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What Vicor (VICR)'s New Bullish Coverage Amid Insider Selling Means For Shareholders

Simply Wall St · 2d ago
  • Earlier this week, Roth Capital began covering Vicor Corporation with a bullish rating, adding a fresh analyst voice to existing market views on the power-conversion specialist.
  • At the same time, a pattern of insider share sales, including a recent transaction by the Vice President of Engineering, offers investors extra context on internal sentiment alongside this new research coverage.
  • Now we’ll examine how Roth Capital’s newly initiated bullish coverage could influence Vicor’s existing investment narrative and risk-reward balance.

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Vicor Investment Narrative Recap

To own Vicor, you need to believe its power conversion technology can justify premium pricing and eventually fill its expanded manufacturing capacity, despite demand and backlog volatility. Roth Capital’s bullish initiation may support sentiment around that thesis in the near term, but it does not materially change the key short term catalyst of stabilizing orders or the main risk that underutilized capacity and order softness could pressure margins if revenue momentum slows.

The recent series of insider share sales, including the December transaction by the Vice President of Engineering and 34 insider sells over the past year, sits in contrast to Vicor’s ongoing share buyback program. While the company has repurchased over US$33.81 million of stock since mid 2024, this internal selling pattern may prompt some investors to pay closer attention to the same demand and margin risks that equity research is now reassessing.

Yet behind the bullish ratings and share buybacks, investors should be aware of how underutilized fab capacity could still...

Read the full narrative on Vicor (it's free!)

Vicor's narrative projects $523.8 million revenue and $45.4 million earnings by 2028. This requires 11.4% yearly revenue growth and a $20.1 million earnings decrease from $65.5 million today.

Uncover how Vicor's forecasts yield a $86.67 fair value, a 11% downside to its current price.

Exploring Other Perspectives

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Simply Wall St Community members have only two fair value estimates for Vicor, ranging from US$53.36 to US$86.67, showing how far apart individual views can be. You can weigh those against the risk that Vicor’s large fixed cost base may be harder to support if order softness and backlog pressure persist, which could matter a lot for future profitability.

Explore 2 other fair value estimates on Vicor - why the stock might be worth 45% less than the current price!

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