Hot Asian Companies To Invest In 2015

Hot Asian Companies To Invest In 2015: Cirrus Logic Inc.(CRUS)

Cirrus Logic, Inc., a fabless semiconductor company, develops high-precision analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits (ICs) for audio and energy markets worldwide. The company offers analog and mixed-signal audio converter and audio digital signal processor (DSP) products, which include analog-to-digital converters (ADCs); digital-to-analog converters (DACs); chips for integrating ADCs and DACs into an IC; digital interface ICs; volume controls; and digital amplifiers, as well as audio DSPs for consumer electronics applications. Its audio products are used in various consumer applications, including portable media players, smartphones, tablets, AVRs, DVD and Blu-ray disc players, home theater systems, set-top boxes, MP3 players, gaming devices, sound cards, and digital televisions; professional applications comprising digital mixing consoles, multitrack digital recorders, and effects processors; automotive applications consisting of amplifiers, satellite radio systems, telematics, and multi-speaker car-audio systems; and networked digital audio applications. The company also provides high-precision analog and mixed-signal ICs for energy control, energy measurement, and energy exploration applications; and ICs, board-level modules, and hybrids under the Apex Precision Power brand name for high-power pulse width modulation (PWM) and power amplifier applications; and proprietary products, which include ADCs, DACs, linear amplifiers, PWM amplifiers, and amplifier ICs; and system reference designs. Its energy products are used in digital utility meters, power supplies, lighting ballasts, motor control, energy exploration, and high-power systems. The company sells its products primarily to through direct sales force, external sales representatives, and distributors. Cirrus Logic, Inc. was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

! Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Ashraf Eassa]

  Cirrus Logic (NASDAQ: CRUS  ) seems in many ways the anti-InvenSense (NYSE: INVN  ) . While it seems that the sell-side perpetually raises expectations for the latter, claiming that this time InvenSense will win meaningful content share inside of next generation Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL  ) products, longtime Apple supplier Cirrus Logic -- which has a fair amount of content across Apple's devices -- seems to be the subject of analyst reports claiming that it has lost content over at Apple.

• [By Ashraf Eassa]

  InvenSense is heavily dependent on Samsung
  Anybody familiar with former hot chip play Cirrus Logic (NASDAQ: CRUS  ) -- a mixed signal/analog chip player that derives the majority of its revenue from Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL  ) -- knows all about the risks associated with having a business that is very concentrated on a few big customers. InvenSense is not unaware that its business, too, is concentrated within a number of large customer as indicated in the following from its most recent form 10-K filing:

• [By Rustic Nomad]

  The present market situation for chipmaker Cirrus Logic (CRUS) doesn't appear to be good. The company has lost its momentum and has been reporting upsetting results. The stock is declining and looks like a bad pick at present.

• [By Ben Eisen]

  Chip-maker Cirrus Logic Inc. (CRUS) jumped 4.9% after its earnings report late Thursday. The company had a profit last quarter of 41 cents a share on revenue of $149.7 million, compared with a consensus estimate of 32 cents of $143 million. The semiconductor maker, which derives much of its revenue from Apple Inc. (AAPL) , has been gaining since the computer giant reported its results earlier in the week. ! !

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