Fabrinet vs Skyworks Solutions
FN and SWKS side by side. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How FN and SWKS compare
Skyworks Solutions is the larger company, worth 1.2 times as much as Fabrinet ($13.5B against $11.8B).
On earnings, Fabrinet is cheaper: it trades at 25.1× trailing earnings, against 78.9× for Skyworks Solutions.
Fabrinet grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (35.7% versus −3.1% for Skyworks Solutions).
Fabrinet keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 10.2% compared with 4.3% at Skyworks Solutions.
Skyworks Solutions pays a dividend yielding 2.4%; Fabrinet does not pay one.
Fabrinet scores higher on the StockData Score (17 against 9 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 | FN | SWKS |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $11.8B | $13.5B |
| Share price | $327.98 | $89.94 |
| Change, 1 year | −26.7% | 29.5% |
| Change, 5 years | 184% | −44.0% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.58 | 1.32 |
| Employees | 22K | 10K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 17 (better) | 9 |
| Valuation score | 1 | 1 |
| Growth score | 4 (better) | 0 |
| Performance score | 6 (better) | 1 |
| Health score | 6 | 6 |
| Dividend score | 0 | 1 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 25.1× (better) | 78.9× |
| P/S | 2.5× (better) | 3.4× |
| P/B | 4.8× | 2.4× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 20.5× (better) | 50.4× |
| P/FCF | 2784× | 59.0× (better) |
| PEG | 1.02 | – |
| FCF yield | 0.04% | 1.7% (better) |
| Fair value | $316.91 | $46.61 |
| Margin of safety | −3.5% (better) | −93.0% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 35.7% (better) | −3.1% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 19.8% (better) | −5.0% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 42.3% (better) | −63.9% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 42.3% (better) | −63.0% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 27.0% (better) | −33.8% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 12.0% | 40.8% (better) |
| Operating margin | 10.0% (better) | 5.5% |
| Net margin | 10.2% (better) | 4.3% |
| FCF margin | 0.09% | 5.8% (better) |
| Return on equity | 21.3% (better) | 3.0% |
| Return on invested capital | 30.0% (better) | 4.4% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | – | −12.03 |
| Interest coverage | – | 5.2× |
| Current ratio | 2.25 | 5.01 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 7.88 (better) | 3.97 |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 7 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 2.4% |
| Payout ratio | – | 186% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 0 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 0.67% |
| Buyback yield | 0.04% | 0.60% (better) |
| Shareholder yield | 0.04% | 3.0% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 102% | 122% |
| Held by insiders | 0.52% | 0.49% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$7.0M | $0 (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | 2 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 4.6% | 16.0% |
Go deeper
- FN stock overview
- FN income statement
- FN valuation and score
- SWKS stock overview
- SWKS income statement
- SWKS valuation and score
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