Lattice Semiconductor vs Silicon Labs
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The short version
- Silicon Labs is the larger business, with $785M of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $523M for Lattice Semiconductor.
- Silicon Labs grew revenue faster (34.3%, against 2.7%).
- Lattice Semiconductor kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (2.2% operating margin, against −9.0%).
- Lattice Semiconductor turned more of its sales into free cash flow (25.3% FCF margin, against 8.4%).
- Lattice Semiconductor earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (1.0%, against −7.0%).
| Latest fiscal year | LSCC · FY25 | SLAB · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $13.5B | $7.3B |
| Revenue | $523M | $785M |
| Free cash flow | $133M | $65.8M |
| Net income | $3.1M | −$64.9M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 2.7% | 34.3% |
| 5-year growth | 5.1% | 9.0% |
| Share count change | −0.1% | 1.7% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 68.2% | 58.2% |
| Operating margin | 2.2% | −9.0% |
| Net margin | 0.6% | −8.3% |
| FCF margin | 25.3% | 8.4% |
| Return on capital | 1.0% | −7.0% |
| Return on equity | 0.4% | −6.0% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | −$134M | −$291M |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −4.0x | — |
| Dividends and buybacks | $100M | $0.0M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | — | — |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 5 |
Revenue
FY16
LSCC $427M
SLAB $698M
FY17
LSCC $386M
SLAB $769M
FY18
LSCC $399M
SLAB $868M
FY19
LSCC $404M
SLAB $474M
FY20
LSCC $408M
SLAB $511M
FY21
LSCC $515M
SLAB $721M
FY22
LSCC $660M
SLAB $1.0B
FY23
LSCC $737M
SLAB $782M
FY24
LSCC $509M
SLAB $584M
FY25
LSCC $523M
SLAB $785M
LSCC
SLAB
Operating margin
FY16
LSCC −6.3%
SLAB 9.5%
FY17
LSCC −12.3%
SLAB 11.1%
FY18
LSCC −0.8%
SLAB 9.8%
FY19
LSCC 14.6%
SLAB −18.7%
FY20
LSCC 12.8%
SLAB −21.0%
FY21
LSCC 19.6%
SLAB −4.6%
FY22
LSCC 28.4%
SLAB 11.7%
FY23
LSCC 28.8%
SLAB −3.1%
FY24
LSCC 6.8%
SLAB −28.3%
FY25
LSCC 2.2%
SLAB −9.0%
LSCC
SLAB
Free cash flow
FY16
LSCC $25.0M
SLAB $118M
FY17
LSCC $25.7M
SLAB $177M
FY18
LSCC $43.1M
SLAB $149M
FY19
LSCC $109M
SLAB $151M
FY20
LSCC $79.6M
SLAB $118M
FY21
LSCC $158M
SLAB $62.6M
FY22
LSCC $215M
SLAB $115M
FY23
LSCC $249M
SLAB −$52.6M
FY24
LSCC $120M
SLAB −$25.7M
FY25
LSCC $133M
SLAB $65.8M
LSCC
SLAB
Return on capital
FY16
LSCC −4.0%
SLAB 10.5%
FY17
LSCC −8.1%
SLAB 9.2%
FY18
LSCC −0.6%
SLAB 12.7%
FY19
LSCC 15.9%
SLAB −9.0%
FY20
LSCC 14.5%
SLAB −9.4%
FY21
LSCC 24.4%
SLAB −3.1%
FY22
LSCC 40.5%
SLAB 12.3%
FY23
LSCC 41.1%
SLAB −2.4%
FY24
LSCC 6.1%
SLAB −15.9%
FY25
LSCC 1.0%
SLAB −7.0%
LSCC
SLAB
Each company's latest fiscal year; fiscal years end in different months. The best value in each row is highlighted where higher (or lower) is clearly better. Not investment advice.