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Analysis as of: 2026-01-06

ON Semiconductor Corporation

onsemi designs and manufactures power and sensing semiconductors focused on automotive, industrial, and AI data-center power efficiency.

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Summary

Energy-efficiency leverage with capital return torque

A cyclical business with a plausible structural tailwind: AI infrastructure shifts value toward power efficiency and reliability. Upside is supported by buybacks, but depends on durable AI sockets and a real auto/industrial recovery.

Analysis

Thesis

In the Last Economy, energy efficiency becomes a first-order constraint; onsemi’s vertically integrated power portfolio plus disciplined buybacks can compound value as AI power ramps and auto/industrial normalize.

Last Economy Alignment

AI scaling shifts bottlenecks to power delivery and energy; onsemi is positioned in power conversion and reliability, but remains cyclical and capex-heavy versus compute leaders.

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Opportunity Outlook

Average Implied 5-Year Multiple

2.1x (from 5 most recent analyses)

Reasoning

The 5-year upside is a mix of (1) cyclical utilization recovery in auto/industrial power, (2) structurally rising AI data-center power content per rack, and (3) capital return shrinking the equity base. If onsemi converts its “rack-to-core” power roadmap into durable sockets (not just spot wins), the market can underwrite higher mid-cycle earnings power with less discounting, keeping the multiple resilient even as the company invests through the cycle.

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Risk Assessment

Overall Risk Summary

The key risks are (1) a prolonged auto/industrial soft patch that keeps factories underloaded, (2) AI power becoming standardized and aggressively multi-sourced, limiting pricing and margin expansion, and (3) capital intensity magnifying cycle timing errors even with strong buybacks.

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Trends

Key Changes

First week of January 2026: ON participated in a broader analog/semis rally; sentiment improved on signs of sector stabilization.
Buyback program: the new $6B authorization is now live (started 2026-01-01); pacing is the near-term signal investors will watch.
No new fundamental product/capacity announcements observed in the past 7–10 days; setup remains into the next earnings print.

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Third Party Analyst Consensus

12-Month Price Target

$59.47

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