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

Silicon Laboratories (NASDAQ:SLAB - Get Free Report) updated its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Tuesday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of -0.190-0.010 for the period, compared to the consensus 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.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities research analysts have recently issued reports on SLAB shares. KeyCorp upped their target price on shares of Silicon Laboratories from $115.00 to $160.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 22nd. Stifel Nicolaus increased their price target on Silicon Laboratories from $135.00 to $145.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Monday, January 6th. Benchmark upgraded shares of Silicon Laboratories from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating and set a $160.00 target price for the company in a report on Wednesday. Morgan Stanley cut their price target on shares of Silicon Laboratories from $123.00 to $97.00 and set an "equal weight" rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, November 5th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced their price target on shares of Silicon Laboratories from $150.00 to $135.00 and set an "overweight" rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, November 5th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have issued a hold rating and six have given a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $136.20.

Silicon Laboratories Stock Down 1.1 %

Shares of SLAB stock traded down $1.66 during mid-day trading on Thursday, reaching $147.40. 600,955 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 365,890. Silicon Laboratories has a 1-year low of $94.00 and a 1-year high of $154.91. The stock's fifty day simple moving average is $129.12 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $116.96. The company has a market cap of $4.78 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -19.92 and a beta of 1.16.

Silicon Laboratories (NASDAQ:SLAB - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 4th. The semiconductor company reported ($0.11) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, hitting 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 for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $166.09 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned ($1.19) EPS. The business's revenue was up 91.4% on a year-over-year basis. On average, equities research analysts anticipate that Silicon Laboratories will post -3.56 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Transactions at Silicon Laboratories

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 shares were sold at an average price of $149.00, for a total value of $351,640.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 400,567 shares of the company's stock, valued at $59,684,483. This trade represents a 0.59 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, Director William G. Bock sold 2,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, January 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $140.77, for a total value of $281,540.00. Following the transaction, the director now owns 32,115 shares of the company's stock, valued at $4,520,828.55. This trade represents a 5.86 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Corporate insiders own 1.72% of the company's stock.

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.