http://stockmarketbeat.com/blog1/2007/01/22/slab-silicon-labs-wants-to-put-radios-everywhere/ Our beat: The stock market. Our job: Beat it. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:38:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 http://stockmarketbeat.com/blog1/2007/01/22/slab-silicon-labs-wants-to-put-radios-everywhere/#comment-21761 SLAB: A Higher-end New Product from Silicon Labs - Stock Market Beat - Our beat is the stock market. Our job is to beat it. Mon, 26 Mar 2007 16:21:11 +0000 http://stockmarketbeat.com/blog1/2007/01/22/slab-silicon-labs-wants-to-put-radios-everywhere/#comment-21761 [...] By comparison, their 8-bit MCU starts at $0.45, while an AM/FM receiver goes for $4.87. So, while the volume for the clock multiplier may be much lower than those of other product lines, it will take far fewer of them to make an impact on the company’s revenue growth. For more information, see all articles on: Stock Market, Semis, SLAB, SMH [...] […] By comparison, their 8-bit MCU starts at $0.45, while an AM/FM receiver goes for $4.87. So, while the volume for the clock multiplier may be much lower than those of other product lines, it will take far fewer of them to make an impact on the company’s revenue growth. For more information, see all articles on: Stock Market, Semis, SLAB, SMH […]

]]> http://stockmarketbeat.com/blog1/2007/01/22/slab-silicon-labs-wants-to-put-radios-everywhere/#comment-12484 SLAB: Silicon Labs Disappoints Investors - Stock Market Beat - Our beat is the stock market. Our job is to beat it. Wed, 31 Jan 2007 15:24:16 +0000 http://stockmarketbeat.com/blog1/2007/01/22/slab-silicon-labs-wants-to-put-radios-everywhere/#comment-12484 [...] We highlighted the FM tuner line, as well as the transition in mobile handsets, in earlier posts. What concerns us now, however, is the very high expense related to stock option compensation, and concern over whether investors will still be inclined to ignore them now that they have been included on the income statement for a full year and year/year comparisons can be made based on GAAP earnings. (Side note: given that GAAP stands for Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, why is it that non-GAAP - presumably not accepted - numbers are those most commonly quoted?) The company says: GAAP net income for the fourth quarter was $5.2 million, or $0.09 per fully diluted share. Non-GAAP net income, excluding certain charges, was $13.5 million, or $0.24 per fully diluted share. [...] […] We highlighted the FM tuner line, as well as the transition in mobile handsets, in earlier posts. What concerns us now, however, is the very high expense related to stock option compensation, and concern over whether investors will still be inclined to ignore them now that they have been included on the income statement for a full year and year/year comparisons can be made based on GAAP earnings. (Side note: given that GAAP stands for Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, why is it that non-GAAP - presumably not accepted - numbers are those most commonly quoted?) The company says: GAAP net income for the fourth quarter was $5.2 million, or $0.09 per fully diluted share. Non-GAAP net income, excluding certain charges, was $13.5 million, or $0.24 per fully diluted share. […]

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