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Factual Summary
Semtech Corporation (SMTC) closed at $140.35 on 2026-08-14, up +5.07% from the previous day's close of $133.58. The prior day, 2026-08-13, the company announced a definitive agreement to sell its cellular module business to Taiwan's Compal Electronics for $62 million in cash, with completion expected in Q4 of fiscal year 2027. Q1 FY2027 revenue (period ended 2026-04-26) was $291 million, a quarterly record, of which data center segment revenue was $71.6 million, up +39% year-over-year. FY2026 annual revenue reached a record $1,049.98 million (+15.5% year-over-year), but the company posted a net loss of $40.38 million, marking three consecutive years of net losses since FY2024.
Change Context
The 2026-08-14 stock price increase appears clearly triggered, in temporal terms, by the cellular module business sale announced the previous day, but trading volume of 1,917,946 shares that day was actually lower than the 20-day average volume (2,031,993 shares), so no large-scale influx of new trading activity was observed. Executive Form 4 filings confirmed during the same period (2026-07~08), including the CEO's, were all share dispositions made under pre-arranged trading plans (Rule 10b5-1) adopted before December 2025.
5-Year Financial Trend
Over the five years from FY2022 to FY2026, revenue grew a cumulative +41.8% (roughly +9.1% CAGR), but FY2024 saw a large operating loss of $944.32 million and a net loss of $1,092.03 million, resulting in a stockholders' deficit. Total equity subsequently recovered sequentially in FY2025 and FY2026 ($542.43 million to $549.72 million), and Q1 FY2027 revenue showed five consecutive quarters of sequential growth.
Business Overview
Revenue mix by end market, as of FY2026 (fiscal year ended January 2026) · Actual (A) · Source: SEC EDGAR 10-K FY2026, Accession No. 0000088941-26-000005
Semtech is a NASDAQ-listed analog and mixed-signal semiconductor and IoT connectivity company operating in three segments — Signal Integrity (DSP for data center and optical communications signal processing), Analog Mixed Signal and Wireless, and IoT Systems and Connectivity (LoRa-based wireless IoT) — each of which generated over $300 million in FY2026 net sales (10-K, Accession No. 0000088941-26-000005). The company operates a fab-lite model and in 2026 acquired HieFo Corporation for approximately $34 million, internalizing some foundry capability. On 2026-08-13, it entered into a definitive agreement to sell its cellular module business to Taiwan's Compal Electronics for $62 million in cash, part of an ongoing restructuring to focus on its core data center and LoRa businesses, with completion expected in Q4 of fiscal year 2027 (8-K, Accession No. 0001193125-26-347716). The data center segment posted Q1 FY2027 net sales of $71.6 million (+39% year-over-year), driven by 800G FiberEdge, 1.6T products, and the copper product line, while the LoRa-based IoT segment posted net sales of $44.9 million (+14% year-over-year), led by smart utility and smart building applications (company earnings call, 2026-05-26).
Competitor Comparison
Semtech competes in the analog/mixed-signal semiconductor and LoRa IoT connectivity markets against Analog Devices, Texas Instruments, Marvell Technology, Monolithic Power Systems, Silicon Labs, NXP, Broadcom, MACOM, and others. In data center and optical interconnect (Signal Integrity), Marvell is the most frequently cited comparison in media coverage, though Marvell's revenue is more than 10 times that of Semtech. LoRa wireless technology holds core IP within the LoRa Alliance ecosystem and functions as a de facto standard platform, with comparatively limited direct competition (Silicon Labs and others focus on alternative protocols such as Zigbee/Thread/BLE). Current specific revenue and margin figures and relative valuation multiples for Analog Devices, Texas Instruments, and Silicon Labs were not obtained.
Valuation (Factual Multiples)
Trailing P/E is not calculable (N/A) due to a net loss over the trailing twelve months. The company has posted GAAP net losses for three consecutive fiscal years, FY2024 through FY2026.
Supply/Demand
| Date | Person/Title | Shares | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-01 | Mark Lin (EVP/CFO) | 970 shares sold | $150.405 |
| 2026-07-07 | Jason Elliot (EVP/CCO) | 2,264 shares sold | $129.318–$130.475 |
| 2026-07-08 | Asaf Silberstein (EVP/COO) | 8,500 shares sold | $124.19–$129.94 |
| 2026-07-16 | Asaf Silberstein (EVP/COO) | 3,000 shares sold | Avg. $145.04 |
| 2026-07-24 | Paul V. Walsh Jr. (Director) | 500 shares sold | $133.07 |
| 2026-08-11 | Hong Q. Hou (CEO) | 2,000 shares sold | $140.00 |
All dispositions made under Rule 10b5-1 pre-arranged trading plans · Source: SEC EDGAR Form 4, compiled via stocktitan, retrieved 2026-08-17
Based on secondary-source aggregation, short interest is approximately 6.26–7.31 million shares, or roughly 6.7–7.9% of float, with days-to-cover of approximately 2.2–4.7 days; consistency across sources is low, so figures are presented as a range (fintel.io, stocktitan, stockanalysis.com, retrieved 2026-08-17). Trading volume on the 8/14 surge day (1,917,946 shares) was about 0.94x the 20-day average volume (2,031,993 shares) — actually lower — so no volume spike from large-scale new trading activity was observed. Institutional ownership aggregates vary significantly across aggregators due to differing methodologies (some sources show 125.76%, reflecting double-counting limitations); only the top three institutions with 5%+ ownership filings — BlackRock, Vanguard, and Ameriprise — are confirmed via primary disclosures (see Governance section). Options market indicators are available only as of 2026-05~07, so the most recent put/call ratio around the 8/14 surge was not obtained.
Governance and Ownership Structure
Event date 2026-06-30, filed 2026-07-30~08-14 (A) · Source: SEC EDGAR SC 13G/A · No single shareholder holds 10% or more
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-04/08 | Annual shareholder meeting — all 9 directors re-elected, long-term equity incentive plan increased by 4.3 million shares (8-K) |
| 2026-07-30 | BlackRock files updated 9.9% stake disclosure (SC 13G/A, Amendment No. 19) |
| 2026-07-31 | Vanguard files updated 5.74% stake disclosure (SC 13G/A) |
| 2026-08-13 | Definitive agreement signed to sell cellular module business to Compal Electronics (8-K) |
| 2026-08-14 | Ameriprise Financial/Columbia files updated 3.7% stake disclosure (SC 13G/A) |
Semtech has a dispersed institutional ownership structure with no single shareholder holding 10% or more, and as of the time of this research, there is no history of a Schedule 13D filing indicating activist intent against the company (all filings are passive-investment 13G/13G-A). The board consists of 9 directors, 8 of whom are independent, and Dr. Hong Q. Hou became President and CEO effective 2024-06-06, succeeding former CEO Paul H. Pickle (the disclosed reason for departure is stated as a difference in working style, unrelated to performance or conduct, per DEF 14A/8-K). CEO Hou's direct ownership stake was 62,799 shares as of 2026-08-07, approximately 0.07% of shares outstanding (93,151,168). Full named-executive-officer holdings for the CFO and others, and combined director/officer ownership percentage, were not obtained due to limited access to the full DEF 14A filing.
Risk Factors (Factual Summary)
- Customer concentration: two customers each accounted for 10% or more of FY2026 revenue (11% and 14%, respectively) — 10-K, Accession No. 0000088941-26-000005
- Supply chain: operates a fab-lite model dependent on Taiwan-based foundries for advanced-node production; TSMC CoWoS and 3nm capacity is reportedly booked nearly solid through 2027 — aggregated from reports including Tom's Hardware (2026)
- Financials: GAAP net losses for three consecutive fiscal years, FY2024–FY2026; total equity was -$307.43 million at the end of FY2024, reflecting a history of stockholders' deficit — 10-K
- Credit facility: a $360 million revolving credit facility entered into on 2026-07-06 is secured by substantially all assets — covenant terms and current leverage level were not obtained (primary-source 8-K text not cross-checked)
- Deal execution: the $62 million cellular module business sale is subject to customary closing conditions including regulatory approval, with completion expected in Q4 of fiscal year 2027 — 8-K
- Most recent regional revenue mix and details of ongoing litigation: not obtained
Macro Environment (Factual Summary)
The data center/AI infrastructure capex cycle has reportedly pushed demand for the company's 800G/1.6T interconnect products to roughly three times its own supply capacity (Seeking Alpha, May 2026), with Taiwan-based foundry capacity constraints (e.g., TSMC CoWoS) cited as the bottleneck limiting this demand under the company's fab-lite structure. A new US-Taiwan semiconductor tariff framework took effect on 2026-04-27, but the quantitative impact on the company's costs has not been disclosed. Industrial revenue (55% of FY2026 revenue) is understood to be more directly exposed to interest-rate and economic cycles than the data center segment.
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