Silicon Motion Technology Corporation (SIMO) Key Metrics

NASDAQ: SIMOValuation, returns, debt and efficiency ratios over 10 years.

SIMO valuation today

Trailing 12 months · as of October 18, 2026
Market cap
$7.16B
Enterprise value
$9.36B
P/E (TTM)
27.3
10-yr median 18.5
Forward P/E
19.6
PEG ratio
0.70
Price / sales
5.5
10-yr median 2.9
Price / book
9.0
10-yr median 3.0
EV / EBITDA
27.4
10-yr median 11.4
Dividend yield
1.09%
$2.30 a year
Beta
1.68

SIMO key metrics, 2016–2025

Fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 · U.S. dollars

SIMO valuation Price multiples at each fiscal year-end price.

P/E ratio−68.9%
6.3
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
2016: 13.6 (−25.1%)2017: 25.3 (+86.4%)2018: 12.4 (−50.9%)2019: 27.8 (+123.6%)2020: 21.1 (−24.0%)2021: 16.6 (−21.3%)2022: 12.6 (−24.3%)2023: 38.8 (+208.4%)2024: 20.4 (−47.3%)2025: 6.3 (−68.9%)
20162025
Price / sales−61.2%
0.9
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
2016: 2.7 (−10.5%)2017: 3.6 (+33.9%)2018: 2.4 (−35.3%)2019: 3.9 (+66.6%)2020: 3.1 (−20.3%)2021: 3.6 (+15.5%)2022: 2.3 (−36.4%)2023: 3.2 (+39.9%)2024: 2.3 (−29.3%)2025: 0.9 (−61.2%)
20162025
Price / book−60.2%
0.9
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
2016: 3.4 (+12.1%)2017: 3.8 (+12.9%)2018: 2.3 (−39.4%)2019: 3.3 (+43.0%)2020: 3.0 (−9.4%)2021: 5.1 (+67.5%)2022: 3.0 (−41.4%)2023: 2.8 (−5.8%)2024: 2.4 (−15.6%)2025: 0.9 (−60.2%)
20162025
EV / EBITDA−71.0%
3.4
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
2016: 8.4 (−23.8%)2017: 13.9 (+65.9%)2018: 8.2 (−41.0%)2019: 17.2 (+110.2%)2020: 13.5 (−21.2%)2021: 11.2 (−17.1%)2022: 8.4 (−25.3%)2023: 20.9 (+149.8%)2024: 11.7 (−44.3%)2025: 3.4 (−71.0%)
20162025
Price / free cash flow+122.2%
123.7
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
2016: 13.3 (−48.6%)2017: 20.6 (+54.9%)2018: 37.3 (+81.0%)2019: 26.8 (−28.1%)2020: 17.3 (−35.4%)2021: 22.2 (+27.8%)2022: 42.6 (+92.1%)2023: 20.8 (−51.2%)2024: 55.7 (+168.1%)2025: 123.7 (+122.2%)
20162025
Free cash flow yield−1.0 pts
0.8%
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
2016: 7.5% (+3.7 pts)2017: 4.8% (−2.7 pts)2018: 2.7% (−2.2 pts)2019: 3.7% (+1.0 pts)2020: 5.8% (+2.0 pts)2021: 4.5% (−1.3 pts)2022: 2.3% (−2.2 pts)2023: 4.8% (+2.5 pts)2024: 1.8% (−3.0 pts)2025: 0.8% (−1.0 pts)
20162025

SIMO valuation history

Fiscal year-endToday10-year median

SIMO returns on capital

ROEROICROA

Net income (ROE, ROA) or after-tax operating income (ROIC) divided by the average of the opening and closing balance.

SIMO debt vs cash

Total debtCash & short-term investments

Debt includes short- and long-term borrowings and, where reported, lease liabilities.

SIMO cash returned to shareholders

DividendsBuybacksFree cash flow

SIMO price vs earnings per share

Share price at year-endEPS (right axis)

SIMO key metrics

2016–2025
Silicon Motion Technology Corporation key metrics by fiscal year
2025202420232022202120202019201820172016
Valuation
Market capitalization$778.5M$1.82B$2.05B$2.17B$3.33B$1.68B$1.79B$1.25B$1.90B$1.51B
Enterprise value$576.7M$1.55B$1.74B$1.94B$2.97B$1.34B$1.47B$1.03B$1.56B$1.26B
P/E ratio6.320.438.812.616.621.127.812.425.313.6
Price / sales0.92.33.22.33.63.13.92.43.62.7
Price / book0.92.42.83.05.13.03.32.33.83.4
Price / free cash flow123.755.720.842.622.217.326.837.320.613.3
Price / operating cash flow12.723.613.825.918.814.523.211.518.312.0
EV / sales0.71.92.72.13.22.53.21.93.02.3
EV / EBITDA3.411.720.98.411.213.517.28.213.98.4
EV / free cash flow91.647.317.638.119.813.822.030.716.911.1
Earnings yield15.8%4.9%2.6%8.0%6.0%4.7%3.6%8.0%3.9%7.4%
Free cash flow yield0.8%1.8%4.8%2.3%4.5%5.8%3.7%2.7%4.8%7.5%
Dividend yield8.6%3.7%0.8%2.3%1.6%2.9%2.5%3.5%1.7%1.5%
Shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks)11.8%3.7%0.8%8.4%3.0%4.4%3.9%6.2%1.7%1.5%
Share price at fiscal year-end$92.70$54.05$61.27$64.99$95.03$48.15$50.71$34.50$52.96$42.48
Per share
Revenue per share$105.46$23.83$19.10$28.33$26.35$15.42$12.95$14.68$14.58$15.66
Earnings per share$14.61$2.65$1.58$5.17$5.72$2.28$1.82$2.78$2.09$3.12
Operating cash flow per share$7.31$2.29$4.45$2.51$5.05$3.31$2.18$3.00$2.89$3.54
Free cash flow per share$0.75$0.97$2.95$1.53$4.29$2.78$1.89$0.92$2.57$3.19
Cash per share$24.03$8.19$9.39$6.95$10.29$9.81$9.21$7.99$10.21$7.82
Book value per share$98.92$22.95$21.95$21.94$18.79$15.95$15.21$14.79$13.76$12.47
Tangible book value per share$98.92$22.73$21.95$21.83$18.97$16.08$14.61$13.15$11.91$10.39
Dividends per share$8.00$1.99$0.50$1.50$1.54$1.40$1.25$1.20$0.89$0.64
Capex per share$6.56$1.32$1.50$0.98$0.77$0.54$0.29$2.07$0.33$0.34
Debt per share—$0.07$0.07$0.10$0.08$0.09$0.09$1.89$0.70$0.70
Shares outstanding8.4M33.7M33.5M33.4M35.0M35.0M35.3M36.1M35.9M35.5M
Change in shares outstanding−75.1%+0.8%+0.2%−4.6%+0.0%−0.9%−2.3%+0.6%+1.1%+1.7%
Returns & profitability
Return on equity (ROE)15.3%11.8%7.2%24.8%32.9%14.6%12.0%19.5%16.0%27.6%
Return on invested capital (ROIC)14.4%16.4%7.5%43.2%76.7%49.6%24.1%41.6%45.9%53.0%
Return on assets (ROA)10.9%8.7%5.4%17.9%23.3%11.1%9.4%14.7%11.5%21.1%
Return on tangible assets10.0%8.7%5.2%18.0%20.5%10.7%9.5%16.3%12.0%20.8%
Free cash flow margin0.7%4.1%15.5%5.4%16.3%18.0%14.6%6.3%17.6%20.4%
Income quality (OCF / net income)0.500.862.820.490.881.451.201.081.381.13
Financial health
Total debt—$2.5M$2.3M$3.2M$2.9M$3.1M$3.0M$68.3M$25.0M$25.0M
Cash & short-term investments$201.8M$276.1M$314.3M$232.2M$360.1M$343.0M$325.2M$288.6M$366.4M$277.8M
Net debt−$201.8M−$273.5M−$312.0M−$229.0M−$357.2M−$339.9M−$322.1M−$220.3M−$341.4M−$252.8M
Debt / equity—0.000.000.000.000.010.010.130.050.06
Debt / assets—0.000.000.000.000.000.000.100.040.04
Net debt / EBITDA−1.19−2.06−3.76−0.99−1.35−3.42−3.77−1.75−3.03−1.68
Current ratio2.793.993.734.292.913.894.494.453.213.27
Quick ratio1.542.982.712.722.333.203.793.722.682.77
Interest coverage————154.6——288.1245.4—
Working capital$605.6M$597.2M$580.4M$604.1M$536.6M$459.4M$439.4M$384.8M$391.6M$330.9M
Invested capital$628.9M$500.2M$422.7M$503.6M$300.4M$217.8M$214.7M$314.2M$152.7M$189.9M
Tangible asset value$830.7M$766.6M$734.7M$728.8M$663.9M$562.4M$515.7M$475.1M$427.7M$368.8M
Net current asset value$553.1M$537.7M$520.0M$559.3M$504.4M$433.8M$404.3M$358.2M$369.1M$313.6M
Graham number$180.34$36.96$27.93$50.51$49.16$28.60$24.99$30.40$25.44$29.60
Graham net-net per share$21.57$8.68$8.83$9.05$8.13$8.59$8.22$7.19$7.61$5.79
Capital allocation
Dividends paid$67.2M$67.3M$16.7M$49.9M$54.0M$48.9M$44.0M$43.3M$32.1M$22.9M
Share buybacks (net)$24.3M$0$0$133.2M$45.7M$25.0M$26.2M$33.5M$0$0
Dividend payout ratio54.8%75.4%31.6%28.9%27.0%61.3%68.4%43.2%42.8%20.6%
Dividends + buybacks / free cash flow—205.4%16.9%359.2%66.5%76.1%105.4%230.1%34.8%20.2%
Capex / revenue6.2%5.5%7.9%3.5%2.9%3.5%2.3%14.1%2.2%2.2%
Capex / operating cash flow89.7%57.5%33.7%39.1%15.2%16.2%13.4%69.2%11.2%9.7%
Capex / depreciation1.821.752.311.731.561.390.795.060.891.05
Stock-based compensation / revenue3.0%2.1%2.7%2.8%2.1%2.7%3.2%3.9%3.0%3.1%
R&D / revenue29.7%27.1%27.3%19.9%17.8%22.6%24.1%19.2%19.5%16.6%
SG&A / revenue8.1%7.3%8.6%6.7%5.5%7.5%9.4%3.3%3.2%3.1%
Efficiency
Days sales outstanding91.897.3114.480.064.276.080.058.853.343.5
Days of inventory on hand248.2176.4249.9171.5108.1129.7131.9119.0111.377.1
Days payables outstanding20.930.945.344.449.649.145.356.959.135.2
Cash conversion cycle (days)319.0242.7319.0207.1122.7156.6166.7120.8105.585.4
Receivables turnover3.983.753.194.565.684.814.566.216.858.39
Payables turnover17.4511.808.058.227.367.438.066.416.1810.37
Inventory turnover1.472.071.462.133.382.812.773.073.284.73
Asset turnover0.790.790.650.981.080.750.670.780.811.06
Average receivables$222.6M$214.2M$200.4M$207.3M$162.2M$112.3M$100.2M$85.4M$76.4M$66.3M
Average payables$26.3M$36.7M$45.8M$58.4M$62.7M$37.6M$29.2M$42.0M$44.1M$27.1M
Average inventory$311.5M$209.1M$252.5M$225.5M$136.6M$99.3M$85.0M$87.9M$83.0M$59.5M
Intangibles / total assets0.0%0.7%0.0%0.4%−0.7%−0.6%3.0%8.8%9.6%12.2%

Computed from SIMO's annual financial statements (latest annual report filed April 30, 2026) and the closing share price on each fiscal year-end, adjusted for stock splits. Figures in U.S. dollars; data from EODHD. Averages use the opening and closing balance of each year.

SIMO valuation and financial ratios

At the end of fiscal 2025 (December 31, 2025), Silicon Motion Technology traded at 6.3 times earnings, against a 10-year median of 18.5. Based on the latest twelve months, the trailing P/E is 27.3 and the forward P/E is 19.6. Silicon Motion Technology earned a return on equity of 15.3% and a return on invested capital of 14.4% in fiscal 2025. It returned $91.5 million to shareholders: $67.2 million in dividends and $24.3 million in share buybacks. The share count fell 76.4% from 35.5M to 8.4M over 9 years.

See the SIMO income statement, the SIMO chart for price history, or the SIMO stock overview for the latest quote and news.

SIMO key metrics FAQ

What is Silicon Motion Technology's P/E ratio?

Silicon Motion Technology's trailing P/E ratio is 27.3 based on the last twelve months of earnings (as of October 18, 2026), and its forward P/E is 19.6. At the end of fiscal 2025 it was 6.3, compared with a 10-year median of 18.5.

What is Silicon Motion Technology's EV/EBITDA?

Silicon Motion Technology's enterprise value was 3.4 times EBITDA at the end of fiscal 2025 (enterprise value $576.7 million, EBITDA $170.3 million); the current EV/EBITDA is 27.4.

What is Silicon Motion Technology's return on equity?

Silicon Motion Technology's return on equity (ROE) was 15.3% in fiscal 2025: net income of $122.7 million on average shareholders' equity of $802.2 million.

What is Silicon Motion Technology's ROIC?

Silicon Motion Technology's return on invested capital was 14.4% in fiscal 2025, using after-tax operating income divided by average debt plus equity minus cash.

What is Silicon Motion Technology's dividend yield?

Silicon Motion Technology's forward dividend yield is 1.09%. Silicon Motion Technology paid $67.2 million in dividends in fiscal 2025 ($8.00 per share), a payout ratio of 54.8%.

Does Silicon Motion Technology buy back its shares?

Yes. Silicon Motion Technology spent $24.3 million on net share repurchases in fiscal 2025 Shares outstanding changed −75.1% over the year, to 8.4M..

What is Silicon Motion Technology's free cash flow yield?

Silicon Motion Technology generated $6.3 million of free cash flow in fiscal 2025, a free cash flow yield of 0.8% on its market value at year-end ($778.5 million).

What is Silicon Motion Technology's current ratio?

Silicon Motion Technology's current ratio was 2.79 at the end of fiscal 2025: current assets were 2.79 times current liabilities.

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