ARM vs SIMO vs WDC Stock Comparison

Arm Holdings, Silicon Motion Technology and Western Digital Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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ARM Arm Holdings Plc /Uk
$226.60 -27.0% 1M +26.9% 1Y
Market cap
$246.24B
P/E
235.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.16B
Div. yield
–
Semiconductor Design Technology
2 wins
WDC Western Digital Corp
$380.88 -16.6% 1M +200.7% 1Y
Market cap
$143.90B
P/E
14.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$14.48B
Div. yield
0.00%
Server and Storage Hardware Technology
7 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Western Digital leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Western Digital 7, Arm Holdings 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionARMSIMOWDCLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $246.24B $7.20B $143.90B ARM
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 235.9x — 14.4x WDC
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 109.5x 17.8x 15.8x WDC
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +25.1% — +43.0% WDC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 20.2% — 69.2% WDC
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — 53.8% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — -0.1x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +26.9% +98.3% +200.7% WDC
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — +24.0%/yr +54.5%/yr WDC
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 78.9% 84.4% 81.3% ARM
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 62/100 36/100 77/100 WDC

Percentile Scorecard

ARMSIMOWDC

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

AxisARMSIMOWDC
Valuation 8 #87 of 94 14 #81 of 94 51 #55 of 112
Growth 88 #12 of 92 26 #68 of 92 98 #3 of 109
Profitability 78 #21 of 90 – 97 #4 of 104
Financial Health 77 #24 of 99 36 #64 of 99 66 #40 of 116
Shareholder Returns – 67 #25 of 73 73 #23 of 81
Overall 62 36 77
  • ARM ranked among 103 companies in Semiconductors
  • SIMO ranked among 103 companies in Semiconductors
  • WDC ranked among 122 companies in Computer Hardware

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodARMSIMOWDCSPY
1 month -27.0%-26.1%-16.6% -0.2%
3 months -7.4%-7.8%-17.8% +3.9%
6 months +14.1%+36.9%-2.6% +8.2%
Year to date +107.3%+120.2%+121.1% +12.9%
1 year +26.9%+98.3%+200.7% +12.3%
3 years +361.6%+287.9%+1,192.9% +87.4%
3 years, per year +66.6%+57.2%+134.8% +23.3%
5 years —+192.8%+779.6% +67.9%
5 years, per year —+24.0%+54.5% +10.9%
10 years —+339.9%+745.8% +261.1%
10 years, per year —+16.0%+23.8% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureARMSIMOWDCSPY
Volatility, 1Y 78.9%84.4%81.3% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 71.2%78.0%82.1% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 3.462.423.17 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.341.162.47 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -54.0%-59.1%-55.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -48.4%-39.4%-49.0% -1.2%
52-week high $439.46$336.90$746.23 $779.14
52-week low $104.55$80.16$124.92 $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.

MultipleARMSIMOWDC
P/E now vs peer median 230.3xmedian 45.6x —median 45.6x 13.9xmedian 33.2x
P/S now vs peer median 46.6xmedian 7.7x —median 7.7x 9.8xmedian 2.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 204.3xmedian 29.0x —median 29.0x 23.3xmedian 20.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 119.5xmedian 40.6x -533.1xmedian 40.6x 33.2xmedian 29.8x
P/B now vs peer median 27.9xmedian 4.6x 6.5xmedian 4.6x 15.3xmedian 3.0x
PEG now vs peer median 6.49median 2.28 —median 2.28 0.18median 1.17

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 monthsARMSIMOWDC
Revenue $5.16B – $14.48B
Gross profit $5.03B – $7.62B
Operating income $877.00M – $5.71B
Net income $1.04B $289.77M $10.02B
Free cash flow $2.01B -$12.85M $4.29B
R&D $2.96B – $1.15B
EPS (diluted) $0.98 – $26.10
Cash & equivalents $3.06B $74.37M $1.31B
Total debt – $167.29M $12.58B
Shares (diluted) 1.07B 33.68M 384.00M
Enterprise value $231.95B $6.59B $133.72B

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
MetricARMSIMOWDC
P/E 230.3x – 13.9x
P/FCF 119.5x -533.1x 33.2x
P/Operating cash flow 114.8x -102.8x 29.3x
P/S 46.6x – 9.8x
P/B 27.9x 6.5x 15.3x
P/Tangible book 28.6x 7.2x 15.3x
EV/EBITDA 204.3x – 23.3x
EV/EBIT 269.7x – 24.9x
EV/Revenue 45.9x – 9.8x
EV/FCF 117.6x -531.9x 33.1x
EV/Operating cash flow 113.0x -102.6x 29.2x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 6.49 – 0.18

Growth

14 metrics
MetricARMSIMOWDC
Revenue growth (1Y) 25.1% – 43.0%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 24.7% – 57.4%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 25.6% – 85.2%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 25.4% – 126.7%
Operating income growth (1Y) 14.9% – 104.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 21.6% – 85.5%
Net income growth (1Y) 49.4% 270.6% 288.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 37.2% 49.0% 83.2%
EPS growth (1Y) 48.7% – 286.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 35.5% – 75.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 105.5% -182.4% 108.7%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 34.7% -36.3% 88.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 121.8% -109.8% 121.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 33.3% -27.6% 66.0%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricARMSIMOWDC
Gross margin 97.5% – 52.6%
EBITDA margin 22.5% – 42.1%
Operating margin 17.0% – 39.4%
Pretax margin 24.5% – 73.2%
Net margin 20.2% – 69.2%
FCF margin 39.0% – 29.6%
Operating cash flow margin 40.6% – 33.6%
Return on equity 16.3% – 110.0%
Return on assets 12.6% – 71.3%
Return on invested capital – – 53.8%
Return on capital employed 9.0% – 57.3%
Asset turnover 0.5x – 1.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.0x -0.2x 0.5x
Stock comp / revenue 22.4% – 1.6%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricARMSIMOWDC
Debt / assets – 3.7% 5.5%
Debt / equity – 0.1x 0.1x
Net debt / EBITDA – – -0.1x
Debt / FCF – -4.6x 0.2x
Liabilities / assets 22.9% 34.8% 34.3%
Equity / assets 77.1% 65.2% 65.7%
Interest coverage – – 48.8x
Current ratio 5.3x 2.5x 1.4x
Quick ratio 4.9x 0.8x 0.9x
Cash ratio 3.2x 0.2x 0.3x
Altman Z-score 58.08 – 20.89

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricARMSIMOWDC
Dividend yield – 1.0% 0.1%
Net buyback yield – – 2.1%
Shareholder yield – 1.0% 2.3%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 2.0%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 4.6%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 151.3%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

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.

ConsensusARMSIMOWDC
Forward P/E 109.5xFY2026 17.8xFY2026 15.8xFY2027
EPS, next fiscal year $2.07FY2026 $11.50FY2026 $24.04FY2027
EPS growth, next FY +16.9%FY2026 +223.9%FY2026 +135.2%FY2027
EPS growth, the year after +49.8% +37.5% +70.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year $5.71BFY2026 $1.82BFY2026 $20.04BFY2027
Revenue growth, next FY +16.0%FY2026 +105.0%FY2026 +55.1%FY2027
Revenue growth, the year after +38.7% +27.4% +39.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersARMSIMOWDC
Held by institutions 9.3% 72.4% 93.7%
Institutions holding 955 380 1,846
Change in shares held, QoQ +12.4% -9.8% -1.3%
Institutions buying 593 223 1,127
Institutions selling 257 131 597
Buyers to sellers 2.31 1.70 1.89

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.

ARMSIMOWDC
ARM 1.00 0.42 0.44
SIMO 0.42 1.00 0.51
WDC 0.44 0.51 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ARM, SIMO and WDC?

Arm Holdings (ARM) is the largest by market capitalisation: Arm Holdings (ARM) $246.24B, Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO) $7.20B, Western Digital (WDC) $143.90B.

Which stock is cheaper, ARM, SIMO and WDC?

Western Digital (WDC) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Arm Holdings (ARM) 235.9x, Western Digital (WDC) 14.4x). On next year's consensus earnings, Western Digital (WDC) is cheapest (Arm Holdings (ARM) 109.5x, Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO) 17.8x, Western Digital (WDC) 15.8x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Western Digital (WDC) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Arm Holdings (ARM) +25.1%, Western Digital (WDC) +43.0%.

Which company is more profitable?

Western Digital (WDC) has the highest net margin (Arm Holdings (ARM) 20.2%, Western Digital (WDC) 69.2%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Western Digital (WDC) returned the most: Arm Holdings (ARM) +26.9%, Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO) +98.3%, Western Digital (WDC) +200.7%. Over five years, Western Digital (WDC) compounded fastest (Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO) +24.0%/yr, Western Digital (WDC) +54.5%/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%, Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO) 0.00%, Western Digital (WDC) 0.00%. Arm Holdings (ARM) and Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Arm Holdings (ARM) has been the steadiest (Arm Holdings (ARM) 78.9%, Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO) 84.4%, Western Digital (WDC) 81.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Western Digital (WDC) leads on 7. 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.