Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Silicon Motion Technology Corporation is a fabless semiconductor company that designs, develops and markets NAND flash storage controllers. Its products manage the storage, performance, reliability and power consumption of data stored in NAND flash memory and are used in a range of consumer, mobile, computing and industrial applications.

The company’s product portfolio includes controllers for solid-state drives (SSDs), embedded storage products such as eMMC and UFS devices, and other flash-based storage solutions. Silicon Motion supplies technology to NAND flash manufacturers, storage-module makers and original equipment manufacturers, which incorporate its controllers into products including client and enterprise SSDs, smartphones, tablets, personal computers and embedded systems.

Founded in 1995, Silicon Motion is headquartered in Taiwan and serves customers and markets internationally. Wallace Kou has served as the company’s president and chief executive officer. Silicon Motion’s shares trade on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol SIMO.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $185.19 to $192.96
• 50-Day Range: $187.39 to $285.78
• 52-Week Range: $79.76 to $355.00
• Volume: 962,017 shs
• Average Volume: 731,161 shs
• Market Capitalization: $6.35 billion
• P/E Ratio: 21.97
• Dividend Yield: 1.06%
• Price Target: $332.57
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Silicon Motion Technology Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Silicon Motion Technology scored higher than 100% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 9th out of 590 stocks in the technology sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Silicon Motion Technology has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.90, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 9 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Silicon Motion Technology has a consensus price target of $332.57, representing about 77.5% upside from its current price of $187.39.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Silicon Motion Technology has been the subject of 7 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 4.4 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 46.13%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Silicon Motion Technology are expected to grow by 46.13% in the coming year, from $10.60 to $15.49 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Silicon Motion Technology is 21.97, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.79.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Silicon Motion Technology is 21.97, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 78.71.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Silicon Motion Technology has a PEG Ratio of 0.33. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Silicon Motion Technology has a P/B Ratio of 7.67. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

4.78% of the float of Silicon Motion Technology has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Silicon Motion Technology has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.33, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Silicon Motion Technology has recently decreased by 21.94%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

Silicon Motion Technology pays a meaningful dividend of 1.06%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Silicon Motion Technology does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Silicon Motion Technology is 23.33%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Silicon Motion Technology will have a dividend payout ratio of 12.85% next year. This indicates that Silicon Motion Technology will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.49

News Sentiment

Silicon Motion Technology has a news sentiment score of 0.49. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 11 news articles for Silicon Motion Technology this week, compared to 5 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 12 people have searched for SIMO on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -33% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

29 people have added Silicon Motion Technology to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 263% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.9 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Silicon Motion Technology insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

5.34% of the stock of Silicon Motion Technology is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

78.02% of the stock of Silicon Motion Technology is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/29/2026
• Record date for 8/20 Dividend: 8/06/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 8/20 Dividend: 8/06/2026
• Dividend Payable: 8/20/2026
• Today: 10/26/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/28/2026
• Record date for 11/19 Dividend: 11/05/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 11/19 Dividend: 11/05/2026
• Dividend Payable: 11/19/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Technology
• Industry: Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment
• Sub-Industry: Semiconductors
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:SIMO
• CIK: 1329394
• Web: www.siliconmotion.com
• Phone: (522) 307-4768
• Fax: 852-2307-4368
• Employees: 2,009
• Year Founded: 1995

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Silicon Motion Technology: $332.57
• High Price Target: $400.00
• Low Price Target: $260.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +77.5%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.90
• Research Coverage: 10 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $8.53
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 21.97
• Forward P/E Ratio: 17.68
• P/E Growth: 0.33
• Net Income: $122.64 million
• Net Margins: 22.06%
• Pretax Margin: 27.07%
• Return on Equity: 32.04%
• Return on Assets: 21.99%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 2.52
• Quick Ratio: 1.13

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $885.63 million
• Price / Sales: 7.17
• Cash Flow: $4.50 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 41.67
• Book Value: $24.44 per share
• Price / Book: 7.67

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 33,910,000
• Free Float: 32,097,000
• Market Cap: $6.35 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.69