SMART Global Holdings
Market Cap
US$1.1b
Last Updated
2021/03/04 00:23 UTC
Data Sources
Company Financials +
Executive Summary
SMART Global Holdings, Inc. designs and manufactures electronic products focused in memory and computing technology areas. More Details
Rewards
Risk Analysis
Snowflake Analysis
Excellent balance sheet with reasonable growth potential.
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Share Price & News
How has SMART Global Holdings's share price performed over time and what events caused price changes?
Latest Share Price and Events
Stable Share Price: SGH is not significantly more volatile than the rest of US stocks over the past 3 months, typically moving +/- 6% a week.
Volatility Over Time: SGH's weekly volatility (6%) has been stable over the past year.
Market Performance
7 Day Return
-3.0%
SGH
-6.9%
US Semiconductor
-3.4%
US Market
1 Year Return
74.0%
SGH
57.1%
US Semiconductor
29.4%
US Market
Return vs Industry: SGH exceeded the US Semiconductor industry which returned 57.1% over the past year.
Return vs Market: SGH exceeded the US Market which returned 29.4% over the past year.
Shareholder returns
| SGH | Industry | Market | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Day | -3.0% | -6.9% | -3.4% |
| 30 Day | 24.1% | -1.3% | 0.6% |
| 90 Day | 49.3% | 7.3% | 6.3% |
| 1 Year | 74.0%74.0% | 59.7%57.1% | 32.2%29.4% |
| 3 Year | 28.4%28.4% | 98.0%87.9% | 51.3%41.7% |
| 5 Year | n/a | 323.4%282.5% | 119.6%95.2% |
Long-Term Price Volatility Vs. Market
How volatile is SMART Global Holdings's share price compared to the market and industry in the last 5 years?
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SMART Global Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:SGH) Shares Could Be 27% Below Their Intrinsic Value EstimateValuation
Is SMART Global Holdings undervalued compared to its fair value and its price relative to the market?
1765.27x
Price to Earnings (PE) ratio
Share Price vs. Fair Value
Below Fair Value: SGH ($48.13) is trading above our estimate of fair value ($46.62)
Significantly Below Fair Value: SGH is trading above our estimate of fair value.
Price To Earnings Ratio
PE vs Industry: SGH is poor value based on its PE Ratio (1765.3x) compared to the US Semiconductor industry average (38.1x).
PE vs Market: SGH is poor value based on its PE Ratio (1765.3x) compared to the US market (21.4x).
Price to Earnings Growth Ratio
PEG Ratio: SGH is poor value based on its PEG Ratio (21.2x)
Price to Book Ratio
PB vs Industry: SGH is good value based on its PB Ratio (4.3x) compared to the US Semiconductor industry average (4.7x).
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Future Growth
How is SMART Global Holdings forecast to perform in the next 1 to 3 years based on estimates from 5 analysts?
83.2%
Forecasted annual earnings growth
Earnings and Revenue Growth Forecasts
Analyst Future Growth Forecasts
Earnings vs Savings Rate: SGH's forecast earnings growth (83.2% per year) is above the savings rate (2%).
Earnings vs Market: SGH's earnings (83.2% per year) are forecast to grow faster than the US market (19.6% per year).
High Growth Earnings: earnings are expected to grow significantly over the next 3 years.
Revenue vs Market: SGH's revenue (8.5% per year) is forecast to grow slower than the US market (10.1% per year).
High Growth Revenue: SGH's revenue (8.5% per year) is forecast to grow slower than 20% per year.
Earnings per Share Growth Forecasts
Future Return on Equity
Future ROE: SGH's Return on Equity is forecast to be high in 3 years time (26.2%)
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Past Performance
How has SMART Global Holdings performed over the past 5 years?
31.8%
Historical annual earnings growth
Earnings and Revenue History
Quality Earnings: SGH has a large one-off loss of $16.7M impacting its November 27 2020 financial results.
Growing Profit Margin: SGH's current net profit margins (0.06%) are lower than last year (1.9%).
Past Earnings Growth Analysis
Earnings Trend: SGH has become profitable over the past 5 years, growing earnings by 31.8% per year.
Accelerating Growth: SGH's has had negative earnings growth over the past year, so it can't be compared to its 5-year average.
Earnings vs Industry: SGH had negative earnings growth (-96.8%) over the past year, making it difficult to compare to the Semiconductor industry average (18.2%).
Return on Equity
High ROE: SGH's Return on Equity (0.2%) is considered low.
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Financial Health
How is SMART Global Holdings's financial position?
Financial Position Analysis
Short Term Liabilities: SGH's short term assets ($558.5M) exceed its short term liabilities ($282.6M).
Long Term Liabilities: SGH's short term assets ($558.5M) exceed its long term liabilities ($223.8M).
Debt to Equity History and Analysis
Debt Level: SGH's debt to equity ratio (71%) is considered high.
Reducing Debt: SGH's debt to equity ratio has reduced from 4020.8% to 71% over the past 5 years.
Debt Coverage: SGH's debt is well covered by operating cash flow (49.3%).
Interest Coverage: SGH's interest payments on its debt are well covered by EBIT (3.9x coverage).
Balance Sheet
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Dividend
What is SMART Global Holdings's current dividend yield, its reliability and sustainability?
Dividend Yield vs Market
Notable Dividend: Unable to evaluate SGH's dividend yield against the bottom 25% of dividend payers, as the company has not reported any recent payouts.
High Dividend: Unable to evaluate SGH's dividend yield against the top 25% of dividend payers, as the company has not reported any recent payouts.
Stability and Growth of Payments
Stable Dividend: Insufficient data to determine if SGH's dividends per share have been stable in the past.
Growing Dividend: Insufficient data to determine if SGH's dividend payments have been increasing.
Current Payout to Shareholders
Dividend Coverage: Insufficient data to calculate payout ratio to determine if its dividend payments are covered by earnings.
Future Payout to Shareholders
Future Dividend Coverage: No need to calculate the sustainability of SGH's dividend in 3 years as they are not forecast to pay a notable one for the US market.
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Management
How experienced are the management team and are they aligned to shareholders interests?
2.3yrs
Average management tenure
CEO
Mark Adams (56 yo)
0.58
Tenure
Mr. Mark W. Adams has been President and Chief Executive Officer of SMART Global Holdings, Inc. since August 31, 2020 and also its Director since September 30, 2020. Mr. Adams served as the Chief Executive...
Leadership Team
| Name | Position | Tenure | Compensation | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Executive Chairman of the Board | 10.17yrs | US$6.78m | 2.29% $ 26.1m | |
| Executive VP & COO | 9.42yrs | US$1.68m | 0.16% $ 1.8m | |
| VP, Chief Legal Officer | 11.58yrs | US$1.03m | 0.0057% $ 64.5k | |
| Senior Vice President of Specialty Memory | 13.42yrs | US$1.18m | 0.40% $ 4.6m | |
| Executive Vice President | 11.17yrs | US$1.44m | 0% $ 0 | |
| President | 0.58yr | no data | 2.05% $ 23.3m | |
| Senior VP & CFO | 0.083yr | no data | no data | |
| Investor Relations Officer | no data | no data | no data | |
| Vice President of Strategic Marketing & Communications | 2.17yrs | no data | no data | |
| Senior VP of Specialty Compute & Storage Solutions and CEO of Penguin Computing | 2.42yrs | US$1.41m | 0% $ 0 | |
| Senior VP of Specialty Compute & Storage Solution | 2.17yrs | no data | 0.075% $ 852.1k |
2.3yrs
Average Tenure
60.5yo
Average Age
Experienced Management: SGH's management team is considered experienced (2.3 years average tenure).
Board Members
| Name | Position | Tenure | Compensation | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Executive Chairman of the Board | 10.17yrs | US$6.78m | 2.29% $ 26.1m | |
| President | 0.58yr | no data | 2.05% $ 23.3m | |
| Director | 10.17yrs | no data | no data | |
| Independent Director | 3.5yrs | US$204.99k | 0.053% $ 609.0k | |
| Independent Non-Employee Director | 8yrs | US$197.49k | 0.066% $ 750.2k | |
| Lead Independent Director | 0.25yr | US$204.99k | 0.034% $ 387.8k | |
| Independent Director | 2.42yrs | US$192.49k | 0.024% $ 269.6k | |
| Director | 10.17yrs | no data | no data | |
| Independent Director | 1.92yrs | US$70.00k | 0.048% $ 551.5k |
3.5yrs
Average Tenure
57yo
Average Age
Experienced Board: SGH's board of directors are considered experienced (3.5 years average tenure).
Ownership
Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?
Insider Trading Volume
Insider Buying: Insufficient data to determine if insiders have bought more shares than they have sold in the past 3 months.
Recent Insider Transactions
Ownership Breakdown
Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have not been meaningfully diluted in the past year.
Top Shareholders
Company Information
SMART Global Holdings, Inc.'s company bio, employee growth, exchange listings and data sources
Key Information
- Name: SMART Global Holdings, Inc.
- Ticker: SGH
- Exchange: NasdaqGS
- Founded: 1988
- Industry: Semiconductors
- Sector: Semiconductors
- Market Cap: US$1.139b
- Shares outstanding: 23.67m
- Website: https://www.smartm.com
Number of Employees
Location
- SMART Global Holdings, Inc.
- 39870 Eureka Drive
- Newark
- California
- 94560
- United States
Listings
| Ticker | Exchange | Primary Security | Security Type | Country | Currency | Listed on |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SGH | NasdaqGS (Nasdaq Global Select) | Yes | Ordinary Shares | US | USD | May 2017 |
| 850 | BST (Boerse-Stuttgart) | Yes | Ordinary Shares | DE | EUR | May 2017 |
Biography
SMART Global Holdings, Inc. designs and manufactures electronic products focused in memory and computing technology areas. It offers dynamic random access memory (DRAM) modules for desktops, notebooks, and...
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
| Data | Last Updated (UTC time) |
|---|---|
| Company Analysis | 2021/03/04 00:23 |
| End of Day Share Price | 2021/03/03 00:00 |
| Earnings | 2020/11/27 |
| Annual Earnings | 2020/08/28 |
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