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$94.14 +1.78 (+1.93%)
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SIMO vs. DRS, LITE, TSEM, QRVO, SITM, OLED, PI, LPL, ALGM, and PL

Should you be buying Silicon Motion Technology stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Silicon Motion Technology include Leonardo DRS (DRS), Lumentum (LITE), Tower Semiconductor (TSEM), Qorvo (QRVO), SiTime (SITM), Universal Display (OLED), Impinj (PI), LG Display (LPL), Allegro MicroSystems (ALGM), and Planet Labs PBC (PL). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.

Silicon Motion Technology vs. Its Competitors

Silicon Motion Technology (NASDAQ:SIMO) and Leonardo DRS (NASDAQ:DRS) are both electronic equipment companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Silicon Motion Technology pays an annual dividend of $1.99 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Leonardo DRS pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Silicon Motion Technology pays out 84.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Leonardo DRS pays out 38.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Silicon Motion Technology presently has a consensus target price of $96.43, indicating a potential upside of 2.43%. Leonardo DRS has a consensus target price of $46.75, indicating a potential upside of 18.84%. Given Leonardo DRS's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Leonardo DRS is more favorable than Silicon Motion Technology.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Silicon Motion Technology
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.89
Leonardo DRS
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.90

Silicon Motion Technology has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Leonardo DRS has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.

78.0% of Silicon Motion Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.8% of Leonardo DRS shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.3% of Silicon Motion Technology shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Leonardo DRS shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Leonardo DRS had 11 more articles in the media than Silicon Motion Technology. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Leonardo DRS and 3 mentions for Silicon Motion Technology. Silicon Motion Technology's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Leonardo DRS's score of 0.65 indicating that Silicon Motion Technology is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Silicon Motion Technology
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Leonardo DRS
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Silicon Motion Technology has a net margin of 10.36% compared to Leonardo DRS's net margin of 7.31%. Leonardo DRS's return on equity of 11.02% beat Silicon Motion Technology's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Silicon Motion Technology10.36% 10.14% 7.76%
Leonardo DRS 7.31%11.02%6.93%

Leonardo DRS has higher revenue and earnings than Silicon Motion Technology. Silicon Motion Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Leonardo DRS, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Silicon Motion Technology$803.55M3.98$89.25M$2.3739.72
Leonardo DRS$3.23B3.24$213M$0.9342.30

Summary

Silicon Motion Technology beats Leonardo DRS on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SIMO vs. The Competition

MetricSilicon Motion TechnologyCOMP IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$3.20B$74.80B$32.88B$10.56B
Dividend Yield2.11%1.56%3.22%4.83%
P/E Ratio39.7240.70481.5727.05
Price / Sales3.9831.271,482.18132.35
Price / Cash27.3252.8734.6830.35
Price / Book4.117.737.426.58
Net Income$89.25M$1.50B$820.47M$276.84M
7 Day Performance9.72%1.11%0.64%1.93%
1 Month Performance1.92%0.32%0.98%2.19%
1 Year Performance68.29%43.69%24,165.20%34.62%

Silicon Motion Technology Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SIMO
Silicon Motion Technology
3.9034 of 5 stars
$94.14
+1.9%
$96.43
+2.4%
+68.3%$3.20B$803.55M39.721,819
DRS
Leonardo DRS
3.8483 of 5 stars
$43.67
+1.0%
$46.75
+7.1%
+37.0%$11.50B$3.23B46.967,000News Coverage
Analyst Upgrade
Insider Trade
LITE
Lumentum
3.9752 of 5 stars
$160.56
+7.3%
$136.57
-14.9%
+148.8%$10.61B$1.65B698.0910,562News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
TSEM
Tower Semiconductor
3.2937 of 5 stars
$73.41
+3.2%
$67.60
-7.9%
+67.8%$7.88B$1.44B42.195,359Gap Up
QRVO
Qorvo
4.3851 of 5 stars
$87.92
+5.6%
$95.35
+8.5%
-11.8%$7.71B$3.72B103.446,200Positive News
SITM
SiTime
1.789 of 5 stars
$294.44
+6.0%
$274.17
-6.9%
+55.8%$7.22B$202.70M-84.61380Gap Down
OLED
Universal Display
4.4505 of 5 stars
$144.20
+4.9%
$190.43
+32.1%
-27.0%$6.53B$647.68M28.16440Positive News
Analyst Revision
Gap Up
PI
Impinj
3.2465 of 5 stars
$196.56
+4.6%
$179.00
-8.9%
-7.7%$5.47B$366.09M19,675.68390
LPL
LG Display
2.1364 of 5 stars
$5.38
+1.0%
N/A+33.8%$5.32B$19.51B-12.8060,792Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
ALGM
Allegro MicroSystems
3.1426 of 5 stars
$27.41
+5.7%
$36.78
+34.2%
+40.3%$4.80B$725.01M-74.082,300Gap Up
PL
Planet Labs PBC
1.7493 of 5 stars
$15.26
+3.8%
$8.56
-43.9%
+466.1%$4.53B$244.35M-50.85800Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade

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This page (NASDAQ:SIMO) was last updated on 10/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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