ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES

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Winston Score

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Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Mar 31, 2026

How the score breaks down

Quality

Weak

Growth

Mixed

Cash Flow

Good

Stability

Good

Valuation

Good

Dividends

Weak

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Winston Score History

The full picture

ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES is a Taiwan-based company that tests and packages semiconductor chips for other companies. It does not design or sell its own chips — instead, it handles the final manufacturing steps that make chips ready to use in products like televisions, smartphones, and flat-panel displays. The company specializes in chips used for display drivers and memory, serving fabless chip designers and large electronics brands across Asia.

ChipMOS earns revenue by charging customers a fee for each chip it tests or packages, making it a contract services business rather than a product seller. It operates primarily in Taiwan, with most of its customers concentrated in the Asian electronics supply chain. Its long-term relationships with display and memory chip clients provide some stability, but the business is highly cyclical — when demand for consumer electronics falls, orders drop quickly. Thin margins and heavy capital spending on equipment are ongoing financial pressures the company must manage.

Growth Profile

For growth stock investors

When traditional metrics don't capture the full picture, these are the signals growth stock investors use instead.

Revenue Growth

+25.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue accelerating

EPS Growth

+208.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

Insider Activity

20.4%ownership

→ Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

~3 years

$13.0B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

$13.0B cash & investments at current burn rate

Revenue accelerating

ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES grew revenue 25% year-over-year and the growth rate is speeding up. That's the kind of momentum growth investors look for — the question is whether margins can follow.

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

Profit per sale

Gross Margin

13.8%

Thin — 13.8% gross margin

Profit after running costs

Operating Margin

7.5%

Modest — 7.5% operating margin

Return on the money invested

ROCE

3.9%

Weak — 3.9% 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 growth

Sales YoY

+11.7%

Steady sales growth (+11.7% YoY)

Profit growth

EPS YoY

-24.5%

Earnings shrinking (-24.5% YoY)

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

How steady the profit is

EPS Consistency

3/8 quarters

Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash

Cash Conversion

397%

Turns 397% of profit into real cash

Spare cash per sale

FCF Margin

-1.0%

Burning cash (-1.0%)

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

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns

Debt / Equity

0.61

Moderate — manageable debt (0.61)

Covers its interest

Interest Cover

4.86x

Adequate interest coverage (4.9x)

Interest coverage between 3 and 8. Profits cover interest several times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit

P/E Ratio (TTM)

27.1x

no trend

Growth-priced — P/E 27.1

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

Cheaper or dearer next year

P/E vs Forward

+5.9

GROWING

Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (27.1 → 21.2)

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Dividends

Dividend

Dividend Yield

1.59%

no trend

Small dividend — 1.59% yield

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

Dividend record

Dividend Growth

-33.2%

no trend

Dividend cut (-33.2% YoY) — warning sign

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