Silicon Laboratories (NASDAQ:SLAB) Issues Q2 Earnings Guidance

Silicon Laboratories (NASDAQ:SLAB) updated its second quarter earnings guidance on Wednesday. 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 Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:SLAB traded up $2.41 during trading on Friday, hitting $121.34. 216,577 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 326,123. Silicon Laboratories has a 1-year low of $74.56 and a 1-year high of $166.94. The company has a market capitalization of $3.87 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -35.93 and a beta of 1.27. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $134.38 and its 200-day simple moving average is $122.12.

Silicon Laboratories (NASDAQ:SLAB) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April 24th. The semiconductor company reported ($1.34) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($1.29) by ($0.05). The firm had revenue of $106.38 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $104.45 million. Silicon Laboratories had a negative return on equity of 4.45% and a negative net margin of 16.36%. On average, research analysts forecast that Silicon Laboratories will post -1.66 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research analysts have issued reports on SLAB shares. Summit Insights cut Silicon Laboratories from a buy rating to a hold rating in a research note on Wednesday. Stifel Nicolaus upped their price objective on Silicon Laboratories from $136.00 to $155.00 and gave the company a buy rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 2nd. Barclays lowered their target price on Silicon Laboratories from $140.00 to $120.00 and set an equal weight rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced their price target on Silicon Laboratories from $165.00 to $150.00 and set an overweight rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday. Finally, Benchmark restated a hold rating on shares of Silicon Laboratories in a research report on Thursday. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, six have given a hold rating and five have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Silicon Laboratories has a consensus rating of Hold and a consensus target price of $135.00.

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.