Silicon Laboratories achieved 20% revenue growth and holds a Piotroski F-Score of 8 out of 9, but analyst estimate cuts of 21% over 30 days and an extreme put-to-call ratio of 10.59 signal the market is pricing in material downside risk that current price levels do not fully reflect.
Thesis pillars
- Revenue Growth Vs Estimate Cuts→Stable
- Geographic Revenue Concentration→Stable
- Extreme Put Call Ratio→Stable
- +1 more pillar — see the Why tab for full reasoning
Silicon Laboratories, Inc. (SLAB) Stock Analysis
Technology · Semiconductors
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $218.01: a dimension score below its floor triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.0/10. Specifically: High short interest: 11%; Below-average business quality; Negative price momentum.
Silicon Laboratories Inc. designs fabless wireless IoT semiconductors for Industrial & Commercial and Home & Life markets, with 91% of fiscal 2025 revenues from outside the United States. Distributors Arrow Electronics (28%) and Edom Technology (21%) were the two largest revenue... Read more
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $218.01: a dimension score below its floor triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.0/10. Specifically: High short interest: 11%; Below-average business quality; Negative price momentum. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Score 5.0/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 6/8 gates (clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 32d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum and 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 2026-07-06Recent Developments — Silicon Laboratories, Inc.
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- NEWS Silicon Labs And Signify Enable Select Philips Hue Smart Bulbs To Communicate Via Zigbee And Matter Over Thread Concurre — benzinga Jun 23, 2026 positive
- 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 Electronics28%10-K Item 1: 'Arrow Electronics and Edom Technology, represented 28% and 21% of our revenues during fiscal 2025, respectively.'
- LOWCustomerEdom Technology21%10-K Item 1: 'Arrow Electronics and Edom Technology, represented 28% and 21% of our revenues during fiscal 2025, respectively.'
- HIGHGeographicinternational (outside United States)91%10-K Item 1: 'The percentage of our revenues derived from outside of the United States was 91% in fiscal 2025.'
- MEDIUMSuppliersame geographic region manufacturers10-K Item 1A: 'Most of our current manufacturers, assemblers, test service providers, distributors and customers are concentrated in the same geographic region'
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Momentum below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
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
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $218.01: a dimension score below its floor triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.0/10. Specifically: High short interest: 11%; Below-average business quality; Negative price momentum. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Prior stop was $214.60. Score 5.0/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $216.48 (-0.8% upside). Prior stop was $214.60. Stop-loss: $214.60.
Concentration risk — Geographic: international (outside United States) (91.0%); Target reached (-11.2% upside); Quality below floor (3.8 < 4.0).
Silicon Laboratories, Inc. trades at a P/E of N/A (forward 52.6). 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 Inc. designs fabless wireless IoT semiconductors for Industrial & Commercial and Home & Life...
Silicon Laboratories Inc. designs fabless wireless IoT semiconductors for Industrial & Commercial and Home & Life markets, with 91% of fiscal 2025 revenues from outside the United States. Distributors Arrow Electronics (28%) and Edom Technology (21%) were the two largest revenue channels in fiscal 2025. On February 4, 2026, the company entered a merger agreement with Texas Instruments at $231.00 per share.