ON Semiconductor Corporation · ON · FY2025 Q2 · Calendar Q3 2025

Onsemi: China EV and AI Power Momentum, but Margins Need Recovery

The supplied analysis provides partial support for a constructive longer-term view of Onsemi through China EV silicon-carbide adoption, AI data-center power demand, and platform expansion. That case remains conditional because utilization, gross-margin recovery, automotive weakness outside China, and execution on capacity and portfolio changes are unresolved.

Reported Before market openNASDAQTechnology $30.18B market cap
100quality score

Earnings scorecard

Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS $0.53 Consensus $0.53
EPS surprise -0.4% Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue $1.47B Consensus $1.45B
Revenue surprise +1.1% Reported versus consensus

Market reaction

prior-close to event-session close
Stock move -15.6% Event window
SPY move +1.5% Same window
Abnormal move -17.1% Stock minus SPY
Volume 3.3× Versus trailing sessions
Subsequent drift +2.0% Up to 20 sessions
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What changed

Relative to the prior analysis, the current analysis places greater emphasis on scaling AI data-center power architectures, including 800-V DC solutions, expanding Treo sampling, dual Smart Power Stage production, and Fab Right execution. The core pattern is unchanged: China EV and AI-related demand are growth drivers, while margins and non-China automotive demand remain the principal constraints.

Guidance delta

Maintained in the supplied analysis; no new numerical guidance range is provided.

Key takeaways

  • The supplied analysis highlights strong China EV silicon-carbide demand and continued traction in AI data-center power and the Treo platform.
  • Management’s trajectory centers on higher-value power products, next-generation wide-bandgap technology, and 800-V DC data-center architectures.
  • The central constraint remains utilization and gross-margin recovery, with automotive demand outside China still weak.
  • The post-event market reaction was sharply negative relative to the benchmark, underscoring investor sensitivity to execution and margin risk.

Management priorities

  • Scale silicon-carbide EV power solutions and next-generation wide-bandgap products.
  • Advance Treo, Smart Power Stage, and AI data-center power architectures.
  • Align manufacturing capacity and product mix through Fab Right and portfolio rationalization.

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Earnings History

Estimate Beat Miss Match
ON REVENUE earnings history estimate and actual scatter chart 9 reported fiscal quarters and 4 future estimate-only quarters. Q4 '23 estimate $2B Q4 '23 actual $2B, beat Q1 '24 estimate $2B Q1 '24 actual $2B, beat Q2 '24 estimate $2B Q2 '24 actual $2B, beat Q3 '24 estimate $2B Q3 '24 actual $2B, beat Q2 '25 estimate $1B Q2 '25 actual $1B, beat Q3 '25 estimate $2B Q3 '25 actual $2B, beat Q4 '25 estimate $2B Q4 '25 actual $2B, miss Q1 '26 estimate $1B Q1 '26 actual $2B, beat Q2 '26 estimate $2B Q2 '26 actual $2B, beat Q3 '26 estimate $2B Q4 '26 estimate $2B Q1 '27 estimate $2B Q2 '27 estimate $2B
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Analyst Consensus ?

ConsensusHold45 ratings
Bullish2351.1%
Neutral2146.7%
Bearish12.2%

1 unmapped firm rating excluded from the percentages.

Analyst 52W Price Targets

$77.53Current
$60Low
$87.23Average
$150High

Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted current price from FN2's market snapshot as of Oct 10, 2026. Not an FN2 forecast.

Firm-level rating actions

FMP grade actions identify the grading firm, not a named analyst.

FirmRatingPrior ratingActionDate
Stifel Hold HoldMaintainOct 5, 2026
Wells Fargo Overweight OverweightMaintainOct 2, 2026
Needham Buy BuyMaintainOct 2, 2026
Truist Securities Hold HoldMaintainSep 18, 2026
Rosenblatt Neutral NeutralMaintainSep 17, 2026
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Named analyst price targets

Upside is calculated against the persisted current price $77.53. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.

FirmAnalyst52W targetPrice when postedUpsideDate
Stifel NicolausAnalyst unavailable$80$84.89 +3.2%Oct 5, 2026
Seaport GlobalJay Goldberg$100$73.6 +29.0%Sep 22, 2026
Truist FinancialWilliam Stein$75$69.12 -3.3%Sep 18, 2026
Cantor FitzgeraldAnalyst unavailable$90$66.6 +16.1%Sep 17, 2026
Stifel NicolausAnalyst unavailable$75$66.6 -3.3%Sep 17, 2026
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Company context

Snapshot as of publication

ON Semiconductor Corporation operates as a global provider of sophisticated power and sensing solutions. Their cutting-edge power innovations are pivotal in modernizing various sectors: they contribute to the development of lighter, extended-range electric vehicles, underpin rapid-charging infrastructure, and bolster sustainable energy initiatives for applications such as solar arrays, industrial power systems, and energy storage. The company's operations are structured into three main divisions: the Power Solutions Group, the Advanced Solutions Group, and the Intelligent Sensing Group. ON Semiconductor offers a broad array of semiconductor products, including analog components, discrete devices, modules, and integrated circuits. These products are designed to perform numerous critical functions, such as power switching, energy conversion, signal conditioning, circuit protection, signal amplification, and voltage regulation.…

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Sources

  1. Earnings call transcript and parsed analysis · 2026-05-11T10:29:34.698584+00:00
  2. FN2 earnings calendar · 2026-07-26T00:37:12.209961+00:00
  3. Polygon adjusted daily market bars · 2026-10-10T15:10:42.388625+00:00
  4. Financial Modeling Prep analyst price-target consensus and quote snapshot · 2026-10-10T15:10:42.385880+00:00

Methodology

Reported and consensus figures come from FN2's earnings event records. Market reaction and volume are calculated from daily adjusted bars around the event; abnormal move subtracts the SPY move over the same window.

Analyst target low, average, and high values are derived at request time from each named analyst's latest persisted FMP target. The current-price marker comes from FN2's persisted market snapshot. They are sell-side estimates, not an FN2 valuation or recommendation.

Transcript intelligence is a structured synthesis of the current and prior earnings-call analyses. Missing values stay missing and are never estimated.

By FN2 Research · Updated · As of 2026-10-10. For educational purposes only; not investment advice.