On August 7, Silicon Motion Technology declined 5.15% in regular trading, trading at approximately $253.82/share, with turnover of $38.52 million. The stock had risen over 5% in pre-market trading but reversed sharply after the open as the broader storage sector came under heavy selling pressure.

The decline was driven by persistent concerns over a storage cycle peak, with Morgan Stanley's prior warning that AI-driven memory pricing would top out in Q4 continuing to suppress sector sentiment. Storage peers declined in tandem, with SK Hynix falling 5.18%, Seagate dropping over 8%, Western Digital losing over 5%, and Micron Technology sliding over 2%, reflecting broad-based risk-off positioning across the group.

The reversal came despite Silicon Motion's strong Q2 results reported last week, which showed revenue of $451 million (up 127% YoY), adjusted EPS of $2.43 beating the $2.14 consensus, and Q3 guidance of $519-$541 million far exceeding the $432 million market expectation. B. Riley had raised its price target to $350 from $312 with a Buy rating.

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