Mordechai Yavneh on Silicon Motion $SIMO

Yet Another Value Podcast - A podcast by Andrew Walker

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Mordechai Yavneh, founder and PM at Focus Capital, discusses his investment in Silicon Motion (SIMO) and why he thinks it's "merger arb for people who don't like merger arb."   Focus Capital's research site (with SIMO deck): https://focuscapitaladvisers.com/research   Chapters   0:00 Intro  2:40 Why SIMO is different than normal merger arbitrage  6:00 More SIMO overview  11:25 Is the merger overhang impacting SIMO's price?  15:30 Discussing SIMO's fundamentals  21:30 Why companies are outsourcing to SIMO  25:50 Why SIMO is taking share 31:30 Breaking down SIMO's market share  34:15 Why SIMO's demand dynamics aren't like MU's  40:20 SIMO's proxy projections and fundamentals  45:35 How Mordechai looks at SIMO's fundamental value  52:15 Why MXL wanted to buy SIMO  57:00 Why SIMO saw some customer churn in ~2018  1:00:00 What are the odds the SIMO deal goes through?  1:03:45 Capital allocation in a potential deal break