Better question:
Nevertheless, SIMO's valuation is crap. It will likely make $7.50 to $9.00 next year, with sales growing 17% in 2020, 70% in 2021, and maybe (who knows?) 35% in 2022, and EPS growing faster, and with $15 cash per share and no debt, and it trades below $70. So forward PE (if my numbers are correct) is less than 10x. Why a larger semiconductor company (MRVL, AVGO, MCHP, etc.) with a 35x or 50x PE doesn't just buy SIMO using stock, and call it immediately accretive to EPS, is beyond me. Why isn't SIMO using cash and even debt to buy back shares? |