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Silicom

SILC
28
Communication Equipment · Technology
Price
$43.94
+2.54 (+6.14%)
Market Cap
$252.6M
Exchange
NASDAQ
Winston Score
28
Winston is worried
Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Weak
Growth
Good
Cash Flow
Weak
Stability
Good
Valuation
Data not available

Share count falling — buybacks

18.1% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 7.0M (2021) → 5.7M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Silicom Ltd. is an Israeli technology company that designs and makes specialized networking cards and adapters used inside servers and data center equipment. Its main products are server adapters, smart network interface cards (SmartNICs), and FPGA-based cards that help computers process network traffic faster. Its customers are mostly large technology companies, cloud providers, and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) that build servers and networking systems.

Silicom earns money by selling its hardware products directly to these business customers, with most revenue coming from a relatively small number of large OEM clients. The company is headquartered in Israel and sells primarily into North American and European markets, generating roughly $100–150 million in annual revenue in recent fiscal periods. Its competitive edge comes from deep customization capabilities — it builds tailored solutions for specific customers — but heavy customer concentration is a real risk, and the negative operating margin signals that the company is currently spending more than it earns, making a return to profitability the key challenge ahead.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+58.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue accelerating

EPS Growth

+37.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$20M/ year

Flat (+3% vs prior year)

32.4% of revenue

2.2x the sector average (15%)

Steady R&D investment year-over-year

Insider Activity

6.5%ownership

Rising

Insiders increasing their stake — aligned with shareholders

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$55M cash & investments

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Revenue accelerating

Silicom grew revenue 59% year-over-year and the growth rate is speeding up. That's the kind of momentum growth investors look for — the question is whether margins can follow.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
30.1%
Modest — 30.1% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
-8.4%
Losing money on operations — -8.4%
Return on the money invested
ROCE
-9.1%
Weak — -9.1% return on capital

Negative ROIC means the business is losing money on every dollar invested in it.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
+28.6%
Fast-growing sales (+28.6% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
5/8 quarters
Mixed — about half the quarters showed growth

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
N/A
Data not available
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
-4.4%
Burning cash (-4.4%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
0.02
Conservative — low debt load (0.02)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
N/A
Data not available

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
N/M
Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful
Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
N/A
not available
Data not available

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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