Analysts were expecting Silicon Image Inc. (SIMG) [Chart - News - Analysis] to report earnings of $-0.05 for last quarter, but SIMG beat expectations with actual earnings of $-0.04---1 cent above the consensus estimate. SIMG also issued earnings guidance for next quarter that is below current analyst expectations.

If you compare last quarter's earnings to the $0.13 the company made per share during the same quarter a year ago, you can see that SIMG’s earnings are down this year.

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Also, if you compare SIMG's 2.50% projected earnings-per-share (EPS) growth rate for the next five years with the projected EPS growth rate of 11.84% for the Semiconductor - Broad Line industry as a whole during that same time frame, you can see that analysts expect SIMG to underperform the industry in the future---which is a bad sign for the stock.

Drilling down a little deeper into the Semiconductor - Broad Line industry, you can see how analysts believe SIMG will stack up against some of the other stocks in the industry, like STMicroelectronics NV (STM) [Chart - News - Analysis] and ON Semiconductor Corp. (ONNN) [Chart - News - Analysis], in the future. Analysts believe STM's earnings are going to grow at a rate of 8.00% while ONNN's earnings are going to grow at a rate of 14.50%.

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