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Skyworks Solutions

SWKS
38
Semiconductors · Technology
Also trades as: 0L77.L GBP 0.81 (-1.84%)
Price
$82.39
+0.17 (+0.21%)
Market Cap
$12.40B
Exchange
NASDAQ
Winston Score
38
Winston is serious
Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.
Data as of Oct 23, 2026 · filings through Jul 3, 2026

§How the score breaks down

Quality
Mixed
10/30
Growth
Weak
2/20
Cash Flow
Strong
7/10
Stability
Exceptional
9/10
Valuation
Good
6/10
Ownership
Weak
2/15
Dividends
Mixed
2/5

38 of 100 counted points = Winston Score 38.

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Share count falling — buybacks

−7.1% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 167.0M (2021) → 155.1M (2025)

§Winston Score History

The full picture

Skyworks Solutions makes tiny chips called semiconductors that help devices connect wirelessly. Their main products are radio frequency (RF) chips — the parts inside smartphones that send and receive cellular, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth signals. Apple is their largest customer, and Skyworks also sells chips to Android phone makers and companies building connected home devices and cars.

Skyworks earns money by selling these chips directly to device manufacturers. The company operates globally, with most revenue coming from Asia-Pacific where phones are assembled, and it generates roughly $3.5 billion in annual revenue. Their competitive edge comes from deep engineering expertise in RF technology and long-term design partnerships with major phone makers, which are hard to replace quickly. The biggest risk is heavy dependence on Apple, which accounts for a large share of sales, meaning any slowdown in iPhone demand or a shift to in-house Apple chips could significantly hurt Skyworks' revenue.

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-3.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

-68.6% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$786M/ year

↑ Rising (+24% vs prior year)

19.2% of revenue

In line with sector average (15%)

Investing heavily in future products and technology

Insider Activity

0.5%ownership

→ Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

~10 months

$814M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Heavy R&D investment

Skyworks Solutions is putting 19% of revenue into R&D and that number is rising.

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
40.1%
Healthy — 40.1% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
5.2%
Thin — 5.2% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
5.1%
Weak — 5.1% return on capital

ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
+0.1%
Nearly flat sales (+0.1% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
-23.0%
Earnings shrinking (-23.0% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
1/8 quarters
Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
165%
Turns 165% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
4.9%
Thin free cash flow (4.9%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
0.09
Conservative — low debt load (0.09)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
11.91x
Comfortably covers interest (11.9x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
42.5x
Pricey — P/E 42.5

P/E over 35. The market is pricing in heavy, sustained growth.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
+27.3
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (42.5 → 15.2)

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
3.72%
Moderate income — 3.72% yield

Standard yield zone for stable dividend payers. A meaningful piece of total return.

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
+1.4%
Dividend flat
Payout Ratio
147%
no trend
Paying out more than the last 12 months of profit. The dividend is being funded from cash or borrowing, not this year’s earnings.

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