As you might know, Silicon Motion Technology Corporation (NASDAQ:SIMO) just kicked off its latest quarterly results with some very strong numbers. It was overall a positive result, with revenues beating expectations by 2.3% to hit US$166m. Silicon Motion Technology also reported a statutory profit of US$0.58, which was an impressive 164% above what the analysts had forecast. Following the result, the analysts have updated their earnings model, and it would be good to know whether they think there's been a strong change in the company's prospects, or if it's business as usual. So we collected the latest post-earnings statutory consensus estimates to see what could be in store for next year.

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Following last week's earnings report, Silicon Motion Technology's seven analysts are forecasting 2025 revenues to be US$794.9m, approximately in line with the last 12 months. Statutory earnings per share are expected to decrease 2.7% to US$2.72 in the same period. Yet prior to the latest earnings, the analysts had been anticipated revenues of US$814.8m and earnings per share (EPS) of US$2.49 in 2025. So it's pretty clear that while sentiment around revenues has declined following the latest results, the analysts are now more bullish on the company's earnings power.

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There's been no real change to the average price target of US$72.33, with the lower revenue and higher earnings forecasts not expected to meaningfully impact the company's valuation over a longer timeframe. The consensus price target is just an average of individual analyst targets, so - it could be handy to see how wide the range of underlying estimates is. The most optimistic Silicon Motion Technology analyst has a price target of US$90.00 per share, while the most pessimistic values it at US$55.00. Analysts definitely have varying views on the business, but the spread of estimates is not wide enough in our view to suggest that extreme outcomes could await Silicon Motion Technology shareholders.

These estimates are interesting, but it can be useful to paint some more broad strokes when seeing how forecasts compare, both to the Silicon Motion Technology's past performance and to peers in the same industry. We would highlight that Silicon Motion Technology's revenue growth is expected to slow, with the forecast 2.4% annualised growth rate until the end of 2025 being well below the historical 5.5% p.a. growth over the last five years. By way of comparison, the other companies in this industry with analyst coverage are forecast to grow their revenue at 16% per year. So it's pretty clear that, while revenue growth is expected to slow down, the wider industry is also expected to grow faster than Silicon Motion Technology.

The Bottom Line

The most important thing here is that the analysts upgraded their earnings per share estimates, suggesting that there has been a clear increase in optimism towards Silicon Motion Technology following these results. Unfortunately, they also downgraded their revenue estimates, and our data indicates underperformance compared to the wider industry. Even so, earnings per share are more important to the intrinsic value of the business. Still, earnings are more important to the intrinsic value of the business. The consensus price target held steady at US$72.33, with the latest estimates not enough to have an impact on their price targets.

Following on from that line of thought, we think that the long-term prospects of the business are much more relevant than next year's earnings. At Simply Wall St, we have a full range of analyst estimates for Silicon Motion Technology going out to 2027, and you can see them free on our platform here..

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