SEMTECH CORP SMTC
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 816850101 · ISIN US8168501018
- SectorTechnology
- IndustrySemiconductors & Related Devices
- HeadquartersCamarillo, CA
- Founded1960
- Websitesemtech.com
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($8.4m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 93.0m as of 2026-03-13, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $76.69. Options: 13 managers hold calls ($61.0m notional), 15 hold puts ($110.7m).
Trends to Q1 2026
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 277 |
| Q4 2022 | 262 |
| Q1 2023 | 248 |
| Q2 2023 | 227 |
| Q3 2023 | 217 |
| Q4 2023 | 226 |
| Q1 2024 | 235 |
| Q2 2024 | 256 |
| Q3 2024 | 274 |
| Q4 2024 | 355 |
| Q1 2025 | 316 |
| Q2 2025 | 317 |
| Q3 2025 | 350 |
| Q4 2025 | 402 |
| Q1 2026 | 438 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2024 | 139 | 134 |
| Q3 2024 | 151 | 122 |
| Q4 2024 | 233 | 105 |
| Q1 2025 | 186 | 193 |
| Q2 2025 | 194 | 149 |
| Q3 2025 | 197 | 163 |
| Q4 2025 | 228 | 157 |
| Q1 2026 | 255 | 170 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2025 | $49.8m | $100.6m | 2.02 |
| Q3 2025 | $86.7m | $129.1m | 1.49 |
| Q4 2025 | $99.4m | $132.0m | 1.33 |
| Q1 2026 | $61.0m | $110.7m | 1.82 |
Biggest buyers
| Artisan Partners Limited Partnership | Added | +1.1m |
| BlackRock, Inc. | Added | +1.0m |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +924.0k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP | Added | +852.3k |
| Dorsal Capital Management, LP | New | +800.0k |
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. | Added | +596.4k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | +590.5k |
| DigitalBridge Group, Inc. | New | +561.1k |
| CITIGROUP INC | Added | +483.9k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Added | +433.2k |
Biggest sellers
| Whale Rock Capital Management LLC | Sold out | -3.9m |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. | Sold out | -2.3m |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. | Sold out | -1.2m |
| WESTFIELD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT CO LP | Reduced | -1.2m |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. | Reduced | -598.9k |
| DISCIPLINED GROWTH INVESTORS INC /MN | Reduced | -594.5k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | -564.7k |
| FRED ALGER MANAGEMENT, LLC | Reduced | -524.2k |
| Invesco Ltd. | Reduced | -479.6k |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. | Reduced | -450.1k |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $17.8m232.0k shares |
| NOMURA HOLDINGS INC | Unchanged | $13.5m175.0k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $7.5m97.3k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $6.6m85.7k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $5.5m71.4k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Added | $5.0m65.0k shares |
| ARDSLEY ADVISORY PARTNERS LP | Added | $2.3m30.0k shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | Added | $653.6k8.5k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Reduced | $576.7k7.5k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $530.5k6.9k shares |
Biggest puts
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $34.1m444.0k shares |
| Parallax Volatility Advisers, L.P. | Added | $25.4m330.1k shares |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. | New | $15.4m200.0k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $12.1m157.9k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $10.8m140.3k shares |
| NOMURA HOLDINGS INC | New | $3.8m50.0k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Added | $3.7m47.5k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Reduced | $2.1m27.3k shares |
| PEAK6 LLC | New | $961.1k12.5k shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Unchanged | $876.5k11.4k shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 13G · institution +0.1 pts · filed 2026-09-04 | 10.0% |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution -1.8 pts · filed 2026-07-31 | 5.7% |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-30 | 5.2% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC (3.7%, 2026-08-14), VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-27; now reported by VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC), Capital Research Global Investors (4.9%, 2026-02-12)
Insider purchases and sales in Q1 2026
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2024 | 1 | $33.2k | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2024 | 0 | — | 4 | $1.3m | $1.3m |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | — | 3 | $993.9k | $993.9k |
| Q2 2025 | 0 | — | 3 | $889.3k | $178.2k |
| Q3 2025 | 0 | — | 4 | $469.5k | $249.9k |
| Q4 2025 | 0 | — | 4 | $1.7m | $1.0m |
| Q1 2026 | 0 | — | 6 | $5.0m | $4.3m |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-24 | Lin Mark EVP and CFO | Sold plan | $689.4k9.2k shares |
| 2026-03-18 | Walsh Paul V Jr Director | Sold plan | $40.4k500 shares |
| 2026-03-11 | Lin Mark EVP and CFO | Sold plan | $340.9k3.9k shares |
| 2026-03-10 | Lin Mark EVP and CFO | Sold plan | $233.1k2.7k shares |
| 2026-03-06 | Lin Mark EVP and CFO | Sold plan | $551.2k6.6k shares |
| 2026-02-18 | Walsh Paul V Jr Director | Sold plan | $44.1k500 shares |
| 2026-02-09 | Silberstein Asaf EVP and COO | Sold plan | $920.0k10.0k shares |
| 2026-02-02 | Silberstein Asaf EVP and COO | Sold plan | $880.0k10.0k shares |
| 2026-01-22 | Silberstein Asaf EVP and COO | Sold plan | $415.0k5.0k shares |
| 2026-01-21 | Walsh Paul V Jr Director | Sold plan | $39.1k500 shares |
| 2026-01-09 | Fischer Gregory Michael Director | Sold | $78.1k1.0k shares |
| 2026-01-08 | WILSON JOHN MICHAEL Chief Quality Officer and CTO | Sold | $375.6k5.0k shares |
| 2026-01-07 | Gillai Saar Director | Sold | $270.9k3.6k shares |
| 2026-01-05 | Lin Mark EVP and CFO | Sold plan | $101.6k1.3k shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q1 2026
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.02% of their portfolio | 14.2m $1.1bn | Added +1.0m |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.13% of their portfolio | 7.5m $572.6m | Reduced -101.9k |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 6.9m $532.3m | First filing |
| Capital Research Global Investors 0.05% of their portfolio | 4.2m $319.3m | Reduced -350.6k |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 4.1m $318.7m | First filing |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 4.1m $312.1m | Added +211.0k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.5m $194.3m | Added +427.4k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.03% of their portfolio | 2.4m $183.3m | Added +44.1k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.06% of their portfolio | 2.4m $174.4m | Reduced -598.9k |
| Hood River Capital Management LLC 1.76% of their portfolio | 2.3m $175.9m | Added +51.3k |
| NOMURA ASSET MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL INC. 0.29% of their portfolio | 2.2m $170.9m | Reduced -230.1k |
| DISCIPLINED GROWTH INVESTORS INC /MN 3.47% of their portfolio | 2.2m $169.7m | Reduced -594.5k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 2.0m $151.1m | Added +924.0k |
| Artisan Partners Limited Partnership 0.20% of their portfolio | 1.6m $119.8m | Added +1.1m |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.4m $108.9m | Added +26.8k |
| WESTFIELD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT CO LP 0.41% of their portfolio | 1.3m $98.5m | Reduced -1.2m |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.1m $87.9m | Added +135.3k |
| NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 1.1m $86.2m | Added +192.1k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 1.1m $85.0m | Reduced -564.7k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 996.7k $76.6m | Added +12.5k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 993.4k $76.4m | Added +71.6k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 900.9k $69.3m | Added +123.2k |
| UBS Group AG 0.01% of their portfolio | 891.7k $68.6m | Added +290.5k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.07% of their portfolio | 869.1k $66.8m | Added +852.3k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 816.9k $57.7m | Added +433.2k |
| Dorsal Capital Management, LP 2.45% of their portfolio | 800.0k $61.5m | New |
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. 0.10% of their portfolio | 781.0k $60.1m | Added +596.4k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 772.8k $59.4m | Added +590.5k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 771.5k $59.3m | Reduced -479.6k |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 771.1k $59.3m | Reduced -267.1k |
| JENNISON ASSOCIATES LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 744.4k $57.2m | Added +100.6k |
| SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP 0.04% of their portfolio | 731.2k $51.6m | Reduced -99.7k |
| VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO 0.01% of their portfolio | 644.8k $49.6m | First filing |
| Driehaus Capital Management LLC 0.36% of their portfolio | 628.5k $48.3m | Reduced -302.8k |
| DigitalBridge Group, Inc. 2.74% of their portfolio | 561.1k $43.1m | New |
| Atreides Management, LP 1.01% of their portfolio | 541.8k $41.7m | Reduced -149.8k |
| Capital International Investors 0.01% of their portfolio | 537.3k $41.3m | Unchanged |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 510.4k $39.2m | Added +483.9k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.01% of their portfolio | 505.5k $38.9m | Added +10.0k |
| PALISADE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LP 1.23% of their portfolio | 481.0k $37.0m | Reduced -106.7k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 478.6k $36.8m | Added +364.1k |
| GW&K Investment Management, LLC 0.32% of their portfolio | 477.5k $36.7m | Added +65.0k |
| EMERALD ADVISERS, LLC 1.11% of their portfolio | 457.0k $35.1m | Reduced -13.7k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 452.6k $34.8m | Added +37.6k |
| LORD, ABBETT & CO. LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 438.9k $33.7m | Added +156.0k |
| CRAMER ROSENTHAL MCGLYNN LLC 2.34% of their portfolio | 414.5k $31.9m | New |
| Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC 0.24% of their portfolio | 387.3k $29.8m | Reduced -275 |
| Park West Asset Management LLC 2.61% of their portfolio | 385.0k $29.6m | New |
| Clearline Capital LP 2.29% of their portfolio | 383.2k $29.5m | Added +97.2k |
| Granahan Investment Management, LLC 1.38% of their portfolio | 370.6k $28.5m | Reduced -47.6k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 370.1k $28.4m | Added +425 |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.03% of their portfolio | 357.9k $27.5m | Added +142.2k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 352.9k $27.1m | Added +335.3k |
| SORA INVESTORS LLC 2.44% of their portfolio | 344.0k $26.5m | Added +6.6k |
| Fiera Capital Corp 0.09% of their portfolio | 340.5k $26.2m | Added +10.5k |
| FRED ALGER MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 335.6k $25.8m | Reduced -524.2k |
| Portolan Capital Management, LLC 1.36% of their portfolio | 332.3k $25.6m | Reduced -176.3k |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board 0.08% of their portfolio | 331.1k $25.5m | Added +30.8k |
| LMR Partners LLP 0.23% of their portfolio | 329.1k $25.3m | Reduced -57.7k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.04% of their portfolio | 326.2k $25.1m | Reduced -104.3k |
| Broad Bay Capital Management, LP 2.50% of their portfolio | 316.0k $24.3m | New |
| EMERALD MUTUAL FUND ADVISERS TRUST 1.06% of their portfolio | 285.0k $21.9m | Unchanged |
| E20 Capital Ltd 2.05% of their portfolio | 283.6k $21.8m | New |
| SILVERCREST ASSET MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC 0.15% of their portfolio | 261.1k $20.1m | Reduced -29.1k |
| ARDSLEY ADVISORY PARTNERS LP 3.03% of their portfolio | 258.8k $19.9m | Added +21.8k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.02% of their portfolio | 247.3k $19.0m | Added +18.8k |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 230.1k $17.7m | New |
| Think Investments LP 2.25% of their portfolio | 217.2k $16.7m | Reduced -449.2k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 209.0k $16.1m | Reduced -7.3k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 202.9k $15.6m | Added +21.0k |
| Trexquant Investment LP 0.11% of their portfolio | 199.9k $15.4m | New |
| Andar Capital Management HK Ltd 12.89% of their portfolio | 196.0k $15.1m | Added +6.5k |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 195.5k $15.0m | Added +2.9k |
| WCM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 186.8k $13.2m | Reduced -97.5k |
| Universal- Beteiligungs- und Servicegesellschaft mbH 0.02% of their portfolio | 184.4k $14.2m | Reduced -17.5k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.01% of their portfolio | 183.0k $14.1m | Added +11.8k |
| ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP 0.13% of their portfolio | 173.0k $13.3m | Added +83.2k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 169.7k $13.0m | Reduced -40.7k |
| COOPER CREEK PARTNERS MANAGEMENT LLC 0.62% of their portfolio | 167.5k $12.9m | Reduced -446.8k |
| ROYCE & ASSOCIATES LP 0.13% of their portfolio | 166.6k $12.8m | Added +59.0k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 165.8k $12.7m | Reduced -71.8k |
| BOOTHBAY FUND MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.28% of their portfolio | 159.8k $12.3m | New |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 157.5k $12.6m | Added +1.9k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 147.9k $11.4m | Added +10.3k |
| GREAT LAKES ADVISORS, LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 145.2k $11.2m | Added +869 |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.01% of their portfolio | 141.9k $10.9m | New |
| Man Group plc 0.02% of their portfolio | 135.3k $10.4m | Added +35.7k |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. 0.02% of their portfolio | 134.1k $10.3m | Added +58.6k |
| STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.02% of their portfolio | 132.2k $10.2m | Reduced -22.4k |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 125.6k $9.7m | Added +17.8k |
| Pier Capital, LLC 1.56% of their portfolio | 123.0k $9.5m | Added +73.8k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 116.1k $8.9m | Added +9.0k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 113.5k $8.7m | Reduced -8.6k |
| ALGERT GLOBAL LLC 0.13% of their portfolio | 112.1k $8.6m | Added +16.2k |
| CASTLEARK MANAGEMENT LLC 0.27% of their portfolio | 107.8k $8.3m | Added +4.8k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 102.8k $7.9m | Added +20.4k |
| NORDEA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AB 0.01% of their portfolio | 99.6k $7.3m | Reduced -4.8k |
| Candriam S.C.A. 0.04% of their portfolio | 97.1k $7.5m | New |
| FMR LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 96.7k $7.4m | Added +81.2k |
| Banco Santander, S.A. 0.06% of their portfolio | 95.0k $7.3m | Added +10.0k |