Skyworks Reports Q1 FY24 Results
-- Delivers Revenue of $1.202 Billion
-- Posts GAAP Diluted EPS of $1.44 and Non-GAAP Diluted EPS of $1.97
-- Generates Record Operating Cash Flow of $775 Million and Record Free
Cash Flow of $753 Million
IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--January 30, 2024--
Skyworks Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: SWKS), an innovator of high-performance analog and mixed-signal semiconductors connecting people, places and things, today reported first fiscal quarter results for the period ended Dec. 29, 2023.
Revenue for the first fiscal quarter of 2024 was $1.202 billion. On a GAAP basis, operating income for the first fiscal quarter was $258.3 million with diluted earnings per share of $1.44. On a non-GAAP basis, operating income was $365.7 million with non-GAAP diluted earnings per share of $1.97.
“Skyworks continues to execute well and generate robust profitability in light of ongoing macroeconomic volatility,” said Liam K. Griffin, chairman, chief executive officer and president of Skyworks. “We delivered record quarterly free cash flow of $753 million, which reflects strong working capital management and moderating capex intensity. We are seeing signs that the Android smartphone market is recovering. In broad markets, we are well positioned for long-term growth in edge-connected IoT devices, automotive electrification and advanced safety systems, and AI-enabled workloads driving cloud and data center upgrades.”
First Fiscal Quarter Business Highlights
-- Secured several design wins in infrastructure, including optical
transport products with a major operator in India and timing devices for
5G small cells for private networks
-- Expanded Wi-Fi design win pipeline with Cisco's enterprise access point,
Linksys tri-band mesh router, and TP-Link's tri-band gaming router
-- Delivered next-generation smart energy solutions with Google's Nest
temperature sensor and Itron's residential gas meter
-- Increased design win momentum in automotive including telematics,
infotainment systems, and on-board chargers across the leading OEMs
Second Fiscal Quarter 2024 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.
“We expect revenue to be $1.02 to $1.07 billion in the March quarter,” said Kris Sennesael, senior vice president and chief financial officer of Skyworks. “At the mid-point of the revenue range, we anticipate non-GAAP diluted earnings per share of $1.52. We expect our mobile business to be seasonally down sequentially, consistent with historical patterns, while in broad markets, we anticipate modest growth off the December quarter.”
Dividend Payment
Skyworks’ board of directors has declared a cash dividend of $0.68 per share of the Company’s common stock, payable on March 12, 2024, to stockholders of record at the close of business on Feb. 20, 2024.
Skyworks’ First Quarter 2024 Conference Call
Skyworks will host a conference call with analysts to discuss its first quarter fiscal 2024 results and business outlook on Jan. 30, 2024, at 4:30 p.m. ET.
To listen to the conference call, please visit the investor relations section of Skyworks’ website at Playback of the conference call will be available on Skyworks’ website at beginning at 9 p.m. ET on Jan. 30, 2024. 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. Our highly innovative analog and mixed-signal semiconductors are connecting people, places and things spanning a number of new and previously unimagined applications within the aerospace, automotive, broadband, cellular infrastructure, connected home, defense, entertainment and gaming, industrial, medical, smartphone, tablet and wearable markets.
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(R) market index (Nasdaq: SWKS). For more information, please visit Skyworks’ website at: .
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). Forward-looking statements can often be identified by words such as “anticipates,” “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, including a rise in inflation and the current heightened risk of recession; our reliance on a small number of key customers for a large percentage of our sales; 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; 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; decreased gross margins and loss of market share as a result of increased competition; our ability to obtain design wins from customers; 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; reduced flexibility in operating our business as a result of the indebtedness incurred in connection with the transaction with Silicon Laboratories Inc.; our ability to retain, recruit and hire key 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; the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on business conditions in our industry and the potential for the uncertain duration, severity and future impact of the pandemic, including as a result of more contagious variants of the virus that causes COVID-19, to result in 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.