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Company snapshot — Silicon Motion Technology

SIMO in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Silicon Motion designs controller chips that manage NAND flash memory inside solid-state drives, embedded mobile storage and memory cards. Its controllers appear in computing and enterprise SSDs, in eMMC and UFS storage for phones and IoT devices, and in specialised drives for industrial and automotive use. It sells under its SMI and Ferri brands to flash makers, module makers, hyperscalers and device manufacturers, and is based in Hong Kong.
Where it sits in the stack
Silicon Motion carries no seat in our index, so it sits with the memory-and-storage names in our semiconductor universe rather than in a named layer. It supplies the controller logic that lets NAND flash function as a usable drive, so it is a customer of NAND flash makers and a supplier to the SSD and embedded-storage makers that build on its chips.
Who it is priced against
The comparison the market draws is with other flash-controller and storage-silicon names such as Phison Electronics.
Why Closelook tracks it
Silicon Motion carries a Closelook score, but only one module has been scored so far, so the read is still being built. It holds no index seat and the diary has not yet quoted it.
What the diary watches
Whether demand for higher-capacity SSDs and embedded storage, pulled by AI-driven data growth, lifts controller shipments enough to show through in the next scored module.

Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for SIMO, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Semiconductors · US · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Semiconductors · US

This name carries no Closelook score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against SIMO on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 0.73%, quarterly · last 0.50 USD on 2026-08-06

Dividends and capital return

What SIMO pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 2.00 USD per share · a 0.73% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-18
  • Change on the year +33.3% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 1.50 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.50 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-06
  • By calendar year 2025: 2.00 USD (partial) · 2026: 1.50 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-02-13

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 50/100 · S&P 500 fund at 49, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-18
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 97th percentile of the window, +4.9% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-18
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.07 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-18

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-19

Quick answers

What is Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO)?

Silicon Motion Technology trades as SIMO on the US exchange (US) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is SIMO in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Silicon Motion Technology is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-19.

Where does SIMO trade against its moving averages?

Uptrend stack intact: Trades +5.5% vs the 50-day and +42% vs the 200-day average, 23.2% below the 52-week high and +243.9% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-18 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Silicon Motion Technology do?

Silicon Motion designs controller chips that manage NAND flash memory inside solid-state drives, embedded mobile storage and memory cards. Its controllers appear in computing and enterprise SSDs, in eMMC and UFS storage for phones and IoT devices, and in specialised drives for industrial and automotive use. It sells under its SMI and Ferri brands to flash makers, module makers, hyperscalers and device manufacturers, and is based in Hong Kong. The comparison the market draws is with other flash-controller and storage-silicon names such as Phison Electronics.

Where does Silicon Motion Technology sit in the AI build-out?

Silicon Motion carries no seat in our index, so it sits with the memory-and-storage names in our semiconductor universe rather than in a named layer. It supplies the controller logic that lets NAND flash function as a usable drive, so it is a customer of NAND flash makers and a supplier to the SSD and embedded-storage makers that build on its chips. Silicon Motion carries a Closelook score, but only one module has been scored so far, so the read is still being built. It holds no index seat and the diary has not yet quoted it.

Does Silicon Motion Technology pay a dividend?

Silicon Motion Technology has paid 2.00 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 0.73% on the 2026-09-18 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.50 USD on 2026-08-06. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for SIMO, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Semiconductors. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.