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

Silicon Laboratories (NASDAQ:SLAB) updated its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Tuesday. The company provided EPS guidance of -0.190-0.010 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS 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. Silicon Laboratories also updated its Q1 guidance to $(0.19)-0.01 EPS.

Silicon Laboratories Stock Performance

NASDAQ:SLAB traded down $2.58 during trading hours on Thursday, hitting $146.48. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 218,518 shares, compared to its average volume of 349,257. The business’s 50-day moving average is $128.35 and its two-hundred day moving average is $116.74. The company has a market capitalization of $4.75 billion, a PE ratio of -19.85 and a beta of 1.16. Silicon Laboratories has a 52-week low of $94.00 and a 52-week high of $154.91.

Silicon Laboratories (NASDAQ:SLAB) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, February 4th. The semiconductor company reported ($0.11) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.11). Silicon Laboratories had a negative net margin of 46.93% and a negative return on equity of 12.60%. The company had revenue of $166.25 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $166.09 million. During the same period last year, the company posted ($1.19) earnings per share. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 91.4% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, analysts predict that Silicon Laboratories will post -3.56 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research analysts have recently weighed in on the stock. KeyCorp raised their price objective on shares of Silicon Laboratories from $115.00 to $160.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 22nd. Barclays lifted their price objective on Silicon Laboratories from $75.00 to $120.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Friday, January 17th. Stifel Nicolaus lifted their price target on shares of Silicon Laboratories from $135.00 to $145.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, January 6th. Morgan Stanley lowered their price target on shares of Silicon Laboratories from $123.00 to $97.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, November 5th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their target price on shares of Silicon Laboratories from $150.00 to $135.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, November 5th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have issued a hold rating and six have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $136.20.

Insider Activity

In other news, Director William G. Bock sold 2,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, January 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $140.77, for a total value of $281,540.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 32,115 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $4,520,828.55. The trade was a 5.86 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Insiders own 1.72% of the company’s stock.

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.