Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Skyworks Solutions, Ericsson, Alcatel-Lucent, Nokia and Siemens

Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include: Skyworks Solutions (Nasdaq: SWKS), Ericsson (Nasdaq: ERIC), Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU), Nokia (NYSE: NOK) and Siemens (NYSE: SI).

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Here are highlights from Monday’s Analyst Blog:

Skyworks Beats Estimates

Skyworks Solutions (Nasdaq: SWKS) earlier reported revenues of $228.1 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2009, up 19% sequentially and surpassed management’s guidance range of $220 million - $225 million.

Operating margin came in at 14.4% compared to 12.0% in the previous quarter. Earnings per share came in at 24 cents, easily beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 18 cents.

During the quarter, the company retired $17.4 million in 2010 convertible bonds, which led to a dilution of the equity base by two million.

Going forward, although the management remains cautious about the broader economy, it expects revenues to grow by 15% - 20% year over year driven by mobile Internet, energy management and diversified analog applications. Management indicated improved order visibility and strength in backlog at the end of the quarter. This implies a revenue guidance of $238 million - $242 million. Operating margin is forecasted around 20%. Earnings per share are expected around 25 cents.

The company launched network infrastructure digital attenuators, voltage controller oscillators, synthesizers and mixers at Huawei, ZTE, Ericsson (Nasdaq: ERIC), Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU) and Nokia-Siemens (NYSE: NOK)/(NYSE: SI).

Skyworks is well positioned to benefit from recent trends in the handset market, which are favorable to increasing dollar content for RF components. In general, the increasing complexity of higher-end phones that offer multi-band communication across various air standards are expanding the market for Skyworks’ products due to the need for backward compatibility from 3G to 2G networks. There is a significant growth opportunity in the handsets market, propelled by the launch of 3G in China.

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