Managing Director, Zero One, Zero One

Vincent Fernando, CFA

20 years of experience researching capital markets in Asia and the USA.

Managing Director, Zero One

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Founded in 2015, Zero One produces independent investment research and provides corporate finance advisory services with a focus on both listed and private technology companies. Founder Vincent Fernando has over 20 years of experience in US and Asia capital markets.

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Silicon Motion Technology / Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>We engaged with the company recently -- SIMO remains in a strong position to capitalize on global increased need for high-end NAND memory controllers across mobiles, PCs, and enterprise AI.</li>
<li>SIMO’s strong positioning in the Client SSD market and its technology leadership in PCIe 5 SSD and MonTitan solutions provide significant growth opportunities into 2025E and beyond.</li>
<li>Reiterate Structural Long. Given the company's net cash balance sheet, depressed market price, and multi-year growth outlook, in our view a share buyback program would be accretive to shareholder value.</li>
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We engaged with the company recently -- SIMO remains in a strong position to capitalize on global increased need for high-end NAND memory controllers across mobiles, PCs, and enterprise AI.
SIMO’s strong positioning in the Client SSD market and its technology leadership in PCIe 5 SSD and MonTitan solutions provide significant growth opportunities into 2025E and beyond.
Reiterate Structural Long. Given the company's net cash balance sheet, depressed market price, and multi-year growth outlook, in our view a share buyback program would be accretive to shareholder value.


Silicon Motion: NAND Controller Leader; Positioned for a Transformative 2025E; Structural Long