May 2013
Avago (AVGO: BUY, $43 target)
- LTE deployment is expanding TAM for premium ASP FBAR filters.
- Industrial rebound to drive highest margin sales.
- Data center expansion supports Optical strength.
Skyworks (SWKS: BUY, $27 target)
- Market leader seeing rising PA content as Samsung penetration widens and deepens.
- WiFi upgrade doubles content; Analog filling adjacent sockets.
- Expanding product offerings into new verticals.
Microchip (MCHP: Buy, $41 target)
- Cyclical rebound, though sluggish, points to continuing expansion of sales and higher gross margin.
- Secular growth from share gains in 16-bit and 32-bit MCUs.
- 3.8% dividend yield limits downside risk.