Wireless chips maker Skyworks Solutions (NASDAQ: SWKS) will be reporting results tomorrow afternoon. Here's what you need to know.
Last quarter Skyworks Solutions reported revenues of $1.31 billion, up 37% year on year, in line with analyst expectations. It was a solid quarter for the company, with a significant improvement in inventory levels and an exceptional revenue growth.
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This quarter analysts are expecting Skyworks Solutions's revenue to decline 0.75% year on year to $1.49 billion, a significant deceleration on the 68.5% year-over-year increase in revenue the company had recorded in the same quarter last year. Earnings are expected to come in at $3.09 per share.
Majority of analysts covering the company have reconfirmed their estimates over the last thirty days, suggesting they are expecting the business to stay the course heading into the earnings. The company has a history of exceeding Wall St's expectations, beating revenue estimates every single time over the past two years on average by 8.53%.
Looking at Skyworks Solutions's peers in the analog semiconductors segment, some of them have already reported Q4 earnings results, giving us a hint what we can expect. Texas Instruments delivered top-line growth of 18.5% year on year, beating analyst estimates by 9.05% and NXP Semiconductors reported revenues up 21.2% year on year, exceeding estimates by 1.19%. Texas Instruments traded up 2.35% on results, NXP Semiconductors was up 1.38%. Read our full analysis of Texas Instruments's results here and NXP Semiconductors's results here.
The fears around raising interest rates have been putting pressure on tech stocks and while some of the analog semiconductors stocks have fared somewhat better, they have not been spared, with share price declining 11.8% over the last month. Skyworks Solutions is down 8.52% during the same time, and is heading into the earnings with with analyst price target of $207.4, compared to share price of $147.5.
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