Stifel lowers analog and IoT semiconductor estimates on broad-based slowdown. Stifel analyst Tore Svanberg said he expects Q3 to come in essentially in line with expectations for analog and IoT semiconductor companies, but sees their Q4 outlooks being impacted by a potential supply-chain correction or slower end-market growth. He now believes 2019 will now be a down year, projecting a 2%-4% contraction, and sees companies aligned with strong secular growth stories as poised to outperform their peers. Svanberg identifies Monolithic Power (MPWR), Silicon Labs (SLAB), Semtech (SMTC) and Quantenna (QTNA) as among the companies he sees being aligned with strong secular growth stories. In conjunction with the sector preview, Svanberg lowered his price targets on Monolithic Power, Silicon Labs, Alpha & Omega (AOSL), Macom (MTSI), Maxim Integrated (MXIM), MaxLinear (MXL), NXP Semiconductors (NXPI), O2Micro (OIIM), Power Integrations (POWI) and Texas Instruments (TXN).
