Acuity vs Skyworks Solutions
AYI and SWKS side by side. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How AYI and SWKS compare
Skyworks Solutions is the larger company, worth 1.4 times as much as Acuity ($13.2B against $9.5B).
On earnings, Acuity is cheaper: it trades at 21.1× trailing earnings, against 45.4× for Skyworks Solutions.
Acuity grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (10.5% versus 0.06% for Skyworks Solutions).
Acuity keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 10.3% compared with 7.2% at Skyworks Solutions.
Both pay dividends: Acuity yields 0.25% and Skyworks Solutions 2.4%.
Acuity scores higher on the StockData Score (21 against 11 for Skyworks Solutions), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | AYI | SWKS |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $9.5B | $13.2B |
| Share price | $318.14 | $87.58 |
| Change, 1 year | −12.0% | 11.2% |
| Change, 5 years | 47.5% | −46.6% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.05 | 1.31 |
| Employees | 14K | 10K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 21 (better) | 11 |
| Valuation score | 3 (better) | 1 |
| Growth score | 3 (better) | 0 |
| Performance score | 6 (better) | 2 |
| Health score | 5 | 6 (better) |
| Dividend score | 4 (better) | 2 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 21.1× (better) | 45.4× |
| P/S | 2.1× (better) | 3.3× |
| P/B | 3.3× | 2.3× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 11.8× (better) | 40.5× |
| P/FCF | 14.9× (better) | 30.4× |
| PEG | 5.04 | – |
| FCF yield | 6.7% (better) | 3.3% |
| Fair value | $385.42 | $60.75 |
| Margin of safety | 17.5% (better) | −44.2% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 10.5% (better) | 0.06% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 5.5% (better) | 4.0% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 17.6% (better) | −26.8% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 18.8% (better) | −22.8% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 14.9% (better) | −8.5% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 49.3% (better) | 40.7% |
| Operating margin | 14.5% (better) | 7.6% |
| Net margin | 10.3% (better) | 7.2% |
| FCF margin | 13.9% (better) | 10.8% |
| Return on equity | 17.4% (better) | 5.1% |
| Return on invested capital | 16.6% (better) | 5.6% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.24 (better) | 0.00 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.34 (better) | −2.62 |
| Interest coverage | 18.0× (better) | 11.5× |
| Current ratio | 2.05 | 3.10 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 6.28 | 6.70 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 5 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 0.25% | 2.4% (better) |
| Payout ratio | 4.9% | 147% |
| Years of dividend growth | 2 | 12 (better) |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 4.9% | 9.1% (better) |
| Buyback yield | 2.7% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 3.0% (better) | 2.4% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 100% | 122% |
| Held by insiders | 0.58% | 0.49% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$2.9M | −$765K (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | 2 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 3.1% | 18.6% |
Go deeper
- AYI stock overview
- AYI income statement
- AYI valuation and score
- SWKS stock overview
- SWKS income statement
- SWKS valuation and score
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