Goldman Sachs Lifts Infineon Holding to 5.65% as Chipmaker Pitches Higher Payout and €450 Million Buyback
Published on 11/13/2026 at 14:31 | Editorial boerse-global.de
Goldman Sachs has raised its combined position in Infineon voting rights and instruments to 5.65%, up from 4.73% previously, according to a mandatory disclosure dated 3 November. The threshold was crossed on 27 October. Because the reported figure bundles voting rights with instruments, it should not be read as outright direct share ownership.
The disclosure lands alongside a broader corporate agenda from the German chipmaker, which is asking shareholders to sign off on a larger dividend while it buys back stock to feed employee ownership schemes.
Board Proposes €0.38 per Share
Infineon's management board said on Wednesday it will ask the annual general meeting in February 2027 to approve a payout of €0.38 per share, an increase of €0.03. The proposal still requires shareholder approval at that meeting — it is not yet a resolved distribution.
Separately, the company has launched a buyback of up to seven million of its own shares, deploying as much as €450 million in total. The programme, which is scheduled to run no later than 27 November 2026, is earmarked exclusively for existing employee participation plans.
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Data Centres Underpin the 2027 Outlook
Management's growth case rests heavily on power supplies for data centres. For fiscal 2027, Infineon expects revenue of roughly €20 billion, representing growth of more than 20%. Data-centre power supplies alone are projected to contribute close to €4 billion within that same year.
The segment result margin is guided to climb five percentage points into the mid-20% range, with roughly 23% pencilled in for the first quarter of fiscal 2027. Infineon also points to demand for AI data-centre solutions, energy infrastructure and software-defined vehicles as drivers of that expansion.
Speaking at Deutsche Bank's investor conference, the company flagged supply bottlenecks in its data-centre business and a still-uneven automotive market, according to media reports. It used the event to lay out its growth strategy across automotive, data centres and power supply systems. Next on the corporate calendar is the Morgan Stanley TMT Conference in Barcelona on 19–20 November 2026.
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Price Targets Trimmed, Ratings Held
Analysts have been recalibrating their models even as they keep their positive stances. Deutsche Bank Research reiterated its buy rating on Infineon, citing the sector's diminished valuation, according to media reports. Jefferies cut its price target to €74 from €96 on Wednesday while maintaining a buy recommendation, a move it attributed to the sector's recent de-rating.
Two further research houses lowered their targets on Tuesday and Wednesday respectively without changing their ratings, setting new marks between €55 and €82. For the higher of those two targets, uncertainty over the pace of AI data-centre buildout in the United States was cited as the rationale.
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