SILC Technology

Silicom Ltd.

$31.88+2.77%

Price as of close on Nov 3, 2026 · Financials updated Sep 30, 2026

Basics

Sector: Technology
Industry: Communication Equipment
Country: Israel
Market cap: 183.2M USD
Enterprise value: 153.0M USD

Overall health

Drawback: less profitable than most peersless profitable than peers
Drawback: growing more slowly than most peersgrowing more slowly than peers
Drawback: its shares are priced higher than most peers relative to what it earnspriced higher than peers for its earnings
Drawback: its share price swings more than most peers’ (beta 1.57 vs a peer median of 0.87)bigger price swings (beta 1.57 vs peers 0.87)

Ranks #1,387 of 1,612 technology companies (bottom 15%)

See how it ranks against its peers

Worth knowing

Share count shrinking. Shares outstanding down 15% from December 2022 to December 2025.
Silicom had 15% fewer shares at December 2025 than at December 2022, mainly through buybacks, so each remaining share owns a larger slice of the business.
Not profitable yet. Reported a loss in the 12 months to December 2025.
Silicom reported a net loss over the last twelve months, so earnings-based measures can't show it as cheap.
Financials may be out of date. Latest financial period ended 10 months ago.
The latest financial period we have ended 10 months ago, so the scores may not reflect recent results.
More volatile share price. Beta 1.57: tends to move more than the market.
Silicom's shares have swung more with the market than most peers' (beta 1.57, above the market's 1.0).

StockQuotient Score

29/ 100

Oct 5 29 → Nov 4 29

Valuation

Is the price right?

10/100

Weak

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last year: No major changeValuation also moves with the share price every day.

Why

Weaker than most peers on:

▼ Earnings yield
▼ EBITDA yield
▼ FCF yield

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Sector-normalized EBITDA, earnings, and free cash flow yields.

Earnings yield-6.3%

SEC filings · 12 months to Dec 2025Negative (a loss or cash outflow), so it counts as zero whatever the share price30% base weight · Z-score -1.00Sector median: 0.0225 · MAD: 0.0225

EBITDA yield-6.0%

Yahoo Finance fallback · SEC enterprise value unavailable (debt or EBITDA not reported in standard form) · trailing 12 monthsNegative (a loss or cash outflow), so it counts as zero whatever the share price50% base weight · Z-score -1.17Sector median: 0.0423 · MAD: 0.0361

Free cash flow yield-1.8%

SEC filings · 12 months to Dec 2025 · operating cash flow − capital spendingNegative (a loss or cash outflow), so it counts as zero whatever the share price20% base weight · Z-score -1.00Sector median: 0.0274 · MAD: 0.0274

Other data (not scored)

Book yield64.6%

SEC filings · latest balance sheetReported valueInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.3292 · MAD: 0.1754

Growth

Is it growing?

22/100

Weak

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last year: ▲ Stronger

12-month revenue up 6.6%

Why

Weaker than most peers on:

▼ 3-yr revenue

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Revenue and earnings-per-share growth over one year, and revenue growth over three years.

Earnings per share growthUnavailable

Still loss-making, but the loss per share narrowed33% base weight · Z-score 0.30Sector median: 0.1108 · MAD: 0.3050

3-year revenue growth-25.6%

SEC filings · 3 years to Dec 2025Outlier capped at sector 5th/95th percentile33% base weight · Z-score -2.80Sector median: 0.0483 · MAD: 0.0793

Revenue growth6.6%

SEC filings · 12 months to Dec 2025Reported value33% base weight · Z-score -0.19Sector median: 0.0853 · MAD: 0.1017

Profitability

Does it earn well?

9/100

Weak

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last year: Mixed

Operating margin rose 3.0 points to -19.8%
Free cash flow turned negative over the last 12 months

Why

Weaker than most peers on:

▼ ROA
▼ Operating margin
▼ ROIC

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Return on invested capital, operating margin, and return on assets.

Operating margin-19.8%

SEC filings · 12 months to Dec 2025Reported value33% base weight · Z-score -3.68Sector median: 0.0631 · MAD: 0.0710

Return on assets-7.5%

SEC filings · 12 months to Dec 2025Reported value33% base weight · Z-score -2.89Sector median: 0.0293 · MAD: 0.0362

Return on invested capital-11.8%

SEC filings · 12 months to Dec 2025Reported value33% base weight · Z-score -2.16Sector median: 0.0676 · MAD: 0.0857

Other data (not scored)

Gross margin30.6%

SEC filings · 12 months to Dec 2025Reported valueInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.3343 · MAD: 0.1632

Return on equity-9.8%

SEC filings · 12 months to Dec 2025Reported valueInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.0753 · MAD: 0.0889

Risk

Debt, liquidity, price swings

Lower

Lower relative risk

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last year: No major change

Why

Stronger than most peers on:

▲ Current ratio
▲ Debt / equity

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Relative to sector peers: 0 = lower relative risk · 1 = moderate · 2 = higher. Based on leverage, beta and liquidity.

Beta1.57

Yahoo Finance · 5-year monthly beta vs the marketReported value33% base weight · Z-score -1.89Sector median: 0.8710 · MAD: 0.3700

Current ratio4.15×

SEC filings · latest balance sheetReported value33% base weight · Z-score 3.39Sector median: 1.8295 · MAD: 0.6848

Debt / equity0.06×

Yahoo Finance fallback · no standard SEC debt tagReported value33% base weight · Z-score 0.85Sector median: 0.2495 · MAD: 0.2270

Valuation, growth and profitability scores: higher is better. Risk: 0 is lower, 2 is higher. Risk is a relative proxy, not a bankruptcy probability. Scores depend on available sector peers.

Questions investors ask about Silicom

Is Silicom getting weaker?: Its latest SEC filing (Apr 28, 2026) was mixed: some things better, some worse: operating margin rose 3.0 points to -19.8%; free cash flow turned negative over the last 12 months. Its overall score is unchanged at 29/100 since Oct 28, 2026.
How is Silicom valued vs its peers?: Priced higher than most peers relative to what it earns. Valuation scores 10/100 against 1,711 technology peers. Earnings yield -6.3% vs a peer median of 2.2% (weaker than 100% of peers).Earnings yield -6.3% vs peers 2.2% (weaker than 100% of peers).
Is Silicom growing?: More slowly than most of its peers. Growth scores 22/100 against 1,711 technology peers. 3-year revenue growth -25.6% vs a peer median of 4.8% (weaker than 100% of peers).3-year revenue growth -25.6% vs peers 4.8% (weaker than 100% of peers).
How profitable is Silicom?: Less profitable than most of its peers. Profitability scores 9/100 against 1,711 technology peers. Return on assets -7.5% vs a peer median of 2.9% (weaker than 93% of peers).Return on assets -7.5% vs peers 2.9% (weaker than 93% of peers).
How risky is Silicom?: Lower risk relative to 1,711 technology peers, judged on debt, liquidity and share-price swings. Current ratio 4.15× vs a peer median of 1.83× (stronger than 86% of peers).Current ratio 4.15× vs peers 1.83× (stronger than 86% of peers). Beta 1.57 vs a peer median of 0.87 (weaker than 85% of peers).Beta 1.57 vs peers 0.87 (weaker than 85% of peers). A relative measure, not a bankruptcy probability.

Latest filing: what changed

Year ended Dec 31, 2025 · filed Apr 28, 2026 · compared with the year ended Dec 31, 2024

Mixed: some things better, some worse

Operating margin rose 3.0 points to -19.8%
Free cash flow turned negative over the last 12 months

Worth watching: Silicom is in the bottom fifth of its sector on profitability. From 2021 to 2025, 63% of companies in that position posted a loss over the following year, against 4% for the top fifth.

	Previous year	Latest year	Change
Revenue (12 months)	58.1M USD	61.9M USD	+6.6%
Net income (12 months)	−13.7M USD	−11.5M USD	−16.3%
Operating margin	-22.8%	-19.8%	+3.0 pts
Free cash flow (12 months)	17.4M USD	−3.3M USD	turned negative
Cash	51.3M USD	35.2M USD	−31.4%

From the company’s own SEC filings, as filed. Twelve-month figures roll forward one year at a time.

Financials

Fiscal years from SEC annual filings · change vs the prior year

Key ratios	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	Change
Gross margin	34.6%	34.5%	23.1%	28.6%	30.6%	▲ 2.0 pts
Operating margin	10.2%	13.2%	-23.1%	-22.8%	-19.8%	▲ 3.0 pts
Net margin	8.2%	12.2%	-21.3%	-23.6%	-18.5%	▲ 5.1 pts
Return on assets (ROA)	4.8%	8.5%	-15.7%	-9.1%	-7.5%	▲ 1.6 pts
Return on equity (ROE)	6.7%	10.2%	-17.8%	-10.7%	-9.8%	▲ 1.0 pts
Free cash flow margin	-1.2%	-4.1%	24.8%	29.9%	-5.4%	▼ 35 pts
Current ratio	2.96×	5.67×	10.49×	8.60×	4.15×	▼ 52%
Quick ratio	1.46×	2.42×	6.49×	5.88×	2.22×	▼ 62%

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Bringing the fundamentals into focus…

Overall health

Drawback: less profitable than most peersless profitable than peers

Drawback: growing more slowly than most peersgrowing more slowly than peers

Drawback: its shares are priced higher than most peers relative to what it earnspriced higher than peers for its earnings

Drawback: its share price swings more than most peers’ (beta 1.57 vs a peer median of 0.87)bigger price swings (beta 1.57 vs peers 0.87)

Ranks #1,387 of 1,612 technology companies (bottom 15%)

See how it ranks against its peers

Worth knowing

Share count shrinking. Shares outstanding down 15% from December 2022 to December 2025.

Silicom had 15% fewer shares at December 2025 than at December 2022, mainly through buybacks, so each remaining share owns a larger slice of the business.

Not profitable yet. Reported a loss in the 12 months to December 2025.

Silicom reported a net loss over the last twelve months, so earnings-based measures can't show it as cheap.

Financials may be out of date. Latest financial period ended 10 months ago.

The latest financial period we have ended 10 months ago, so the scores may not reflect recent results.

More volatile share price. Beta 1.57: tends to move more than the market.

Silicom's shares have swung more with the market than most peers' (beta 1.57, above the market's 1.0).

Questions investors ask about Silicom

Is Silicom getting weaker?

Its latest SEC filing (Apr 28, 2026) was mixed: some things better, some worse: operating margin rose 3.0 points to -19.8%; free cash flow turned negative over the last 12 months. Its overall score is unchanged at 29/100 since Oct 28, 2026.

How is Silicom valued vs its peers?

Priced higher than most peers relative to what it earns. Valuation scores 10/100 against 1,711 technology peers. Earnings yield -6.3% vs a peer median of 2.2% (weaker than 100% of peers).Earnings yield -6.3% vs peers 2.2% (weaker than 100% of peers).

Is Silicom growing?

More slowly than most of its peers. Growth scores 22/100 against 1,711 technology peers. 3-year revenue growth -25.6% vs a peer median of 4.8% (weaker than 100% of peers).3-year revenue growth -25.6% vs peers 4.8% (weaker than 100% of peers).

How profitable is Silicom?

Less profitable than most of its peers. Profitability scores 9/100 against 1,711 technology peers. Return on assets -7.5% vs a peer median of 2.9% (weaker than 93% of peers).Return on assets -7.5% vs peers 2.9% (weaker than 93% of peers).

How risky is Silicom?

Lower risk relative to 1,711 technology peers, judged on debt, liquidity and share-price swings. Current ratio 4.15× vs a peer median of 1.83× (stronger than 86% of peers).Current ratio 4.15× vs peers 1.83× (stronger than 86% of peers). Beta 1.57 vs a peer median of 0.87 (weaker than 85% of peers).Beta 1.57 vs peers 0.87 (weaker than 85% of peers). A relative measure, not a bankruptcy probability.

Previous year

Latest year

Change

Revenue (12 months)

58.1M USD

61.9M USD

+6.6%

Net income (12 months)

−13.7M USD

−11.5M USD

−16.3%

Operating margin

-22.8%

-19.8%

+3.0 pts

Free cash flow (12 months)

17.4M USD

−3.3M USD

turned negative

Cash

51.3M USD

35.2M USD

−31.4%

Key ratios

FY 2021

FY 2022

FY 2023

FY 2024

FY 2025

Change

Gross margin

34.6%

34.5%

23.1%

28.6%

30.6%

▲ 2.0 pts

Operating margin

10.2%

13.2%

-23.1%

-22.8%

-19.8%

▲ 3.0 pts

Net margin

8.2%

12.2%

-21.3%

-23.6%

-18.5%

▲ 5.1 pts

Return on assets (ROA)

4.8%

8.5%

-15.7%

-9.1%

-7.5%

▲ 1.6 pts

Return on equity (ROE)

6.7%

10.2%

-17.8%

-10.7%

-9.8%

▲ 1.0 pts

Free cash flow margin

-1.2%

-4.1%

24.8%

29.9%

-5.4%

▼ 35 pts

Current ratio

2.96×

5.67×

10.49×

8.60×

4.15×

▼ 52%

Quick ratio

1.46×

2.42×

6.49×

5.88×

2.22×

▼ 62%