
Fundamental analysis: Cirrus Logic, Inc. (CRUS)
Awarener score: 7.7
Conclusion
The higher the Awarener score, the more bang you get for the buck. It measures how much genuine funds the company generates for the stock price paid (Very good), the business stability (Very good) and growth (Average), and the company's inclination to return cash to the stockholders (Good).
Note: All scores range from 1 (worst) to 10 (best). Conclusions are updated daily with closing stock prices and new reported quarterly financial statements.
Revenue score: 7.0
- Business has been growing at a low pace. It's been similar to peer companies.
- Cirrus Logic, Inc. business trend stability is very good. The higher the stability, the lower the risk. It looks better than most rivals.
Margins score: 7.7
- CRUS profit margins -on goods and services sold- are usually good. They stand slightly better than rival companies.
- Business profit on sales tends to be very good. It's encouraging in relation to competitors.
- Profits on sales made -available to repay debt and purchase properties- are usually good. They remain rather normal in relation to peers.
- Earnings -before income taxes and interests on loans taken- tend to be very good in relation to total revenues. They're still somewhat better than similar companies.
- Profits -before income taxes- are usually very good considering total sales, and remain more than average in relation to rivals.
- Total net profit tends to be very good when confronted to sales. Company stands encouraging in relation to comparable firms.
Growth score: 7.4
- Cirrus Logic, Inc. profit -on goods and services sold- has been growing at a normal pace. It's been close to average when compared to competitors.
- In recent years, earnings -on operations- have been growing at a good step, which has been slightly better than comparable firms.
- Profits -available to repay debt and purchase properties- have been growing at a very good pace, which compares encouraging in relation to peer enterprises.
- Earnings -before income taxes and interests on loans taken- have been growing at an excellent tempo. It turns to be rather normal in relation to similar stocks.
- In past years, profits -before income taxes- grew at a very good speed. It was slightly worse than rivals.
- In the previous years, growth trend on total net profit has been good, and almost average when measured against peer companies.
- Earnings per share have grown at a good rhythm in past years. It's been close to average when compared to industry peers.
Miscellaneous score: 6.0
- CRUS managed to pay little to no income taxes on profits made in the past years. It's been slightly worse than peers.
- Research and development expenses consume some portion of revenues. It's weak when measured against competitors.
- The company grows sparsely in relation to research and development efforts. It stands close to average when compared to rival companies.
Profitability score: 9.0
- Cirrus Logic, Inc. usually gets huge returns on the resources it controls. It proves great when measured against peer firms.
- The company normally gets excellent proceeds -on the resources directly invested in the business-. They remain in good shape compared to similar companies.
- There's usually abundant profitability -in relation to owned resources-. It ranks similar to competitors.
- In the past, got excellent returns -on the tangible resources it controls-. This metric is usually related to the industry in which operates and combines profitability versus reinvestment needs. It's more than average in relation to comparable enterprises.
Usage of Funds score: 5.7
- CRUS usually uses a sparse portion of genuine funds generated to buy or replace property, plant, or equipment. The need for reinvestments is modest. It stands more than average in relation to rival firms.
- The company is usually replacing part of the property, plant, and equipment that gets old, keeping some funds for something else. It can't keep forever, which is weak when measured against industry peers.
- In the past twelve months the stock paid no dividends. It came bottom tier against competitors.
- The company pays no dividend, so measuring its growth is meaningless. The company has behaved in an conservative way compared to similar firms.
- As no dividends are paid, it is useless trying to estimate their sustainability in time. Sustainability looks not applicable in regard to comparable companies.
- The company usually reduces the pool of investors, resulting in fewer mouths feeding on the pie of profits. It remains excellent in relation to peer enterprises.
- Repurchase effectiveness metric is very complex. Run again in analytical mode if you're interested in a technical explanation. It stands in good shape compared to rivals.
- The company uses a significant portion of genuine fund generation to reward investors, which can probably be sustained for as long as business doesn't turn sour. It still looks almost average when measured against competitors.
Balance Sheet score: 6.6
- Cirrus Logic, Inc. intangible assets (like brands and goodwill) represent a modest portion of resources controlled, according to accounting books. There could be some difficulties in liquidating them if the company ever gets in financial distress. It happens to be almost average when measured against peer companies.
- The company has a lot more short-term resources than short-term obligations. Liquidity concerns are most likely irrelevant. It turns to be a slight improvement compared to similar firms.
- A very minor portion of resources controlled were provided for with financial debt. Financial strength is solid. Company could increase debt if it wished so, to reinvest in business, to buy a smaller company or to reward stockholders. It remains slightly better than rival firms.
- Controlled resources can be made into cash within reason, which is quite good for liquidity. It looks below average when measured against rivals.
- For every dollar of short-term obligations, the company has more than enough dollars in cash and short-term receivables. It's a slight improvement compared to peer firms.
- For every dollar of short-term obligations, the company has enough dollars in cash and equivalents, which is somewhat better than similar enterprises.
- Usually, sales are on a month credit. It still ranks great when measured against peers.
- Normally has approximately three months of sales worth in inventory. It comes up as a slight improvement compared to competitors.
- On average, it takes higher than four months from the purchase to charging customers. It happens to be better than most peers.
- On average pays suppliers after a month and a half from the purchase. It ranks weak when measured against industry peers.
- The company pays its suppliers roughly three months before charging its customers, so there's sufficient money invested in working capital. It's in good shape compared to similar companies.
- Company earns net interest income on its investments and therefore is in a quite comfortable financial position. It stands top-notch against rival firms.
- Business earnings have usually been great when measured against loans taken. Debt might be repaid almost as soon as desired. It ranks top tier when measured against comparable enterprises.
- Revenues are quite good in relation to property, plant, and equipment required to operate. This metric is likely dependent on the industry the company operates in. The more property, plant, and equipment used, the more the company must reinvest to fight obsolescence, which usually means less available funds for the shareholders in the long run. It looks a slight improvement compared to similar firms.
- Resource exploitation is very good when yearly sales are considered. This metric is normally tied to the industry where the firm belongs. It's still better than most peer companies.
Valuation score: 6.6
- Cirrus Logic, Inc. looks somewhat expensive in relation to profits and financial position. It happens to be similar to competitors.
- Price-to-Tangible-Book-Value is a fairly complex metric. Run again in analytical mode if you're interested in a technical explanation. It remains a slight improvement compared to peers.
- In the past twelve months, the company generated excellent free funds in relation to the stock price, which stands better than most similar companies.
- The company usually generates much more genuine funds to cover up for its business needs. Surplus cash may be used to repay loans, to eventually buy new businesses, or to reward investors. Considering the financial position and stock price, at the current price the share might be very interesting. It's still top tier when measured against industry firms.
- In the past twelve months, the company has barely rewarded investors, considering both dividends and share on the pie of earnings. It came up in good shape compared to peer ventures.
- The company has more cash than debt. It might be poised to increase stockholder payments, or to fund new business projects. It looks somewhat better than similar enterprises.
- Considering the past twelve months, traditional Price-to-Earnings relation is high. Substantial improvement expectations are already in the stock price, which is somewhat risky. It ranks almost average when measured against peer companies.
- Comparing the current stock price with the past twelve-months revenues gives a three or four to one relationship. This is an important metric to check its evolution through time, and to compare to industry peers. It looks a slight improvement compared to rival firms.
- The relation between the stock price and accounting book value is high, which may be good or bad depending on context. Run again in analytic mode if you want to dig deeper. The company remains somewhat better than peer firms.
- In the past twelve months, the operating business earned great money when compared to the current stock price and financial position. It happens to be top tier when measured against industry peers.
- In an alternate metric of bang for the buck, the company has usually shown a very good earnings power ability when measured against the current stock price and financial position. It's still excellent in relation to peer companies.
Total score: 7.0

Company at a glance: Cirrus Logic, Inc. (CRUS)
Sector, industry: Technology, Semiconductors
Market Cap: 4.36 billions
Revenues TTM: 1.90 billions
Cirrus Logic, Inc., a fabless semiconductor company, provides low-power and high-precision mixed-signal processing solutions in the United States and internationally. It offers portable products, including codecs components that integrate analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) and digital-to-analog converters (DACs) into a single integrated circuit (IC); smart codecs, a codec with digital signal processer; boosted amplifiers; digital signal processors; and SoundClear technology, which consists of a portfolio of tools, software, and algorithms that helps to enhance user experience with features, such as louder, high-fidelity sound, audio playback, voice capture, hearing augmentation, and active noise cancellation. The company's audio products are used in smartphones, tablets, wireless headsets, laptops, AR/VR headsets, home theater systems, automotive entertainment systems, and professional audio systems. It also provides high-performance mixed-signal products, such as haptic driver and sensing solutions, camera controllers, power conversion, and control ICs and fast-charging ICs used in various industrial and energy applications comprising digital utility meters, power supplies, energy control, energy measurement, and energy exploration. The company markets and sells its products through direct sales force, external sales representatives, and distributors. Cirrus Logic, Inc. was incorporated in 1984 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.
Awarener score: 7.7
Conclusion
The higher the Awarener score, the more bang you get for the buck. It measures how much genuine funds the company generates for the stock price paid (Very good), the business stability (Very good) and growth (Average), and the company's inclination to return cash to the stockholders (Good).