Why Silicon Labs Stock Glows Green Today
Key Points
Silicon Labs beat Q4 earnings this morning.
No one cares about that though, because Texas Instruments is buying Silicon Labs.
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Silicon Labs (NASDAQ: SLAB) stock skyrocketed 48% through 11:25 a.m. ET Wednesday after announcing its Q4 results -- and more importantly, also announcing Texas Instruments (NASDAQ: TXN) will buy it.
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Silicon Labs earnings
Silicon Labs beat earnings in its Q4 report. Analysts expected the semiconductor stock to earn $0.55 per share on sales of $207.6 million. Silicon Labs beat on both top and bottom lines, reporting $0.56 per share (adjusted) on $208 million in sales.
The Silicon Labs buyout
Of course, the "earnings beat" pales in significance to the day's bigger news. To "create a global leader in embedded wireless connectivity solutions," Texas Instruments will acquire and bring Silicon Labs in-house.
Paying $231 per share cash, Texas Instruments proposes to acquire Silicon Labs for $7.6 billion. (Minus Silicon Labs' net cash position, the enterprise value is "approximately $7.5 billion.)
In exchange, Texas Instruments will acquire a subsidiary that's grown revenues 15% annually for more than a decade, that took in $785 million in sales last year, that lost $65 million -- but generated nearly $66 million in positive free cash flow.
Is Silicon Labs stock a buy?
Silicon Labs stock ran up on the news today, but at $203 and change, still has another 14% to go before it reaches the price Texas Instruments wants to pay for it.
TI says it hopes to close this transaction in the first half of 2027 -- so investors who buy and hold Silicon Labs stock might potentially need to wait more than a year to cash in. For a 14% return that might be worth it, but with Silicon Labs stock now valued at more than 100 times free cash flow, and closing no sure thing, there is risk involved.
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Rich Smith has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Texas Instruments. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.
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