RF Micro Devices
What analysts say:
- Buy, sell, or hold?: Analysts are bullish on RF Micro Devices as seven analysts rate it as a buy and only two analysts rate it as a sell. Analysts like RF Micro Devices better than competitor TriQuint Semiconductor overall. Analysts are a little more optimistic about it compared to three months ago.
- Revenue forecasts: On average, analysts predict $185.2 million in revenue this quarter. That would represent a decline of 13.2% from the year-ago quarter.
- Wall Street earnings expectations: The average analyst estimate is a loss of $0.03 per share. Estimates range from a loss of $0.04 to a loss of $0.01.
What our community says:
CAPS All-Stars are strongly backing the stock, with 94.5% awarding it an outperform rating. The greater community backs the All-Stars, as 94.1% give it a rating of outperform. Even with a robust four out of five stars, RF Micro Devices' CAPS rating falls a little short of the community's upbeat outlook.
Management:
Revenue has fallen for the past three quarters. The company's gross margin shrank by 8.8 percentage points in the last quarter. Revenue fell 19.1% while cost of sales fell 7.9% to $161.9 million from a year earlier.
Quarter | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 | Q4 |
Gross Margin | 28.2% | 37.1% | 36.5% | 35.4% |
Operating Margin | (1.0%) | 9.4% | 6.9% | 6.2% |
Net Margin | (4.2%) | 5.9% | 4.2% | 11.3% |
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