Silicon Motion Announces Results for the Period Ended March 31, 2024
For the first quarter of 2024, net income (non-GAAP) decreased to $21.6 million, or $0.64 per diluted ADS (non-GAAP), from net income (non-GAAP) of $31.3 million, or $0.93 per diluted ADS (non-GAAP), in the fourth quarter of 2023. All financial numbers are in U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted.
First Quarter of 2024 Review
“Our business remained strong in the first quarter of 2024 as demand was stronger than expected and improving ASPs continued to drive better profitability,” said Wallace Kou, President and CEO of Silicon Motion. “Our client SSD revenue increased again for the fourth consecutive quarter as end-market demand stabilized and programs with our flash maker customers continue to scale. This was a strong start to 2024, and we are confident that we have the right products and the right customers to continue to grow our business and profitability throughout this year.”
Key Financial Results
Other Financial Information
During the first quarter of 2024, we had $10.7 million of capital expenditures, including $5.0 million for the routine purchase of testing equipment, software, design tools and other items, and $5.7 million for building construction in Hsinchu.
Business Outlook
“Our new programs with our flash maker customers are expected to continue to scale throughout this year as the move to increase outsourcing continues to build the foundation for long-term growth of our business,” said Wallace Kou, President and CEO of Silicon Motion. “Our highly differentiated controller solutions enable PC and smartphone OEMs to utilize high performance, higher density and lower cost solid state storage to enable cutting edge applications such as AI-at-the-edge. Based on our strong start to the year and our increasing backlog, we are increasing our full-year outlook. We expect our business will continue to improve steadily throughout 2024 as we continue to scale new SSD and eMMC+UFS controller programs that will also improve our ASPs and profitability steadily throughout this year.”
For the second quarter of 2024, management expects:
For the second quarter of 2024, management expects:
Conference Call & Webcast:
The Company’s management team will conduct a conference call at 8:00 am Eastern Time on May 3, 2024.