SEMTECH CORP SMTC
Nasdaq
Misaligned: insiders net sellers over 24 months, price 664% above insider cost
Current directors and officers hold 0.50% of shares outstanding, worth $89.08M at $192.83. Over the last 24 months insiders bought $0.00 in the open market and sold $7.88M outside 10b5-1 plans and $13.95M under them. The stock trades 664% above the average price insiders paid in the open market.
Component breakdown
Skin in the game 7.5 / 20
How much the CEO and the insider group own, measured from their own Form 4 holdings.
A metric here is not applicable, so this component was rescaled to preserve its weight.
| CEO stake as a multiple of cash pay A1 | N/A, component rescaled | N/A |
|---|---|---|
| Insider group ownership A2 | See the value and its source | 3 / 8 |
Bought, not granted 5 / 15
Whether insiders put their own money in through open-market purchases, or only hold what they were awarded.
| CEO shares bought in the open market B1 | See the value and its source | 0 / 8 |
|---|---|---|
| Insiders who bought in the open market B2 | See the value and its source | 5 / 7 |
Above or below water 12 / 30
Where today's price sits against what insiders paid in the open market, and whether they still hold those shares. A price below insider cost is a better entry than insiders got.
| Price versus insider purchase cost W1 Free preview | 664.4% More than 75% above insider cost | 0 / 18 |
|---|---|---|
| Purchased shares still held W2 | See the value and its source | 12 / 12 |
Recent buying trends 2.3 / 25
Over the last 24 months: are insiders net buyers or sellers, how many bought together, and how recently.
A metric here is not applicable, so this component was rescaled to preserve its weight.
| Net insider buying C1 | See the value and its source | 2 / 10 |
|---|---|---|
| Option exercises sold the same day C2 | N/A, component rescaled | N/A |
| Conviction buying C3 | See the value and its source | 0 / 5 |
| Officer sales outside 10b5-1 plans C4 | See the value and its source | 0 / 3 |
| Most recent open-market purchase C5 | See the value and its source | 0 / 4 |
Dilution cost 6 / 10
How much equity compensation costs outside shareholders, from the company's XBRL financial data.
| Stock-based compensation versus market value F1 | See the value and its source | 6 / 6 |
|---|---|---|
| Diluted share count growth F2 | See the value and its source | 0 / 4 |
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Key insiders
| Name | Role | Owned | Multiple | Bought | 24-month activity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOU HONG Q | President and CEO and Director | $12.7M | — | 0% | −$2.2M outside a plan −$1.9M under a plan |
| Silberstein Asaf | EVP and COO | $17.4M | — | 0% | −$490K outside a plan −$5.8M under a plan |
| WILSON JOHN MICHAEL | Chief Quality Officer and CTO | $15.7M | — | 0% | −$1.3M outside a plan |
| Rayabhari Madhusudhan | SVP and GM | $11.9M | — | 0% | No activity |
| Lin Mark | EVP and CFO | $6.9M | — | 3% | −$4.0M under a plan |
| Russell Mark P | SVP | $3.2M | — | 0% | No activity |
| Gray William Ross | SVP and GM | $3.1M | — | 0% | No activity |
| Green Jason Elliot | EVP and CCO | $2.0M | — | 0% | −$613K outside a plan −$294K under a plan |
| Sherazi Imran | SVP and GM | $1.7M | — | 0% | −$610K under a plan |
| Walsh Paul V Jr | Director | $5.1M | — | 75% | −$649K under a plan |
| Gillai Saar | Director | $2.9M | — | 0% | −$271K outside a plan |
| LuPriore Paula | Director | $2.0M | — | 0% | No activity |
| Ruehl Julie Garcia | Director | $1.4M | — | 0% | −$218K under a plan |
| Li Ye Jane | Director | $1.2M | — | 0% | −$882K outside a plan |
| Fischer Gregory Michael | Director | $1.1M | — | 0% | −$243K outside a plan −$441K under a plan |
| Burvill Martin | Director | $850K | — | 0% | −$442K outside a plan |
| Cardenuto Rodolpho C | Director | $0 | — | — | −$1.4M outside a plan |
| All current directors and officers | 0.50% of shares outstanding | $89.1M | — | — | — |
Directors and officers who filed a Form 4 in the last 24 months. Owned is each person's latest reported non-derivative holdings (direct plus each indirect line, no options) at the price above. Multiple is the CEO's holdings divided by salary, bonus, and non-equity incentive from the latest proxy. Bought is the share of current holdings bought in the open market in the last five years.
Insider activity
Full activity24 months to Oct 05, 2026. Grants and shares withheld for tax are excluded: they are not decisions to buy or sell.
| Date | Insider | Transaction | Shares | Price | Value | Plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 02, 2026 | HOU HONG Q | Sale under a 10b5-1 plan | 2,000 | $191.21 | $382K | 10b5-1 |
| Oct 01, 2026 | Lin Mark | Sale under a 10b5-1 plan | 967 | $178.87 | $173K | 10b5-1 |
| Sep 23, 2026 | Walsh Paul V Jr | Sale under a 10b5-1 plan | 500 | $172.61 | $86.3K | 10b5-1 |
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What insiders paid
Insider by insider2 insiders are sitting on a gain of $2.1M on the shares they bought in the open market (404.9% above what they paid)
Open-market purchases (Form 4 code P) in the five years to Oct 05, 2026, valued at $127.38 on Oct 31, 2026. Grants are excluded: they cost the insider nothing. Shares an insider has since sold are not counted — each person's purchases are capped at what they most recently reported holding, at their own average price paid. The score's "Above or below water" component is computed from these figures at the score's price, where a price below insider cost scores higher.
Score history
Full changelog- Oct 05, 2026 full grade First automated score: 32.8 (Misaligned).
Peer context
Sources
All sources- XBRL financial data 10-Q filed 2026-05-27 View on EDGAR
- Latest of 345 Form 4 filings 4 filed 2026-10-05 View on EDGAR