Magnachip Semiconductor Corporation (MX)Technology | Semiconductors | Cheongju-si, South Korea | NYSE
3.22 USD
+0.07
(2.222%)
⇧
(April 17, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 3.29 +0.07 (2.161%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 7:58 p.m. EDT) Short-term: ☆☆☆☆☆ | Long-term: ☆☆☆☆☆ | Dividends: ☆☆☆☆☆ |
Hot Take | April 18, 2026, 10:22 p.m. EDT
This is a strong sell on 5m (avoid). Magnachip offers no earnings catalyst; the upcoming report is expected to show a 95.7% revenue plunge. Though currently cheap at 0.47x book value, the negative EPS, negative free cash flow, and heavy speculative short interest suggest a 'value trap' where capital is being eroded. The options data confirms this fear with a put-heavy inventory. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoETS ✓ | 0.065458 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.065460 |
| MSTL | 0.073155 |
| AutoTheta | 0.116861 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 77% |
| H-stat | 0.52 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.093 |
| Excess Kurtosis | 1.41 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Technology |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 18.922 |
| Revenue per Share | 4.938 |
| Market Cap | 117,339,560 |
| Forward P/E | -3.93 |
| Beta | 0.88 |
| Profit Margins | -16.62% |
| Website | https://www.magnachip.com |
As of April 18, 2026, 10:22 p.m. EDT: Speculators are positioned for significant downside risk, evidenced by a 100% Open Interest concentration in out-of-the-money puts (at the 2.5 strike) for both the April 17 and June 18 expirations. Despite heavy OTM call volume at the 5.0 strike for June and September, the sheer magnitude of the put positioning at current volatility levels signals a conviction play on a decline, betting on impairment or delisting concerns rather than a price increase.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.08417511 |
| Address1 | 76, Jikji-daero |
| Address2 | 15F 436, beon-gil Heungdeok-gu |
| All Time High | 26.98 |
| All Time Low | 2.18 |
| Ask | 3.3 |
| Ask Size | 1,900 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 273,990 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 329,827 |
| Average Volume | 329,827 |
| Average Volume10Days | 273,990 |
| Beta | 0.876 |
| Bid | 3.23 |
| Bid Size | 2,700 |
| Book Value | 6.854 |
| City | Cheongju-si |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,735,603,200 |
| Country | South Korea |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 3.22 |
| Current Ratio | 4.074 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,774,915,200 |
| Day High | 3.25 |
| Day Low | 3.17 |
| Debt To Equity | 18.922 |
| Display Name | Magnachip Semiconductor |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,777,410,000 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,777,410,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,777,406,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,777,406,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,777,406,400 |
| Ebitda | -18,440,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | -0.1031 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | -3.284 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 0.339 |
| Enterprise Value | 60,557,548 |
| Eps Current Year | -0.83 |
| Eps Forward | -0.82 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -0.39 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NYQ |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 2.855 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 0.365 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.12784588 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 8.417511 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 4.57 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -1.3500001 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.29540482 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 2.18 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 1.04 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.4770642 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 2.18 - 4.57 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,299,853,800,000 |
| Float Shares | 27,076,283 |
| Forward Eps | -0.82 |
| Forward P E | -3.9268293 |
| Free Cashflow | -31,211,750 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSE |
| Full Time Employees | 711 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Gross Margins | 0.17552 |
| Gross Profits | 31,393,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.14509 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.50552 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 36,440,854 |
| Industry | Semiconductors |
| Industry Disp | Semiconductors |
| Industry Key | semiconductors |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Long Business Summary | Magnachip Semiconductor Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and supplies analog and mixed-signal semiconductor platform solutions for communications, the Internet of Things, consumer, computing, industrial, and automotive applications. It provides display solutions, including source and gate drivers, and timing controllers that cover a range of flat panel displays used in mobile communications, automotive, entertainment devices, monitors, notebook PCs, tablet PC and TVs, liquid crystal display, organic light emitting diodes (OLED), and micro light emitting diode (Micro LED) panel. The company also offers metal oxide semiconductor field-effect transistors, insulated-gate bipolar transistors, AC-DC converters, DC-DC converters, LED drivers, regulators, and power management integrated circuits for a range of devices comprising televisions, smartphones, mobile phones, wearable devices, desktop PCs, notebooks, tablet PCs, level shifter, and other consumer electronics, as well as for power suppliers, e-bikes, photovoltaic inverters, LED lighting, and motor drives; and OLED display driver integrated circuit products. It serves consumer, computing, communication, automotive and industrial electronics OEMs, original design manufacturers, and electronics manufacturing services companies, as well as subsystem designers in Korea, the Asia Pacific, the United States, and Europe. The company sells its products through a direct sales force and a network of agents and distributors. Magnachip Semiconductor Corporation was incorporated in 2003 and is based in Cheongju-si, South Korea. |
| Long Name | Magnachip Semiconductor Corporation |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 117,339,560 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_24003335 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,767,139,200 |
| Net Income To Common | -14,249,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 117,339,549 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 1 |
| Open | 3.18 |
| Operating Cashflow | -24,208,000 |
| Operating Margins | -0.30677998 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 1.13 |
| Phone | 82 2 6903 3000 |
| Post Market Change | 0.06959987 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 2.1614866 |
| Post Market Price | 3.2896 |
| Post Market Time | 1,776,470,323 |
| Previous Close | 3.15 |
| Price Eps Current Year | -3.8795183 |
| Price Hint | 4 |
| Price To Book | 0.46979865 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.6560414 |
| Profit Margins | -0.16619 |
| Quick Ratio | 3.055 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.0699999 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 2.22222 |
| Regular Market Day High | 3.25 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 3.17 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 3.17 - 3.25 |
| Regular Market Open | 3.18 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 3.15 |
| Regular Market Price | 3.22 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,456,002 |
| Regular Market Volume | 471,476 |
| Return On Assets | -0.053060003 |
| Return On Equity | -0.054279998 |
| Revenue Growth | -0.207 |
| Revenue Per Share | 4.938 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.38150132 |
| Sector | Technology |
| Sector Disp | Technology |
| Sector Key | technology |
| Shares Outstanding | 36,440,854 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0054 |
| Shares Short | 198,199 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,772,150,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 253,636 |
| Short Name | Magnachip Semiconductor Corpora |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0056 |
| Short Ratio | 0.66 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| Symbol | MX |
| Target High Price | 4.0 |
| Target Low Price | 4.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 4.0 |
| Target Median Price | 4.0 |
| Total Cash | 103,756,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 2.847 |
| Total Debt | 46,974,000 |
| Total Revenue | 178,860,000 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -0.39 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 3.00295 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 0.21705008 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.072278954 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 471,476 |
| Website | https://www.magnachip.com |
| Zip | 28,581 |