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

Silicon Laboratories (NASDAQ:SLAB) updated its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday. The company provided earnings per share guidance of -0.190-0.010 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of -0.090. The company issued revenue guidance of $175.0 million-$180.0 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $177.5 million.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several analysts have commented on SLAB shares. Stifel Nicolaus raised 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. KeyCorp boosted their price target on shares of Silicon Laboratories from $115.00 to $160.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 22nd. Susquehanna began coverage on shares of Silicon Laboratories in a report on Tuesday, December 17th. They set a “neutral” rating and a $130.00 price objective on the stock. Barclays boosted their target price on shares of Silicon Laboratories from $75.00 to $120.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Friday, January 17th. Finally, StockNews.com lowered shares of Silicon Laboratories from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note on Thursday. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have given a hold rating and six have given a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Silicon Laboratories currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $136.20.

Silicon Laboratories Price Performance

Shares of Silicon Laboratories stock opened at $119.57 on Friday. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $137.08 and its 200-day simple moving average is $123.48. The stock has a market cap of $3.88 billion, a P/E ratio of -20.13 and a beta of 1.15. Silicon Laboratories has a 1-year low of $94.00 and a 1-year high of $160.00.

Silicon Laboratories (NASDAQ:SLAB) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 4th. The semiconductor company reported ($0.11) earnings per share for the quarter, hitting analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.11). Silicon Laboratories had a negative return on equity of 10.46% and a negative net margin of 32.69%. The company had revenue of $166.25 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $166.09 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted ($1.19) earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 91.4% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, research analysts expect that Silicon Laboratories will post -0.97 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Silicon Laboratories news, Director Navdeep S. Sooch sold 2,360 shares of Silicon Laboratories stock in a transaction on Wednesday, February 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $149.00, for a total value of $351,640.00. Following the sale, the director now owns 400,567 shares in the company, valued at $59,684,483. The trade was a 0.59 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, Director William G. Bock sold 2,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, January 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $140.77, for a total value of $281,540.00. Following the sale, the director now directly owns 32,115 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $4,520,828.55. The trade was a 5.86 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 5,360 shares of company stock worth $782,610. 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.