Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity
Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.
Our common stock trades on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol “POWI”.
As of February 1, 2022, there were approximately 53 stockholders of record. Because brokers and other institutions hold many of our shares on behalf of stockholders, we are unable to estimate the total number of stockholders represented by these record holders.
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Over the years our board of directors has authorized the use of funds to repurchase shares of our common stock. In October 2018, our board of directors authorized the use of $80.0 million for the repurchase of our common stock, and in each of April 2021 and October 2021, our board of directors authorized the use of an additional $50.0 million for the repurchase of our common stock, with repurchases to be executed according to pre-defined price/volume guidelines . As of December 31, 2021, we had approximately $67.3 million available for future stock repurchases, all of which was utilized in January 2022. In January 2022, our board of directors authorized the use of an additional $100.0 million for the repurchase of our common stock, with repurchases to be executed according to pre-defined price/volume guidelines. Authorization of future stock-repurchase programs is at the discretion of the board of directors and will depend on our financial condition, results of operations, capital requirements and business conditions as well as other factors.
The following table summarizes repurchases of our common stock during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2021:
Approximate
Dollar Value that
Total Number of
May Yet be
Shares Purchased
Repurchased
Total
Average
as Part of
Under the
Number of
Price Paid
Publicly Announced
Plans or Program
Period
Shares Purchased
Per Share
Plans or Programs
(In millions)
October 1, 2021 to October 31, 2021
-
-
-
$
105.1
November 1, 2021 to November 30, 2021
12,314
$
99.63
12,314
$
103.9
December 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021
410,991
$
88.92
410,991
$
67.3
Total
423,305
423,305
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Performance Graph ( 1 )
The following graph shows the cumulative total return on an investment of $100 in cash on December 31, 2016, through December 31, 2021, in our common stock, the Nasdaq Composite Index and the Nasdaq Electronic Components Index and assuming that all dividends were reinvested. The stockholder return shown on the graph below is not necessarily indicative of future performance, and we do not make or endorse any predictions as to future stockholder returns.
Company/Index
12/31/16
12/31/17
12/31/18
12/31/19
12/31/20
12/31/21
Power Integrations, Inc.
100.00
109.27
91.44
149.64
249.57
284.83
Nasdaq Composite
100.00
129.64
125.96
172.17
249.51
304.85
Nasdaq Electronic Components
100.00
142.31
124.99
187.76
271.08
409.17
(1) This Section is not “soliciting material,” is not deemed “filed” with the SEC and is not to be incorporated by reference in any filing of Power Integrations under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, whether made before or after the date hereof and irrespective of any general incorporation language in any such filing.
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