Silicon Laboratories

SLAB

Semiconductors · Technology

Price

$217.47

-0.90 (-0.41%)

Market Cap

$7.17B

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is worried

Weak fundamentals across most pillars.

Share count falling — buybacks

−26.2% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 44.3M (2022) → 32.7M (2026)

Silicon Laboratories Inc., a fabless semiconductor company, provides various analog-intensive mixed-signal solutions in the United States, China, and internationally. The company's products include wireless microcontrollers and sensor products. Its products are used in various electronic products in a range of applications for the Internet of Things (IoT), including connected home and security, industrial automation and control, smart metering, smart lighting, commercial building automation, con

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue data limited

EPS Growth

YoY Growth Rate

EPS data limited

R&D Spend

$353M/ year

↑ Rising (+6% vs prior year)

45.0% of revenue

3.0x the sector average (15%)

Investing heavily in future products and technology

Insider Activity

1.9%ownership

Relatively low insider ownership

Cash Runway

5+ years

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

$364M cash & investments at current burn rate

Heavy R&D investment

Silicon Laboratories is putting 45% of revenue into R&D and that number is rising. That's 3.0x the sector average. With 10+ years of cash runway, they have time to let it pay off.

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Quality

Gross Margin

63.4%

Premium pricing power — 63.4% gross margin

Operating Margin

-1.6%

Losing money on operations — -1.6%

ROCE

-0.3%

Weak — -0.3% return on capital

Negative ROIC means the business is losing money on every dollar invested in it.

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Growth

Sales YoY

+25.1%

Fast-growing sales (25.1% YoY)

EPS YoY

N/A

Data not available

EPS Consistency

0/8 quarters

Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

N/A

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Data not available

FCF Margin

2.1%

Thin free cash flow (2.1%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

N/A

Data not available

Interest Cover

N/A

Data not available

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

N/M

—

Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful

P/E vs Forward

N/A

not available

Data not available

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.

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