Skyworks Solutions, Inc. key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Skyworks Solutions, Inc. had return on equity of 7.9%, an operating margin of 12.2%, debt equal to 17.3% of equity and a current ratio of 2.33. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2009Oct 2009 | 2010Oct 2010 | 2011Sept 2011 | 2012Sept 2012 | 2013Sept 2013 | 2014Oct 2014 | 2015Oct 2015 | 2016Sept 2016 | 2017Sept 2017 | 2018Sept 2018 | 2019Sept 2019 | 2020Oct 2020 | 2021Oct 2021 | 2022Sept 2022 | 2023Sept 2023 | 2024Sept 2024 | 2025Oct 2025 | LTMJul 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 39.6% | 42.6% | 43.7% | 42.5% | 42.8% | 44.6% | 47.7% | 50.6% | 50.4% | 50.4% | 47.5% | 48.1% | 49.2% | 47.5% | 44.2% | 41.2% | 41.2% | 40.7% |
| Operating margin | 8.9% | 18.6% | 20.8% | 16.3% | 19.3% | 24.7% | 31.4% | 34.0% | 34.3% | 34.1% | 28.2% | 26.6% | 31.6% | 27.8% | 23.6% | 15.3% | 12.2% | 7.6% |
| Net margin | 11.8% | 12.8% | 16.0% | 12.9% | 15.5% | 20.0% | 24.5% | 30.3% | 27.7% | 23.7% | 25.3% | 24.3% | 29.3% | 23.2% | 20.6% | 14.3% | 11.7% | 7.2% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 22.4% | 12.5% | 18.7% | 12.2% | 21.0% | 24.6% | 17.3% | 27.0% | 31.6% | 21.7% | 28.7% | 24.3% | 22.2% | 17.0% | 34.5% | 39.9% | 27.1% | 10.8% |
| Return on equity | 8.6% | 11.3% | 15.5% | 11.5% | 13.9% | 19.8% | 28.1% | 29.7% | 26.6% | 22.5% | 20.8% | 19.7% | 31.7% | 23.7% | 17.0% | 9.6% | 7.9% | 5.0% |
| Return on assets | 7.0% | 9.4% | 13.1% | 10.0% | 12.4% | 17.2% | 23.9% | 26.3% | 24.0% | 19.5% | 17.7% | 16.4% | 21.9% | 14.6% | 11.4% | 7.1% | 5.9% | 3.8% |
| Asset turnover | 0.59 | 0.73 | 0.82 | 0.78 | 0.80 | 0.86 | 0.97 | 0.87 | 0.87 | 0.82 | 0.70 | 0.67 | 0.75 | 0.63 | 0.55 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.52 |
| Current ratio | 3.01 | 3.87 | 3.30 | 4.83 | 5.97 | 4.80 | 4.13 | 9.52 | 6.79 | 5.80 | 5.97 | 5.17 | 4.35 | 2.63 | 3.33 | 5.54 | 2.33 | 3.10 |
| Debt to equity | 11.1% | 5.7% | 1.7% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 42.2% | 40.0% | 21.2% | 15.7% | 17.3% | 8.7% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | 8.6x | 47.0x | 155.4x | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 31.9x | 17.5x | 20.8x | 18.5x | 11.5x |
| Effective tax rate | −36.2% | 29.6% | 22.9% | 20.8% | 19.3% | 19.0% | 22.0% | 17.1% | 19.6% | 31.1% | 11.2% | 8.6% | 6.3% | 13.6% | 8.9% | 6.3% | 9.4% | 11.0% |
| R&D as % of revenue | 15.4% | 12.5% | 11.9% | 13.5% | 12.6% | 11.0% | 9.3% | 9.5% | 9.7% | 10.5% | 12.6% | 13.8% | 10.4% | 11.3% | 12.7% | 15.1% | 19.2% | 21.1% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 12.5% | 11.0% | 9.7% | 10.1% | 8.9% | 7.8% | 5.9% | 6.0% | 5.6% | 5.4% | 5.9% | 6.9% | 6.3% | 6.0% | 6.6% | 7.2% | 9.1% | 10.9% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 4.9% | 8.3% | 7.1% | 6.0% | 6.9% | 9.1% | 13.2% | 5.8% | 8.3% | 10.9% | 11.8% | 11.6% | 12.5% | 8.9% | 4.4% | 3.8% | 4.8% | 7.0% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | 189.1% | 97.6% | 117.0% | 94.6% | 135.2% | 123.2% | 70.5% | 89.3% | 114.1% | 91.3% | 113.5% | 100.0% | 75.7% | 73.3% | 167.5% | 279.8% | 231.8% | 149.7% |
| Dividends ÷ net income | — | — | — | 0.0% | 0.0% | 9.1% | 15.5% | 20.2% | 21.2% | 26.5% | 32.1% | 37.7% | 22.7% | 29.3% | 41.2% | 73.7% | 90.7% | 146.7% |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | 0.0% | 0.0% | 26.4% | 6.5% | 49.2% | 36.8% | 64.2% | 81.8% | 56.1% | 119.6% | 96.1% | 117.1% | 47.3% | 134.7% | 35.3% | 31.0% | 114.2% | 98.0% |
| Quarter | 2024 Q4Sept 2024 | 2025 Q1Dec 2024 | 2025 Q2Mar 2025 | 2025 Q3Jun 2025 | 2025 Q4Oct 2025 | 2026 Q1Jan 2026 | 2026 Q2Apr 2026 | 2026 Q3Jul 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 41.9% | 41.4% | 41.1% | 41.6% | 40.7% | 41.3% | 40.8% | 40.1% |
| Operating margin | 5.8% | 16.9% | 10.2% | 11.5% | 10.1% | 10.0% | 4.5% | 5.2% |
| Net margin | 5.9% | 15.2% | 7.2% | 10.9% | 12.9% | 7.6% | 3.8% | 3.6% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 38.4% | 31.7% | 38.9% | 26.2% | 13.1% | 32.7% | −3.4% | −1.8% |
| Current ratio | 5.54 | 5.94 | 4.95 | 2.39 | 2.33 | 2.40 | 2.38 | 3.10 |
| Debt to equity | 15.7% | 15.5% | 16.8% | 17.6% | 17.3% | 17.3% | 17.3% | 8.7% |
| R&D as % of revenue | 16.0% | 16.5% | 19.6% | 20.7% | 20.3% | 19.6% | 22.5% | 22.2% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 7.2% | 7.7% | 9.2% | 9.3% | 10.1% | 10.5% | 12.7% | 10.6% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $2.7bn of assets due within a year against $874m of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $2.7bn short-term assets against $812m of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt $790m of cash against $497m of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 9% of equity.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 41% to 9% over five years.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $716m of operating cash flow against $497m of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $305m against $27m of interest.
Moat
Strong moat
How hard Skyworks Solutions's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.
- Returns on capital 20 / 20
Cash operating profit has been a median 24.9% of total assets over 10 years.
- Pricing power 15 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 47.6%, moving by 3.8 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.
- Durability 13 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 26.9%; its worst year was 7.6%.
- Cash conversion 20 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 10 of 10 years, at a median 28.1% of revenue.
- Discipline 18 / 20
The diluted share count fell 10.0% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 3.9% of revenue.
AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.
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