Manufactures analog intensive mixed-signal semiconductor devices. Provides customizable process technologies including SiGe and BiCMOS. Now — the numbers.
This is an established company with proven profits.
If every debt were paid off today, $990.4M would still be left in the vault — a solid cushion for hard times.
The market pays 108.2× for every dollar this company earns in a year — a price that already assumes things go well.
Against companies in its own sector, it looks cheaper than 26% of them.
Analysts' average target sits 42% above today's price.
We compared this company with its own sector across five subjects.
A score of 50 means class average.
Profit indicators sit around the sector average.
Debt is low and cash is strong; the finances stand solid.
Clearly below the class average.
Clearly below the class average.
The stock has been running stronger than the market lately.
Valuation: The stock trades at a price that looks expensive next to its earnings; that can cap future returns.
Growth: Sales growth trails the sector average.
The stock trades 33% below its peak. The market has trimmed its expectations for the company.
There is $1.2B in the vault; even if every debt were paid off, $990.4M would remain.
It met or beat analyst expectations in 8 of the last 8 quarters — consistency is a promise kept.
Over the last 4 years, sales grew only 1% a year on average. At this size, speeding back up is not easy.
The company’s market value is 108 times its annual profit. Even a small disappointment could hit the price hard.
Over the last 12 months, executives reported 37 sells against just 10 buys. Not an alarm bell by itself, but a number worth watching.
On our five-subject report card, TSEM sits in the middle of the class: some subjects shine, others don’t. The grade moves as the numbers move.
The takeaway: TSEM is an established business that has proven its profits for years. The real debate isn’t the quality of the business — it’s whether the price paid for the stock is too high.
The total grade weighs these five subjects against the sector — it isn’t a simple average of the five.
Analysts’ average target sits above today’s price, yet the valuation grade (26/100) says the stock isn’t cheap.
Not covered, because the filings we hold do not carry it: the revenue breakdown.