indie Semiconductor warrants skepticism because it loses about $40M on $60M of revenue and has basically always operated that way. x.comÂ
peony
Equity Investor & Researcher
Indie Semiconductor is expensive against its earnings at 36x forward earnings, while chipmakers usually get about 18x. Fair value sits around $1.31-1.66, or 18x next year's $0.08 EPS, so at $2.97 buyers pay about 78% over fair, and the valuation leans on a forecast 61% above trailing earnings. This read rests on valuation levels from reported earnings and estimates only. x.comÂ
Indie Semiconductor is too early to buy because it probably won't ramp its highest-growth segments until 2028, though it remains interesting. x.comÂ
indie Semiconductor is one of the best high-beta semiconductor names still on sale, so it should eventually go ballistic if the broader semiconductor market does again. x.comÂ
Nordic Semiconductor, Ambiq Micro and CEVA look unattractive as edge AI silicon suppliers, with the full argument set out in a new Substack article. x.comÂ
Indie Semiconductor is valued as a single-product automotive chip supplier while holding a portfolio of sensing businesses, per CK Capital's filing review. Beyond automotive radar and image processors, it owns German industrial radar certified to the European machine-safety standard humanoid robots need, Swiss photonics for GPS-denied navigation, a quantum laser and a Chinese unit. At about $920M market cap, those come nearly free with robotics optionality, but the risk is binary. x.comÂ
indie Semiconductor is a $4 ticket to cars becoming computers on wheels. It makes automotive chips for driver assistance and autonomy, revenue grew 24% last quarter, and its radar and vision business is expanding. It also just launched an edge AI chip for smart cameras. x.comÂ
indie Semiconductor is one of the best and least-discussed ways to invest in humanoid robots, because its automotive-proven chips give it a head start. Robots need the multi-camera processing, low power and reliability cars need, and some of the biggest humanoid makers already use indie's products. With the FCC blocking new foreign-built robots, its auto-qualified parts from Swiss and Canadian factories suit Western makers. A $7.4B auto backlog leaves robotics unvalued. x.comÂ