Silicom (SILC) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Silicom Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, markets, and supports networking and data infrastructure solutions for servers, server-based systems, and communications devices. It offers server network interface cards; and smart cards, such as smart server adapters, which include redirector and switching cards, encryption and data compression hardware acceleration cards, forward error correction acceleration and offloading cards, time synchronization cards, and field programmable gate array-based cards. The company also provides virtualized and universal customer-premises equipment; and edge devices for SD-WAN, secure access service edge, Telco dedicated routers, and NFV deployments. It serves original equipment manufacturing, cloud, telco, mobile, and related service provider markets. The company operates in the United States, North America, Israel, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. Silicom Ltd. was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Kfar Saba, Israel.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $14.38 to $15.00
• 50-Day Range: $12.83 to $16.73
• 52-Week Range: $11.35 to $18.24
• Volume: 102,803 shs
• Average Volume: 24,449 shs
• Market Capitalization: $99.51 million
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $20.00
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Silicom Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Silicom scored higher than 40% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 440th out of 654 stocks in the computer and technology sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Silicom has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on no buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Silicom has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Silicom is -7.36, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Silicom is -7.36, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Silicom has a P/B Ratio of 0.77. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.04% of the float of Silicom has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Silicom has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0.1, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Silicom has recently increased by 18.75%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Silicom does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Silicom does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.04% of the float of Silicom has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Silicom has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0.1, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Silicom has recently increased by 18.75%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: -0.07

News Sentiment

Silicom has a news sentiment score of -0.07. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.79 average news sentiment score of Computer and Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 10 news articles for Silicom this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Silicom insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

25.38% of the stock of Silicom is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

52.85% of the stock of Silicom is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

SILC Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have SILC shares performed this year?

Silicom's stock was trading at $16.31 at the beginning of the year. Since then, SILC stock has decreased by 9.7% and is now trading at $14.72.
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How were Silicom's earnings last quarter?

Silicom Ltd. (NASDAQ:SILC) issued its earnings results on Thursday, January, 30th. The technology company reported ($0.76) earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.32) by $0.44. Silicom had a negative net margin of 20.66% and a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 8.83%.
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Who are Silicom's major shareholders?

Top institutional investors of Silicom include Acuitas Investments LLC (1.68%).

How do I buy shares of Silicom?

Shares of SILC stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of Silicom own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Silicom investors own include BMO Capital Markets (), Stifel Nicolaus (), Wunderlich (), Standpoint Research (), Duncan Williams (), Soleil Securities () and Sterne Agee CRT ().

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 1/30/2025
• Today: 5/02/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Computer and Technology
• Industry: Computer & office equipment
• Sub-Industry: Computer Hardware
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:SILC
• CIK: 916793
• Web: www.silicom-usa.com
• Phone: (729) 764-4555
• Fax: 972-9765-1977
• Employees: 320
• Year Founded: 1987

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $20.00
• High Stock Price Target: $20.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $20.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +37.5%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.00
• Research Coverage: 1 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): ($2.00)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $-12,000,000.00
• Net Margins: -20.66%
• Pretax Margin: -19.47%
• Return on Equity: -8.83%
• Return on Assets: -7.66%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 8.60
• Quick Ratio: 5.88

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $58.11 million
• Price / Sales: 1.69
• Cash Flow: N/A
• Price / Cash Flow: N/A
• Book Value: $19.17 per share
• Price / Book: 0.76

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 6,760,000
• Free Float: 5,041,000
• Market Cap: $98.32 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.98