Silicon Motion Announces Results for the Quarterly Period Ended March 31, 2026
Rhea-AI Summary
Silicon Motion (NASDAQ: SIMO) reported 1Q 2026 revenue of $342.1M, up 23% sequentially and 105% year‑over‑year, with GAAP net income of $66.8M or $1.97 per diluted ADS and non‑GAAP net income of $53.8M or $1.58 per diluted ADS.
Gross margin was ~47.1% (GAAP) and operating margin improved to 15.3% (GAAP). Management guided 2Q 2026 revenue of $393M–$411M (+15%–20% Q/Q, +98%–107% Y/Y) and gross margin of 48.5%–49.5%.
Positive
- Revenue +105% Y/Y to $342.1M
- Non‑GAAP EPS $1.58, up sequentially from $1.26
- Embedded eMMC/UFS sales +140–145% Y/Y driving mobile and automotive growth
- Ferri & boot drive sales +755–760% Y/Y as automotive and AI ramps
Negative
- SSD controller sales down 5–10% Q/Q from seasonality
- Cash balance declined to $210.9M from $277.1M (4Q 2025)
- Routine capex increased to $13.2M in 1Q 2026
- GAAP gross margin compressed to 47.1% from 49.1% in 4Q 2025
News Market Reaction – SIMO
In the Apr 29 session, SIMO gained 45.80%, reflecting a significant positive market reaction. Argus tracked a peak move of +62.7% during that session. Our momentum scanner triggered 80 alerts that day, indicating high trading interest and price volatility. Trading volume was exceptionally heavy at 6.9x the daily average, suggesting very strong buying interest.
Data tracked by StockTitan Argus on the day of publication.
Key Figures
Historical Context
| Date | Event | Sentiment | 24h Move | Catalyst |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24 | Dividend confirmation | Positive | +8.1% | Confirmed quarterly cash dividend as part of $2.00 annual ADS payout. |
| Apr 10 | Earnings call notice | Neutral | -0.2% | Scheduled Q1 2026 results release and conference call on Apr 28–29. |
| Mar 17 | AI product showcase | Positive | +0.2% | Showcased MonTitan enterprise SSD controllers and NVMe boot drives at GTC. |
| Mar 16 | AI product showcase | Positive | +0.2% | Detailed NVIDIA-aligned SSD controllers and boot solutions for AI storage tiers. |
| Mar 12 | Controller launch | Positive | -2.9% | Launched SM8008 PCIe Gen5 x4 NVMe controller for enterprise boot SSDs. |
24h Move is the share-price change in the day after each event; other market factors may also have contributed.
Recent SIMO news has generally seen positive or modest reactions, with dividend and AI/product announcements often aligning with favorable price moves, but at least one notable product launch drew a negative response.
Over the last few months, Silicon Motion has highlighted dividends, AI-aligned products, and expanding enterprise storage solutions. A dividend confirmation on Apr 24, 2026 coincided with a +8.07% move, while March AI and controller launches saw mixed, mostly mild reactions between -2.86% and +0.17%. Today’s strong revenue and earnings growth builds directly on those product and AI ecosystem themes, reinforcing the narrative of expanding end markets and shareholder returns.
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Business Highlights
- First quarter of 2026 sales increased
23% Q/Q and increased105% Y/Y- SSD controller sales: 1Q of 2026 decreased
5% to10% Q/Q and increased40% to45% Y/Y - eMMC+UFS controller sales: 1Q of 2026 increased
30% to35% Q/Q and increased140% to145% Y/Y - Ferri & Boot Drive solutions sales: 1Q of 2026 increased
205% to210% Q/Q and increased755% to760% Y/Y
- SSD controller sales: 1Q of 2026 decreased
Financial Highlights
| 1Q 2026 GAAP | 1Q 2026 Non-GAAP* | |
| • Net sales | (+ | (+ |
| • Gross margin | ||
| • Operating margin | ||
| • Earnings per diluted ADS | ||
* Please see reconciliations of U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”) to all non-GAAP financial measures mentioned herein towards the end of this news release.
TAIPEI, Taiwan and MILPITAS, Calif., April 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Silicon Motion Technology Corporation (NasdaqGS: SIMO) (“Silicon Motion,” the “Company,” “we” or similar terms) today announced its financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2026. For the first quarter of 2026, net sales (GAAP) increased sequentially to
For the first quarter of 2026, net income (non-GAAP) increased sequentially to
All financial numbers are in U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted.
First Quarter of 2026 Review
“Our first quarter results exceeded our revenue, gross margin and operating margin expectations, driven primarily by strong growth in our embedded eMMC & UFS controllers and our Ferri and boot drive solutions,” stated Wallace Kou, President & CEO of Silicon Motion. “Our embedded eMMC & UFS controller business was up over
Key Financial Results
| ($ in millions,except percentages and per ADS data) | GAAP | Non-GAAP | ||||
| 1Q 2026 | 4Q 2025 | 1Q 2025 | 1Q 2026 | 4Q 2025 | 1Q 2025 | |
| Revenue | ||||||
| Gross profit | ||||||
| Percent of revenue | 47. | |||||
| Operating expenses | ||||||
| Operating profit | ||||||
| Percent of revenue | ||||||
| Earnings per diluted ADS | ||||||
Other Financial Information
| ($ in millions) | 1Q 2026 | 4Q 2025 | 1Q 2025 |
| Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash —end of period | |||
| Routine capital expenditures | |||
| Dividend payments | |||
| Share repurchases | -- | -- | |
During the first quarter of 2026, we had
Returning Value to Shareholders
On October 27, 2025, our Board of Directors declared a
Business Outlook
“The first quarter of 2026 delivered an exceptional start to what we expect will be a defining year for Silicon Motion as we expand our market share, broaden our customer and product portfolio, and penetrate new large and high growth edge AI and cloud AI device and infrastructure end markets. We have multiple new products across nearly all our business lines expected to ramp throughout 2026 including our new 4-channel PCIe5 edge SSD controller, multiple new embedded eMMC and UFS controllers for mobile, IoT and automotive, new programs for Ferri automotive solutions and our emerging enterprise-class products including MonTitan controllers and boot drive storage solutions. Based on our existing backlog, we expect our strong start to 2026 to continue in the second quarter and drive sequential growth throughout this year as these new programs scale further and our share gains accelerate. We are benefiting from the cumulative impact of investments we have made over the past several years and expect our share gains and market expansion into enterprise and data center to drive strong sustainable revenue and profitability growth,” stated Mr. Kou.
For the second quarter of 2026, management expects:
| ($ in millions, except percentages) | GAAP | Non-GAAP Adjustment | Non-GAAP |
| Revenue | + + | -- | + + |
| Gross margin | Approximately | ||
| Operating margin | Approximately | ||
* Projected gross margin (non-GAAP) excludes
** Projected operating margin (non-GAAP) excludes
Conference Call & Webcast:
The Company’s management team will host a conference call at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time on April 29, 2026.
Conference Call Details
Participants must register in advance to join the conference call using the link provided below. Conference access details, including dial-in information and a unique access PIN, will be provided in the confirmation email received upon registration.
Participant Online Registration:
https://register-conf.media-server.com/register/BIad9a3cb3e77848c890fbbbe436072d50
A webcast of the call will be available on the Company's website at www.siliconmotion.com.
Discussion of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
To supplement the Company’s unaudited consolidated financial results calculated in accordance with GAAP, the Company discloses certain non-GAAP financial measures that exclude stock-based compensation and other items, including gross profit (non-GAAP), gross margin (non-GAAP), operating expenses (non-GAAP), operating profit (non-GAAP), operating margin (non-GAAP), non-operating income (expense) (non-GAAP), net income (non-GAAP), and earnings per diluted ADS (non-GAAP). These non-GAAP measures are not in accordance with or an alternative to GAAP and may be different from similarly titled non-GAAP measures used by other companies. We believe that these non-GAAP measures have limitations in that they do not reflect all the amounts associated with the Company’s results of operations as determined in accordance with GAAP and that these measures should only be used to evaluate the Company’s results of operations in conjunction with the corresponding GAAP measures. The presentation of this additional information is not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for the most directly comparable GAAP measure. We compensate for the limitations of our non-GAAP financial measures by relying upon GAAP results to gain a complete picture of our performance.
Our non-GAAP financial measures are provided to enhance the user’s overall understanding of our current financial performance and our prospects for the future. Specifically, we believe the non-GAAP results provide useful information to both management and investors as these non-GAAP results exclude certain expenses, gains and losses that we believe are not indicative of our core operating results and because they are consistent with the financial models and estimates published by many analysts who follow the Company. We use non-GAAP measures to evaluate the operating performance of our business, for comparison with our forecasts, and for benchmarking our performance externally against our competitors. Also, when evaluating potential acquisitions, we exclude the items described below from our consideration of the target’s performance and valuation. Since we find these measures to be useful, we believe that our investors benefit from seeing the results from management’s perspective in addition to seeing our GAAP results. We believe that these non-GAAP measures, when read in conjunction with the Company’s GAAP financials, provide useful information to investors by offering:
- the ability to make more meaningful period-to-period comparisons of the Company’s on-going operating results;
- the ability to better identify trends in the Company’s underlying business and perform related trend analysis;
- a better understanding of how management plans and measures the Company’s underlying business; and
- an easier way to compare the Company’s operating results against analyst financial models and operating results of our competitors that supplement their GAAP results with non-GAAP financial measures.
The following are explanations of each of the adjustments that we incorporate into our non-GAAP measures, as well as the reasons for excluding each of these individual items in our reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures:
Stock-based compensation expense consists of non-cash charges related to the fair value of restricted stock units awarded to employees. The Company believes that the exclusion of these non-cash charges provides for more accurate comparisons of our operating results to our peer companies due to the varying available valuation methodologies, subjective assumptions and the variety of award types. In addition, the Company believes it is useful to investors to understand the specific impact of share-based compensation on its operating results.
Dispute related expenses consist of legal, consultant, other fees and resolution related to the dispute.
Foreign exchange loss (gain) consists of remeasurement gains and/or losses of non-US$ denominated current assets and current liabilities, as well as certain other balance sheet items, which result from the appreciation or depreciation of non-US$ currencies against the US$. We do not use financial instruments to manage the impact on our operations from changes in foreign exchange rates, and because our operations are subject to fluctuations in foreign exchange rates, we therefore exclude foreign exchange gains and losses when presenting non-GAAP financial measures.
Realized/Unrealized loss (gain) on investments relates to the disposal and net change in fair value of long-term investments.
| Silicon Motion Technology Corporation Consolidated Statements of Income (in thousands, except percentages and per ADS data, unaudited) | |||||||||
| For Three Months Ended | |||||||||
| Mar. 31, | Dec. 31, | Mar. 31, | |||||||
| 2025 | 2025 | 2026 | |||||||
| ($) | ($) | ($) | |||||||
| Net sales | 166,492 | 278,461 | 342,105 | ||||||
| Cost of sales | 88,125 | 141,694 | 180,845 | ||||||
| Gross profit | 78,367 | 136,767 | 161,260 | ||||||
| Operating expenses | |||||||||
| Research & development | 55,026 | 80,084 | 86,240 | ||||||
| Sales & marketing | 7,115 | 10,682 | 13,288 | ||||||
| General & administrative | 6,460 | 14,290 | 9,528 | ||||||
| Operating income | 9,766 | 31,711 | 52,204 | ||||||
| Non-operating income (expense) | |||||||||
| Interest income, net | 2,929 | 1,867 | 1,617 | ||||||
| Foreign exchange gain (loss), net | 373 | 288 | 16 | ||||||
| Realized/Unrealized gain (loss) on investments, net | 3,296 | 24,247 | 21,759 | ||||||
| Subtotal | 6,598 | 26,402 | 23,392 | ||||||
| Income before income tax | 16,364 | 58,113 | 75,596 | ||||||
| Income tax expense (benefit) | (3,099 | ) | 10,364 | 8,797 | |||||
| Net income | 19,463 | 47,749 | 66,799 | ||||||
| Earnings per basic ADS | 0.58 | 1.42 | 1.98 | ||||||
| Earnings per diluted ADS | 0.58 | 1.41 | 1.97 | ||||||
| Margin Analysis: | |||||||||
| Gross margin | |||||||||
| Operating margin | |||||||||
| Net margin | |||||||||
| Additional Data: | |||||||||
| Weighted avg. ADS equivalents | 33,634 | 33,561 | 33,678 | ||||||
| Diluted ADS equivalents | 33,827 | 33,764 | 33,916 | ||||||
| Silicon Motion Technology Corporation Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Operating Results (in thousands, except percentages and per ADS data, unaudited) | |||||||||||
| For Three Months Ended | |||||||||||
| Mar. 31, | Dec. 31, | Mar. 31, | |||||||||
| 2025 | 2025 | 2026 | |||||||||
| ($) | ($) | ($) | |||||||||
| Gross profit (GAAP) | 78,367 | 136,767 | 161,260 | ||||||||
| Gross margin (GAAP) | |||||||||||
| Stock-based compensation (A) | 73 | 251 | 134 | ||||||||
| Gross profit (non-GAAP) | 78,440 | 137,018 | 161,394 | ||||||||
| Gross margin (non-GAAP) | |||||||||||
| Operating expenses (GAAP) | 68,601 | 105,056 | 109,056 | ||||||||
| Stock-based compensation (A) | (4,738 | ) | (15,525 | ) | (8,240 | ) | |||||
| Dispute related expenses | (277 | ) | (6,314 | ) | (1,604 | ) | |||||
| Operating expenses (non-GAAP) | 63,586 | 83,217 | 99,212 | ||||||||
| Operating profit (GAAP) | 9,766 | 31,711 | 52,204 | ||||||||
| Operating margin (GAAP) | |||||||||||
| Total adjustments to operating profit | 5,088 | 22,090 | 9,978 | ||||||||
| Operating profit (non-GAAP) | 14,854 | 53,801 | 62,182 | ||||||||
| Operating margin (non-GAAP) | |||||||||||
| Non-operating income (expense) (GAAP) | 6,598 | 26,402 | 23,392 | ||||||||
| Foreign exchange loss (gain), net | (373 | ) | (288 | ) | (16 | ) | |||||
| Realized/Unrealized loss (gain) on investments, net | (3,296 | ) | (24,247 | ) | (21,759 | ) | |||||
| Non-operating income (expense) (non-GAAP) | 2,929 | 1,867 | 1,617 | ||||||||
| Net income (GAAP) | 19,463 | 47,749 | 66,799 | ||||||||
| Total pre-tax impact of non-GAAP adjustments | 1,419 | (2,445 | ) | (11,797 | ) | ||||||
| Income tax impact of non-GAAP adjustments | (610 | ) | (2,594 | ) | (1,153 | ) | |||||
| Net income (non-GAAP) | 20,272 | 42,710 | 53,849 | ||||||||
| Earnings per diluted ADS (GAAP) | |||||||||||
| Earnings per diluted ADS (non-GAAP) | |||||||||||
| Shares used in computing earnings per diluted ADS (GAAP) | 33,827 | 33,764 | 33,916 | ||||||||
| Non-GAAP adjustments | 20 | 166 | 221 | ||||||||
| Shares used in computing earnings per diluted ADS (non-GAAP) | 33,847 | 33,930 | 34,137 | ||||||||
| (A) Excludes stock-based compensation as follows: | |||||||||||
| Cost of sales | 73 | 251 | 134 | ||||||||
| Research & development | 3,003 | 10,996 | 4,788 | ||||||||
| Sales & marketing | 862 | 1,810 | 2,007 | ||||||||
| General & administrative | 873 | 2,719 | 1,445 | ||||||||
| Silicon Motion Technology Corporation Consolidated Balance Sheets (In thousands, unaudited) | |||||||||
| Mar. 31, | Dec. 31, | Mar. 31, | |||||||
| 2025 | 2025 | 2026 | |||||||
| ($) | ($) | ($) | |||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | 275,140 | 201,842 | 135,677 | ||||||
| Accounts receivable, net | 206,693 | 211,546 | 220,445 | ||||||
| Inventories | 180,903 | 421,798 | 515,250 | ||||||
| Restricted assets– current | 53,015 | 71,297 | 71,268 | ||||||
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 32,102 | 36,885 | 58,915 | ||||||
| Total current assets | 747,853 | 943,368 | 1,001,555 | ||||||
| Long-term investments | 20,636 | 29,676 | 51,823 | ||||||
| Property and equipment, net | 193,603 | 218,966 | 224,553 | ||||||
| Other assets | 29,310 | 30,709 | 29,077 | ||||||
| Total assets | 991,402 | 1,222,719 | 1,307,008 | ||||||
| Accounts payable | 23,048 | 34,745 | 94,503 | ||||||
| Income tax payable | 14,782 | 22,426 | 31,440 | ||||||
| Accrued expenses and other current liabilities | 130,277 | 282,352 | 225,260 | ||||||
| Total current liabilities | 168,107 | 339,523 | 351,203 | ||||||
| Other long-term liabilities | 50,968 | 52,459 | 49,683 | ||||||
| Total liabilities | 219,075 | 391,982 | 400,886 | ||||||
| Shareholders’ equity | 772,327 | 830,737 | 906,122 | ||||||
| Total liabilities & shareholders’ equity | 991,402 | 1,222,719 | 1,307,008 | ||||||
| Silicon Motion Technology Corporation Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (in thousands, unaudited) | ||||||||||
| For Three Months Ended | ||||||||||
| Mar. 31, | Dec. 31, | Mar. 31, | ||||||||
| 2025 | 2025 | 2026 | ||||||||
| ($) | ($) | ($) | ||||||||
| Net income | 19,463 | 47,749 | 66,799 | |||||||
| Depreciation & amortization | 7,225 | 7,465 | 8,954 | |||||||
| Stock-based compensation | 4,811 | 15,776 | 8,374 | |||||||
| Investment losses (gain) & disposals | (3,309 | ) | (24,225 | ) | (21,733 | ) | ||||
| Changes in operating assets and liabilities | 22,082 | (45,284 | ) | (93,619 | ) | |||||
| Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities | 50,272 | 1,481 | (31,225 | ) | ||||||
| Purchase of property & equipment | (11,661 | ) | (7,740 | ) | (18,221 | ) | ||||
| Proceeds from disposal of properties | 13 | - | 87 | |||||||
| Proceeds from long-term investments | - | 27,575 | - | |||||||
| Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities | (11,648 | ) | 19,835 | (18,134 | ) | |||||
| Dividend payments | (16,956 | ) | (16,749 | ) | (16,918 | ) | ||||
| Share repurchases | (24,291 | ) | - | - | ||||||
| Net cash used in financing activities | (41,247 | ) | (16,749 | ) | (16,918 | ) | ||||
| Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents & restricted cash | (2,623 | ) | 4,567 | (66,277 | ) | |||||
| Effect of foreign exchange changes | 37 | 126 | 80 | |||||||
| Cash, cash equivalents & restricted cash—beginning of period | 334,333 | 272,388 | 277,081 | |||||||
| Cash, cash equivalents & restricted cash—end of period | 331,747 | 277,081 | 210,884 | |||||||
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 centers 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; other factors beyond our control such as nature disasters, terrorism, civil unrest, war, including conflicts in the Middle East, threats to the Strait of Hormuz and global energy supply routes, and the ongoing Russia-Ukraine War, and pandemics, epidemics and other health emergencies; 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; 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; the risk that the anticipated benefits from our PCIe 5 controller products, including higher [average selling prices], may not be maintained or may be less than expected; the risk that our anticipated market share gains across our product lines and penetration of enterprise end markets may not materialize as expected or on the anticipated timeline; 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.
| Silicon Motion Investor Contacts: | |
| Tom Sepenzis | Selina Hsieh |
| Senior Director of IR & Strategy | Investor Relations |
| tsepenzis@siliconmotion.com | ir@siliconmotion.com |
