ARM vs DLB vs SIMO Stock Comparison

Arm Holdings, Dolby Laboratories and Silicon Motion Technology Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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ARM Arm Holdings Plc /Uk
$223.35 -28.0% 1M +30.9% 1Y
Market cap
$239.95B
P/E
229.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.16B
Div. yield
–
Semiconductor Design Technology
3 wins
DLB Dolby Laboratories, Inc.
$63.13 +7.7% 1M -6.3% 1Y
Market cap
$5.94B
P/E
26.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.35B
Div. yield
0.02%
Semiconductor EDA Software Technology
4 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Dolby Laboratories leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Dolby Laboratories 4, Arm Holdings 3, Silicon Motion Technology 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionARMDLBSIMOLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $239.95B $5.94B $6.82B ARM
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 229.8x 26.3x — DLB
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 107.9x 14.1x 16.5x DLB
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +25.1% +0.6% — ARM
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 20.2% 16.7% — ARM
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.02% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +30.9% -6.3% +90.8% SIMO
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — -6.4%/yr +21.4%/yr SIMO
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 79.0% 30.3% 84.2% DLB
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 62/100 66/100 35/100 DLB

Percentile Scorecard

ARMDLBSIMO

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisARMDLBSIMO
Valuation 7 #88 of 95 86 #14 of 95 12 #84 of 95
Growth 88 #12 of 93 27 #68 of 93 26 #69 of 93
Profitability 77 #22 of 91 71 #27 of 91 –
Financial Health 77 #24 of 101 62 #39 of 101 36 #65 of 101
Shareholder Returns – 84 #13 of 75 66 #26 of 75
Overall 62 66 35
  • ARM ranked among 104 companies in Semiconductors
  • DLB ranked among 104 companies in Semiconductors
  • SIMO ranked among 104 companies in Semiconductors

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodARMDLBSIMOSPY
1 month -28.0%+7.7%-31.5% -0.8%
3 months -16.1%+23.1%-22.6% +3.5%
6 months +3.5%-0.8%+28.2% +7.0%
Year to date +104.3%-1.7%+104.1% +12.2%
1 year +30.9%-6.3%+90.8% +13.0%
3 years +355.0%-19.7%+259.4% +86.3%
3 years, per year +65.8%-7.1%+53.2% +23.1%
5 years —-28.0%+163.6% +68.6%
5 years, per year —-6.4%+21.4% +11.0%
10 years —+26.6%+305.8% +258.0%
10 years, per year —+2.4%+15.0% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureARMDLBSIMOSPY
Volatility, 1Y 79.0%30.3%84.2% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 71.2%31.6%78.0% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 3.470.542.40 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.39-0.211.08 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -54.0%-49.6%-59.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -49.2%-8.6%-43.8% -1.8%
52-week high $439.46$69.09$336.90 $779.14
52-week low $104.55$48.50$80.16 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleARMDLBSIMO
P/E now vs peer median 227.0xmedian 42.1x 26.3xmedian 42.1x —median 42.1x
P/S now vs peer median 46.0xmedian 7.1x 4.4xmedian 7.1x —median 7.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 201.3xmedian 27.5x 15.9xmedian 27.5x —median 27.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 117.8xmedian 37.2x 15.2xmedian 37.2x -494.0xmedian 37.2x
P/B now vs peer median 27.5xmedian 4.2x 2.3xmedian 4.2x 6.1xmedian 4.2x
PEG now vs peer median 6.40median 2.23 12.63median 2.23 —median 2.23

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsARMDLBSIMO
Revenue $5.16B $1.35B –
Gross profit $5.03B $1.19B –
Operating income $877.00M $239.10M –
Net income $1.04B $228.00M $289.77M
Free cash flow $2.01B $392.67M -$12.85M
R&D $2.96B $265.94M –
EPS (diluted) $0.98 $2.39 –
Cash & equivalents $3.06B $669.39M $74.37M
Total debt – – $167.29M
Shares (diluted) 1.07B 94.52M 33.68M
Enterprise value $225.66B $3.33B $6.21B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricARMDLBSIMO
P/E 227.0x 26.3x –
P/FCF 117.8x 15.2x -494.0x
P/Operating cash flow 113.2x 13.6x -95.2x
P/S 46.0x 4.4x –
P/B 27.5x 2.3x 6.1x
P/Tangible book 28.2x 2.7x 6.6x
EV/EBITDA 201.3x 15.9x –
EV/EBIT 265.8x 22.1x –
EV/Revenue 45.2x 3.9x –
EV/FCF 115.8x 13.4x -492.8x
EV/Operating cash flow 111.3x 12.1x -95.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 6.40 12.63 –

Growth

14 metrics
MetricARMDLBSIMO
Revenue growth (1Y) 25.1% 0.6% –
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 24.7% 1.7% –
Gross profit growth (1Y) 25.6% -0.5% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 25.4% 1.5% –
Operating income growth (1Y) 14.9% -15.1% –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 21.6% -1.0% –
Net income growth (1Y) 49.4% -14.2% 270.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 37.2% 1.3% 49.0%
EPS growth (1Y) 48.7% -12.3% –
EPS CAGR (3Y) 35.5% 2.1% –
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 105.5% -6.0% -182.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 34.7% 9.5% -36.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 121.8% -10.4% -109.8%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 33.3% 9.3% -27.6%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricARMDLBSIMO
Gross margin 97.5% 87.6% –
EBITDA margin 22.5% 24.5% –
Operating margin 17.0% 17.7% –
Pretax margin 24.5% 20.4% –
Net margin 20.2% 16.7% –
FCF margin 39.0% 29.0% –
Operating cash flow margin 40.6% 32.3% –
Return on equity 16.3% 8.7% –
Return on assets 12.6% 7.1% –
Return on invested capital – – –
Return on capital employed 9.0% 8.6% –
Asset turnover 0.5x 0.4x –
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.0x 1.9x -0.2x
Stock comp / revenue 22.4% 9.6% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricARMDLBSIMO
Debt / assets – – 3.7%
Debt / equity – – 0.1x
Net debt / EBITDA – – –
Debt / FCF – – -4.6x
Liabilities / assets 22.9% 17.9% 34.8%
Equity / assets 77.1% 82.1% 65.2%
Interest coverage – – –
Current ratio 5.3x 3.2x 2.5x
Quick ratio 4.9x 3.1x 0.8x
Cash ratio 3.2x 1.6x 0.2x
Altman Z-score 57.27 8.51 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricARMDLBSIMO
Dividend yield – 2.3% 1.1%
Net buyback yield – 3.5% –
Shareholder yield – 5.7% 1.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 58.9% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 34.2% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – 8.6% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 9.6% –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusARMDLBSIMO
Forward P/E 107.9xFY2026 14.1xFY2026 16.5xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $2.07FY2026 $4.49FY2026 $11.50FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +16.9%FY2026 +5.9%FY2026 +223.9%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +49.8% +4.7% +37.5%
Revenue, next fiscal year $5.71BFY2026 $1.50BFY2026 $1.82BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +16.0%FY2026 +11.1%FY2026 +105.0%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +38.7% -7.7% +27.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersARMDLBSIMO
Held by institutions 9.3% 65.4% 72.4%
Institutions holding 955 389 380
Change in shares held, QoQ +12.4% +5.8% -9.8%
Institutions buying 593 195 223
Institutions selling 257 148 131
Buyers to sellers 2.31 1.32 1.70

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

ARMDLBSIMO
ARM 1.00 0.08 0.42
DLB 0.08 1.00 0.00
SIMO 0.42 0.00 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ARM, DLB and SIMO?

Arm Holdings (ARM) is the largest by market capitalisation: Arm Holdings (ARM) $239.95B, Dolby Laboratories (DLB) $5.94B, Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO) $6.82B.

Which stock is cheaper, ARM, DLB and SIMO?

Dolby Laboratories (DLB) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Arm Holdings (ARM) 229.8x, Dolby Laboratories (DLB) 26.3x). On next year's consensus earnings, Dolby Laboratories (DLB) is cheapest (Arm Holdings (ARM) 107.9x, Dolby Laboratories (DLB) 14.1x, Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO) 16.5x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Arm Holdings (ARM) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Arm Holdings (ARM) +25.1%, Dolby Laboratories (DLB) +0.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Arm Holdings (ARM) has the highest net margin (Arm Holdings (ARM) 20.2%, Dolby Laboratories (DLB) 16.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO) returned the most: Arm Holdings (ARM) +30.9%, Dolby Laboratories (DLB) -6.3%, Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO) +90.8%. Over five years, Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO) compounded fastest (Dolby Laboratories (DLB) -6.4%/yr, Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO) +21.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Arm Holdings (ARM) 0.00%, Dolby Laboratories (DLB) 0.02%, Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO) 0.00%. Arm Holdings (ARM) and Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Dolby Laboratories (DLB) has been the steadiest (Arm Holdings (ARM) 79.0%, Dolby Laboratories (DLB) 30.3%, Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO) 84.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ARM, DLB and SIMO?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Dolby Laboratories (DLB) leads on 4. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.