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Silicon Motion Technology Corp ADR

SIMONASDAQ

SectorInformation Technology

IndustrySemiconductors

Beta (adjusted)1.49

Intrinsic Value $85.43median of 6 methods · middle span $65-$326based on filings through 31 Dec 2025

Market Price $275.24Price as of 1 Oct 2026

Significantly overvaluedIntrinsic value is 69% below the market price

−50% · IV below pricenear fair value ±15%IV above price · +50%

marker beyond scale (-69%)

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Market Cap $9.3B

Enterprise Value $9.1B

Shares Outstanding 33.9M diluted

Moat Rating Narrow

Next Earnings Date29 Oct 2026

Last ex-dividend6 Aug 2026

All prices and values are periodic snapshots, not live quotes. Source dates are shown for reference.

Thesis

Street consensus, scenarios, merits, risks, and invalidation triggers

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Thesis Summary

Silicon Motion entered the second half of 2026 with exceptional operating momentum: second-quarter sales rose 127% year over year to $451.0 million, non-GAAP gross margin reached 50.2%, and management guided third-quarter sales to $519 million-$541 million. The favorable case rests on continued expansion in embedded eMMC/UFS, enterprise and edge SSD controllers, Ferri and boot-drive solutions, reinforced by the MonTitan platform for AI infrastructure. The offset is execution and valuation uncertainty after a rapid growth acceleration, acknowledged consumer-market headwinds from NAND pricing and supply, and the capital-allocation and potential dilution implications of the $1.15 billion convertible-note financing.

This section is the 12-month view: analyst targets and the probability-weighted scenarios built from them. The intrinsic value at the top of this page answers a different question: what the business is worth today.

Street view · analyst 12-month targets11 analysts · as of 18 Aug 2026

Low · most bearish analyst$145.00

Mean target$349.27

High · most bullish analyst$450.00

Street targets sit above today's price; our intrinsic value sits below it. Different horizons, different questions.

Our research · scenarios, merits, risks, and invalidation triggersResearch as of 2 Sep 2026

Scenarios · 12-month scenario targetsAnchored at research date

Bear CaseDownside scenario

$145.0020%

Q3 revenue or margins fall below guidance as high NAND prices and constrained supply pressure consumer demand, while enterprise and AI-oriented products monetize more slowly than anticipated. The sizable convertible-note financing could compound downside if proceeds do not produce adequate growth or if future conversion creates dilution.

Base CaseCentral scenario

$349.2750%

Matches the consensus mean

Q3 revenue remains within the $519 million-$541 million range, non-GAAP gross margin remains near 50%-51%, and non-GAAP operating margin improves into the guided 27.5%-28.5% range. Growth moderates after the exceptional first-half comparison but remains supported by embedded, enterprise, edge and automotive storage products.

Bull CaseUpside scenario

$450.0030%

Revenue reaches the upper end of Q3 guidance, margins meet or exceed guidance, and enterprise/AI products such as MonTitan progress from product introduction toward meaningful customer adoption. Continued strength in embedded controllers, Ferri and boot drives would reinforce the view that the company's expansion is broader than a short consumer-storage cycle.

Scenarios are anchored to street consensus at the research date, with our probabilities and rationale.

Key Investment Merits

Second-quarter 2026 net sales reached $451.0 million, increasing 32% sequentially and 127% year over year; management guided Q3 sales to $519 million-$541 million.
Non-GAAP gross margin reached 50.2% and non-GAAP operating margin reached 23.1% in Q2, with Q3 guidance calling for 50.0%-51.0% and 27.5%-28.5%, respectively.
The product portfolio is expanding toward enterprise and AI infrastructure, including MonTitan reference designs based on PCIe 5.0 and PCIe 6.0 enterprise SSD controllers.

Key Investment Risks

Management acknowledged that consumer businesses face headwinds from NAND pricing and supply, creating demand and mix risk despite the strong consolidated outlook.
MonTitan and related enterprise/AI offerings introduce substantial upside potential, but a product unveiling does not establish the timing or scale of commercial revenue.
The closing of $1.15 billion of zero-coupon convertible notes improves financial flexibility but introduces capital-deployment and potential future dilution risk.

All scenarios are estimates and subject to change. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

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