SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc

• Delivers Revenue of $1.068 Billion
• Posts GAAP Diluted EPS of $1.00 and Non-GAAP Diluted EPS of $1.60
• Generates Operating Cash Flow of $377 Million (35% Operating Cash Flow Margin) and Free Cash Flow of $338 Million (32% Free Cash Flow Margin)

Skyworks Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: SWKS), a leading developer, manufacturer and provider of analog and mixed-signal semiconductors and solutions for numerous applications, today reported results for the fiscal quarter ended Dec. 27, 2024.

Revenue for the first fiscal quarter of 2025 was $1.068 billion. On a GAAP basis, operating income for the first fiscal quarter was $181 million with diluted earnings per share of $1.00. On a non-GAAP basis, operating income was $285 million with non-GAAP diluted earnings per share of $1.60.

“Skyworks started the new fiscal year with solid results, growing revenue 4% sequentially and surpassing the midpoint of our guidance,” said Liam K. Griffin, chief executive officer and president of Skyworks. “We have observed consistent improvement in demand indicators within Broad Markets, while we have successfully supported multiple new product launches in Mobile. Furthermore, we posted another quarter of impressive free cash flow with margins exceeding 30%.”

First Fiscal Quarter Business Highlights

• Secured 5G content for premium Android smartphones for Samsung Galaxy, Xiaomi, and Asus
• Supported Gemtek’s launch of the first AI router with voice-enabled AI-Powered healthcare service
• Enabled Asus’s award-winning, quad-band Wi-Fi 7 gaming routers
• Expanded our design win pipeline in automotive with cellular connectivity and power management solutions

Second Fiscal Quarter 2025 Outlook

We provide earnings guidance on a non-GAAP basis because certain information necessary to reconcile such guidance to GAAP is difficult to estimate and dependent on future events outside of our control. Please refer to the attached Discussion Regarding the Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures in this earnings release for a further discussion of our use of non-GAAP measures, including quantification of known expected adjustment items.

“For the March quarter, we expect revenue between $935 million to $965 million, with non-GAAP diluted earnings per share of $1.20 at the mid-point of the revenue range,” said Kris Sennesael, senior vice president and chief financial officer of Skyworks. “We anticipate a mid-to-high teens sequential decline in mobile, consistent with historical seasonal patterns. In broad markets, we expect additional sequential and year-over-year growth.”

“In addition, our board of directors has approved a new $2 billion stock repurchase program as part of our disciplined capital allocation strategy.”

Stock Repurchase Program

Skyworks’ board of directors has authorized the repurchase of up to $2 billion of the Company’s common stock from time to time through Feb. 3, 2027, on the open market or in privately negotiated transactions, in compliance with applicable securities laws and other legal requirements. This newly authorized stock repurchase program succeeds in its entirety the stock repurchase program that was approved by the board of directors on Jan. 31, 2023.

The timing and amount of any shares of the Company’s common stock that are repurchased under the new repurchase program will be determined by the Company’s management based on its evaluation of market conditions and other factors. The repurchase program may be suspended or discontinued at any time.

The Company currently expects to fund the repurchase program using the Company’s working capital. As of Dec. 27, 2024, the Company had cash and marketable securities of approximately $1.75 billion.

Dividend Payment

Skyworks’ board of directors also declared a cash dividend of $0.70 per share of the Company’s common stock. The dividend is payable on Mar. 17, 2025, to stockholders of record at the close of business on Feb. 24, 2025.

Skyworks’ First Quarter 2025 Conference Call

Skyworks will host a conference call with analysts to discuss its first quarter fiscal 2025 results and business outlook on Feb. 5, 2025, at 4:30 p.m. EST.

To listen to the conference call, please visit the investor relations section of Skyworks’ website at https://investors.skyworksinc.com/events-presentations. Playback of the conference call will be available on Skyworks’ website at www.skyworksinc.com/investors beginning at 9 p.m. EST on Feb. 5, 2025. Additionally, a transcript of the Company’s prepared remarks will be made available on our website promptly after their conclusion during the call.

About Skyworks

Skyworks Solutions, Inc. is empowering the wireless networking revolution. We are a leading developer, manufacturer and provider of analog and mixed-signal semiconductors and solutions for numerous applications, including aerospace, automotive, broadband, cellular infrastructure, connected home, defense, entertainment and gaming, industrial, medical, smartphone, tablet and wearables.

Skyworks is a global company with engineering, marketing, operations, sales and support facilities located throughout Asia, Europe and North America and is a member of the S&P 500® market index (Nasdaq: SWKS). For more information, please visit Skyworks’ website at: www.skyworksinc.com.

Safe Harbor Statement

This earnings release includes “forward-looking statements” intended to qualify for the safe harbor from liability established by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements include information relating to future events, prospects, expectations and results of Skyworks (e.g., certain projections and business trends, as well as plans for dividend payments and stock repurchases). Forward-looking statements can often be identified by words such as “anticipates,” “estimates,” “expects,” “forecasts,” “intends,” “believes,” “plans,” “may,” “will” or “continue,” and similar expressions and variations or negatives of these words. All such statements are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and other important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially and adversely from those projected and may affect our future operating results, financial position and cash flows.

These risks, uncertainties and other important factors include: the susceptibility of the semiconductor industry and the markets addressed by our, and our customers’, products to economic cycles or changes in economic conditions, including inflation and recession; our reliance on a small number of key customers for a large percentage of our sales; decreased gross margins and loss of market share as a result of increased competition; our ability to obtain design wins from customers; market acceptance of our products and our customers’ products, including market acceptance of new, emerging technologies such as AI; the risks of doing business internationally, including increased import/export restrictions and controls (e.g., our ability to sell products to certain specified foreign entities only pursuant to a limited export license from the U.S. Department of Commerce or our ability to obtain foreign-sourced raw materials), imposition of trade protection measures (e.g., tariffs or taxes), security and health risks, possible disruptions in transportation networks, fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates, and other economic, social, military and geopolitical conditions in the countries in which we, our customers or our suppliers operate, including the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East; delays in the deployment of commercial 5G networks or in consumer adoption of 5G-enabled devices; the volatility of our stock price; changes in laws, regulations and/or policies that could adversely affect our operations and financial results, the economy and our customers’ demand for our products, or the financial markets and our ability to raise capital; fluctuations in our manufacturing yields due to our complex and specialized manufacturing processes; our ability to develop, manufacture and market innovative products, avoid product obsolescence, reduce costs in a timely manner, transition our products to smaller geometry process technologies and achieve higher levels of design integration; the quality of our products and any defect remediation costs; our products’ ability to perform under stringent operating conditions; the availability and pricing of third-party semiconductor foundry, assembly and test capacity, raw materials, including rare earth and similar minerals, supplier components, equipment and shipping and logistics services, including limits on our customers’ ability to obtain such services and materials; disruptions to our manufacturing processes, including relating to any relocation of our key facilities; the risk that our chief executive officer transition is not successful for any reason; our ability to retain, recruit and hire key executives or the departure of any such executives, technical personnel and other employees in the positions and numbers, with the experience and capabilities, and at the compensation levels needed to implement our business and product plans; the timing, rescheduling or cancellation of significant customer orders and our ability, as well as the ability of our customers, to manage inventory; reduced flexibility in operating our business as a result of the indebtedness incurred in connection with the transaction with Silicon Laboratories Inc.; the effects of global health crises on business conditions in our industry, including in the risk of significant disruptions to our business operations, as well as negative impacts to our financial condition; our ability to prevent theft of our intellectual property, disclosure of confidential information or breaches of our information technology systems; uncertainties of litigation, including potential disputes over intellectual property infringement and rights, as well as payments related to the licensing and/or sale of such rights; our ability to continue to grow and maintain an intellectual property portfolio and obtain needed licenses from third parties; our ability to make certain investments and acquisitions, integrate companies we acquire and/or enter into strategic alliances with; and other risks and uncertainties, including those detailed from time to time in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The forward-looking statements contained in this earnings release are made only as of the date hereof, and we undertake no obligation to update or revise the forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Note to Editors: Skyworks and the Skyworks symbol are trademarks or registered trademarks of Skyworks Solutions, Inc., or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries. Third-party brands and names are for identification purposes only and are the property of their respective owners.

SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC.

UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

 

 

Three Months Ended

(in millions, except per share amounts)

December 27, 2024

 

December 29, 2023

Net revenue

$

1,068.5

 

 

$

1,201.5

 

Cost of goods sold

 

626.6

 

 

 

694.9

 

Gross profit

 

441.9

 

 

 

506.6

 

Operating expenses:

 

 

 

Research and development

 

176.4

 

 

 

153.1

 

Selling, general, and administrative

 

82.6

 

 

 

78.8

 

Amortization of intangibles

 

0.2

 

 

 

0.2

 

Restructuring, impairment, and other charges

 

1.6

 

 

 

16.2

 

Total operating expenses

 

260.8

 

 

 

248.3

 

Operating income

 

181.1

 

 

 

258.3

 

Interest expense

 

(6.8

)

 

 

(10.0

)

Other income, net

 

16.1

 

 

 

3.4

 

Income before income taxes

 

190.4

 

 

 

251.7

 

Provision for income taxes

 

28.4

 

 

 

20.4

 

Net income

$

162.0

 

 

$

231.3

 

Earnings per share:

 

 

 

Basic

$

1.01

 

 

$

1.45

 

Diluted

$

1.00

 

 

$

1.44

 

Weighted average shares:

 

 

 

Basic

 

160.4

 

 

 

159.9

 

Diluted

 

161.4

 

 

 

161.0

 

SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC.

UNAUDITED RECONCILIATIONS OF NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES

 

 

Three Months Ended

(in millions)

December 27, 2024

 

December 29, 2023

GAAP gross profit

$

441.9

 

 

$

506.6

 

Share-based compensation expense [a]

 

7.3

 

 

 

8.8

 

Amortization of acquisition-related intangibles

 

40.0

 

 

 

41.6

 

Restructuring and other charges

 

7.9

 

 

 

—

 

Non-GAAP gross profit

$

497.1

 

 

$

557.0

 

GAAP gross margin %

 

41.4

%

 

 

42.2

%

Non-GAAP gross margin %

 

46.5

%

 

 

46.4

%

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

(in millions)

December 27, 2024

 

December 29, 2023

GAAP operating income

$

181.1

 

 

$

258.3

 

Share-based compensation expense [a]

 

51.1

 

 

 

53.3

 

Acquisition-related expenses

 

0.1

 

 

 

0.1

 

Amortization of acquisition-related intangibles

 

40.2

 

 

 

41.9

 

Settlements, gains, losses, and impairments

 

(0.5

)

 

 

12.1

 

Restructuring and other charges

 

12.8

 

 

 

—

 

Non-GAAP operating income

$

284.8

 

 

$

365.7

 

GAAP operating margin %

 

16.9

%

 

 

21.5

%

Non-GAAP operating margin %

 

26.7

%

 

 

30.4

%

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

(in millions)

December 27, 2024

 

December 29, 2023

GAAP net income

$

162.0

 

 

$

231.3

 

Share-based compensation expense [a]

 

51.1

 

 

 

53.3

 

Acquisition-related expenses

 

0.1

 

 

 

0.1

 

Amortization of acquisition-related intangibles

 

40.2

 

 

 

41.9

 

Settlements, gains, losses, and impairments

 

(0.5

)

 

 

12.1

 

Restructuring and other charges

 

12.8

 

 

 

—

 

Tax adjustments

 

(7.4

)

 

 

(21.7

)

Non-GAAP net income

$

258.3

 

 

$

317.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

December 27, 2024

 

December 29, 2023

GAAP net income per share, diluted

$

1.00

 

 

$

1.44

 

Share-based compensation expense [a]

 

0.32

 

 

 

0.33

 

Acquisition-related expenses

 

—

 

 

 

—

 

Amortization of acquisition-related intangibles

 

0.25

 

 

 

0.26

 

Settlements, gains, losses, and impairments

 

—

 

 

 

0.07

 

Restructuring and other charges

 

0.08

 

 

 

—

 

Tax adjustments

 

(0.05

)

 

 

(0.13

)

Non-GAAP net income per share, diluted

$

1.60

 

 

$

1.97

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

(in millions)

December 27, 2024

 

December 29, 2023

GAAP net cash provided by operating activities

$

377.2

 

 

$

774.9

 

Capital expenditures

 

(39.0

)

 

 

(22.2

)

Non-GAAP free cash flow

$

338.2

 

 

$

752.7

 

GAAP net cash provided by operating activities margin %

 

35.3

%

 

 

64.5

%

Non-GAAP free cash flow margin %

 

31.7

%

 

 

62.6

%

SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC. DISCUSSION REGARDING THE USE OF NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES

Our earnings release contains some or all of the following financial measures that have not been calculated in accordance with United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”): (i) non-GAAP gross profit and gross margin, (ii) non-GAAP operating income and operating margin, (iii) non-GAAP net income, (iv) non-GAAP diluted earnings per share, and (v) non-GAAP free cash flow and free cash flow margin. As set forth in the “Unaudited Reconciliations of Non-GAAP Financial Measures” table found above, we derive such non-GAAP financial measures by excluding certain expenses and other items from the respective GAAP financial measure that is most directly comparable to each non-GAAP financial measure. Management uses these non-GAAP financial measures to evaluate our operating performance and compare it against past periods, make operating decisions, forecast for future periods, compare our operating performance against peer companies, and determine payments under certain compensation programs. These non-GAAP financial measures provide management with additional means to understand and evaluate the operating results and trends in our ongoing business by eliminating certain non-recurring expenses and other items that management believes might otherwise make comparisons of our ongoing business with prior periods and competitors more difficult, obscure trends in ongoing operations, or reduce management’s ability to make forecasts.

We provide investors with non-GAAP gross profit and gross margin, non-GAAP operating income and operating margin, non-GAAP net income, non-GAAP diluted earnings per share, and non-GAAP free cash flow and free cash flow margin because we believe it is important for investors to be able to closely monitor and understand changes in our ability to generate income from ongoing business operations. We believe these non-GAAP financial measures give investors an additional method to evaluate historical operating performance and identify trends, an additional means of evaluating period-over-period operating performance and a method to facilitate certain comparisons of our operating results to those of our peer companies. We believe that providing non-GAAP operating income and operating margin allows investors to assess the extent to which our ongoing operations impact our overall financial performance. We also believe that providing non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP diluted earnings per share allows investors to assess the overall financial performance of our ongoing operations by eliminating the impact of share-based compensation expense, acquisition-related expenses, amortization of acquisition-related intangibles, settlements, gains, losses, and impairments, restructuring-related charges, and certain tax items which may not occur in each period presented and which may represent non-cash items unrelated to our ongoing operations. We further believe that providing non-GAAP free cash flow and free cash flow margin provide insight into our liquidity, our cash-generating capability, and the amount of cash potentially available to return to shareholders. We believe that disclosing these non-GAAP financial measures contributes to enhanced financial reporting transparency and provides investors with added clarity about complex financial performance measures.

We calculate non-GAAP gross profit by excluding from GAAP gross profit, share-based compensation expense, amortization of acquisition-related intangibles, and restructuring and other charges. We calculate non-GAAP operating income by excluding from GAAP operating income, share-based compensation expense, acquisition-related expenses, amortization of acquisition-related intangibles, settlements, gains, losses, and impairments, and restructuring-related charges. We calculate non-GAAP net income and diluted earnings per share by excluding from GAAP net income and diluted earnings per share, share-based compensation expense, acquisition-related expenses, amortization of acquisition-related intangibles, settlements, gains, losses, and impairments, restructuring-related charges, and certain tax items. We calculate non-GAAP free cash flow by deducting capital expenditures from GAAP net cash provided by operating activities. We exclude certain items identified above from the respective non-GAAP financial measure referenced above for the reasons set forth with respect to each such excluded item below:

Share-Based Compensation Expense - because (1) the total amount of expense is partially outside of our control because it is based on factors such as stock price volatility and interest rates, which may be unrelated to our performance during the period in which the expense is incurred, (2) it is an expense based upon a valuation methodology premised on assumptions that vary over time, and (3) the amount of the expense can vary significantly between companies due to factors that can be outside of the control of such companies.

Acquisition-Related Expenses and Amortization of Acquisition-Related Intangibles - including such items as, when applicable, fair value adjustments to contingent consideration, fair value charges incurred upon the sale of acquired inventory, acquisition-related expenses, and amortization of acquired intangible assets because they are not considered by management in making operating decisions and we believe that such expenses do not have a direct correlation to our future business operations and thereby including such charges does not necessarily reflect the performance of our ongoing operations for the period in which such charges or reversals are incurred.

Settlements, Gains, Losses, and Impairments - because such settlements, gains, losses, and impairments (1) are not considered by management in making operating decisions, (2) are infrequent in nature, (3) are generally not directly controlled by management, (4) do not necessarily reflect the performance of our ongoing operations for the period in which such charges are recognized, and/or (5) can vary significantly in amount between companies and make comparisons less reliable.

Restructuring and Other Charges - because these charges have no direct correlation to our future business operations and including such charges or reversals does not necessarily reflect the performance of our ongoing operations for the period in which such charges or reversals are incurred.

Certain Income Tax Items - including certain deferred tax charges and benefits that do not result in a current tax payment or tax refund and other adjustments, including but not limited to, items unrelated to the current fiscal year or that are not indicative of our ongoing business operations.

The non-GAAP financial measures presented in the table above should not be considered in isolation and are not an alternative for the respective GAAP financial measure that is most directly comparable to each such non-GAAP financial measure. Investors are cautioned against placing undue reliance on these non-GAAP financial measures and are urged to review and consider carefully the adjustments made by management to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures to arrive at these non-GAAP financial measures. Non-GAAP financial measures may have limited value as analytical tools because they may exclude certain expenses that some investors consider important in evaluating our operating performance or ongoing business performance. Further, non-GAAP financial measures may have limited value for purposes of drawing comparisons between companies as a result of different companies potentially calculating similarly titled non-GAAP financial measures in different ways because non-GAAP measures are not based on any comprehensive set of accounting rules or principles.

Our earnings release contains forward-looking estimates of non-GAAP diluted earnings per share for the second quarter of our 2025 fiscal year (“Q2 2025”). We provide this non-GAAP measure to investors on a prospective basis for the same reasons (set forth above) that we provide it to investors on a historical basis. We are unable to provide a reconciliation of our forward-looking estimate of Q2 2025 GAAP diluted earnings per share to a forward-looking estimate of Q2 2025 non-GAAP diluted earnings per share because certain information needed to make a reasonable forward-looking estimate of GAAP diluted earnings per share for Q2 2025 (other than estimated share-based compensation expense of $0.20 to $0.40 per diluted share, estimated amortization of intangibles of $0.20 to $0.30 per diluted share and certain tax items of -$0.15 to $0.20 per diluted share) is difficult to predict and estimate and is often dependent on future events that may be uncertain or outside of our control. Such events may include unanticipated changes in our GAAP effective tax rate, unanticipated one-time charges related to asset impairments (fixed assets, inventory, intangibles, or goodwill), unanticipated acquisition-related expenses, unanticipated settlements, gains, losses, and impairments, and other unanticipated non-recurring items not reflective of ongoing operations. The probable significance of these unknown items, in the aggregate, is estimated to be in the range of $0.00 to $0.15 in quarterly earnings per diluted share on a GAAP basis. Our forward-looking estimates of both GAAP and non-GAAP measures of our financial performance may differ materially from our actual results and should not be relied upon as statements of fact.

[a] The following table summarizes the expense recognized in accordance with ASC 718 - Compensation, Stock Compensation (in millions):

 

Three Months Ended

 

December 27, 2024

 

December 29, 2023

Cost of goods sold

$

7.3

 

$

8.8

Research and development

 

25.6

 

 

25.4

Selling, general, and administrative

 

18.2

 

 

19.1

Total share-based compensation

$

51.1

 

$

53.3

SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC.

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

 

 

As of

(in millions)

December 27, 2024

 

September 27, 2024

Assets

 

 

 

Cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities

$

1,754.8

 

$

1,574.1

Accounts receivable, net

 

520.0

 

 

508.8

Inventory

 

699.7

 

 

784.8

Property, plant, and equipment, net

 

1,247.0

 

 

1,280.3

Goodwill and intangible assets, net

 

3,060.7

 

 

3,077.2

Other assets

 

1,048.9

 

 

1,058.1

Total assets

$

8,331.1

 

$

8,283.3

 

 

 

 

Liabilities and Equity

 

 

 

Accounts payable

$

147.2

 

$

171.8

Accrued and other liabilities

 

788.5

 

 

780.5

Debt

 

994.7

 

 

994.3

Stockholders’ equity

 

6,400.7

 

 

6,336.7

Total liabilities and equity

$

8,331.1

 

$

8,283.3

SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC.

UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

 

 

Three Months Ended

(in millions)

December 27, 2024

 

December 29, 2023

Cash flows from operating activities:

 

 

 

Net income

$

162.0

 

 

$

231.3

 

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

 

 

 

Share-based compensation

 

51.1

 

 

 

53.3

 

Depreciation

 

67.6

 

 

 

64.7

 

Amortization of intangible assets

 

48.4

 

 

 

48.1

 

Deferred income taxes

 

(0.5

)

 

 

(2.6

)

Asset impairment charges

 

—

 

 

 

16.1

 

Amortization of debt discount and issuance costs

 

0.5

 

 

 

1.9

 

Other, net

 

(3.1

)

 

 

(4.4

)

Changes in assets and liabilities:

 

 

 

Receivables, net

 

(11.2

)

 

 

204.9

 

Inventory

 

86.9

 

 

 

192.2

 

Accounts payable

 

(19.9

)

 

 

(18.7

)

Other current and long-term assets and liabilities

 

(4.6

)

 

 

(11.9

)

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

377.2

 

 

 

774.9

 

Cash flows from investing activities:

 

 

 

Capital expenditures

 

(39.0

)

 

 

(22.2

)

Purchased intangibles

 

(9.8

)

 

 

(7.6

)

Purchases of marketable securities

 

(150.7

)

 

 

(1.1

)

Sales and maturities of marketable securities

 

204.9

 

 

 

3.2

 

Other

 

2.1

 

 

 

4.2

 

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

 

7.5

 

 

 

(23.5

)

Cash flows from financing activities:

 

 

 

Repurchase of common stock - payroll tax withholdings on equity awards

 

(38.3

)

 

 

(32.7

)

Dividends paid

 

(112.5

)

 

 

(108.9

)

Net proceeds from exercise of stock options

 

—

 

 

 

1.1

 

Payments of debt

 

—

 

 

 

(300.0

)

Net cash used in financing activities

 

(150.8

)

 

 

(440.5

)

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents

 

233.9

 

 

 

310.9

 

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

 

1,368.6

 

 

 

718.8

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

$

1,602.5

 

 

$

1,029.7

 

 

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