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Last Earnings Call

Fiscal Period
Q2 2026
Call Date
Jul 30, 2026
AI Summary
Q2 2026

Record quarter: Silicon Motion reported record revenue of $451 million, up 32% sequentially and 127% year over year, and said it was well above the high end of guidance.

Margins beat: Gross margin came in at 50.2% and operating margin at 23.1%, both above the company’s outlook, helped by new product mix and early MonTitan contribution.

Broad-based growth: Management said growth was strong across embedded eMMC & UFS, edge SSD controllers, MonTitan enterprise SSDs, and Ferri/boot drive solutions.

Q3 outlook: The company guided third-quarter revenue to $519 million to $541 million, with gross margin expected at 50% to 51% and operating margin at 27.5% to 28.5%.

Transformation story: Management emphasized a shift from a consumer-heavy controller business toward a more diversified supplier serving AI infrastructure, enterprise, automotive, and edge markets.

NAND backdrop: Executives said NAND and DRAM pricing remains a major headwind for consumer devices and expect the supply-demand imbalance to persist until around 2028.

MonTitan ramp: MonTitan enterprise SSD controllers are now in commercial production with two Tier 1 customers, with five more expected in the second half of the year.

Key Financials
Revenue
$451 million
Gross margin
50.2%
Operating expenses
$122.1 million
Operating margin
23.1%
Earnings per ADS
$2.43
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
$181.8 million
Stock-based compensation
$3.4 million
Q3 revenue guidance
$519 million to $541 million
Q3 gross margin guidance
50% to 51%
Q3 operating margin guidance
27.5% to 28.5%
2026 revenue outlook
more than double year over year
MonTitan revenue mix target
5% to 10% of overall revenue exiting 2026
Ferri and Boot Drive revenue mix
near 30% of total revenue
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