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Lattice Semiconductor

LSCC · Nasdaq · Information Technology · Financials, fiscal 2016 to 2025

LSCC · Last close · October 26, 2026
$98.37
Value Lattice Semiconductor yourself

Lattice Semiconductor's revenue rose 2.7% to $523 million in fiscal 2025. Its operating margin was 2.1%, down from 6.8% a year earlier. Free cash flow was $133 million, up 10.6%. It paid out $100 million in dividends and buybacks, 75% of free cash flow.

LATTICE SEMICONDUCTOR CORP Latest fiscal year ended January 3, 2026 10-K filed February 13, 2026 · 0001437749-26-004100 Updated
Revenue
$523M
2.7%
Operating margin
2.1%
4.6 pts
Net income
$3M
95.0%
Free cash flow
$133M
10.6%
Return on capital
1.0%
5.1 pts
Market cap
$13.8B
Oct 26 close
P/E
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Over 200x

Operating margin is operating income as a share of revenue. Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending. Return on capital is after-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash. Market cap is the last closing share price times the latest diluted share count, so it is approximate. P/E is the last close divided by diluted earnings per share over the last four quarters, or the latest fiscal year where the quarters aren't available; there is none when the company made a loss.

Charts show fiscal years, from the 10-K filings.

Revenue and margins

Revenue
US$ billions, fiscal years
Margins
Percent of revenue
GrossOperatingNetFree cash flow

Net income and earnings per share

From fiscal 2019 to 2025, earnings per share fell 37.0% a year and net income 35.6% a year, as new shares raised the share count by 1% and diluted each share's earnings.

Net income
US$ billions, fiscal years; loss years in red.
Diluted earnings per share
US$ per share, fiscal years, restated for any stock splits; loss years in red.

Returns on capital

Return on capital and on equity
Percent. Return on capital is after-tax operating income over the money invested in the business (debt plus equity, minus cash); return on equity is net income over shareholders' equity. Both use the average of opening and closing balances.
Return on capitalReturn on equity

Cash flow

Free cash flow
US$ billions. Cash from operations minus capital expenditure; negative years in red.

Payouts and share count

Dividends and buybacks
US$ billions, cash paid in each fiscal year
DividendsShare buybacks
Diluted share count
Weighted-average diluted shares, millions

Valuation

Two ways to value Lattice Semiconductor yourself, both starting from its filings: a discounted cash flow model and the price-to-earnings method.

Discounted cash flow (DCF)

A discounted cash flow (DCF) model values a business as the cash it may generate in future, discounted back to today. The starting figures come from Lattice Semiconductor's 10-K (or, for net cash and shares, its latest 10-Q) and the assumptions are yours: start from one of three example scenarios, then change any figure to see what it implies for a share, and how that compares with the last share price.

Value per share on three example scenarios, from Lattice Semiconductor's cash from operations minus depreciation in fiscal 2025 (free cash flow before spending to grow: capital spending was 1.9 times depreciation, which holds its free cash flow down) of $153M, net cash of $134M at January 3, 2026 and 138 million diluted shares, from its filings. The scenarios are fitted to Lattice Semiconductor: the base scenario's growth in years 1 to 5 is its revenue growth over the last 3 years, -7.5% a year, kept between 0% and 20%; the cautious and optimistic ones are lower and higher, and growth in years 6 to 10 is halfway to the long-run rate. The base scenario's discount rate is 11% for a cyclical or higher-risk business (Semiconductors); the cautious and optimistic ones use a point more and a point less. Select one to load it into the calculator. These are the model's arithmetic on those assumptions, not a forecast or a price target.

From the filings
Cash from operations minus depreciation in fiscal 2025: a rough guide to cash flow before spending to grow, for a company building heavily.
Cash and short-term investments minus debt and finance leases at January 3, 2026. Negative means net debt.
Weighted-average diluted shares in fiscal 2025.
Your assumptions
Start from
Fitted to Lattice Semiconductor's own revenue growth, as above. Cautious: growth of -2% then 0% a year, 2% after year 10, a 12% discount rate. Base: growth of 0% then 1% a year, 2.5% after year 10, a 11% discount rate. Optimistic: growth of 2% then 2.5% a year, 3% after year 10, a 10% discount rate.
Long-run growth forever after year 10. Usually close to inflation, and always below the discount rate.
The yearly return an investor wants for the risk. A higher rate gives a lower value.
Value per share on these assumptions
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Last close, October 26, 2026
$98.37
Value on these assumptions, against the last close
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Cash flows in years 1 to 10, valued today
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Everything after year 10, valued today
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Plus net cash
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Share of value from after year 10
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Projected free cash flow
US$ billions. Each column is one year's projected free cash flow, split into what it is worth today and the part removed by discounting.
Value todayRemoved by discounting

How the value changes with two assumptions

Value per share in US$, with the growth rates above. The highlighted cell matches the current assumptions.
How the model works. Free cash flow grows at the first rate for five years and the second rate for five more, and each year is discounted at the discount rate. Everything after year 10 is valued as year-10 cash flow × (1 + growth after year 10) ÷ (discount rate − growth after year 10), discounted back ten years. Net cash is added and the total is divided by diluted shares. The result depends entirely on the assumptions. It is not a forecast, a price target or a recommendation. The last close is the consolidated US closing price, from Databento.

Price-to-earnings (P/E) method

Another common way to value a company is to multiply its earnings per share by a price-to-earnings (P/E) multiple: the number of years of today's earnings an investor pays for a share. A higher multiple usually means investors expect earnings to grow. Choose a multiple, for example from similar companies, to see the value it gives.

Value per share on three example scenarios, from Lattice Semiconductor's earnings per share of $0.26 (over the last four quarters). Each grows earnings for a year at the cash flow scenarios' rates and applies a multiple to next year's earnings: 31.4×, the average of its peers' median and the Information Technology median for the base scenario, 20% less and more for the cautious and optimistic ones. The price is brought back a year at 12%, 11% and 10%. Select one to load it into the calculator. These are the model's arithmetic on those assumptions, not a forecast or a price target.

Diluted earnings per share over the four quarters to July 4, 2026, from the 10-Qs and 10-K.
P/E today is the last close divided by the latest earnings per share, the four quarters' where available. Peers: Universal Display, Rambus.
Starts at Lattice Semiconductor's revenue growth over the last 3 years, -7.5% a year, kept between 0% and 20%, as the base scenario does.
Earnings per share in the years ahead, US$
Type your own estimate for any year; the years after it carry on at the growth rate.
Apply the multiple to earnings
A multiple on a future year's earnings gives the price then, brought back to today at the discount rate below.
The yearly return an investor wants for the risk, as in the cash flow model.
Value per share today at this multiple
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Last close, October 26, 2026
$98.37
Value at this multiple, against the last close
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CompanyLast closeEarnings per shareP/E today
RambusRMBS$90.32$2.4337.2×
Universal DisplayOLED$88.47$4.1421.4×
Lattice SemiconductorLSCC$98.37$0.26—
How the P/E method works. Value per share is earnings per share times the multiple. On a future year's earnings, that gives the price in that year, which is brought back to today at the discount rate: price ÷ (1 + discount rate) for each year ahead. It is quick and easy to compare across companies, but it ignores debt and cash, and earnings can swing with one-off gains and charges, so a multiple says most about steady, profitable businesses. Like the cash flow model, the result depends entirely on the assumptions you choose. It is not a forecast, a price target or a recommendation.

Balance sheet

Fiscal year endFY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
Cash and short-term investments132146128136134
Debt incl. finance leases159129000
Net debt (negative means net cash)27−17−128−136−134
Net debt to EBITDA0.2x−0.1x−0.6x−2.3x−4.0x
Debt to equity0.4x0.3x0.0x0.0x0.0x
Interest coverage36.8x45.2x71.5x129.5x42.5x
Current ratio2.8x3.0x3.8x3.7x3.1x
Quick ratio2.2x2.1x2.8x2.6x2.3x
US$ millions unless stated, at each fiscal year end. Net debt to EBITDA is debt minus cash, divided by operating income before depreciation and amortization: roughly how many years of those earnings the net debt equals. Debt to equity is debt as a multiple of shareholders' equity. Interest coverage is operating income divided by interest expense. The current ratio is current assets over current liabilities; the quick ratio leaves out inventory.

Insider trades

Over the 12 months between October 27, 2025 and October 26, 2026, 1 insider bought $1.9 million of Lattice Semiconductor shares on the open market, and 12 insiders sold $20.2 million, $13.1 million of it under trading plans set up in advance.

DateInsiderTradeSharesPriceValueFiling
Sep 15, 2026Pravin DesaleSVP, R&DSold plan4,279$105.62$451,957Form 4
Sep 14, 2026Pravin DesaleSVP, R&DSold plan2,039$111.83$228,021Form 4
Aug 18, 2026Tracy Ann FeannySVP, General CounselSold plan1,880$126.43$237,688Form 4
Aug 17, 2026Esam ElashmawiSVP, Strategy and MarketingSold plan15,742$134.77$2.1 millionForm 4
Jun 12, 2026Pravin DesaleSVP, R&DSold plan2,039$142.89$291,353Form 4
Jun 4, 2026Tracy Ann FeannySVP, General CounselSold plan2,740$151.84$416,047Form 4
Jun 3, 2026James P LedererDirectorSold6,101$153.94$939,188Form 4
May 20, 2026Pravin DesaleSVP, R&DSold plan14,155$134.23$1.9 millionForm 4
May 6, 2026Elizabeth M SchwartingDirectorSold3,200$124.53$398,496Form 4
Mar 11, 2026Tonya StevensCvp, Chief Accounting OfficerSold1,113$94.00$104,622Form 4
Mar 10, 2026Pravin DesaleSVP, R&DSold2,366$92.41$218,642Form 4
Mar 10, 2026Erhaan ShaikhSVP, SalesSold1,577$93.33$147,181Form 4
The latest 12 of 37 trades. Open-market purchases and sales by officers, directors and 10% owners, from their Form 4 filings with the SEC: one row per person, day and filing, at the day's average price. Grants, option exercises and shares withheld for tax aren't counted. Insiders buy and sell for many reasons, such as taxes, spreading their savings or a plan set up months earlier, so a trade on its own says little about where a company is heading. For information only, not investment advice. Insider trades at all companies

Piotroski F-score

The F-score counts how many of nine simple tests of profitability, funding and efficiency a company passed in a year (Piotroski, 2000). The more tests passed, the stronger the year: 8 or 9 is strong, 0 to 2 weak. Companies that report no gross profit are scored on the other eight.

TestFY23FY24FY25
Net income is positivePassPassPass
Cash from operations is positivePassPassPass
Return on assets rosePassFailFail
Cash from operations exceeds net incomePassPassPass
Debt fell relative to assetsPassFailFail
Current ratio rosePassFailFail
Share count didn't risePassPassPass
Gross margin rosePassFailPass
Revenue rose relative to assetsPassFailPass
F-score9 of 94 of 96 of 9
Accruals ratio−1.3%−9.5%−19.9%
The accruals ratio is net income minus cash from operations, over average total assets.

Compare

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Each company's latest fiscal year. Fiscal years end in different months, so the periods don't line up exactly. Free cash flow margin is free cash flow as a share of revenue. Net debt to EBITDA is explained under the balance sheet, and the F-score above.

10 years of figures

Fiscal yearFY16FY17FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
Income statement
Revenue427386399404408515660737509523
Revenue growth5.2%−9.6%3.3%1.3%1.0%26.3%28.1%11.6%−30.9%2.7%
Gross profit247217219238245322452515340357
Research and development118103827989110136160159188
Operating income−27−48−359521011872123411
Net income−54−71−26444796179259613
Diluted EPS (US$)−0.45−0.58−0.210.320.340.671.271.850.440.02
Diluted shares (millions)120123127137141142141140138138
Cash flow
Cash from operations42385212492168239270141175
Capital expenditure1713816121023202142
Free cash flow25264310980158215249120133
Dividends paid0000000000
Share buybacks000015701108067100
Acquisitions00000680000
Stock-based compensation161214194046567053116
Balance sheet at fiscal year end
Cash and short-term investments107112126118182132146128136134
Debt incl. finance leases335301251125172159129000
Total assets767636624612680726799841844883
Total liabilities496418365284296315312149133169
Shareholders' equity270245258328384412487692711714
Margins and ratios
Gross margin57.9%56.1%55.0%59.0%60.1%62.4%68.5%69.8%66.8%68.2%
Operating margin−6.2%−12.3%−0.8%14.6%12.8%19.6%28.4%28.8%6.8%2.1%
Net margin−12.7%−18.3%−6.6%10.8%11.6%18.6%27.1%35.1%12.0%0.6%
Free cash flow margin5.9%6.7%10.8%26.9%19.5%30.6%32.6%33.9%23.5%25.3%
Return on capital−4.0%−8.1%−0.6%15.9%14.5%24.4%40.5%41.1%6.0%1.0%
Return on equity−18.8%−27.4%−10.4%14.8%13.3%24.1%39.8%43.9%8.7%0.4%
Return on assets−7.0%−10.1%−4.2%7.0%7.3%13.6%23.5%31.6%7.3%0.4%
Net debt to EBITDA6.5x18.5x3.5x0.1x−0.1x0.2x−0.1x−0.6x−2.3x−4.0x
US$ millions unless stated. Where a later 10-K restated a year, the latest filed figure is shown. Download all figures (CSV, US$ millions)
Source: Lattice Semiconductor's Form 10-K filings, from SEC EDGAR. For information only, not investment advice. The Filing Desk is not affiliated with Lattice Semiconductor.