Nordic Semiconductor's Renewed Growth Has Melted Some Of The Skepticism

It has been an interesting twelve months for Nordic Semiconductor (OTCPK:NDCVF) (NOD.OL), a small Norway-based fabless semiconductor company focused on low-power wireless chip solutions.

During 2016, Nordic Semi had a poor run of quarterly results and saw a peak-to-trough run from the spring of 2016 to the spring of this year that took about 40% off the share price as investors worried about market share losses to rivals like Texas Instruments (TXN) and concerns about whether this small company with a relatively limited line-up could continue to compete effectively with larger players like TI, Dialog (OTC:DLGNF), Qualcomm (QCOM), Microchip (MCHP), Silicon Labs (SLAB), and the many other plays in low-power wireless.

The last two quarters have been stronger, though, and the shares have regained a fair bit of the ground lost in 2016 and early 2017. While wearables and consumer electronics remain tough markets, the company is seeing strong growth in its building/retail business and will be sampling its new low-power cellular IoT chips before the end of the year.

Nordic Semi doesn't look especially cheap on the fundamentals, but that's often the case with growth tech stocks; if Nordic can deliver high-teens growth for a few years and keep its margins up, the shares should continue to rise. That said, investors should note that the U.S.-listed ADRs are not very liquid; investors who can trade on foreign exchanges will find better liquidity on Nordic Semi's home market.

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Nordic Semiconductor's Renewed Growth Has Melted Some Of The Skepticism