Complete Solaria (NASDAQ:CSLR) & Silicon Laboratories (NASDAQ:SLAB) Head-To-Head Survey

Silicon Laboratories (NASDAQ:SLAB) and Complete Solaria (NASDAQ:CSLR) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, valuation and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Silicon Laboratories and Complete Solaria, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Silicon Laboratories	0	5	5	0	2.50
Complete Solaria	0	0	1	0	3.00

Silicon Laboratories currently has a consensus price target of $121.50, suggesting a potential upside of 8.39%. Complete Solaria has a consensus price target of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 209.28%. Given Complete Solaria’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Complete Solaria is more favorable than Silicon Laboratories.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Silicon Laboratories and Complete Solaria”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Silicon Laboratories	$782.26 million	4.65	-$34.52 million	($7.40)	-15.15
Complete Solaria	$87.62 million	1.41	-$269.55 million	N/A	N/A

Silicon Laboratories has higher revenue and earnings than Complete Solaria.

Volatility & Risk

Silicon Laboratories has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Complete Solaria has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Silicon Laboratories and Complete Solaria’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Silicon Laboratories	-46.93%	-12.60%	-10.85%
Complete Solaria	-434.43%	N/A	-118.69%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

30.3% of Complete Solaria shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Silicon Laboratories shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Complete Solaria shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Silicon Laboratories beats Complete Solaria on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Silicon Laboratories

Silicon Laboratories Inc., a fabless semiconductor company, provides various analog-intensive mixed-signal solutions in the United States, China, Taiwan, and internationally. The company's products include wireless microcontrollers and sensor products. Its products are used in various electronic products in a range of applications for the industrial Internet of Things (IoT), including industrial automation and control, smart buildings, access control, HVAC control, and industrial wearables and power tools; smart cities applications, such as smart metering, smart street lighting, renewable energy, electric vehicle supply equipment, and smart agriculture; commercial IoT applications, including smart lighting, asset tracking, electronic shelf labels, theft protection, and enterprise access points; smart home applications, comprising home automation/security systems, smart speakers, smart lighting, HVAC control, smart cameras, smart appliances, smart home sensing, smart locks, and window/blind controls; and connected health applications, including diabetes management, consumer health and fitness, elderly care, patient monitoring, and activity tracking; as well as in commercial building automation, consumer electronics, and medical instrumentation. The company sells its products through its direct sales force, as well as through a network of independent sales representatives and distributors. Silicon Laboratories Inc. was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

About Complete Solaria

Complete Solaria, Inc. provides custom solar solutions in the United States. The company offers solar systems to homeowners and small to medium-sized commercial customers. It also provides HelioQuoteTM software system, a platform for residential solar designs, proposals, and engineering services. In addition, the company installs solar systems, as well as provides financing solutions. It offers its products and services through third party sales partners. The company is headquartered in Fremont, California.