Skyworks Soars 18% on $22B Qorvo Merger – What’s Next for the Chipmaker?
Skyworks’ stock surge on Oct. 28 was driven almost entirely by the surprise merger announcement. In pre-market trading, shares spiked ~12% reuters.com, and by 9:48 a.m. ET the stock was around $89.22 (from about $75.84 Monday’s close) investing.com investing.com. This massive gap up reflects investor excitement: combined, Skyworks and Qorvo would control roughly $7.7 billion in annual RF-chip revenue (≈$5.1B mobile + $2.6B broadband) stocktitan.net, making a top U.S. analog/5G semiconductor supplier. The market welcomed the logic that scale and cross-selling should boost earnings – for example StockTitan notes the deal is “immediately accretive” to EPS and targets >$500M in yearly cost
