Silicon Motion Announces Annual Cash Dividend Payable Quarterly
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Silicon Motion (NasdaqGS: SIMO) announced an annual cash dividend of $2.00 per ADS, to be paid in four quarterly installments of $0.50 per ADS. The anticipated record and payment dates are:
- Record: Nov 14, 2025 — Payment: Nov 26, 2025
- Record: Feb 11, 2026 — Payment: Feb 26, 2026
- Record: May 7, 2026 — Payment: May 21, 2026
- Record: Aug 6, 2026 — Payment: Aug 20, 2026
The Board said dividend payments are subject to its continuing determination and compliance with applicable laws and agreements.
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- Declared annual cash dividend of $2.00 per ADS
- Dividend structured as four quarterly payments of $0.50 per ADS
- Clear schedule of record and payment dates across fiscal year 2025–2026
Negative
- Future dividends are conditional on the Board's continuing determination and compliance with laws
- Dividend payments may be changed subsequently by the Board
News Market Reaction 2 Alerts
On the day this news was published, SIMO gained 3.87%, reflecting a moderate positive market reaction. Argus tracked a trough of -9.2% from its starting point during tracking. Our momentum scanner triggered 2 alerts that day, indicating moderate trading interest and price volatility. This price movement added approximately $126M to the company's valuation, bringing the market cap to $3.37B at that time.
Data tracked by StockTitan Argus on the day of publication.
TAIPEI, Taiwan and MILPITAS, Calif., Oct. 27, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Silicon Motion Technology Corporation (NasdaqGS: SIMO) (“Silicon Motion” or the “Company”), a global leader in designing and marketing NAND flash controllers for solid state storage devices, announces today its annual cash dividend of
The Board of Directors of the Company has declared an annual dividend of
| Record Date | Payment Date |
| November 14, 2025 | November 26, 2025 |
| February 11, 2026 | February 26, 2026 |
| May 7, 2026 | May 21, 2026 |
| August 6, 2026 | August 20, 2026 |
The Company’s depository bank’s DR books will be closed for issuance and cancellation on each of the record dates.
“Silicon Motion’s business has rebounded, and our margins have normalized as the memory industry outlook has improved meaningfully. We remain confident in the growing long-term opportunities for our business and distributing a meaningful portion of our strong cash flow to our shareholders remains a priority for the company,” said Wallace Kou, President and CEO of Silicon Motion.
The payment of the annual dividend to be paid in quarterly installments will be made according to the anticipated record and payment dates unless subsequently changed by the Board. The declaration and payment of future cash dividends is subject to the Board's continuing determination that the payment of dividends is in the best interests of the Company’s shareholders and is in compliance with all laws and agreements of the Company applicable to the declaration and payment of cash dividends.
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1 One ADS is equivalent to four ordinary shares.
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ABOUT SILICON MOTION:
We are the global leader in supplying NAND flash controllers for solid state storage devices. We supply more SSD controllers than any other company in the world for servers, PCs and other client devices and are the leading merchant supplier of eMMC and UFS embedded storage controllers used in smartphones, IoT devices and other applications. We also supply customized high-performance hyperscale data center and specialized industrial and automotive SSD solutions. Our customers include most of the NAND flash vendors, storage device module makers and leading OEMs. For further information on Silicon Motion, visit us at www.siliconmotion.com.
Forward-Looking Statements:
This news release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “potential,” “continue,” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. Although such statements are based on our own information and information from other sources we believe to be reliable, you should not place undue reliance on them. These statements involve risks and uncertainties, and actual market trends or our actual results of operations, financial condition or business prospects may differ materially from those expressed or implied in these forward-looking statements for a variety of reasons. Potential risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to the unpredictable volume and timing of customer orders, which are not fixed by contract but vary on a purchase order basis; the loss of one or more key customers or the significant reduction, postponement, rescheduling or cancellation of orders from one or more customers; general economic conditions or conditions in the semiconductor or consumer electronics markets; the impact of inflation on our business and customer’s businesses and any effect this has on economic activity in the markets in which we operate; the functionalities and performance of our information technology (“IT”) systems, which are subject to cybersecurity threats and which support our critical operational activities, and any breaches of our IT systems or those of our customers, suppliers, partners and providers of third-party licensed technology; the effects on our business and our customer’s business taking into account the ongoing U.S.-China tariffs and trade disputes; the uncertainties associated with any future global or regional pandemic; the continuing tensions between Taiwan and China, including enhanced military activities; decreases in the overall average selling prices of our products; changes in the relative sales mix of our products; changes in our cost of finished goods; supply chain disruptions that have affected us and our industry as well as other industries on a global basis; the payment, or non-payment, of cash dividends in the future at the discretion of our Board of Directors and any announced planned increases in such dividends; changes in our cost of finished goods; the availability, pricing, and timeliness of delivery of other components and raw materials used in the products we sell given the current raw material supply shortages being experienced in our industry; our customers’ sales outlook, purchasing patterns, and inventory adjustments based on consumer demands and general economic conditions; any potential impairment charges that may be incurred related to businesses previously acquired or divested in the future; our ability to successfully develop, introduce, and sell new or enhanced products in a timely manner; and the timing of new product announcements or introductions by us or by our competitors. For additional discussion of these risks and uncertainties and other factors, please see the documents we file from time to time with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including our Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 30, 2025. Other than as required under the securities laws, we do not intend, and do not undertake any obligation to, update or revise any forward-looking statements, which apply only as of the date of this news release.
| Investor Contact: | Investor Contact: |
| Christopher Chaney | Selina Hsieh |
| Director of IR and Strategy | Investor Relations |
| E-mail: CChaney@siliconmotion.com | E-mail: ir@siliconmotion.com |
| Media Contact: | |
| Sara Hsu | |
| Project Manager | |
| E-mail: sara.hsu@siliconmotion.com |
FAQ
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