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QRVO - Embedded Expectations Analysis - 2019 07 31

Qorvo Inc. (QRVO:USA) currently trades below corporate averages relative to UAFRS-based (Uniform) Earnings, with a 15.2x Uniform P/E, implying bearish expectations for the firm. Moreover, management is concerned about margins, IDP demand, and their inventory management.

Specifically, management may be concerned about market acceptance of their mobile end products and about the sustainability of recent IDP demand. Furthermore, management may be concerned about margins in their Active-Semi programmable power management business, and may lack confidence in their ability to meet Q2 margin guidance. Finally, management may lack confidence in their ability to improve the efficiency of their inventory channel, and may be exaggerating the size of the opportunity they see related to the LTE to 5G transition.
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Qorvo is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the company designs, develops, manufactures and markets its products to U.S. and international original equipment manufacturers and original design manufacturers in two operating segments: Mobile Products, which is a supplier of cellular radio frequency (RF) and Wi-Fi solutions for mobile devices, including smartphones, wearables, laptops, tablets and cellular-based applications for the Internet of Things (IoT); and Infrastructure and Defense Products, which is a supplier of RF and system-on-a-chip solutions for cellular base stations and other wireless communications infrastructure, defense, smart home, automotive and other IoT applications.

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