Stocks · Technology · Semiconductors
Cirrus Logic, Inc. CRUS
$121.17 +0.83% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $6.11B
High qualityInexpensive vs sectorLow risk
Next earnings report: Nov 3, 2026
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Three things to know
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 14 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +13.6%).
- The shares trade at 14.8× trailing earnings, lower than 86% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Technology sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 31%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 39%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 45%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 35%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 47%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 14%
- Gross marginTop 48%
- Operating marginTop 13%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 37%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 50%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 27%
- Interest coverTop 1%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 9%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 15%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 11%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 37%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 21%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 39%
- 6-month returnBottom 13%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 44%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 45%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 40%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 38%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 9%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 45%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 43%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 10%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 22%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 31%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 27%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 5.3% | 6.2% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 30.4% | 27.9% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 52.9% | 52.8% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 22.6% | 23.0% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 23.7% | 27.9% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 6.2% | 5.3% | ↑ | Bottom 31% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 27.9% | 30.4% | ↓ | Top 39% |
| Gross margin | 52.8% | 52.9% | ↓ | Top 48% |
| Operating margin | 23.0% | 22.6% | ↑ | Top 13% |
| Net margin | 21.0% | 18.1% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 27.9% | 23.7% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 16.5% | — | Top 14% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 1.7% | — | Bottom 35% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.39×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -6.6%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 4.0%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +12.4 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- -1.15×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 471.0×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.06%
- Shareholder yield
- 0.06%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -1.8%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -2.6%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 27, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 14
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 8 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +13.6%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -1.1%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 5 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $160.00
- Target vs current price
- +32.0%
- Analysts with a rating
- 22
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 68%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | +1.7% | -3.1% | -8.7% | -18.4% | — |
| May 6, 2026 | +10.8% | -2.1% | -2.8% | +4.5% | -24.5% |
| Feb 3, 2026 | +22.7% | -4.6% | +7.0% | +6.0% | +20.5% |
| Nov 4, 2025 | +19.4% | -1.2% | -9.5% | -7.2% | -0.7% |
| Aug 5, 2025 | +41.1% | -0.6% | -1.0% | +7.2% | +27.9% |
| May 6, 2025 | +45.2% | +0.2% | +7.5% | +1.6% | +2.3% |
| Feb 4, 2025 | +23.6% | +2.1% | +5.1% | +3.9% | -3.3% |
| Nov 4, 2024 | +11.4% | +0.3% | -6.0% | -2.2% | -8.9% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | $1.84 | $1.81 | +1.7% | $459.7M |
| May 6, 2026 | $1.95 | $1.76 | +10.8% | $448.5M |
| Feb 3, 2026 | $2.97 | $2.42 | +22.7% | $580.6M |
| Nov 4, 2025 | $2.83 | $2.37 | +19.4% | $561.0M |
| Aug 5, 2025 | $1.51 | $1.07 | +41.1% | $407.3M |
| May 6, 2025 | $1.67 | $1.15 | +45.2% | $424.5M |
| Feb 4, 2025 | $2.51 | $2.03 | +23.6% | $555.7M |
| Nov 4, 2024 | $2.25 | $2.02 | +11.4% | $541.9M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 14.8× | 18.8× | 14th | Top 9% |
| P/E (forward) | 14.4× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 9.9× | — | — | Top 11% |
| EV / Sales | 2.67× | — | — | Top 37% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 9.36% | — | — | Top 15% |
| Earnings yield | 6.74% | — | — | Top 9% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 11.3× – 30.0× since Jun 26, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -3.6%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +27.9%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -3.6%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 1
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -7.8%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -0.1%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +1.0%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -13.3%
- RSI (14)
- 54.7
- Relative volume
- 0.61×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 34.3%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 39th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.12
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.50
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -32.3%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -46.9%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 2024 | Apr 8, 2025 | -46.9% | 150 days | 216 days (Feb 18, 2026) |
| Mar 30, 2023 | Oct 30, 2023 | -39.8% | 147 days | 135 days (May 14, 2024) |
| Jun 3, 2026 | Aug 28, 2026 | -39.4% | 60 days | Not yet recovered |
| Jan 19, 2021 | Oct 12, 2022 | -37.0% | 437 days | 78 days (Feb 3, 2023) |
| Jul 16, 2024 | Aug 5, 2024 | -20.9% | 14 days | 12 days (Aug 21, 2024) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $6.11B
- P/E (TTM)
- 14.8
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $8.17
- Revenue (TTM)
- $2.05B
- 52-week range
- $106.26 – $180.42
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.78B | $1.90B | $1.79B | $1.90B | $2.00B |
| Gross profit | $923.6M | $957.0M | $916.1M | $996.0M | $1.05B |
| Operating income | $366.3M | $249.0M | $343.5M | $410.4M | $460.4M |
| Net income | $326.4M | $176.7M | $274.6M | $331.5M | $414.4M |
| EPS (diluted) | $5.52 | $3.09 | $4.90 | $6.00 | $7.84 |
| Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | Q4 2026 | Q1 2027 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $541.9M | $555.7M | $424.5M | $407.3M | $561.0M | $580.6M | $448.5M | $459.7M |
| Net income | $102.1M | $116.0M | $71.3M | $60.7M | $131.6M | $140.3M | $81.8M | $76.9M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.83 | $2.11 | $1.31 | $1.14 | $2.48 | $2.66 | $1.56 | $1.47 |
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $124.8M | $339.6M | $421.7M | $444.4M | $650.6M |
| Capital expenditure | -$30.0M | -$36.7M | -$37.6M | -$28.8M | -$14.0M |
| Free cash flow | $94.7M | $302.9M | $384.0M | $415.6M | $636.6M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | -$177.0M | -$199.3M | -$201.7M | -$283.2M | -$314.2M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $891.3M
- Total assets
- $2.56B
- Total liabilities
- $371.1M
- Total debt
- $172.4M
- Net debt
- -$638.3M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $2.19B
As of Jun 27, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 3,582,985
- Days to cover
- 3.23
- Change vs previous report
- -6.8%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Jul 18, 1995
- 2-for-1