Silicon Laboratories (NASDAQ:SLAB) Issues Q2 Earnings Guidance

Silicon Laboratories (NASDAQ:SLAB) issued an update on its second quarter earnings guidance on Wednesday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of ($0.58)-($0.70) for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of ($0.45). The company issued revenue guidance of $135-145 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $142.02 million. Silicon Laboratories also updated its Q2 2024 guidance to -0.700–0.580 EPS.

Silicon Laboratories Stock Down 8.9 %

NASDAQ:SLAB traded down $11.15 on Wednesday, reaching $114.26. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 1,425,605 shares, compared to its average volume of 320,670. Silicon Laboratories has a 12-month low of $74.56 and a 12-month high of $166.94. The firm has a market cap of $3.65 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -104.18 and a beta of 1.27. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $134.92 and a 200 day moving average price of $122.17.

Silicon Laboratories (NASDAQ:SLAB) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, February 7th. The semiconductor company reported ($1.46) EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of ($1.91) by $0.45. Silicon Laboratories had a positive return on equity of 0.97% and a negative net margin of 4.41%. The company had revenue of $86.85 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $85.32 million. Equities research analysts expect that Silicon Laboratories will post -1.66 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities research analysts recently issued reports on the company. Summit Insights downgraded Silicon Laboratories from a buy rating to a hold rating in a report on Wednesday. StockNews.com downgraded Silicon Laboratories from a hold rating to a sell rating in a report on Friday, December 29th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price objective on Silicon Laboratories from $145.00 to $165.00 and gave the company an overweight rating in a report on Thursday, February 8th. Stifel Nicolaus boosted their price objective on Silicon Laboratories from $136.00 to $155.00 and gave the company a buy rating in a report on Tuesday, January 2nd. Finally, Barclays boosted their price objective on Silicon Laboratories from $120.00 to $140.00 and gave the company an equal weight rating in a report on Thursday, February 8th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have assigned a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Silicon Laboratories presently has an average rating of Hold and an average target price of $143.29.

Silicon Laboratories Company Profile

Silicon Laboratories Inc, a fabless semiconductor company, provides various analog-intensive mixed-signal solutions in the United States, China, Taiwan, 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 industrial Internet of Things (IoT), including industrial automation and control, smart buildings, access control, HVAC control, and industrial wearables and power tools; smart cities applications, such as smart metering, smart street lighting, renewable energy, electric vehicle supply equipment, and smart agriculture; commercial IoT applications, including smart lighting, asset tracking, electronic shelf labels, theft protection, and enterprise access points; smart home applications, comprising home automation/security systems, smart speakers, smart lighting, HVAC control, smart cameras, smart appliances, smart home sensing, smart locks, and window/blind controls; and connected health applications, including diabetes management, consumer health and fitness, elderly care, patient monitoring, and activity tracking; as well as in commercial building automation, consumer electronics, and medical instrumentation.