfolio.
weight 0.160% → 0.180% (+0.020 pp)·stock up 36.3% in the 30 days before
May 26·entry $332.67·now $267.18Fresh
QRFT · New entry · 1d
weight 0 → 0.120% (new)·stock down 17.6% in the 30 days before
Mar 20·entry $191.37·now $267.18Chased
AIEQ · New entry · 1d
weight 0 → 0.050% (new)·stock down 10.3% in the 30 days before
Jul 1·entry $279.18·now $267.18Fresh
AIEQ · Exit · 1d
Amplify ETFs' AIEQ, leveraging IBM Watson NLP for daily sentiment and fundamental analysis, eliminated NXP Semiconductor (NXPI) from its portfolio on May 30, 2026. Given the fund's daily rebalancing and its concentrated portfolio of 140-180 US stocks, this suggests the AI's real-time ranking algorithms identified a shift in its conviction. Despite NXP Semiconductor's 30-day return of +48.8% and its current price near 97% of its 52-week high, the system's risk overlay likely reassessed the stock's overall attractiveness. The AI's hybrid fundamentals and sentiment model may have flagged the company's PER of 30.58 as less compelling given its revenue growth of 2.37%, prompting its complete removal from the holdings.
weight 0.420% → 0 (exited)·stock up 11.1% in the 30 days before
May 30·entry $311.38·now $267.18
AIEQ · Weight decrease · 2d
AIEQ's investment strategy, driven by IBM Watson NLP daily processing of news and financial data for its 140-180 US stock portfolio, indicates a calculated reduction in its NXPI holding. The fund's high-turnover, fundamentals and sentiment hybrid approach likely prompted the consecutive weight decreases, despite NXP Semiconductor’s current price of $291.50, which is at 95% of its 52-week high. The AI's continuous evaluation may be balancing the stock's strong recent performance, including a +47.9% 30-day return, against more modest underlying financials such as a 2.37% revenue growth figure.
weight 0.390% → 0.370% (-0.020 pp)·stock up 36.4% in the 30 days before
May 15·entry $291.50·now $267.18
AIEQ · New entry · 1d
The AI ETF likely initiated a position in NXP Semiconductor despite negative revenue growth due to its exceptionally strong Return on Equity (ROE) of 20.73%, signaling efficient management and robust profitability. This suggests the AI is prioritizing underlying financial strength and potential future performance over immediate top-line expansion. For retail investors, this illustrates the importance of scrutinizing profitability metrics like ROE, even when other growth indicators seem weak, as they can reveal a company's fundamental quality.
weight 0 → 0.390% (new)·stock up 51.0% in the 30 days before
May 3·entry $290.76·now $267.18Fresh
LQAI · Exit · 1d
NXPI is trading at $297.41, or 89% of its 52-week high of $332.67, following a 30-day return of +29.1% and a one-year return of +51.6%. This rapid climb likely prompted the LG-Qraft collaboration's AI ranking system, which manages LQAI with weekly rebalancing and a core large-cap style, to review the stock's place in its ~100 US large-cap portfolio. Despite a 26.14% return on equity, the company’s price-to-earnings ratio of 30.8, coupled with its 2.37% revenue growth, suggested a less favorable valuation profile to the Qraft AI model. Consequently, the AI-driven selection engine de-prioritized NXPI, resulting in its complete removal from LQAI on June 9th, following consistent holdings around 0.38-0.40% in the preceding week.
weight 0.380% → 0 (exited)·stock up 0.9% in the 30 days before
Jun 9·entry $297.41·now $267.18
LQAI · Weight decrease · 2d
LQAI, which employs a Qraft AI ranking system to select its portfolio of approximately 100 US large-cap core holdings, recently initiated a consecutive weight decrease in NXPI. This adjustment, observed during the fund's weekly rebalance cadence, signals a re-evaluation of NXP Semiconductor's position by the AI-driven selection engine. Despite NXPI’s significant 40.7% price appreciation over the past 30 days, the AI likely recalibrated its assessment due to a combination of factors, potentially including the stock's current valuation metrics relative to its growth profile. Such a decision aligns with LQAI's strategy as a core large-cap vehicle that seeks AI-driven name selection without heavy factor tilts, implying a comprehensive assessment beyond solely recent price momentum.
weight 0.410% → 0.380% (-0.030 pp)·stock up 6.1% in the 30 days before
Jun 1·entry $311.38·now $267.18
LQAI · Weight increase · 2d
The fund LQAI, a core large-cap vehicle leveraging Qraft AI ranking for its US large-cap universe, has consistently increased its allocation to NXP Semiconductors. This AI-driven selection engine, which rebalances weekly and manages around 100 holdings, evidently identified growing positive signals for NXPI. The escalating weight, culminating in 0.41%, suggests the Qraft AI model has continued to find the stock attractive even as it reached its 52-week high of $332.67. This sustained interest from the AI follows NXPI's significant 30-day return of +58.5%, indicating the system is capturing continued momentum or fundamental strength despite the recent strong performance. The consistent re-ranking suggests the AI finds continued merit in the company's profile.
weight 0.380% → 0.410% (+0.030 pp)·stock up 36.3% in the 30 days before
May 26·entry $332.67·now $267.18Fresh
LQAI · Weight increase · 2d
Currently at its 52-week high of $310.15, NXPI has experienced a significant +50.8% 30-day return and a +67.6% gain over the past year. Despite these elevated price levels and its 29.52 PER and 5.43 PBR, the Qraft AI, which guides LQAI's weekly rebalancing for its US large-cap core portfolio, established an initial 0.38% weight in NXPI on May 12th. This position, initiated from zero, then saw consecutive daily increases to reach 0.40% by May 20th. Such a pattern indicates the AI's name selection algorithm, calibrated between broad and concentrated momentum styles, identified a persistent positive signal for NXPI, likely factoring its 26.14% ROE in conjunction with its recent price momentum and 2.37% revenue growth.
weight 0.380% → 0.400% (+0.020 pp)·stock up 38.2% in the 30 days before
May 20·entry $310.15·now $267.18Fresh
LQAI · New entry · 1d
The AI likely initiated a new position in NXPI due to its exceptional Return on Equity of 26.14%, signaling strong profitability and efficient management of shareholder capital despite modest revenue growth. For retail investors, this highlights the importance of evaluating fundamental profitability metrics like ROE, which can identify high-quality companies with strong earnings power beyond just top-line growth.
weight 0 → 0.380% (new)·stock up 41.5% in the 30 days before
May 12·entry $294.23·now $267.18Fresh
Sell signals show what the stock did after the AI exited. A negative number means the AI's exit was well-timed.
Buffett-style framework
AI ETFs AIEQ and QRFT currently hold NXP Semiconductor, with AIEQ making a recent new entry into the stock. This activity contrasts with the framework's 'Too Hard' verdict, which indicates the business is too complex for reliable long-term projection under a Buffett-style approach, suggesting the AI's investment criteria differ significantly from this long-term value perspective.
- Circle of CompetenceThe semiconductor industry's rapid technological change and cyclicality make it genuinely difficult to project NXP's unit economics and cash flows reliably over a ten-year period.
- Economic MoatWithout the ability to reliably project long-term cash flows, the durability of any competitive advantage cannot be properly assessed within this framework.
- ManagementThe framework cannot evaluate management's candor, capital allocation discipline, or skin in the game without detailed non-financial information, which is not provided.
- Financial HealthKey financial health metrics such as 10-year average ROE, operating margin trends, manageable debt, and owner earnings cannot be assessed with the limited data provided.
- Margin of SafetyA conservative estimate of intrinsic value cannot be derived given the inability to project future cash flows, making it impossible to assess a margin of safety.
NXP Semiconductor operates in an industry characterized by rapid change and cyclicality, making it genuinely challenging to project its unit economics and future cash flows reliably over a ten-year horizon. This unpredictability places the company outside the framework's circle of competence, leading to a 'Too Hard' verdict as a definitive investment recommendation cannot be made. The framework therefore declines to assess deeper aspects like economic moats, management quality, financial health, or margin of safety.
Educational interpretation generated by AI applying frameworks Warren Buffett documented in his shareholder letters and other public writings. Not a statement by Mr. Buffett or Berkshire Hathaway, and not investment advice.