Cirrus Logic

CRUS

Semiconductors · Technology

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is curious

A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.

Share count falling — buybacks

−11.5% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 59.1M (2022) → 52.4M (2026)

Cirrus Logic, Inc., a fabless semiconductor company, provides low-power and high-precision mixed-signal processing solutions in the United States and internationally. It offers portable products, including codecs components that integrate analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) and digital-to-analog converters (DACs) into a single integrated circuit (IC); smart codecs, a codec with digital signal processer; boosted amplifiers; digital signal processors; and SoundClear technology, which consists of a

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+14.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

+62.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Strong earnings growth

R&D Spend

$434M/ year

→ Flat (-0% vs prior year)

21.7% of revenue

In line with sector average (15%)

Steady R&D investment year-over-year

Insider Activity

0.6%ownership

→ Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$540M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth + cash flow

Cirrus Logic is a rare growth stock that's already generating positive cash flow while growing at 14%. The Winston Score doesn't fully credit this transition from "burner" to "earner."

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Gross Margin

53.4%

Healthy — 53.4% gross margin

Operating Margin

20.2%

Excellent — 20.2% operating margin

ROCE

4.4%

Weak — 4.4% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY

+7.0%

Steady sales growth (7.0% YoY)

EPS YoY

+36.8%

Earnings growing fast (36.8% YoY)

Earnings growing 25%+ a year. The compounder zone.

EPS Consistency

8/8 quarters

Every recent quarter grew earnings vs last year

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

156%

Turns 156% of profit into real cash

FCF Margin

31.1%

Converts sales into free cash efficiently (31.1%)

Free cash flow margin above 20%. Out of every $100 in sales, more than $20 is real cash they keep.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

N/A

Data not available

Interest Cover

508.40x

Comfortably covers interest (508.4x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

17.0x

Fair value — P/E 17.0

P/E in the normal range. Price is roughly $15 for every $1 of yearly profit.

P/E vs Forward

+0.5

GROWING

Earnings roughly flat

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.

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