Company Analysis

Silicon Laboratories, Inc. (SLAB)

Nasdaq: SLAB · Semiconductors & Related Devices · Austin, TX · filing with the SEC since 2000
Grade5.4
◀ Past 4.4● Present 5.3▶ Future 6.5

The grade of Silicon Laboratories, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.4/10
◀ Past4.430% of the headline
● Present5.340% of the headline
▶ Future6.530% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

4.4/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
3.5/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2025-03-06.

weight 33% of this tense · 35th percentile among 99 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Silicon Laboratories, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2025-03-06) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
2.7/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+1.3% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 0 of 3.

weight 45% of this tense · 27th percentile among 93 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Silicon Laboratories, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $698 million in fiscal 2016 to $785 million in fiscal 2026, up 1.3% a year; it rose in 6 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 45% from fiscal 2018 to fiscal 2019; net income was positive in 0 of 3 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span1.3%bottom 17% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 47% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 10% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak45.4%bottom 28% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
9.3/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 3.2% a year. 100% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 5 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 93rd percentile among 67 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2026-01-03, Silicon Laboratories, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 3.2% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 100% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 5 sales (4 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 7% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 7% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

5.3/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
6.1/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -6%: lost 6¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 14%: owes 14¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 61st percentile among 95 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-01-03, Silicon Laboratories, Inc. lost about 6 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 36 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 14 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 1.6% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 17% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 31% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 16% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 47% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
3.7/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 37% of 97 in its family; net margin -8.3%.

weight 33% of this tense · 37th percentile among 97 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Silicon Laboratories, Inc.'s standing among 97 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $785 million in fiscal 2026 ranks in the top 49% by size; a net margin of -8.3% ranks in the bottom 36%; revenue growth of -8.5% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 24% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$785Mtop 49% of its family
  • net margin-8.3%bottom 36% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth-8.5%bottom 24% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
6.0/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 40% of 67 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2022.

weight 22% of this tense · 60th percentile among 67 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Silicon Laboratories, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Johnson, Robert Matthew (President & CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2022-02-17, 4.7 years (top 49% of its family); the 12 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 8.7 years (top 26%); 6 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 12 people in charge now (top 45%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge6 in three years among 12 peopletop 45% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed8.7 yearstop 26% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record4.7 yearstop 49% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

6.5/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
7.5/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 25% of 94 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 75th percentile among 94 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Silicon Laboratories, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of $364 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 28.7% of its assets as net cash, top 20% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 8.4% of revenue (top 42%); a gross margin of 58.2% (top 16%); research spending of 45% of revenue (top 21%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets28.7%top 20% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue8.4%top 42% of its family
  • gross margin58.2%top 16% of its family
  • research spending against revenue45.0%top 21% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
4.6/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 46% of 93 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 46th percentile among 93 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Silicon Laboratories, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew -8.5% a year over the last three filed years against 1.3% over all 10, slowing (bottom 35% of its family); the newest year grew 33.7% (top 25%); research spending grew 2% a year (bottom 32%); capital spending grew 4.1% a year (bottom 43%) (its annual reports). Silicon Laboratories, Inc. reported 2 product lines in fiscal 2025: Industrial Commercial at $445 million (57%), Home Life at $340 million (43%); 2 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-9.8 points a yearbottom 35% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth33.7%top 25% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending2.0%bottom 32% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending4.1%bottom 43% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
7.4/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 26% of 88 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 74th percentile among 88 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Silicon Laboratories, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $785 million in fiscal 2026 came in 77.9% above the $441 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 18% of its family); net income of $65 million against a prior three-year average of $113 million (top 31%); a net margin of -8.3% against -18.5% before (top 30%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace77.9%top 18% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+42%top 31% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+10.3 pointstop 30% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

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