SiTime Reports First Quarter 2026 Financial Results
Rhea-AI Summary
SiTime (Nasdaq: SITM) reported Q1 2026 results on May 6, 2026. Net revenue was $113.6 million, up 88.3% YoY. GAAP gross profit was $67.0 million (59.0% margin) and GAAP net loss was $5.2 million, or $0.20 per diluted share. Non-GAAP net income was $38.9 million, or $1.44 per diluted share. Cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments totaled $788.7 million on March 31, 2026. The company granted 41,471 RSUs as inducements and will host a conference call May 6, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. PT.
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Positive
- Revenue +88.3% YoY to $113.6M
- Non-GAAP net income of $38.9M, $1.44 per diluted share
- Non-GAAP gross margin of 64.5%
- Cash and short-term investments of $788.7M
Negative
- GAAP net loss of $5.2M, $0.20 per diluted share
- GAAP operating expenses of $79.3M exceeded GAAP gross profit, producing an operating loss
Key Figures
Market Reality Check
Peers on Argus
SITM was up 5.66% pre-news with mixed peer action: CRUS +3.76%, QRVO +4.27%, PI +3.46%, TSEM +1.05%, while ALGM fell 1.13%. Moves appear stock-specific rather than a broad sector rotation.
Previous Earnings Reports
| Date | Event | Sentiment | Move | Catalyst |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 04 | Quarter & year results | Positive | +17.9% | Strong Q4 2025 and FY2025 revenue growth with positive non-GAAP earnings. |
| Nov 05 | Quarterly earnings | Positive | +21.8% | Q3 2025 revenue up 45% year-over-year with improving non-GAAP margins. |
| Aug 06 | Quarterly earnings | Positive | -5.7% | Q2 2025 strong revenue and CED growth but shares fell post-report. |
| May 07 | Quarterly earnings | Positive | +13.4% | Q1 2025 revenue up 83% year-over-year with positive non-GAAP income. |
| Feb 05 | Quarter & year results | Positive | -20.9% | Q4 2024 strong growth and positive non-GAAP results but stock sold off. |
Earnings have often driven large moves in SITM, with mostly positive reactions but notable negative selloffs on some strong reports.
Recent earnings releases for SiTime show rapid revenue growth and improving non-GAAP profitability. Prior quarters reported rising net revenue (e.g., $68.1M, $69.5M, $83.6M, $113.3M) and expanding gross margins, while GAAP results occasionally remained loss-making. Price reactions around these events ranged from about -21% to nearly +22%, indicating that earnings have been major catalysts with both strong rallies and sharp pullbacks.
Historical Comparison
In the past 5 earnings releases, SITM’s average move was about 5.3%, with both strong rallies and sharp declines. Today’s 5.66% pre-news gain sits near that typical earnings-day magnitude.
Earnings reports show a progression of rising quarterly revenue and strengthening non-GAAP profitability from 2024 into 2025, with growing cash balances and recurring use of inducement RSUs alongside expanding AI and data center demand.
Market Pulse Summary
This announcement highlights robust Q1 2026 performance, with net revenue of $113.6M and non-GAAP net income of $38.9M alongside a strong cash balance of $788.7M. GAAP results remained loss-making, and the company continues to rely on non-GAAP metrics for core performance. Investors may track future earnings for consistency in revenue growth, gross margin trends, non-GAAP profitability, and the impact of ongoing inducement RSU grants on shareholder dilution.
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Q1 Net Revenue Increased
SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 06, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SiTime Corporation, (Nasdaq: SITM), the Precision Timing company, today announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2026.
Net revenue in the first quarter of 2026 was
"Our strong start to 2026, with revenue growing 88 percent year over year, reflects the scale and momentum of the Precision Timing category we created,” said Rajesh Vashist, CEO of SiTime. “As AI infrastructure and high-performance systems grow, precision timing is becoming a system-level requirement. Here, our differentiated platforms are driving higher ASPs and margins, along with deeper customer engagement. I believe that we are executing from a position of strength for the next phase of SiTime’s growth and am excited about the opportunities ahead.”
In the first quarter of 2026, GAAP gross profit was
In the first quarter of 2026, non-GAAP gross profit was
Total cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments were
SiTime plans to discuss its business outlook as part of today’s scheduled conference call.
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Information
This press release and its attachments include certain non-GAAP supplemental performance measures. The presentation of this financial information is not intended to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for the financial information prepared and presented in accordance with GAAP.
SiTime believes that the presentation of non-GAAP financial measures provides important supplemental information to management and investors regarding financial and business trends relating to SiTime’s financial condition and results of operations. SiTime believes that these non-GAAP financial measures provide additional insight into SiTime’s ongoing performance and core operational activities and has chosen to provide these measures for more consistent and meaningful comparison between periods. These measures should only be used to evaluate SiTime’s results of operations in conjunction with the corresponding GAAP measures. The non-GAAP financial measures exclude stock-based compensation expense, amortization of acquired intangibles, and acquisition-related expenses which include transaction and certain other cash costs associated with business acquisition as well as changes in the estimated fair value of earn out liabilities and accretion of acquisition consideration payable. The reconciliation between GAAP and non-GAAP financial results is provided in the financial statements portion of this release.
Inducement Plan Grants
SiTime granted restricted stock unit awards (“RSUs”) on May 4, 2026 that were approved by the Compensation and Talent Committee of its Board of Directors under SiTime’s Amended and Restated 2022 Inducement Award Plan, as a material inducement to employment of 42 newly hired individuals globally. The RSUs were approved in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4). The inducement grants consisted of an aggregate of 41,471 RSUs. One-fourth of the RSUs will vest on the first February 20, May 20, August 20, or November 20 falling in the one-year anniversary quarter of the applicable vesting start date, and then 1/16th of the RSUs vest in equal quarterly installments on each February 20, May 20, August 20, and November 20, thereafter, subject to each such employee’s continued service on each vesting date. The inducement grants are subject to the terms and conditions of award agreements covering the grants and SiTime’s Amended and Restated 2022 Inducement Award Plan.
Conference Call
SiTime will broadcast the financial results for its first quarter of 2026 via conference call today, May 6, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time (5:00 p.m. Eastern Time). To join the conference call via phone, participants are required to complete the following registration form to receive a dial-in number and dedicated PIN for accessing the conference call. The conference call will also be available via a live audio webcast on the investor relations section of the SiTime website at investor.sitime.com. Please access the website at least a few minutes prior to the start of the call to download and install any necessary audio software. An archived webcast replay of the call will be available on the website.
About SiTime
SiTime is the Precision Timing company. Our semiconductor MEMS programmable solutions offer a rich feature set that enables customers to differentiate their products with higher performance, smaller size, lower power and better reliability. With more than 4 billion devices shipped, SiTime is changing the timing industry. For more information, visit www.sitime.com.
About Precision Timing – Timing is the heartbeat of all electronics, ensuring performance, resilience and scalability. For decades, quartz devices, non-silicon technology, have kept systems in sync, but they struggle in harsher, more demanding environments. MEMS-based Precision Timing delivers greater accuracy, smaller size and resilience. Today, MEMS timing powers over 400 applications, including high-growth ones in AI data centers, automated driving, industrial and humanoid robots, wearables and IoT.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release and the earnings call referencing this press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Security Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These forward-looking statements involve risks, uncertainties, assumptions, and other factors that may cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking statements. The risks, uncertainties, assumptions, and other factors include, but are not limited to our expectations and trends relating to the growth of our new products, our product differentiation and market acceptance of our products, and our ability to accurately forecast our future performance, business and growth. More information about these and other risks, uncertainties, and other factors that may cause actual outcomes and results to differ materially from those included in the forward-looking statements contained in this release are included under the caption “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in our most recent Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and other filings SiTime makes with the Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time, including SiTime's Annual Report on Form 10-K that has been filed for the year ended December 31, 2025. The financial information set forth in this release reflects estimates based on information available at this time. While SiTime believes these estimates to be reasonable, these amounts could differ materially from reported amounts in SiTime’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2026 and SiTime’s other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date the statements are made and are based on information available to SiTime at the time those statements are made and/or management's good faith belief as of that time with respect to future events. Except as required by law, SiTime undertakes no obligation, and does not intend, to update these forward-looking statements.
| SiTime Corporation Unaudited GAAP Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations | |||||||||||
| Three months ended | |||||||||||
| March 31, 2026 | December 31, 2025 | March 31, 2025 | |||||||||
| (in thousands, except per share data) | |||||||||||
| Revenue | $ | 113,567 | $ | 113,284 | $ | 60,314 | |||||
| Cost of revenue | 46,612 | 49,404 | 29,978 | ||||||||
| Gross profit | 66,955 | 63,880 | 30,336 | ||||||||
| Operating expenses: | |||||||||||
| Research and development | 32,738 | 28,294 | 30,026 | ||||||||
| Selling, general and administrative | 38,937 | 30,815 | 26,856 | ||||||||
| Acquisition related costs | 7,619 | 3,008 | 1,562 | ||||||||
| Total operating expenses | 79,294 | 62,117 | 58,444 | ||||||||
| (Loss) Income from operations | (12,339 | ) | 1,763 | (28,108 | ) | ||||||
| Interest income | 7,310 | 7,998 | 4,294 | ||||||||
| Other (expense) income, net | (174 | ) | (209 | ) | 4 | ||||||
| (Loss) Income before income taxes | (5,203 | ) | 9,552 | (23,810 | ) | ||||||
| Income tax expense | (14 | ) | (386 | ) | (67 | ) | |||||
| Net (loss) income | $ | (5,217 | ) | $ | 9,166 | $ | (23,877 | ) | |||
| Net (loss) income attributable to common stockholders and comprehensive loss | $ | (5,217 | ) | $ | 9,166 | $ | (23,877 | ) | |||
| Net (loss) income per share attributable to common stockholders, basic | $ | (0.20 | ) | $ | 0.35 | $ | (1.01 | ) | |||
| Net (loss) income per share attributable to common stockholders, diluted | $ | (0.20 | ) | $ | 0.34 | $ | (1.01 | ) | |||
| Weighted-average shares used to compute basic net (loss) income per share | 26,343 | 26,201 | 23,653 | ||||||||
| Weighted-average shares used to compute diluted net (loss) income per share | 26,343 | 27,070 | 23,653 | ||||||||
| SiTime Corporation Unaudited Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Adjustments | |||||||||||
| Three months ended | |||||||||||
| March 31, 2026 | December 31, 2025 | March 31, 2025 | |||||||||
| (in thousands, except per share data) | |||||||||||
| Reconciliation of GAAP gross profit and margin to non-GAAP | |||||||||||
| Revenue | $ | 113,567 | $ | 113,284 | $ | 60,314 | |||||
| GAAP gross profit | 66,955 | 63,880 | 30,336 | ||||||||
| GAAP gross margin | 59.0 | % | 56.4 | % | 50.3 | % | |||||
| Amortization of acquired intangibles | 5,744 | 4,717 | 3,573 | ||||||||
| Stock-based compensation | 590 | 769 | 701 | ||||||||
| Non-GAAP gross profit | $ | 73,289 | $ | 69,366 | $ | 34,610 | |||||
| Non-GAAP gross margin | 64.5 | % | 61.2 | % | 57.4 | % | |||||
| Reconciliation of GAAP operating expenses to non-GAAP | |||||||||||
| GAAP research and development expenses | $ | 32,738 | $ | 28,294 | $ | 30,026 | |||||
| Stock-based compensation | (11,228 | ) | (9,318 | ) | (10,682 | ) | |||||
| Non-GAAP research and development expenses | $ | 21,510 | $ | 18,976 | $ | 19,344 | |||||
| GAAP sales, general and administrative expenses | $ | 38,937 | $ | 30,815 | $ | 26,856 | |||||
| Stock-based compensation | (18,982 | ) | (14,323 | ) | (13,663 | ) | |||||
| Non-GAAP sales, general and administrative expenses | $ | 19,955 | $ | 16,492 | $ | 13,193 | |||||
| GAAP acquisition related costs | $ | 7,619 | $ | 3,008 | $ | 1,562 | |||||
| Acquisition related costs | (7,619 | ) | (3,008 | ) | (1,562 | ) | |||||
| Non-GAAP acquisition related costs | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | |||||
| Total Non-GAAP operating expenses | $ | 41,465 | $ | 35,468 | $ | 32,537 | |||||
| Reconciliation of GAAP (loss) income from operations to non-GAAP loss from operations | |||||||||||
| GAAP (loss) income from operations | $ | (12,339 | ) | $ | 1,763 | $ | (28,108 | ) | |||
| Acquisition related costs | 7,619 | 3,008 | 1,562 | ||||||||
| Amortization of acquired intangibles | 5,744 | 4,717 | 3,573 | ||||||||
| Stock-based compensation | 30,800 | 24,410 | 25,046 | ||||||||
| Non-GAAP income from operations | $ | 31,824 | $ | 33,898 | $ | 2,073 | |||||
| Non-GAAP income from operations as a percentage of revenue | 28.0 | % | 29.9 | % | 3.4 | % | |||||
| Reconciliation of GAAP net (loss) income to non-GAAP net income | |||||||||||
| GAAP net (loss) income | $ | (5,217 | ) | $ | 9,166 | $ | (23,877 | ) | |||
| Acquisition related costs | 7,619 | 3,008 | 1,562 | ||||||||
| Amortization of acquired intangibles | 5,744 | 4,717 | 3,573 | ||||||||
| Stock-based compensation | 30,800 | 24,410 | 25,046 | ||||||||
| Non-GAAP net income | $ | 38,946 | $ | 41,301 | $ | 6,304 | |||||
| Weighted-average shares used to compute diluted net income per share | 27,138 | 27,070 | 24,412 | ||||||||
| GAAP net (loss) income per share diluted | $ | (0.20 | ) | $ | 0.34 | $ | (1.01 | ) | |||
| Non-GAAP adjustments detailed above | 1.64 | 1.19 | 1.27 | ||||||||
| Non-GAAP net income per share diluted | $ | 1.44 | $ | 1.53 | $ | 0.26 | |||||
(1) Non-GAAP diluted weighted average shares are calculated using the treasury stock method and differ from GAAP diluted weighted average shares due to non-GAAP net income reported.
| SiTime Corporation Unaudited GAAP Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets | |||||||
| As of | |||||||
| March 31, 2026 | December 31, 2025 | ||||||
| (in thousands) | |||||||
| Assets: | |||||||
| Current assets: | |||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 498,476 | $ | 16,759 | |||
| Short-term investments in held-to-maturity securities | 290,188 | 791,648 | |||||
| Accounts receivable, net | 54,997 | 45,040 | |||||
| Inventories | 91,122 | 81,557 | |||||
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 14,433 | 14,275 | |||||
| Total current assets | 949,216 | 949,279 | |||||
| Property and equipment, net | 106,661 | 105,114 | |||||
| Intangible assets, net | 141,572 | 147,366 | |||||
| Right-of-use assets, net | 3,479 | 4,089 | |||||
| Goodwill | 87,098 | 87,098 | |||||
| Other assets | 4,831 | 1,753 | |||||
| Total assets | $ | 1,292,857 | $ | 1,294,699 | |||
| Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity: | |||||||
| Current liabilities: | |||||||
| Accounts payable | $ | 22,914 | $ | 21,327 | |||
| Accrued expenses and other current liabilities | 53,168 | 62,678 | |||||
| Total current liabilities | 76,082 | 84,005 | |||||
| Other non-current liabilities | 57,797 | 54,512 | |||||
| Total liabilities | 133,879 | 138,517 | |||||
| Commitments and contingencies | |||||||
| Stockholders’ equity: | |||||||
| Common stock | 3 | 3 | |||||
| Additional paid-in capital | 1,389,096 | 1,381,083 | |||||
| Accumulated deficit | (230,121 | ) | (224,904 | ) | |||
| Total stockholders’ equity | 1,158,978 | 1,156,182 | |||||
| Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity | $ | 1,292,857 | $ | 1,294,699 | |||
Investor Relations Contacts:
Shelton Group
Leanne Sievers | Brett Perry
sitm-ir@sheltongroup.com
SiTime Corporation
Beth Howe
Chief Financial Officer
investor.relations@sitime.com
