Silicon Laboratories (NASDAQ:SLAB) Updates Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

Silicon Laboratories (NASDAQ:SLAB) issued an update on its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Tuesday morning. The company provided earnings per share guidance of -0.190-0.010 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of -0.080. The company issued revenue guidance of $170.0 million-$185.0 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $175.6 million.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research analysts recently commented on the company. StockNews.com raised Silicon Laboratories to a “sell” rating in a research report on Friday, November 8th. KeyCorp lifted their price objective on Silicon Laboratories from $115.00 to $160.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 22nd. Stifel Nicolaus lifted their price objective on Silicon Laboratories from $135.00 to $145.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, January 6th. Barclays raised their target price on Silicon Laboratories from $75.00 to $120.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Friday, January 17th. Finally, Morgan Stanley lowered their target price on Silicon Laboratories from $123.00 to $97.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, November 5th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, six have given a hold rating and five have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $133.56.

Silicon Laboratories Stock Down 1.1 %

SLAB stock traded down $1.53 during midday trading on Tuesday, reaching $133.26. The stock had a trading volume of 91,511 shares, compared to its average volume of 308,083. The firm has a market cap of $4.32 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -17.99 and a beta of 1.16. Silicon Laboratories has a twelve month low of $94.00 and a twelve month high of $154.91. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $126.96 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $116.33.

Silicon Laboratories (NASDAQ:SLAB) last posted its earnings results on Monday, November 4th. The semiconductor company reported ($0.13) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of ($0.20) by $0.07. Silicon Laboratories had a negative return on equity of 12.60% and a negative net margin of 46.93%. The company had revenue of $166.00 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $165.50 million. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.48 EPS. The company’s revenue for the quarter was down 18.5% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, equities analysts predict that Silicon Laboratories will post -3.56 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity

In other news, Director William G. Bock sold 2,000 shares of Silicon Laboratories stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, January 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $140.77, for a total transaction of $281,540.00. Following the transaction, the director now owns 32,115 shares in the company, valued at $4,520,828.55. The trade was a 5.86 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. 1.72% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

About Silicon Laboratories

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.