profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Silicon Motion Technology
$169.45-5.60% today
+95.7% in 1 year
1-year low $80.161-year high $336.90
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $46.85 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
It holds more cash than debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Silicon Motion Technology sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $946 million in 2022 to $886 million in 2025, with $123 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Silicon Motion Technology handed back more cash to shareholders than it generated last year.
$67M
Free cash flow 2025$6M
Bought back its own shares$24M
Paid as dividends$67M
Cash vs. debt$202M vs. $3M
Silicon Motion Technology vs. similar companies
Silicon Motion Technology grows the slowest of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silicon Motion Technology | 46.9× · Expensive | ||
 Nvidia | 32.8× · Expensive | ||
 TSMC | 40.0× · Expensive | ||
 Broadcom | 71.6× · Very expensive | ||
 Micron Technology | 10.4× · Cheap |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Silicon Motion Technology's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 946 | 639 | 804 | 886 | |
| 466 | 270 | 369 | 428 | |
| 214 | 41 | 92 | 93 | |
| 232 | 63 | 117 | 123 | |
| 173 | 53 | 89 | 123 | |
| 5.17 | 1.58 | 2.69 | 3.64 | |
| 49.2% | 42.3% | 45.9% | 48.3% | |
| 22.7% | 6.4% | 11.5% | 10.5% | |
| 18.2% | 8.3% | 11.1% | 13.8% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 961 | 1,008 | 1,031 | 1,223 |
| Cash | 232 | 314 | 276 | 202 |
| Total debt | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Total liabilities | 229 | 273 | 259 | 392 |
| 733 | 735 | 772 | 831 | |
| 33 | 33 | 34 | 34 | |
| 22.8% | 4.4% | 9.4% | 8.8% | |
| 23.5% | 7.2% | 11.6% | 14.8% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 84 | 149 | 77 | 61 | |
| 33 | 50 | 44 | 55 | |
| 51 | 99 | 33 | 6 | |
| Dividends paid | 50 | 17 | 67 | 67 |
| 133 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |
| 27 | 18 | 17 | 26 |
Valuation
- 46.9×
- 20.0×
- –
- 8.5×
- 6.5×
- 912.7×
- 45.0×
- 0.1%
- 2.1%
- 0.7%
Profitability
- 48.3%
- 10.5%
- 13.8%
- 15.8%
- 9.0%
- 11.7%
- 20.2%
- 13.0%
- 14.2%
- 27.8%
Growth
- −2.2%
- −11.0%
- −80.8%
- +7.5%
- +0.3%
Financial health
- -1.6×
- 0.00
- 0.0%
- –
- 2.78
- 1.38
- 0.81
How it ranks in Technology
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 43%of 977
Top 44%of 977
Bottom 28%of 748
Bottom 19%of 982
Bottom 29%of 984
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $251.25
- Range
- $230.00 – $275.00
- 7 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 2026 | 1.58 | 1.31 | +20.6% |
| Feb 3, 2026 | 1.26 | 1.29 | −2.3% |
| Oct 30, 2025 | 1.00 | 0.81 | +23.5% |
| Jul 30, 2025 | 0.69 | 0.52 | +32.7% |
| Apr 29, 2025 | 0.60 | 0.43 | +39.5% |
| Feb 5, 2025 | 0.91 | 0.78 | +16.7% |
| Oct 30, 2024 | 0.92 | 0.85 | +8.2% |
| Aug 1, 2024 | 0.96 | 0.95 | +1.1% |
0.7%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$7a year at today's yield, before tax
+7.5%2020 to 2025
Raised2 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$0.60 in 2015 → $2.00 in 2025
How safe it looks
54.8% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 1,067.5%
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Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
0/7Passes 0 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
34No pass
Benjamin Graham
45No pass
Philip Fisher
28No pass
Peter Lynch
27No pass
Joel Greenblatt
6No pass
Charlie Munger
39No pass
Terry Smith
25No pass
Questions about Silicon Motion Technology
Is Silicon Motion Technology a good stock to buy?
A solid business, but the price is high. 0 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Silicon Motion Technology AI analysis
What does Silicon Motion Technology do?
Silicon Motion Technology Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, and markets NAND flash controllers for solid-state storage devices and related devices in China, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, Korea, the United States, and internationally. It is in Semiconductors, based in Hong Kong, Hong Kong, with 2,009 employees.
Does Silicon Motion Technology pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 0.7% a year, about 55% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $67.2 million in dividends.
Is Silicon Motion Technology stock halal?
Yes. Silicon Motion Technology passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is under 0.1% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has Silicon Motion Technology stock done over the past year?
Up 95.7% over the past twelve months, to $169.45. It traded between $80.16 and $336.90 and is 49.7% below its high.
Who are Silicon Motion Technology's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Nvidia, TSMC, Broadcom and Micron Technology. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Silicon Motion Technology's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.