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Sitime Corp.: Q4 FY2025 earnings call

What management said about Q4 FY2025, from the documents filed with the SEC on 4 February 2026: press release. The quarter’s numbers.

Key takeaways

  • Q4 revenue up 36% sequentially: Fourth-quarter net revenue was $113.3 million, up 36% from the prior quarter and up 66% from the year-ago period. Source
  • Fiscal 2025 revenue up 61%: Net revenue for fiscal 2025 was $326.7 million, up 61% from $202.7 million in fiscal 2024. Source
  • GAAP net income positive in Q4: GAAP net income was $9.2 million, compared with a net loss of $8.0 million in the third quarter. GAAP income from operations was $1.8 million. Source
  • Fiscal 2025 non-GAAP profit: Fiscal 2025 non-GAAP income from operations was $58.6 million, or 17.9% of revenue. Non-GAAP net income was $82.6 million. Source
  • Cash and investments $808.4 million: Cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments were $808.4 million at December 31, 2025, against $809.6 million at September 30, 2025. Source
  • 2026 growth expected to continue: Management expects broad-based growth to continue into 2026, again driven by CED. The release gives no numeric 2026 figure. Source

“Driven by AI, Q4 2025 was the seventh consecutive quarter of over 100% year-over-year growth for our Communications, Enterprise and Datacenter (CED) business,”

Rajesh Vashist, chairman and CEO of SiTime

What changed from last quarter

  • New guidance: A 2026 growth expectation appears in these materials for the first time: broad-based growth to continue, driven by CED. Source

Revenue growth and drivers

  • Q4 revenue up 36% sequentially: Fourth-quarter net revenue was $113.3 million, up 36% from the prior quarter and up 66% from the year-ago period. Source
  • Fiscal 2025 revenue up 61%: Net revenue for fiscal 2025 was $326.7 million, up 61% from $202.7 million in fiscal 2024. Source
  • AI drove CED growth: Management attributed the growth to AI demand in its Communications, Enterprise and Datacenter (CED) business. Source
  • Growth broad across end markets and regions: Management said growth in both the fourth quarter and fiscal 2025 was broad-based across all end customer segments and regions. Source

Margins and profit measures

  • GAAP net income positive in Q4: GAAP net income was $9.2 million, compared with a net loss of $8.0 million in the third quarter. GAAP income from operations was $1.8 million. Source
  • Q4 GAAP gross margin 56.4%: GAAP gross profit was 56.4% of revenue. GAAP operating expenses were $62.1 million, compared with $60.7 million in the third quarter. Source
  • Non-GAAP results after adjustments: Excluding stock-based compensation, amortization of acquired intangibles and acquisition costs, non-GAAP income from operations was $33.9 million, or 29.9% of revenue. Source
  • Fiscal 2025 non-GAAP profit: Fiscal 2025 non-GAAP income from operations was $58.6 million, or 17.9% of revenue. Non-GAAP net income was $82.6 million. Source
  • Fiscal 2025 GAAP loss: For the full year, GAAP loss from operations was $67.0 million and GAAP net loss was $42.9 million, or $1.72 per diluted share. Source

“I am also pleased that we achieved 61.2% gross margin in the fourth quarter, which exceeded the forecast that we made at the beginning of the year.”

Rajesh Vashist, chairman and CEO of SiTime

Operating expense lines

  • R&D down, SG&A up: Research and development expense fell to $28.3 million from $30.0 million in the third quarter. Selling, general and administrative expense rose to $30.8 million from $30.6 million. Source
  • Acquisition costs rose in Q4: Acquisition related costs were $3.0 million in the fourth quarter, against $0.1 million in the third quarter. These costs are excluded from non-GAAP results. Source
  • Non-GAAP operating expenses higher: Non-GAAP operating expenses were $35.5 million, compared with $33.7 million in the third quarter, after excluding stock-based compensation and acquisition related costs. Source

Cash, receivables and inventory

  • Cash and investments $808.4 million: Cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments were $808.4 million at December 31, 2025, against $809.6 million at September 30, 2025. Source
  • Receivables up, inventories down: Accounts receivable were $45.0 million at year end, against $22.5 million at September 30. Inventories were $81.6 million, against $86.7 million at September 30. Source
  • Interest income in the quarter: Interest income was $8.0 million in the fourth quarter, compared with $8.3 million in the third quarter. Source

Growth expectation for 2026

  • 2026 growth expected to continue: Management expects broad-based growth to continue into 2026, again driven by CED. The release gives no numeric 2026 figure. Source
  • Earlier 2025 growth expectation: The November release expected growth to exceed 50% year-over-year for 2025. Full-year 2025 growth reported in this release is above that level.

Equity grants and hiring

  • February 2026 inducement grants: On February 2, 2026, the company granted 19,373 inducement RSUs to 26 newly hired non-executive staff, under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4). Source
  • Vesting schedule for new RSUs: One-fourth of the RSUs vest on the first quarterly vesting date in the one-year anniversary quarter. The rest vest in one-sixteenth quarterly installments, subject to continued service. Source
  • November 2025 grant comparison: The November 2025 release reported 27,923 inducement RSUs granted to 19 newly hired individuals.

Coming up, as management said on 4 February 2026

  • Form 10-K for fiscal 2025: Management said the Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025 is still to be filed, and the figures in this release may differ from it. Source

Figures management reported

FigureReported
Gross margin, non-GAAP (fourth quarter) Source61.2%
CED end-market revenue growth, year over year Sourceover 100%, seventh consecutive quarter

Earlier plans management reported on

  • Not stated: The November release expected 2025 growth above 50%. This release does not restate that expectation or state whether it was met.
  • Ahead: Management said the gross margin exceeded the forecast made at the beginning of the year. Source

Other quarters

Summarised with AI from the documents the company filed with the SEC. Every point is checked against the filing before it is shown: management’s own words word for word, figures against the line or table row they come from. A point that fails the check is left out. Source opens the filing at that line.