Magnachip Semiconductor Corporation

NYSE:MX Stock Report

Market Cap: US$143.6m

Magnachip Semiconductor Valuation

Is MX 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-Sales vs Peers

  • Price-To-Sales vs Industry

  • Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

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

Below Fair Value: Insufficient data to calculate MX's fair value for valuation analysis.

Significantly Below Fair Value: Insufficient data to calculate MX's fair value for valuation analysis.

Key Valuation Metric

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

Key metric: As MX is unprofitable we use its Price-To-Sales Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Sales ratio for MX. This is calculated by dividing MX's market cap by their current revenue.
What is MX's PS Ratio?
PS Ratio0.7x
SalesUS$219.52m
Market CapUS$143.60m

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

How does MX's PS Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PS ratio for MX vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average5.4x
GCTS GCT Semiconductor Holding
10.1x63.4%US$116.0m
MRAM Everspin Technologies
2.6x7.2%US$139.7m
SQNS Sequans Communications
2.6x16.8%US$79.2m
EMAN eMagin
6.2x14.1%US$172.2m
MX Magnachip Semiconductor
0.7x11.1%US$143.6m

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: MX is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.7x) compared to the peer average (5.1x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Industry

How does MX's PS Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Semiconductor Industry?

18 CompaniesPrice / SalesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.4.2x19.5%
MX Magnachip Semiconductor
 0.7x11.1%US$143.60m
UCTT Ultra Clean Holdings
0.8x10.5%US$1.64b
JKS JinkoSolar Holding
0.1x9.6%US$1.41b
MX 0.7xIndustry Avg. 4.2xNo. of Companies18PS03.67.210.814.418+
18 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.4.2x27.0%
MX Magnachip Semiconductor
 0.7x-2.4%US$143.60m
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Price-To-Sales vs Industry: MX is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.7x) compared to the US Semiconductor industry average (4.2x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

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

MX PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio0.7x
Fair PS Ratio0.9x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: MX is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.7x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.9x).

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 MX forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$3.86
US$7.00
+81.3%
14.3%US$8.00US$6.00n/a2
Dec ’25US$4.32
US$7.00
+62.0%
14.3%US$8.00US$6.00n/a2
Nov ’25US$3.82
US$7.00
+83.2%
14.3%US$8.00US$6.00n/a2
Oct ’25US$4.72
US$7.50
+58.9%
6.7%US$8.00US$7.00n/a2
Sep ’25US$4.72
US$7.50
+58.9%
6.7%US$8.00US$7.00n/a2
Aug ’25US$5.75
US$7.50
+30.4%
6.7%US$8.00US$7.00n/a2
Feb ’25US$6.63
US$11.50
+73.5%
13.0%US$13.00US$10.00n/a2
Jan ’25US$7.50
US$11.50
+53.3%
13.0%US$13.00US$10.00n/a2
Dec ’24US$6.71
US$11.50
+71.4%
13.0%US$13.00US$10.00US$4.322
Nov ’24US$7.43
US$14.00
+88.4%
7.1%US$15.00US$13.00US$3.822
Oct ’24US$8.31
US$14.00
+68.5%
7.1%US$15.00US$13.00US$4.722
Sep ’24US$8.20
US$14.00
+70.7%
7.1%US$15.00US$13.00US$4.722
Aug ’24US$9.39
US$14.00
+49.1%
7.1%US$15.00US$13.00US$5.752
Jul ’24US$11.18
US$14.00
+25.2%
7.1%US$15.00US$13.00US$4.772
Jun ’24US$10.26
US$12.50
+21.8%
4.0%US$13.00US$12.00US$5.032
May ’24US$8.68
US$14.00
+61.3%
7.1%US$15.00US$13.00US$4.912
Apr ’24US$9.28
US$14.00
+50.9%
7.1%US$15.00US$13.00US$5.652
Mar ’24US$9.42
US$14.00
+48.6%
7.1%US$15.00US$13.00US$5.782
Feb ’24US$11.04
US$14.00
+26.8%
7.1%US$15.00US$13.00US$6.632
Jan ’24US$9.39
US$14.00
+49.1%
7.1%US$15.00US$13.00US$7.502
Dec ’23US$9.80
US$14.00
+42.9%
7.1%US$15.00US$13.00US$6.712

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price, but there are not enough analysts covering the stock to determine statistical confidence in agreement.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/26 09:11
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/24 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Magnachip Semiconductor Corporation is covered by 10 analysts. 3 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Timothy LukeBarclays
Christopher MuseBarclays
Jaywant SrivatsaChardan Capital Markets, LLC