ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES

IMOS

Semiconductors · Technology

Price

$68.81

-2.32 (-3.26%)

Market Cap

$2.41B

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is serious

Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Share count falling — buybacks

−4.8% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 37.1M (2021) → 35.4M (2025)

ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC. engages in the research, development, manufacture, and sale of high-integration and high-precision integrated circuits, and related assembly and testing services in Taiwan, People's Republic of China, Japan, Singapore, and internationally. It operates through Testing; Assembly; Testing and Assembly for LCD, OLED and other Display Panel Driver Semiconductors; Bumping; and Other segments. The company provides a range of back-end assembly and testing services, including en

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-96.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

+208.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$1.1B/ year

↓ Declining (-7% vs prior year)

4.5% of revenue

Below sector average (15%)

R&D spend declining — could signal cost-cutting or efficiency

Insider Activity

20.4%ownership

→ Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Runway

~3 years

$12.4B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

$12.4B cash & investments at current burn rate

Revenue declining

ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES's revenue is actually shrinking. In a growth stock, that removes the core investment thesis. The low Winston Score here may be warranted — unless there's a turnaround story.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Gross Margin

13.8%

Thin — 13.8% gross margin

Operating Margin

7.3%

Modest — 7.3% operating margin

ROCE

0.0%

Weak — 0.0% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY

+9.1%

Steady sales growth (9.1% YoY)

EPS YoY

-24.5%

Earnings shrinking (-24.5% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

EPS Consistency

6/8 quarters

Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

971%

Turns 971% of profit into real cash

FCF Margin

-1.3%

Burning cash (-1.3%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

0.61

Moderate — manageable debt (0.61)

Interest Cover

9848.86x

Comfortably covers interest (9848.9x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

2.9x

Attractive valuation — P/E 2.9

P/E under 10. The price tag is small relative to last year's profit.

P/E vs Forward

+2.1

GROWING

Earnings expected to grow — slightly cheaper on forward P/E

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Dividends

Dividend Yield

1.17%

Small dividend — 1.17% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend Growth

-32.3%

Dividend cut (-32.3% YoY) — warning sign

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