Semtech Management
Management criteria checks 2/4
Semtech's CEO is Hong Hou, appointed in Jun 2024, has a tenure of 2.25 years. total yearly compensation is $8.18M, comprised of 8.5% salary and 91.5% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.069% of the company’s shares, worth €10.05M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 2.6 years and 5.9 years respectively.
Key information
Hong Hou
Chief executive officer
US$8.2m
Total compensation
| CEO salary percentage | 8.47% |
| CEO tenure | 2.3yrs |
| CEO ownership | 0.07% |
| Management average tenure | 2.6yrs |
| Board average tenure | 5.9yrs |
Recent management updates
Recent updates
CEO Compensation Analysis
| Date | Total Compensation | Salary | Company Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26 2026 | n/a | n/a | US$154m |
| Apr 26 2026 | n/a | n/a | -US$33m |
| Jan 25 2026 | US$8m | US$692k | -US$40m |
| Oct 26 2025 | n/a | n/a | US$29m |
| Jul 27 2025 | n/a | n/a | US$24m |
| Apr 27 2025 | n/a | n/a | -US$119m |
| Jan 26 2025 | US$7m | US$405k | -US$162m |
| Oct 27 2024 | n/a | n/a | -US$843m |
| Jul 28 2024 | n/a | n/a | -US$874m |
| Apr 28 2024 | n/a | n/a | -US$1b |
| Jan 28 2024 | US$229k | n/a | -US$1b |
Compensation vs Market: Hong's total compensation ($USD8.18M) is above average for companies of similar size in the German market ($USD5.88M).
Compensation vs Earnings: Hong's compensation has increased by more than 20% in the past year.
CEO
Hong Hou (61 yo)
Dr. Hong Q. Hou, Ph D., is CEO, President and Director of Semtech Corporation from June 6, 2024. He serves as an Independent Director at Wolfspeed, Inc since September 2025.He served as the president of t...
Leadership Team
| Name | Position | Tenure | Compensation | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| President | 2.3yrs | US$8.18m | 0.069% € 10.1m | |
| Executive VP & CFO | 2.9yrs | US$2.79m | 0.038% € 5.5m | |
| Executive VP & COO | 9.8yrs | US$2.94m | 0.097% € 14.0m | |
| Chief Quality Officer & CTO | 2.6yrs | US$1.92m | 0.087% € 12.7m | |
| Senior VP and GM of Analog | 5.9yrs | US$2.25m | 0.088% € 12.8m | |
| Executive VP & Chief Commercial Officer | 1.6yrs | US$4.39m | 0.011% € 1.6m | |
| Senior Vice President of Investor Relations | 1.3yrs | no data | no data | |
| Senior VP | less than a year | no data | no data | |
| Senior VP & Chief Human Resources Officer | 1.8yrs | no data | no data | |
| Senior VP & GM of IoT Systems and Connectivity Product Group | 2.7yrs | no data | 0.017% € 2.5m | |
| Senior VP & GM of Signal Integrity Products Group | 3yrs | no data | 0.0095% € 1.4m |
Experienced Management: SM2's management team is considered experienced (2.6 years average tenure).
Board Members
| Name | Position | Tenure | Compensation | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| President | 3.2yrs | US$8.18m | 0.069% € 10.1m | |
| Independent Director | 8yrs | US$287.46k | 0.016% € 2.3m | |
| Independent Director | 3.4yrs | US$304.55k | 0.029% € 4.2m | |
| Independent Director | 5.9yrs | US$278.71k | 0.011% € 1.6m | |
| Independent Director | 8yrs | US$268.71k | 0.0057% € 825.2k | |
| Independent Chair of the Board | 10.6yrs | US$368.30k | 0.013% € 1.8m | |
| Independent Director | 2.8yrs | US$268.71k | 0.0076% € 1.1m | |
| Independent Director | 5.9yrs | US$287.46k | 0.0047% € 683.4k | |
| Independent Director | 3.4yrs | US$285.80k | 0.0061% € 880.3k |
Experienced Board: SM2's board of directors are considered experienced (5.9 years average tenure).
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
| Data | Last Updated (UTC time) |
|---|---|
| Company Analysis | 2026/09/18 11:50 |
| End of Day Share Price | 2026/09/18 00:00 |
| Earnings | 2026/07/26 |
| Annual Earnings | 2026/01/25 |
Data Sources
The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.
| Package | Data | Timeframe | Example US Source * |
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| Company Financials | 10 years |
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| Analyst Consensus Estimates | +3 years |
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| Market Prices | 30 years |
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| Ownership | 10 years |
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| Management | 10 years |
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| Key Developments | 10 years |
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Analyst Sources
Semtech Corporation is covered by 25 analysts. 14 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.
| Analyst | Institution |
|---|---|
| Tristan Gerra | Baird |
| Harsh Kumar | BMO Capital Markets Equity Research |
| Sumit Dhanda | BofA Global Research |