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Silicon Motion

Designs the chips that control data storage in phones and laptops.

Company Health

51
/100
Mixed
A quick check of the business from its yearly reports (2022–2025). It doesn’t say whether the stock is a good buy.
Does it make money?
19 of 25 · Good
$14 of every $100 in sales was left as profit last year.
Is it growing?
6 of 25 · Poor
Sales shrank about 2% a year over the last 3 years.
Can it handle what it owes?
19 of 25 · Good
It would take about 3 years of the cash its business brings in to pay off everything it owes.
Does it bring in spare cash?
7 of 25 · Poor
After paying for buildings and equipment, less than $1 of every $100 in sales was left as spare cash.

Who owns it

1 of 23 own it · 1 sold some
bought lately
owns it
doesn’t own it
Didn’t report owning it: Whale Rock, Appaloosa, Coatue, D1 Capital, Light Street, Lone Pine, Third Point, TCI, Pershing Square, Duquesne, Himalaya Capital, Greenlight, Giverny Capital, Fundsmith, Semper Augustus, Akre
Their letters don’t mention it: Arquitos, Laughing Water, Alluvial, Bireme, Kingdom Capital, Saga Partners
From each fund’s latest 13F report (Jun 30, 2026). Funds that don’t file one: from their own letters.

The numbers

From Silicon Motion’s yearly reports. Tap a year to see its figures.

Sales and profit

Sales grew from $540 million in 2020 to $886 million in 2025, and it made a profit every year.
2025
Sales
$886 million
Profit
$123 million

Spare cash each year

It had cash to spare every year, ending with $6.29 million to spare in 2025.
2025
Spare cash
$6.29 million
Spare cash is the cash its business brought in, minus what it spent on buildings and equipment.

What it owns and what it owes

At the end of 2025 it owned $1.22 billion, including $202 million in cash, and owed $392 million.

Key facts

From its yearly report for 2025.
Sales
$886 million
Profit
$123 million
Spare cash
$6.29 million
Cash in the bank
$202 million
Everything it owes
$392 million
Year ends
December
Money shown in
U.S. dollars
Latest yearly report
20-F, filed Apr 30, 2026
Figures from Silicon Motion’s yearly reports to the SEC (EDGAR), collected Oct 12, 2026.
Not investment advice. Holdings come from public SEC reports and the funds’ own letters, and can be up to 4½ months old. How this works
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