SWKS · CIK 0000004127
What Skyworks Solutions, Inc. told the SEC could break it.
One fact dominates Skyworks' register: a single customer, Apple, accounted for 67% of fiscal 2025 net revenue, and its three largest receivables balances were 82% of gross accounts receivable — so the loss or pullback of one relationship would reverberate through nearly everything. The rest of its exposure clusters on China and the Asia-Pacific supply base its RF-chip business depends on: China's 2025 countermeasures have hit the availability and cost of critical materials it relies on (gallium, germanium, antimony, tungsten, rare earths), 2025 U.S. tariffs and Chinese retaliation raise its operating costs and demand risk, and its operations are concentrated in Asia — a wafer fab in Osaka, packaging and test in Singapore and Mexicali, and reliance on regional foundries — alongside dependence on a limited number of sole-source suppliers.
5 self-disclosed vulnerabilities, pulled from its own filings — each in the company’s words, with the source. This is the risk register almost nobody reads.
In its own words
What could break it.
Customer concentration
- Apple = 67% of net revenue; 3 customers = 82% of ARhigh
Skyworks is extremely concentrated in Apple, which (via distributors, contract manufacturers and direct sales) was 67% of FY2025 net revenue, and its three largest receivables balances were 82% of aggregate gross accounts receivable.
“During fiscal 2025, fiscal 2024, and fiscal 2023, Apple, through sales to multiple distributors, contract manufacturers, and direct sales for multiple applications including smartphones, tablets, desktop, and notebook computers, watches and other devices, in the aggregate accounted for 67 %, 69 %, and 66 % of the Company's net revenue, respectively.”
SEC filing →As of 2025
Commodity & input dependence
- gallium, germanium, antimony, tungsten and rare earth/critical mineralsmedium
China's 2025 countermeasures have impacted the availability and cost of materials critical to Skyworks' RF semiconductors — gallium, germanium, antimony, tungsten, molybdenum, scandium and other rare earth metals/critical minerals.
“the countermeasures announced in 2025, has impacted and could continue directly or indirectly adversely impacting our manufacturing costs, the availability and cost of materials, including gallium, germanium, antimony, tungsten, molybdenum, scandium, and other rare earth metals/critical minerals, and the sales of our products in China, the United States and elsewhere.”
SEC filing →As of 2025
Geographic concentration
- Asia-Pacific manufacturing & China exposure (Osaka/Singapore/Mexicali)medium
Skyworks derives significant revenue from Asia-Pacific and Europe, runs its own wafer fab in Osaka, Japan plus packaging/test in Singapore and Mexicali, Mexico, and relies on Asia-Pacific foundries/OSATs — concentrating operations and customers in regions exposed to China business and trade risk.
“We derive significant revenues from customers located outside the United States, primarily in countries located in the Asia-Pacific region and Europe. We have suppliers located outside the United States, including third-party packaging, assembly, and test facilities and semiconductor foundries located in the Asia-Pacific region. We also operate our own wafer processing facilities in Osaka, Japan, as well as packaging, assembly, and test facilities in Singapore and in Mexicali, Mexico.”
Regulatory & policy
- U.S. 2025 tariffs and Chinese retaliatory countermeasuresmedium
2025 U.S. tariffs on numerous trading partners and sectors, plus Chinese countermeasures, have impacted and could further raise Skyworks' operating costs and depress demand for its and its customers' products.
“the imposition of or changes to tariffs, including the tariffs announced by the United States in 2025 with respect to numerous global trading partners and sectors, and any retaliatory tariffs or measures by any such trading partners, including countermeasures by China, have impacted and could further negatively impact trade between, or increase the cost of operating in, or increase the cost of or negatively impact the demand for, our products or our customers' products in the countries”
Sole-source dependency
- limited number of sole-source suppliers (unnamed)medium
Although Skyworks generally avoids single-source supply, it is currently dependent on a limited number of sole-source suppliers for certain components and services, and losing them could materially harm the business until alternates are qualified.
“While we do not typically rely on a single source of supply for our raw materials, we are currently dependent on a limited number of sole-source suppliers and in the future could become dependent on additional sole-source suppliers. If we were to lose these sole sources of supply, for any reason, a material adverse effect on our business could result until an alternate source is obtained.”
SEC filing →As of 2025
The hidden graph
Who it depends on, and who depends on it.
Relationships surfaced from filings — including ones disclosed by the other side, which is how the non-obvious ones come to light.
Its customers
“During fiscal 2025, fiscal 2024, and fiscal 2023, Apple, through sales to multiple distributors, contract manufacturers, and direct sales for multiple applications including smartphones, tablets, desktop, and notebook computers, watches and other devices, in the aggregate accounted for 67 %, 69 %, and 66 % of the Company's net revenue, respectively.”
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