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Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Signals for this name

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

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

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 61/100 · S&P 500 fund at 75, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-10-06
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 98th percentile of the window, +5.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-10-06
  • Sector × region Technology in US: +3.9% week · +8.0% month · +11.5% quarter · +49.8% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLK.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-10-06
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.74 · up 0.17 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-10-06
How it trades on rate days beta −0.36 to TLT · on the worst bond days it fell more than the market

How it trades on rate days

How SIMO has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year −0.36 — shows only a loose link to bond moves for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Silicon Motion Technology moved −0.36% on average · correlation −0.04 · higher than 4% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months −0.31 about the same as over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −1.61% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −0.52% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

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

Peer group

Semiconductors · US

Names in the same industry from the Closelooknet universe; scored names rank on their Closelooknet score, the rest on trend state.

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

Company snapshot — Silicon Motion Technology

SIMO in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet 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 Closelooknet tracks it
Silicon Motion carries a Closelooknet 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, classified under Technology.

The Closelooknet company score reads 54/100 composite (momentum 67, quality 54, valuation 36) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’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.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 0.70%, quarterly · buybacks 24 m USD in FY2025

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 0.70% yield on the 2026-10-06 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-10-06
  • 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
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 67 m USD 26% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2025 24 m USD 0.3% of today's market value
  • Share count −75.1% in FY2025 26 m USD of stock-based compensation in the year
  • Capital returned 92 m USD · 1454% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

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.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-10-07

Quick answers

What is Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO)?

Silicon Motion Technology trades as SIMO on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Technology in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-10-07.

Is SIMO in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — Silicon Motion Technology is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-10-07.

What is Silicon Motion Technology's Closelooknet composite score?

54 out of 100, with momentum 67, quality 54 and valuation 36 sub-scores, as of 2026-10-07. Scores are Closelooknet's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does SIMO trade against its moving averages?

Uptrend stack intact: Trades +10.8% vs the 50-day and +40.4% vs the 200-day average, 19.6% below the 52-week high and +260.1% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-10-06 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does Silicon Motion Technology compare with its peers?

Against its peer group (Semiconductors · US), Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO) sits 19.6% below its 52-week high, 10.8% above its 50-day average; Micron Technology Inc (MU) is 15.2% below, NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA) is 0.5% below, Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD) is 2.1% below. Put any of them next to SIMO in the chart grid (2×1 or 2×2) and the page lays the companies side by side: performance, trend, valuation, margins and our money-flow reading.

How does Silicon Motion Technology trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Silicon Motion Technology had a beta of −0.36 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it shows only a loose link to bond moves, higher than 4% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −1.61% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

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 Closelooknet 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 0.70% on the 2026-10-06 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.50 USD on 2026-08-06. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 67 m USD in dividends and bought back 24 m USD of its own shares, 1454% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count fell 75.1% over the fiscal year. 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 Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

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