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Weltrend Semiconductor, Inc.2436.TWCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Taiwan · TWD·Information Technology›Semiconductors
Momentum weak 33
Mkt cap
$333M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
88%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$5.18M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
36.8×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
+2.7 pp
WACC 7.9%
Hurdle
+7 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
132 days
18 Mar 2027
Close · TWDNT$54.10
1D-5.1%
1W-19.7%
1M-26.1%
3M-8.3%
6M-26.4%
YTD+13.5%
1Y+3.8%
ATR %5.7%
52w lowhigh35.9% off high

What Weltrend Semiconductor does

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Weltrend Semiconductor at a glance

Size Weltrend Semiconductor (2436.TW) is a Taiwan Information Technology company (Semiconductors) with a market value of $333M, the 611th largest of 687 Taiwan companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at NT$54.10 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 26.4%, against -31.0% for the median peer and -3.4% for the Taiwan market (cap-weighted) — 9th highest of 20 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 18.9% over the last twelve months (peer median +6.7%); the operating margin is 8.2% (peer median 3.0%).

Valuation It trades at 36.8× forward earnings against a peer median of 12.2× (2nd most expensive of 9).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 14% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +6%, so the hurdle is +7 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 2.7 points above its cost of capital (7.9% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 18 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

8010011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 20262436.TW 72Peer median 71
Six months, rebased to 100: Weltrend Semiconductor against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Weltrend Semiconductor financials

Reported figures in TWD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueNT$4.05BNT$3.57BNT$3.09BNT$2.89BNT$2.89B
Revenue growth—+15%+7%0%—
Gross profitNT$1.12BNT$927MNT$783MNT$634MNT$768M
EBITDANT$507MNT$412MNT$335MNT$225MNT$358M
Net incomeNT$1.10BNT$551MNT$276MNT$209MNT$147M
Free cash flowNT$412MNT$176MNT$423MNT$848M-NT$182M
Capital expenditureNT$74.3MNT$79.9MNT$64.0MNT$54.0MNT$55.5M
Total debtNT$902MNT$1.17BNT$1.25BNT$1.24BNT$1.57B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Weltrend Semiconductor competitor charts

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Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-60%-40%-20%-40%-20%0%3675300279WEBELSOLAR490830110631358255MOSCHIP23386788046890WBTLAES600537688589240132093545NVEC2436.TW6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Weltrend Semiconductor is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+100%+200%0×25×50×75×3675WEBELSOLAR3011063135825567880468902436.TWRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Weltrend Semiconductor is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

-20%0%+20%+40%-20%0%20%40%3675300279WEBELSOLAR49088255MOSCHIP233867880468906005373545NVEC2436.TWGrowth delivered (Del g) →Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) →
Above the diagonal = the price needs more growth than the company has been delivering; below = the price already allows for a slowdown. Weltrend Semiconductor is the large dot.

Weltrend Semiconductor competitors and peer comparison

How Weltrend Semiconductor compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Weltrend Semiconductor against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure2436.TWPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-26.1%-21.6%8th lowest of 21
6-month return-26.4%-31.0%9th highest of 20
Distance from 52-week high-35.9%-51.7%3rd highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+18.9%+6.7%9th highest of 21
Operating margin8.2%3.0%7th highest of 21
Forward P/E36.8×12.2×2nd most expensive of 9
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)13.7%13.7%7th least demanding of 13
Growth delivered (Del g)+6.4%+4.8%6th highest of 13
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)+7.3 pp+8.1 pp6th least demanding of 13
ROIC minus cost of capital+2.7 pp-2.6 pp7th highest of 19
EV / EBITDA17.2×14.0×4th most expensive of 9
Net debt / EBITDA-4.5×-0.3×4th least indebted of 12

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
Weltrend Semiconductor 2436.TWTaiwan$333M-26%+19%8%36.8×13.7%+6.4%
Eris Technology 3675.TWOTaiwan$332M-8%+15%16%13.7×20.8%+11.4%
Wuxi Hodgen Technology 300279.SZChina$335M-37%-14%5%n/a14.6%+1.7%
Websol Energy System WEBELSOLAR.NSIndia$330M-37%+97%31%9.8×9.2%+46.9%
APAC Opto Electronics 4908.TWOTaiwan$341M-42%+4%21%n/a32.8%+1.9%
Jiangsu Smartwin Electronics Technology 301106.SZChina$345M-37%+7%2%10.7×n/an/a
Goldkey Technology 3135.TWTaiwan$345M-18%+217%18%3.2×n/an/a
Actron Technology 8255.TWOTaiwan$347M-24%-4%5%16.6×14.6%+21.4%
Moschip Technologies MOSCHIP.NSIndia$348M-26%-1%-1%n/a48.6%+40.9%
Taiwan Mask 2338.TWTaiwan$348M-31%-15%-6%n/a10.5%+5.3%
Brillian Network & Automation Integrated System 6788.TWOTaiwan$353M-32%+21%35%20.7×-1.4%+28.7%
Seoul Semiconductor 046890.KSSouth Korea$358M-48%0%0%77.0×28.9%-2.5%
Weebit Nano WBT.AXAustralia$361M-57%+246%-378%n/an/an/a
SEALSQ LAESUnited States$305M-55%+145%-215%n/an/an/a
EGing Photovoltaic Technology 600537.SSChina$364M-36%-62%-42%n/a2.9%-14.0%
Leaguer (Shenzhen) Microelectronics 688589.SSChina$364M-27%-10%3%10.7×n/an/a
Sunplus Technology 2401.TWTaiwan$365M-18%+6%3%n/an/an/a
Alltek Technology 3209.TWTaiwan$303M-21%+22%3%n/an/an/a
e-Ray Technology 7932.TWOTaiwan$302Mn/a+68%6%n/an/an/a
FocalTech Systems 3545.TWTaiwan$301M-15%-21%-4%n/a-17.5%-2.8%
NVE NVECUnited States$368M-16%+24%62%n/a12.9%+4.3%

Questions

Which companies are Weltrend Semiconductor's closest peers?
The cockpit's peer set: Eris Technology (3675.TWO), Wuxi Hodgen Technology (300279.SZ), Websol Energy System (WEBELSOLAR.NS), APAC Opto Electronics (4908.TWO), Jiangsu Smartwin Electronics Technology (301106.SZ), Goldkey Technology (3135.TW), Actron Technology (8255.TWO), Moschip Technologies (MOSCHIP.NS).
Is Weltrend Semiconductor expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 36.8× against a peer median of 12.2×, 2nd most expensive of 9 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 14% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +6%, so the hurdle is +7 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.
How has Weltrend Semiconductor stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -26.4% against -31.0% for the median peer; over one year +3.8%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.