Silicon Laboratories, Inc. (SLAB) Stock Analysis
Technology · Semiconductors
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $219.84: Quality below floor (3.8 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.9/10. Specifically: High short interest: 12%; Elevated put/call ratio: 8.94; Below-average business quality.
Silicon Laboratories designs MEMS-based mixed-signal IoT semiconductors (Bluetooth, Zigbee, Z-Wave, Wi-Fi, sub-GHz) for industrial, commercial, home, and health applications. Revenue is predominantly through distributors (Arrow Electronics = 28%, Edom Technology = 21% of FY2025... Read more
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $219.84: Quality below floor (3.8 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.9/10. Specifically: High short interest: 12%; Elevated put/call ratio: 8.94; Below-average business quality. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Score 4.9/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 7/9 gates (positive momentum, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 50d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on favorable risk/reward ratio. Suitability: aggressive.
About Silicon Laboratories, Inc.
About Silicon Laboratories, Inc.
Silicon Laboratories Inc. derived 91% of fiscal 2025 revenues from outside the United States, selling wireless IoT semiconductors to Industrial & Commercial and Home & Life end markets. Research and development expenses reached $353.2 million, or 45.0% of fiscal 2025 revenues. On February 4, 2026, the company entered a merger agreement with Texas Instruments at $231.00 per share, subject to stockholder approval and regulatory clearances, with the close expected in the first half of 2027.
Silicon Laboratories generates revenue through hardware sales of mixed-signal integrated circuits and wireless modules, distributed through a direct sales force and a network of independent sales representatives and distributors. Distributors Arrow Electronics and Edom Technology together accounted for 49% of fiscal 2025 revenues (28% and 21% respectively), while the ten largest end customers combined represented 25% of revenues and no single end customer exceeded 10%. Customers purchase on individual purchase orders without long-term commitments, and design-win cycles range from three months to two years depending on customer development timelines. As a fabless company, Silicon Laboratories outsources wafer fabrication, assembly, and testing to third-party contractors concentrated in the same geographic region. Competitors include Espressif, Infineon, Nordic Semiconductor, NXP, Qualcomm, Renesas, STMicroelectronics, and Texas Instruments. The Series 3 product portfolio, built on a 22 nm process node, launched its first product in 2025, targeting greater compute and energy efficiency for advanced IoT workloads.
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Silicon Laboratories' fabless model concentrates operational risk in third-party contractors: the 10-K notes that most manufacturers, assemblers, test service providers, distributors, and customers are concentrated in the same geographic region, magnifying the potential impact of a natural disaster, epidemic, labor strike, or geopolitical event on both supply and demand simultaneously. This supply-chain geography intersects with trade policy risk — the filing notes that tariffs, trade restrictions, and other barriers to international trade could materially affect business — while U.S. export controls and evolving bilateral trade relationships could restrict customer access or foundry relationships for this fabless IoT semiconductor company.
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From Silicon Laboratories, Inc.'s most recent 10-K filing, extracted June 11, 2026.
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updated 2026-06-15Recent Developments — Silicon Laboratories, Inc.
Latest news
- NEWS Mandatory Waiting Period For Proposed Merger Between Silicon Labs And Texas Instruments Expired On May 22 — benzinga May 26, 2026 positive
- NEWS Silicon Labs And Comminent Hit 500,000-Unit Milestone Supporting India's Large-Scale Smart Energy Meter Infrastructure D — benzinga May 21, 2026 positive
- NEWS Why POET Technologies Stock Is Surging On Tuesday? — benzinga May 12, 2026 neutral
- NEWS Silicon Laboratories Q1 Adj. EPS $0.53 Beats $0.51 Estimate, Sales $213.500M Miss $214.412M Estimate — benzinga May 5, 2026 neutral
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- MEDIUMCustomerArrow Electronics distributor28%10-K Item 1: 'Two of our distributors who sell to our customers, Arrow Electronics and Edom Technology, represented 28% and 21% of our revenues during fiscal 2025'
- MEDIUMCustomerEdom Technology distributor21%10-K Item 1: 'Arrow Electronics and Edom Technology, represented 28% and 21% of our revenues during fiscal 2025'
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3 floor-breakers
Negative sentiment — recent news tone and/or analyst downgrades drag the composite below neutral.static
Unprofitable operations — net margin -6.1%. Quality floor flags this regardless of sector context.static
Technicals below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $219.84: Quality below floor (3.8 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.9/10. Specifically: High short interest: 12%; Elevated put/call ratio: 8.94; Below-average business quality. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Prior stop was $216.90. Score 4.9/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $215.86 (-1.8% upside). Prior stop was $216.90. Stop-loss: $216.90.
Target reached (-11.8% upside); Quality below floor (3.8 < 4.0).
Silicon Laboratories, Inc. trades at a P/E of N/A (forward 52.9). TrendMatrix value score: 4.8/10. Verdict: Sell.
17 analysts cover SLAB with a consensus score of 2.7/5. Average price target: $223.
What does Silicon Laboratories, Inc. do?Silicon Laboratories designs MEMS-based mixed-signal IoT semiconductors (Bluetooth, Zigbee, Z-Wave, Wi-Fi, sub-GHz) for...
Silicon Laboratories designs MEMS-based mixed-signal IoT semiconductors (Bluetooth, Zigbee, Z-Wave, Wi-Fi, sub-GHz) for industrial, commercial, home, and health applications. Revenue is predominantly through distributors (Arrow Electronics = 28%, Edom Technology = 21% of FY2025 revenues); no end customer exceeded 10% of revenues. Pending acquisition by Texas Instruments at $231/share (Merger Agreement signed Feb 4, 2026).