IMOSChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC.

$57.06

Is the business good?

How good a business is IMOS?

ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC. earns 11% on the capital it employs against a 9.0% cost of capital, so the business is worth more the bigger it gets.

11%

Return on invested capital · cost of capital 9.0% · 1.6 points above what the capital costs: growth creates value

Operating margin
5.6%

Operating margin · Semiconductors median 8.5% · fiscal year to FY2024

Cash conversion
0.60×

Cash conversion · 1.80× a year ago · some of the reported profit has not turned into cash yet

Share count, year on year
−0.13%

Share count, year on year · flat: no meaningful dilution

Operating margin by fiscal year
YearOperating margin
FY201912%
FY202016%
FY202120%
FY202214%
FY20238.9%
FY20245.6%
Details
Gross marginfiscal year to FY2024
13%
Operating marginfiscal year to FY2024
5.6%
Net marginfiscal year to FY2024
6.3%
Free cash flow margin
3.8%
R&D as % of revenue
5.1%
Revenue, trailing twelve months
$22.7B
Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
$859M
Net income, trailing twelve months
$1.44B
Return on invested capitaloperating profit after tax ÷ debt + equity − cash
11%

Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion from the cash flow statement.