STMicroelectronics
STM on NYSE. Semiconductors & related devices. Market value $51.1bn.
This company reports once a year (it is based outside the US), so every figure comes from its annual report for the year to December 2025.
Cash flow or capital spending isn't reported, so free cash flow is unknown.
Should I look at this?
Good business, but not cheap right now
Why it could be worth it
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We could not compute this from the filings.
You pay 294.8 years of operating profit for the business. The average large US company costs around 18.
Each dollar kept in the business earns 22 cents a year. Above 10 is good.
Quality score: 81 of 100. Price score: 18 of 100. Our list needs 70 on quality and 60 on price.
$58.72 a share, 178% above its 1-year low
Over the past year the price has ranged from $21.11 to $81.42.
Dividend: 0.6% a year
Paid every year for at least 5 years
Prices from Tuesday’s close (6 October).
Five years of cash, in billions
| Revenue | |||||
| Revenue | $12.8bn | $16.1bn | $17.3bn | $13.3bn | $11.8bn |
| Operating margin | |||||
| Operating margin | 19.0% | 27.5% | 26.7% | 12.6% | 1.5% |
| Debt to equity | |||||
| Debt to equity | 0.28 | 0.22 | 0.18 | 0.17 | 0.13 |
| Shares outstanding | |||||
| Shares outstanding | 0.91bn | 0.90bn | 0.90bn | 0.90bn | 0.89bn |
Health checks
- Free cash flow positiveNot enough data
- Accounting looks honest (Beneish)Nothing unusual
- Financial strength (Piotroski)7 of 9
- Profit backed by cash (accruals)Yes
- Debt0.13× equity
- Revenue growth, five yearsSlow, 2.9% a year
- Buying back its own sharesRoughly flat
Dates
- Next results (estimated)
- n/a
- Last annual report (10-K)
- 26 February 2026
- Next quarterly (estimated, 10-Q)
- n/a
Who owns it
5 long-term investors we follow own it, up from 3 last quarter. 603 funds in all.
| Fund | Value | Share of that fund | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sachem Head CapitalScott Ferguson | $165m | 3.4% | New |
| GMOJeremy Grantham | $59m | 0.1% | Cut |
| Glenview Capital ManagementLarry Robbins | $42m | 0.8% | New |
| Boston PartnersBoston Partners team | $6m | <0.1% | Cut |
| Brandes Investment PartnersCharles Brandes | $2m | <0.1% | Cut |
Largest holders overall
- VAN ECK Associates$1.1bnAdded
- Situational Awareness LP$584mNew
- BlackRock$491mAdded
- Morgan Stanley$479mAdded
- WT Asset Management$431mNew
- Slate Path Capital LP$392mCut
- Goldman Sachs Group$386mAdded
- Invesco$355mAdded
- Citadel Advisors$288mCut
- Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership$261mNew
From 13F filings for the quarter ended 30 June 2026.
Big holders and activists
1 investor owns more than 5%.
- BlackRock, Inc.Passive investor5.2%Since 31 March 2025
| Holder | Stake | Since | |
|---|---|---|---|
BlackRock, Inc. Passive investor | 5.2% | 31 March 2025 |
From Schedule 13D and 13G filings: anyone owning more than 5% must file one.
What insiders did
We have no insider filings for this company yet.
From Form 4 filings: insiders must report trades in their own company's shares within two days.
What could go wrong
- It isn't cheap on profits: 294.8× operating profit.
Whether the price already reflects the risks is what the deep dive is for.
The deep dive
Everything above is arithmetic on public filings. The deep dive reads the last ten years of annual reports, the proxy statements, and the earnings calls, then argues the case the way Buffett, Klarman, and Hohn would, and checks every claim against the source.
- What the business is worth, as a range, and the margin of safety at today’s price
- Prices to start buying, buy, and buy hard
- The three things that would make this a mistake
- Every number footnoted to the filing it came from
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Not advice. Numbers on this page come from SEC filings and are updated each night; prices are updated again after the US market closes. The five-year figures are rounded.