Himax Technologies, Inc.

NasdaqGS:HIMX Stock Report

Market Cap: US$917.3m

Himax Technologies Valuation

Is HIMX undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of HIMX when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: HIMX ($5.25) is trading above our estimate of fair value ($1.29)

Significantly Below Fair Value: HIMX is trading above our estimate of fair value.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for HIMX?

Key metric: As HIMX is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for HIMX. This is calculated by dividing HIMX's market cap by their current earnings.
What is HIMX's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio11.7x
EarningsUS$78.71m
Market CapUS$917.30m

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does HIMX's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for HIMX vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average39.5x
SIMO Silicon Motion Technology
20.8x27.5%US$1.9b
CSIQ Canadian Solar
21.5x59.8%US$788.0m
SYNA Synaptics
19x-75.7%US$3.0b
POWI Power Integrations
96.9x41.2%US$3.6b
HIMX Himax Technologies
11.7x24.3%US$917.3m

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: HIMX is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (11.7x) compared to the peer average (39.5x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does HIMX's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Semiconductor Industry?

2 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
TOYO TOYO
4.3xn/aUS$135.14m
SQNS Sequans Communications
1.6x-156.5%US$69.23m
No more companies available in this PE range
HIMX 11.7xIndustry Avg. 29.7xNo. of Companies9PE020406080100+
2 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: HIMX is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (11.7x) compared to the US Semiconductor industry average (29.7x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is HIMX's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

HIMX PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio11.7x
Fair PE Ratio20.7x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: HIMX is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (11.7x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (20.7x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst HIMX forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$5.25
US$8.20
+56.2%
29.7%US$11.60US$6.00n/a3
Nov ’25US$5.76
US$8.20
+42.4%
29.7%US$11.60US$6.00n/a3
Oct ’25US$5.39
US$8.20
+52.1%
29.7%US$11.60US$6.00n/a3
Sep ’25US$5.91
US$8.20
+38.7%
29.7%US$11.60US$6.00n/a3
Aug ’25US$6.17
US$8.20
+32.9%
29.7%US$11.60US$6.00n/a3
Jul ’25US$7.72
US$8.20
+6.2%
29.7%US$11.60US$6.00n/a3
Jun ’25US$6.50
US$6.40
-1.5%
6.8%US$7.00US$6.00n/a3
May ’25US$4.97
US$6.40
+28.8%
6.8%US$7.00US$6.00n/a3
Apr ’25US$5.41
US$6.67
+23.2%
7.1%US$7.00US$6.00n/a3
Mar ’25US$5.75
US$6.67
+15.9%
7.1%US$7.00US$6.00n/a3
Feb ’25US$5.77
US$7.00
+21.3%
11.7%US$8.00US$6.00n/a3
Jan ’25US$6.07
US$7.00
+15.3%
11.7%US$8.00US$6.00n/a3
Dec ’24US$5.78
US$7.00
+21.1%
11.7%US$8.00US$6.00n/a3
Nov ’24US$5.40
US$7.87
+45.7%
19.3%US$10.00US$6.60US$5.763
Oct ’24US$5.84
US$7.87
+34.7%
19.3%US$10.00US$6.60US$5.393
Sep ’24US$6.17
US$7.90
+28.0%
16.6%US$10.00US$6.60US$5.914
Aug ’24US$6.80
US$7.65
+12.5%
17.9%US$10.00US$6.60US$6.174
Jul ’24US$6.75
US$7.65
+13.3%
17.9%US$10.00US$6.60US$7.724
Jun ’24US$7.12
US$7.65
+7.4%
17.9%US$10.00US$6.60US$6.504
May ’24US$6.59
US$7.91
+20.1%
15.4%US$10.00US$7.00US$4.974
Apr ’24US$8.13
US$7.91
-2.7%
15.4%US$10.00US$7.00US$5.414
Mar ’24US$7.58
US$7.91
+4.4%
15.4%US$10.00US$7.00US$5.754
Feb ’24US$8.32
US$7.65
-8.1%
17.9%US$10.00US$6.60US$5.774
Jan ’24US$6.21
US$7.65
+23.2%
17.9%US$10.00US$6.60US$6.074
Dec ’23US$7.27
US$7.65
+5.2%
17.9%US$10.00US$6.60US$5.784
Nov ’23US$5.86
US$7.20
+22.9%
24.3%US$10.00US$5.20US$5.404

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price, but analysts are not within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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