** SiTime's SITM.O shares down 14.1% to $207.42 on Weds after silicon-based timing components maker late Tues launched $350 mln stock offering
** SITM shares on track for biggest one-day pct decline since 19.5% drop on Apr 3
** It intends to use net offering proceeds for working capital, sales and marketing activities, product development, and capex among other purposes, per the prospectus filing
** UBS and Stifel are jt lead bookrunners for offering, joined by Needham
** Santa Clara, California-based SiTime has 23.7 mln shares outstanding for ~$5.7 bln market cap through Tues close
** With move on the session, SITM shares down ~3% YTD but up ~36% this quarter
** Co in early May said Q1 rev grew 83% y/y to $60 mln and posted adj EPS of 26 cents vs loss of 8 cents/sh in yr-ago period. Analysts had expected rev of $54 mln and adj EPS of 12 cents, per LSEG data
** 5 of 7 analysts rate SITM "strong buy" or "buy", 1 rates "hold" and 1 recommends "sell"; median PT is $230 - LSEG
(Lance Tupper is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own)
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