Company Analysis

Magnachip Semiconductor Corp. (MX)

NYSE: MX · Semiconductors & Related Devices · filing with the SEC since 2005
Grade3.5
◀ Past 3.6● Present 3.1▶ Future 3.8
1 est.

The grade of Magnachip Semiconductor Corp.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
3.5/10
◀ Past3.630% of the headline
● Present3.140% of the headline
▶ Future3.830% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

Of the nine metrics, 8 read as filed from the record and 1 is an SI estimate, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

3.6/1030% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed
2.5/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

3 warning events since 2017; the latest 2025-03-14.

weight 33% of this tense · 25th percentile among 99 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Magnachip Semiconductor Corp.'s filings since 2017 show 3 warning events of 2 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, the latest 2022-01-07); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, 2 times, the latest 2025-03-14) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
1.3/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

-13.9% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 3 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 13th percentile among 93 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Magnachip Semiconductor Corp.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $688 million in fiscal 2016 to $179 million in fiscal 2025, down 13.9% a year; it rose in 1 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 74% from fiscal 2016 to fiscal 2025; net income was positive in 3 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span-13.9%bottom 4% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 2% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 35% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak74.0%bottom 12% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate
9.8/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 9.8/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 98th percentile among 94 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
Read from one part only, the share count over the years, which ranks in the top 2% of 94 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income.
What the record cannot read
Fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income.
How it was reasoned
one part: the share count over the years, the one part on file, ranked among 94 in its family.
Confidence
35 of 100
What would change it
A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Magnachip Semiconductor Corp.'s shareholder treatment is put at 9.8 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, the share count over the years, which ranks in the top 2% of 94 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

3.1/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
4.9/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -12%: lost 12¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 29%: owes 29¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 49th percentile among 95 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Magnachip Semiconductor Corp. lost about 12 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 9 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 29 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 4.1% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 41% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 23% of its family
  • gross profit against assetsbottom 19% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 4% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
2.4/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 24% of 97 in its family; net margin -16.6%.

weight 33% of this tense · 24th percentile among 97 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Magnachip Semiconductor Corp.'s standing among 97 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $179 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 31% by size; a net margin of -16.6% ranks in the bottom 31%; revenue growth of -19.1% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 11% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$179Mbottom 31% of its family
  • net margin-16.6%bottom 31% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth-19.1%bottom 11% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
0.5/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 5% of 67 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2026.

weight 22% of this tense · 5th percentile among 67 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Magnachip Semiconductor Corp.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Lee, Chae (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2026-07-06, 4 months (bottom 5% of its family); the 7 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 3.5 years (bottom 7%); 11 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 7 people in charge now (bottom 2%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge11 in three years among 7 peoplebottom 2% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed3.5 yearsbottom 7% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record5 monthsbottom 5% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

3.8/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
3.6/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 36% of 94 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 36th percentile among 94 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Magnachip Semiconductor Corp.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $104 million against debt of $45 million leaves 16.8% of its assets as net cash, top 37% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -30.3% of revenue (bottom 21%); a gross margin of 17.6% (bottom 18%); research spending of 15.3% of revenue (bottom 40%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets16.8%top 37% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-30.3%bottom 21% of its family
  • gross margin17.6%bottom 18% of its family
  • research spending against revenue15.3%bottom 40% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
3.2/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 32% of 93 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 32nd percentile among 93 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Magnachip Semiconductor Corp.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -19.1% a year over the last three filed years against -13.9% over all 10, slowing (top 43% of its family); the newest year grew -8.9% (bottom 15%); research spending grew -19.5% a year (bottom 7%); capital spending grew 8.6% a year (top 49%) (its annual reports). Magnachip Semiconductor Corp. reported 2 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Power Solutions Business at $179 million, Fab Three Foundry Services at $0 thousand. 0 of 2 grew in the latest filed year, and the largest line is 100% of revenue (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-5.2 points a yeartop 43% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth-8.9%bottom 15% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending-19.5%bottom 7% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending8.6%top 49% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
5.4/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 46% of 88 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 54th percentile among 88 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Magnachip Semiconductor Corp.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $179 million in fiscal 2025 came in 19.4% above the $150 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 47% of its family); net income of $30 million against a prior three-year average of $33 million (top 40%); a net margin of -16.6% against -15.3% before (bottom 48%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace19.4%top 47% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+10%top 40% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-1.3 pointsbottom 48% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton MX · research, not advice