On April 28th, NXP released its financial results for the first quarter ending March 30, 2025. Data shows that NXP's revenue for the current quarter was 2.84 billion US dollars, a year-on-year decline of 9%. The gross profit margin reached 55.0%, the operating profit margin was 25.5%, and the diluted earnings per share was 1.92 US dollars. In addition, the operating cash flow was 565 million US dollars, the net capital expenditure was 138 million US dollars, and the total capital return was 561 million US dollars, including 303 million US dollars in share repurchases and 258 million US dollars in dividend payments.

In terms of operation, NXP has been making frequent moves recently. On January 7th, NXP launched two products, MCX L14x and MCX L25x, which are the first members of the ultra-low power L series in the MCX microcontroller series. This series adopts a dual-core architecture and supports battery-constrained scenarios such as industrial monitoring, building management, and traffic measurement. On January 8th, NXP and Honeywell expanded their cooperation. The Honeywell Anthem cockpit will be equipped with the NXP i.MX8 application processor to support the development of aviation products and autonomous flights. The previous cooperation between the two sides mainly focused on optimizing the energy consumption perception and safety control of the building management system.

On January 15th, NXP announced that it had received a 1 billion euro loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to advance research and development investment in semiconductor solutions. Under the current market environment, the weighted average interest rate of this loan denominated in US dollars is 4.54% and the term is six years. On February 10th, NXP announced the acquisition of Kinara Corporation for $307 million. Kinara is a leading enterprise in the field of high-performance and high-efficiency neural processing units (NPU), dedicated to edge intelligence solutions. This all-cash transaction is expected to be completed in the first half of 2025, subject to customary closing conditions.

On March 11th, NXP released the S32K5 series of automotive microcontrollers (MCUS), which is the industry's first MCU to adopt 16-nanometer FinFET process and be equipped with embedded magnetic RAM (MRAM). This series of products will expand NXP's CoreRide platform and provide system solutions for the Software-defined Vehicle (SDV) architecture.

Kurt Sievers, president and CEO of NXP, said that despite the challenging market environment, the company holds a cautiously optimistic attitude towards future development. He also disclosed that he plans to retire by the end of 2025. The NXP board of directors has approved Rafael Sotomayor to take over as president and will officially become president and chief executive officer on October 28, 2025. The board of directors expresses high trust in Rafael Sotomayor's leadership ability and believes that he will drive NXP to achieve further development in the automotive, industrial and Internet of Things end markets.

For the second quarter of fiscal year 2025, NXP expects its revenue to be between 2.8 billion and 3 billion US dollars, with a gross margin of 54.8% to 55.8%, an operating profit of 680 million to 802 million US dollars, an operating margin of 24.3% to 26.7%, and diluted earnings per share expected to be between 1.78 and 2.16 US dollars.