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Neutral 50 (OpenAI - 5.2)
Rating:50Neutral
Price Target:
$35.00
▼(-11.88% Downside)
Action:Reiterated
Date:07/30/26
SILC’s score is held back primarily by weak recent financial performance (multi-year losses and a negative 2025 cash-flow turn) and a technically soft setup with the stock below key moving averages (20/50/100-day). Offsetting these are a strong, low-debt balance sheet and a highly positive earnings-call update featuring raised revenue guidance, improving margins, and a clearer path toward non-GAAP profitability, which supports a more balanced (but still cautious) overall view.
Positive Factors
Strong balance sheet & liquidity
A large cash and marketable-securities position with no debt provides durable financial flexibility to fund design-win ramps, intentional inventory builds, R&D and customer-specific engineering without immediate refinancing risk. This supports multi-quarter execution of growth plans and buffers cyclical headwinds.
Negative Factors
Multi-year losses & cash-flow swing
A return to cash burn after prior positive years shows earnings volatility and execution risk. Persistent net losses and negative operating cash flow can erode equity and force slower growth or capital raises if improvement stalls, constraining the firm's ability to self-fund inventory and production ramps over several quarters.
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Positive Factors
Negative Factors
Strong balance sheet & liquidity
A large cash and marketable-securities position with no debt provides durable financial flexibility to fund design-win ramps, intentional inventory builds, R&D and customer-specific engineering without immediate refinancing risk. This supports multi-quarter execution of growth plans and buffers cyclical headwinds.
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Silicom (SILC) vs. SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY)

Silicom Business Overview & Revenue Model

Company Description
Silicom Ltd., including its various subsidiaries, specializes in providing comprehensive networking and data infrastructure solutions. The company is involved in the entire lifecycle of these solutions, from their design and manufacturing to marke...
How the Company Makes Money
Silicom primarily makes money by selling specialized networking hardware and platform products to other businesses (B2B), including OEMs/ODMs, network appliance vendors, and service providers. Revenue is generated mainly from product sales of: (1)...

Silicom Earnings Call Summary

Earnings Call Date:Jul 29, 2026
(Q2-2026)
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Next Earnings Date:Oct 29, 2026
Earnings Call Sentiment Positive
The call conveyed strong, broad-based operational momentum: revenue growth accelerated to 59% YoY with raised full-year guidance, multiple meaningful design wins (including PQC, white-label switching and AI inference), improving margins and a clear path to quarterly non-GAAP profitability in H2 2026. Balance sheet strength supports deliberate inventory builds and growth investments. Key risks include remaining quarterly losses, large intentional inventory build that ties capital, supply-chain/cost pressures, geographic/customer concentration, and timing risk on when new design wins (and AI) reach full run rates. Overall, the positive operational and financial trends materially outweigh the risks highlighted.
Positive Updates
Revenue Growth and Guidance Raise
Q2 revenue of $23.8M, up 59% year-over-year (from $15.0M); beat prior guidance of $20M–$21M. Raised full-year 2026 revenue guidance to $93M–$95M (from $82M–$83M), representing over 50% year-over-year growth; Q3 guidance $25M–$26M implying up to 66% YoY growth at the upper end.
Negative Updates
Still Operating at a Net Loss (Though Improving)
Company remains non-GAAP net loss ($0.9M) and operating loss ($1.1M) in Q2, with profitability expected only in H2 2026; not yet consistently profitable on a quarterly basis.
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Q2-2026 Updates
Negative
Revenue Growth and Guidance Raise
Q2 revenue of $23.8M, up 59% year-over-year (from $15.0M); beat prior guidance of $20M–$21M. Raised full-year 2026 revenue guidance to $93M–$95M (from $82M–$83M), representing over 50% year-over-year growth; Q3 guidance $25M–$26M implying up to 66% YoY growth at the upper end.
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Company Guidance
Management raised full‑year 2026 revenue guidance to $93–95M (up from $82–83M), implying >50% YoY growth, and guided Q3 revenue of $25–26M (up to ~66% YoY at the high end); Q2 results were $23.8M revenue (+59% YoY), $7.2M gross profit with 30.4% gross margin (in the 27–32% target range), operating expenses $8.3M (+16% YoY), operating loss $1.1M, net loss $0.9M and non‑GAAP loss per share $0.16 (vs $0.35 LY). Management expects a return to quarterly non‑GAAP profitability in H2 2026, forecasts AI inference revenues of roughly $3–4M for 2026, has secured 7 design wins YTD (target 7–9 for 2026), and finished June with $107M of working capital and marketable securities (~$19/share), including $55M cash and $71M inventory, with no debt.

Silicom Financial Statement Overview

Summary
Financials are mixed: the income statement reflects a multi-year shift to losses with only modest revenue rebound and still deeply negative operating/net margins (weak). The balance sheet is a clear strength with low leverage and substantial equity/working-capital support (strong). Cash flow is a concern due to the swing back to negative operating cash flow and free cash flow in 2025 after being positive in 2023–2024 (execution risk).
Income Statement
33
Negative
Balance Sheet
74
Positive
Cash Flow
44
Neutral
BreakdownTTMDec 2025Dec 2024Dec 2023Dec 2022Dec 2021
Income Statement
Total Revenue66.64M61.93M58.11M124.13M150.58M128.46M
Gross Profit20.29M18.93M16.60M28.69M51.96M44.39M
EBITDA-8.87M-9.02M-9.10M-616.00K24.88M15.39M
Net Income-11.04M-11.48M-13.71M-26.41M18.31M10.54M
Balance Sheet
Total Assets158.81M152.52M150.41M167.73M216.20M219.60M
Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments35.01M48.11M72.14M54.93M34.75M37.55M
Total Debt6.60M10.52M6.47M5.95M7.84M9.19M
Total Liabilities42.78M35.03M22.57M19.47M36.90M61.14M
Stockholders Equity116.02M117.49M127.84M148.26M179.29M158.46M
Cash Flow
Free Cash Flow-3.35M-3.35M17.36M30.80M-6.18M-1.51M
Operating Cash Flow-2.16M-2.16M18.29M31.93M-4.09M1.08M
Investing Cash Flow-12.42M-12.42M-4.28M-7.52M8.27M16.77M
Financing Cash Flow-1.66M-1.66M-9.88M-7.97M-1.05M-9.78M

Silicom Risk Analysis

Silicom disclosed 50 risk factors in its most recent earnings report. Silicom reported the most risks in the "Ability to Sell" category.
Finance & Corporate - Financial and accounting risks. Risks related to the execution of corporate activity and strategy
Latest Risks Added 0 New Risks

Silicom Peers Comparison

Overall Rating
UnderperformOutperform
Sector (61)
Financial Indicators
Name
Overall Rating
Market Cap
P/E Ratio
ROE
Dividend Yield
Revenue Growth
EPS Growth
61
Neutral
$37.18B12.37-10.20%1.83%8.50%-7.62%
56
Neutral
$131.17M127.344.67%13.61%
54
Neutral
$50.34M-0.76-9.10%-8.31%77.99%
53
Neutral
$180.55M-35.00-3.82%7.22%46.78%
52
Neutral
$73.39M-10.34-23.40%-12.17%18.82%
50
Neutral
$227.28M-23.29-8.37%28.60%24.86%
* Technology Sector Average
Performance Comparison
Ticker
Company Name
Price
Change
% Change
SILC
Silicom
39.83
22.81
133.95%
CMTL
Comtech Telecommunications
1.68
-0.37
-18.05%
KVHI
KVH Industries
9.26
3.95
74.39%
OCC
Optical Cable
14.86
8.95
151.44%
AIRG
Airgain
5.79
1.36
30.70%
FKWL
Franklin Wireless
2.28
-1.58
-40.93%

Silicom Corporate Events

Silicom Ramps Q2 2026 Growth and Raises 2026 Revenue Outlook on AI-Inference Momentum
Jul 29, 2026
On July 29, 2026, Silicom reported its second-quarter 2026 results, highlighting a 59% year-over-year revenue jump to $23.8 million and sharply reduced losses, with GAAP net loss narrowing to $2.1 million and non-GAAP net loss to $0.9 million. For...
Silicom Lands New Custom Server Adapter Design Win, Revenue Set to Climb
Jul 17, 2026
On July 16, 2026, Silicom Ltd. announced that an existing blue-chip customer awarded it a new Design Win for a custom high-speed server adapter tailored to the client’s exact specifications. The adapter serves a distinct functionality within...
Silicom Sets July 29, 2026 Date for Second-Quarter Results and Investor Call
Jul 1, 2026
Silicom Ltd., a provider of high-performance networking and data infrastructure solutions for cloud, data center and edge markets, offers products ranging from high-speed server adapters and AI NICs to FPGA-based smart cards, PQC accelerators, whi...
Silicom Secures First AI Inference Production Order, Targets Multi-Million 2026 Revenue
Jun 30, 2026
On June 30, 2026, Silicom announced it had secured its first production order for a high-performance AI inference solution, marking a shift from evaluation to commercial deployment. The order, scheduled for delivery in 2026, is expected to lift th...
Silicom Overrides Shareholder RSU Rejection with Performance-Linked CEO Grant
Jun 25, 2026
Silicom reported that at its Annual General Meeting on June 3, 2026, shareholders approved the re-election of director Yeshayahu (“Shaike”) Orbach, salary increases for CEO Liron Eizenman and Active Chairman Avi Eizenman effective retr...
Silicom Wins $5 Million Annual White-Label Switch Deal With Tier-1 Cybersecurity Leader
May 26, 2026
On May 26, 2026, Silicom announced that a Tier-1 global cyber security company has chosen a range of Silicom-designed white-label switches as the networking backbone for its security platforms. The switches were engineered to the customer’s ...
Silicom Wins Key AI Inference PoC Deal With Tier-1 Hyperscaler Focus
May 5, 2026
Silicom announced on May 5, 2026 that a pioneering AI inference acceleration provider has chosen its high-performance, inference-specific solution for a proof-of-concept aimed mainly at Tier-1 hyperscalers. To support the PoC, scheduled for the se...
Silicom to Present, Meet Investors at 21st Annual Needham Tech Conference
May 5, 2026
Silicom Ltd., an Israel-based provider of high-performance networking and data infrastructure solutions for cloud, data center and edge environments, supplies server adapters, AI NICs, FPGA-based smart cards, PQC accelerators, white label switches...
Silicom’s Q1 2026 Revenue Jumps 33% as Core Business Hits Growth Inflection Point
Apr 30, 2026
Silicom reported on April 30, 2026 that its core networking and data infrastructure business reached an inflection point in the first quarter, with Q1 2026 revenues climbing 33% year over year to $19.1 million. Despite this growth, the company pos...
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This AI Analyst Stock Report is automatically generated by our AI systems using advanced algorithms and publicly available financial, technical, and market data. While the information provided aims to be accurate and insightful, it is intended for informational purposes only and should not be considered financial advice. Any content created by an AI (Artificial Intelligence) system may contain inaccuracies and/or contain errors. Investing in stocks carries inherent risks, and past performance is not indicative of future results. This report does not account for your personal financial circumstances, objectives, or risk tolerance. Always conduct your own research or consult with a qualified financial advisor before making investment decisions. The analysis and recommendations provided are based on historical and current data and may not fully reflect future market conditions or unexpected developments. Neither the creators of this report nor its affiliated entities guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of the information presented. Use this report at your own discretion and risk.Date of analysis: Jul 30, 2026