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Skyworks Solutions Inc (NASDAQ:SWKS): A Fundamentally Attractive Investment

Attractive stocks have exceptional fundamentals. In the case of Skyworks Solutions Inc (NASDAQ:SWKS), there’s is a financially-robust company with an impressive history and a buoyant growth outlook. Below, I’ve touched on some key aspects you should know on a high level. For those interested in understanding where the figures come from and want to see the analysis, take a look at the report on Skyworks Solutions here.

Flawless balance sheet with high growth potential

SWKS delivered a satisfying double-digit returns of 21.47% in the most recent year Not surprisingly, SWKS outperformed its industry which returned 13.83%, giving us more conviction of the company’s capacity to drive bottom-line growth going forward.

NasdaqGS:SWKS Future Profit Jun 20th 18
NasdaqGS:SWKS Future Profit Jun 20th 18

SWKS’s ability to maintain an adequate level of cash to meet upcoming liabilities is a good sign for its financial health. This suggests prudent control over cash and cost by management, which is a crucial insight into the health of the company. SWKS currently has no debt on its balance sheet. This means it is running its business only on equity capital funding, which is rather impressive for a US$18.70B market cap company. SWKS has plenty of financial flexibility, without debt obligations to meet in the short term, as well as the headroom to raise debt should it need to in the future.

NasdaqGS:SWKS Historical Debt Jun 20th 18
NasdaqGS:SWKS Historical Debt Jun 20th 18

Next Steps:

For Skyworks Solutions, I’ve put together three relevant aspects you should further examine:

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  1. Valuation: What is SWKS worth today? Is the stock undervalued, even when its growth outlook is factored into its intrinsic value? The intrinsic value infographic in our free research report helps visualize whether SWKS is currently mispriced by the market.

  2. Dividend Income vs Capital Gains: Does SWKS return gains to shareholders through reinvesting in itself and growing earnings, or redistribute a decent portion of earnings as dividends? Our historical dividend yield visualization quickly tells you what your can expect from SWKS as an investment.

  3. Other Attractive Alternatives : Are there other well-rounded stocks you could be holding instead of SWKS? Explore our interactive list of stocks with large potential to get an idea of what else is out there you may be missing!


To help readers see pass the short term volatility of the financial market, we aim to bring you a long-term focused research analysis purely driven by fundamental data. Note that our analysis does not factor in the latest price sensitive company announcements.

The author is an independent contributor and at the time of publication had no position in the stocks mentioned.