All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
Of the nine metrics, 8 read as filed from the record and 1 is an SI estimate, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.
What did they actually do?
Has it survived what it has been through?
2 warning events since 2017; the latest 2021-04-30.
From the record
Silicon Motion Technology Corporation's filings since 2017 show 2 warning events: a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, 2 times, the latest 2021-04-30) (its current reports).
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What has it actually done, year after year?
+5.3% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.
From the record
Silicon Motion Technology Corporation's 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $556 million in fiscal 2016 to $886 million in fiscal 2025, up 5.3% a year; it rose in 6 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 32% from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2023; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How has it treated the people who own it?
Share count grew 0.3% a year. 61% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 6 sales, 0 purchases.
From the record
Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Silicon Motion Technology Corporation's diluted share count grew about 0.3% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 61% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 6 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30 (their Form 4 filings).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they doing right now?
Is it financially healthy right now?
ROE 15%: 15¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 32%: owes 32¢ per asset dollar.
From the record
Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Silicon Motion Technology Corporation earned about 15 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 35 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 32 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 0.1% over the year (the filed statements).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How strong is its position in its industry?
top 41% of 97 in its family; net margin 13.8%.
From the record
Silicon Motion Technology Corporation's standing among 97 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $886 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 44% by size; a net margin of 13.8% ranks in the top 27%; revenue growth of -2.2% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 48% (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are the people in charge doing?
SI estimate 5.4/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).
SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed
From the record
SI estimate, not a filed reading: Silicon Motion Technology Corporation's leadership is put at 5.4 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because it files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; the record of its people begins on 2026-03-27 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 7 months and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 78 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.
What are they set up to do next?
How much room does it have to grow?
top 42% of 94 in its family for room to expand.
From the record
Silicon Motion Technology Corporation's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $202 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 16.5% of its assets as net cash, top 40% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 0.7% of revenue (bottom 40%); a gross margin of 48.3% (top 39%); research spending of 29.7% of revenue (top 30%) (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What could actually drive growth from here?
top 41% of 93 in its family for growth drivers.
From the record
Silicon Motion Technology Corporation's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -2.2% a year over the last three filed years against 5.3% over all 10, slowing (bottom 46% of its family); the newest year grew 10.2% (bottom 49%); research spending grew 11.7% a year (top 25%); capital spending grew 18.7% a year (top 33%) (its annual reports). Silicon Motion Technology Corporation reported 2 product lines in fiscal 2025: Mobile Storage at $877 million (99%), Other Products at $8 million (1%); 2 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?
top 41% of 88 in its family for expectations against reality.
From the record
Silicon Motion Technology Corporation's newest year against its own record: revenue of $886 million in fiscal 2025 came in 19.6% above the $741 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 45% of its family); net income of $123 million against a prior three-year average of $105 million (top 37%); a net margin of 13.8% against 12.5% before (top 43%) (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made