Thesis

Street consensus, scenarios, merits, risks, and invalidation triggers

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Thesis Summary

Skyworks entered September 2026 with mixed standalone momentum and a pending transformative combination with Qorvo. Fiscal Q3 2026 net revenue was $934.8 million versus $965.0 million a year earlier, while non-GAAP operating margin declined to 19.4% from 23.3%. Management nevertheless guided fiscal Q4 revenue to $1.01-$1.06 billion and non-GAAP diluted EPS to $1.27 at the revenue midpoint, supported by a seasonal mobile ramp and expected year-over-year Broad Markets growth. The Qorvo transaction could materially improve scale and diversification and targets at least $500 million of annual cost synergies within 24-36 months after closing, but regulatory timing, integration, additional debt and synergy execution remain material uncertainties. The balanced evidence supports a Hold pending confirmation of the Q4 recovery and transaction completion.

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This section is the 12-month view: analyst targets and the probability-weighted scenarios built from them. The intrinsic value at the top of this page answers a different question: what the business is worth today.
Street view · analyst 12-month targets16 analysts · as of 18 Aug 2026
Low · most bearish analyst$52.00
Mean target$68.25
High · most bullish analyst$85.00
Our research · scenarios, merits, risks, and invalidation triggersResearch as of 2 Sep 2026
Scenarios · 12-month scenario targetsAnchored at research date
Bear CaseDownside scenario
$52.0023%

Fiscal Q4 revenue falls below the guided range, the Qorvo closing extends beyond calendar 2026 or encounters burdensome conditions, and integration, leverage or customer-related pressures prevent the combined company from realizing the targeted cost synergies on schedule.

Base CaseCentral scenario
$68.2558%
Matches the consensus mean

Fiscal Q4 revenue remains within management's $1.01-$1.06 billion range and the Qorvo combination closes around the stated calendar-2026 objective, but integration costs, additional financing and continued pressure in the standalone mobile business temper near-term benefits.

Bull CaseUpside scenario
$85.0019%

The combination closes during calendar 2026, Skyworks delivers fiscal Q4 revenue near the upper end of guidance, and the combined company converts its broader mobile and Broad Markets portfolio into stronger utilization and at least $500 million of annual cost synergies within the stated 24-36-month period.

Scenarios are anchored to street consensus at the research date, with our probabilities and rationale.

Key Investment Merits
  • Management expects sequential mobile growth in the high-teens range in fiscal Q4 2026 and approximately 5% year-over-year Broad Markets growth, while recent automotive and AI-data-center design wins provide diversification opportunities.
  • The proposed Qorvo combination is designed to create greater product and customer scale, a $2.6 billion Broad Markets platform and at least $500 million of annual cost synergies within 24-36 months after closing.
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Key Investment Risks
  • Skyworks remains exposed to a small number of important customers, smartphone product cycles, competitive share loss and gross-margin pressure.
  • The Qorvo transaction remains subject to closing conditions and creates regulatory, integration, personnel-retention and additional-indebtedness risks.
  • Fiscal Q3 2026 non-GAAP free cash flow was negative $16.7 million, and Skyworks discontinued future quarterly dividend declarations while redirecting capital toward repurchases, deleveraging and other uses.
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All scenarios are estimates and subject to change. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

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