Company Analysis

Semtech Corporation (SMTC)

Nasdaq: SMTC · Semiconductors & Related Devices · Camarillo, CA · filing with the SEC since 1995
Grade4.9
◀ Past 4.9● Present 4.5▶ Future 5.4

The grade of Semtech Corporation

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
4.9/10
◀ Past4.930% of the headline
● Present4.540% of the headline
▶ Future5.430% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

4.9/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
4.6/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2023-09-06.

weight 33% of this tense · 46th percentile among 99 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Semtech Corporation's filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, the latest 2023-09-06) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
6.6/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+7.6% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 7 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 66th percentile among 93 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Semtech Corporation's 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $544 million in fiscal 2017 to $1.0 billion in fiscal 2026, up 7.6% a year; it rose in 8 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 13% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 7 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span7.6%top 47% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 15% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 47% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak12.7%top 26% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
1.9/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 11.4% a year. 0% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 61 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 19th percentile among 67 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2026-01-25, Semtech Corporation's diluted share count grew about 11.4% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 0% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 61 sales (48 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-10 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 24% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 14% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

4.5/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
3.9/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -7%: lost 7¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 61%: owes 61¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 39th percentile among 95 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-01-25, Semtech Corporation lost about 7 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 38 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 61 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 23.4% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 20% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 28% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 11% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 20% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
5.7/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 43% of 97 in its family; net margin -3.8%.

weight 33% of this tense · 57th percentile among 97 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Semtech Corporation's standing among 97 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $1.0 billion in fiscal 2026 ranks in the top 39% by size; a net margin of -3.8% ranks in the bottom 41%; revenue growth of 11.6% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 31% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$1.05Btop 39% of its family
  • net margin-3.8%bottom 41% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth11.6%top 31% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
4.0/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 40% of 67 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2024.

weight 22% of this tense · 40th percentile among 67 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Semtech Corporation's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Hou, Hong Q (President and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2024-06-10, 2.4 years (bottom 37% of its family); the 13 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 6.1 years (bottom 48%); 9 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 13 people in charge now (bottom 35%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge9 in three years among 13 peoplebottom 35% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed6.1 yearsbottom 48% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record2.4 yearsbottom 37% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

5.4/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
5.0/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 50% of 94 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 50th percentile among 94 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Semtech Corporation's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of $195 million against debt of $491 million leaves -21% of its assets as net cash, bottom 12% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 16.3% of revenue (top 27%); a gross margin of 51.6% (top 32%); research spending of 18.7% of revenue (bottom 49%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-21.0%bottom 12% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue16.3%top 27% of its family
  • gross margin51.6%top 32% of its family
  • research spending against revenue18.7%bottom 49% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
5.0/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 50% of 93 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 50th percentile among 93 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Semtech Corporation's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew 11.6% a year over the last three filed years against 7.6% over all 10, speeding up (top 18% of its family); the newest year grew 15.5% (top 45%); research spending grew 5.6% a year (bottom 48%); capital spending grew -29.9% a year (bottom 15%) (its annual reports). Semtech Corporation reported 2 product lines in fiscal 2026: Product at $942 million (90%), Service at $108 million (10%); 1 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+4.0 points a yeartop 18% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth15.5%top 45% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending5.6%bottom 48% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-29.9%bottom 15% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
6.8/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 32% of 88 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 68th percentile among 88 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Semtech Corporation's newest year against its own record: revenue of $1.0 billion in fiscal 2026 came in 5.3% above the $997 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 35% of its family); net income of $40 million against a prior three-year average of $398 million (top 21%); a net margin of -3.8% against -45.1% before (top 11%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace5.3%bottom 35% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+90%top 21% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+41.3 pointstop 11% of its family

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

SI Assistanton SMTC · research, not advice