SNDK vs SIMO vs SILC Stock Comparison

Sandisk, Silicon Motion Technology and Silicom Prices as of Nov 3, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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SNDK Sandisk Corp
$1,126.52 -34.5% 1M +444.2% 1Y
Market cap
$152.02B
P/E
7.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$28.97B
Div. yield
–
Server and Storage Hardware Technology
6 wins
SILC Silicom Ltd.
$31.88 -46.9% 1M +94.0% 1Y
Market cap
$179.94M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$86.53M
Div. yield
–
Networking Equipment Technology

Head to Head

8 decided of 12

Sandisk leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Sandisk 6, Silicon Motion Technology 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionSNDKSIMOSILCLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $152.02B $6.08B $179.94M SNDK
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 7.8x — -24.6x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 5.5x 17.6x — SNDK
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +272.4% — +45.4% SNDK
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 67.0% — -8.5% SNDK
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +444.2% +106.7% +94.0% SNDK
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — +23.4%/yr -7.4%/yr SIMO
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 112.3% 86.1% 92.3% SIMO
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 90/100 33/100 46/100 SNDK

Percentile Scorecard

SNDKSIMOSILC

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

AxisSNDKSIMOSILC
Valuation 78 #26 of 112 11 #84 of 94 51 #55 of 112
Growth 100 #1 of 108 19 #75 of 92 35 #71 of 108
Profitability 100 #1 of 104 – 21 #82 of 104
Financial Health 84 #20 of 116 40 #61 of 101 76 #29 of 116
Shareholder Returns 89 #10 of 85 63 #30 of 79 –
Overall 90 33 46
  • SNDK ranked among 121 companies in Computer Hardware
  • SIMO ranked among 103 companies in Semiconductors
  • SILC ranked among 121 companies in Computer Hardware

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodSNDKSIMOSILCSPY
1 month -34.5%-28.0%-46.9% -2.0%
3 months -21.1%-24.8%-31.5% -2.2%
6 months -19.9%-15.3%-31.1% +4.2%
Year to date +374.6%+117.8%+116.9% +10.6%
1 year +444.2%+106.7%+94.0% +10.4%
3 years —+261.8%+107.7% +73.6%
3 years, per year —+53.6%+27.6% +20.2%
5 years —+186.4%-31.9% +61.6%
5 years, per year —+23.4%-7.4% +10.1%
10 years —+376.4%-10.1% +261.3%
10 years, per year —+16.9%-1.1% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureSNDKSIMOSILCSPY
Volatility, 1Y 112.3%86.1%92.3% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 108.5%81.1%83.3% 12.8%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 4.132.543.00 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 3.951.241.02 0.81
Max drawdown, 5Y -56.5%-59.1%-77.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -51.8%-40.1%-48.3% -3.2%
52-week high $2,335.00$336.90$61.65 $779.14
52-week low $194.38$80.16$13.50 $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.

MultipleSNDKSIMOSILC
P/E now vs peer median 8.5xmedian 30.7x —median 41.4x -24.8xmedian 30.7x
P/S now vs peer median 5.6xmedian 2.6x —median 6.6x 2.1xmedian 2.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 7.4xmedian 18.9x —median 26.6x —median 18.9x
P/FCF now vs peer median 9.3xmedian 28.0x -23.1xmedian 39.1x —median 28.0x
P/B now vs peer median 8.9xmedian 2.8x 6.0xmedian 4.2x 1.6xmedian 2.8x
PEG now vs peer median —median 1.07 —median 1.84 0.66median 1.07

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 monthsSNDKSIMOSILC
Revenue $28.97B – $86.53M
Gross profit $23.16B – $25.87M
Operating income $20.99B – -$8.46M
Net income $19.42B $315.97M -$7.33M
Free cash flow $17.37B -$292.98M –
R&D $1.40B – $21.58M
EPS (diluted) $125.30 – $-1.28
Cash & equivalents $5.14B $845.93M $13.74M
Shares (diluted) 155.00M 33.68M 5.71M
Enterprise value $136.85B $4.82B $17.37M

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
MetricSNDKSIMOSILC
P/E 8.5x – -24.8x
P/FCF 9.3x -23.1x –
P/Operating cash flow 9.2x -19.4x –
P/S 5.6x – 2.1x
P/B 8.9x 6.0x 1.6x
P/Tangible book 8.9x 6.0x 1.6x
EV/EBITDA 7.4x – –
EV/EBIT 7.5x – -17.8x
EV/Revenue 5.4x – 1.7x
EV/FCF 9.0x -20.2x –
EV/Operating cash flow 9.0x -17.0x –
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – – 0.66

Growth

14 metrics
MetricSNDKSIMOSILC
Revenue growth (1Y) 272.4% – 45.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – – -16.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 965.9% – 43.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – -18.7%
Operating income growth (1Y) 1,507% – 35.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – – -36.2%
Net income growth (1Y) 1,216% 227.6% 51.4%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 78.8% -36.0%
EPS growth (1Y) 1,173% – 48.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – – -37.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 2,396% -750.8% –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -63.4% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 3,265% -361.9% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -51.7% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricSNDKSIMOSILC
Gross margin 80.0% – 29.9%
EBITDA margin 73.0% – –
Operating margin 72.5% – -9.8%
Pretax margin 76.7% – -8.0%
Net margin 67.0% – -8.5%
FCF margin 59.9% – –
Operating cash flow margin 60.6% – –
Return on equity 114.7% – -6.3%
Return on assets 80.4% – -4.6%
Return on invested capital – – –
Return on capital employed 115.4% – -6.7%
Asset turnover 1.2x – 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.9x -1.1x –
Stock comp / revenue 0.9% – –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricSNDKSIMOSILC
Debt / assets – – –
Debt / equity – – –
Net debt / EBITDA – – –
Debt / FCF – – –
Liabilities / assets 29.7% 58.9% 25.4%
Equity / assets 70.3% 41.1% 74.6%
Interest coverage 599.8x – –
Current ratio 2.6x 5.7x 3.8x
Quick ratio 16.7x 3.0x 1.6x
Cash ratio 0.9x 2.0x 1.0x
Altman Z-score 17.92 – 4.64

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricSNDKSIMOSILC
Dividend yield – 1.0% –
Net buyback yield 3.1% – –
Shareholder yield 3.1% 1.0% 0.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
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.

ConsensusSNDKSIMOSILC
Forward P/E 5.5xFY2027 17.6xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year $206.11FY2027 $11.50FY2026 $-0.43FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +190.8%FY2027 +223.9%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after +36.1% +37.5% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $50.93BFY2027 $1.82BFY2026 $91.18MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +151.5%FY2027 +105.0%FY2026 +47.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +10.4% +27.4% +29.1%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersSNDKSIMOSILC
Held by institutions 74.3% 72.4% 43.1%
Institutions holding 1,820 382 51
Change in shares held, QoQ -1.9% -9.8% +42.4%
Institutions buying 1,272 223 32
Institutions selling 458 133 12
Buyers to sellers 2.78 1.68 2.67

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.

SNDKSIMOSILC
SNDK 1.00 0.53 0.32
SIMO 0.53 1.00 0.37
SILC 0.32 0.37 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, SNDK, SIMO and SILC?

Sandisk (SNDK) is the largest by market capitalisation: Sandisk (SNDK) $152.02B, Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO) $6.08B, Silicom (SILC) $179.94M.

Which company is growing faster?

Sandisk (SNDK) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Sandisk (SNDK) +272.4%, Silicom (SILC) +45.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Sandisk (SNDK) has the highest net margin (Sandisk (SNDK) 67.0%, Silicom (SILC) -8.5%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Sandisk (SNDK) returned the most: Sandisk (SNDK) +444.2%, Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO) +106.7%, Silicom (SILC) +94.0%. Over five years, Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO) compounded fastest (Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO) +23.4%/yr, Silicom (SILC) -7.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO) has been the steadiest (Sandisk (SNDK) 112.3%, Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO) 86.1%, Silicom (SILC) 92.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, SNDK, SIMO and SILC?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Sandisk (SNDK) leads on 6. 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.