Silicon Motion Technology Corporation

DB:S9M Stock Report

Market Cap: €1.7b

Silicon Motion Technology Valuation

Is S9M undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of S9M when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: S9M (€50.5) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€111.77)

Significantly Below Fair Value: S9M is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for S9M?

Key metric: As S9M is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for S9M. This is calculated by dividing S9M's market cap by their current earnings.
What is S9M's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio19.9x
EarningsUS$88.77m
Market CapUS$1.80b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does S9M's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for S9M vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average15.1x
ELG Elmos Semiconductor
10.3x4.1%€1.1b
IFX Infineon Technologies
22.3x17.0%€39.0b
WAF Siltronic
14.7x-15.1%€1.4b
AIXA AIXTRON
13.1x6.2%€1.5b
S9M Silicon Motion Technology
19.9x27.5%€1.8b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: S9M is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (19.9x) compared to the peer average (15.1x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does S9M's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Semiconductor Industry?

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
S9M 19.9xIndustry Avg. 14.7xNo. of Companies7PE01632486480+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: S9M is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (19.9x) compared to the European Semiconductor industry average (14.9x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is S9M's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

S9M PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio19.9x
Fair PE Ratio18.6x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: S9M is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (19.9x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (18.6x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst S9M forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€50.50
€73.56
+45.7%
17.6%€90.63€47.70n/a9
Nov ’25€49.60
€71.16
+43.5%
17.6%€87.67€46.14n/a9
Oct ’25€54.00
€78.43
+45.2%
17.1%€99.30€54.16n/a9
Sep ’25€56.50
€80.49
+42.5%
14.9%€100.23€54.67n/a9
Aug ’25€64.00
€89.81
+40.3%
9.0%€103.47€81.29n/a9
Jul ’25€75.00
€87.72
+17.0%
8.9%€101.81€78.67n/a9
Jun ’25€72.00
€87.60
+21.7%
8.3%€102.15€78.93n/a9
May ’25€70.00
€79.64
+13.8%
14.1%€94.01€54.92n/a9
Apr ’25€70.00
€75.73
+8.2%
13.1%€91.85€54.19n/a9
Mar ’25€65.50
€76.20
+16.3%
12.8%€92.80€54.75n/a9
Feb ’25€58.00
€70.37
+21.3%
14.5%€91.79€54.16n/a9
Jan ’25€55.00
€69.48
+26.3%
17.2%€93.26€50.36n/a10
Dec ’24€53.50
€69.48
+29.9%
17.2%€93.26€50.36n/a10
Nov ’24€50.50
€71.15
+40.9%
22.1%€100.30€54.88€49.6010
Oct ’24€47.60
€70.05
+47.2%
23.0%€98.87€52.23€54.0010
Sep ’24€50.00
€67.70
+35.4%
22.1%€96.15€50.80€56.5011
Aug ’24€57.50
€67.70
+17.7%
22.1%€96.15€50.80€64.0011
Jul ’24€68.00
€72.56
+6.7%
23.2%€97.66€50.20€75.0010
Jun ’24€57.00
€73.76
+29.4%
24.4%€99.34€51.06€72.009
May ’24€56.00
€76.77
+37.1%
21.0%€99.35€54.69€70.009
Apr ’24€60.00
€81.97
+36.6%
22.9%€111.78€55.89€70.0010
Mar ’24€63.00
€81.97
+30.1%
22.9%€111.78€55.89€65.5010
Feb ’24€58.50
€82.33
+40.7%
22.4%€110.63€55.31€58.0010
Jan ’24€59.50
€93.76
+57.6%
21.9%€123.04€61.52€55.009
Dec ’23€60.00
€93.76
+56.3%
21.9%€123.04€61.52€53.509
Nov ’23€54.00
€105.40
+95.2%
11.5%€122.65€81.77€50.508

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price, but analysts are not within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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