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The Screen · Technology · Semiconductors
MagnaChip Semiconductor Corp
MX · the NYSE · USD · Market cap $100M · 711 employees
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, comp…
Positioning no disclosures inside 60 days, left as found
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Ethical passes the values gate
Price3.20 USD
Ethical score70.0/100
Our investment reviews on this name
2026-10-02Read Markup3.20+0.0% to today ✓
2026-08-06Read Distribution3.42-6.4% to today ✓
2026-07-02Read Markup6.25-48.8% to today
Our analytic regime reads on this name, dated and marked against the screened price. Small sample per name, and separate from the daily-framework accuracy on the Track Record page.
MagnaChip Semiconductor Corp holds its Markup at $3.20. The statistical read favours the buyers, held for 24 days.
As held on the ledger · 2026-09-21
Phase
Markup
Quantitative state
The statistical read favours the buyers, held for 24 days
Price at the screen
$3.20
Valuation
N/A trailing · -3.35 forward price to earnings
Values screen
PASS· score 70.0
Beta
1.65
The Workings
Five Screens, Shown in Full
Full pass across all five screens. This security clears the Titan Ethical Standard: its business and its balance sheet both stay inside the lines.
Test
Figure
Limit
What it means
Status
Business activity
Permissible
Core business clean
Its core business isn't built on prohibited lines: no gambling, alcohol, tobacco, weapons, or interest-based lending.
Pass
Debt load
13.29%
Below 33%
Interest-bearing debt is just 13.3% of its assets, well under the one-third ceiling: it does not run on borrowed money.
Pass
Interest-bearing cash
0.00%
Below 33%
Cash held in interest-bearing accounts and securities is 0.0% of assets, under the one-third limit.
Pass
Receivables
37.00%
Below 49%
Money owed to the company is 37.0% of assets, under the 49% limit.
Pass
Revenue purity
3.00%
Below 5%
Only 3.0% of revenue comes from non-compliant sources, under the 5% line.
Pass
Five checks adapted from AAOIFI screening standards: business activity plus four balance-sheet ratios. All five must pass for ethical clearance. Every figure is arithmetic on public accounts, not judgement.
The Ethical Read
Why It Clears, in Plain English
MagnaChip Semiconductor clears all five screens. Its business is in a permissible area, its interest-bearing debt is about 13%, inside the ~33% line, and interest is about 3% of its income, under the ~5% line, so it passes.
Read as at 2026-10-04. It updates when the underlying figures move, and past reads are kept below.
The risks · The things to watch: it's a small-cap, so the share price can swing harder than the market; it already moves more than the market on an average day; its business and earnings are exposed to South Korea and to currency swings.
Plain-English interpretation of our own screen data. Analysis, not advice.
Where & How to Trade
MX trades on the NYSE (the company is based in South Korea). As a listed security it is accessible through almost any international broker offering its home market. New to this, or investing from abroad? Our guide to accessing global markets covers brokers, currencies and the practical steps.
The Dated Journal · Newest First, Never Edited
Every Entry, As Written
2026-10-02Markup · changed$3.20+2.6%Entry 6
The framework has shifted from distribution to markup since the last review. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Price has moved up 2.6% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen. The risk-adjusted return profile shows modest positive risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it A. Technically it is momentum reading overbought. Over the past year the shares are up 63%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 36%. Insiders have been net buyers over the past quarter.
2026-09-06Distribution$3.12-8.8%Entry 5
The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 8.8% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen. The risk-adjusted return profile shows modest positive risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it A. Technically it is momentum reading overbought. Over the past year the shares are up 63%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 36%.
The framework has shifted from markup to distribution since the last review. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 45.3% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen. The risk-adjusted return profile shows modest positive risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it A. Technically it is momentum reading overbought. Over the past year the shares are up 63%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 36%.
2026-07-18Markup$6.25+0.0%Entry 3
The framework reads markup. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen. The risk-adjusted return profile shows good risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it A. Technically it is momentum reading overbought. Over the past year the shares are up 63%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 36%.
2026-07-03Markup$6.25+0.0%Entry 2
The framework reads markup. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen (70). The risk-adjusted return profile shows good risk-adjusted returns.
2026-07-02Markup$6.25Entry 1
The framework reads markup. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen (70). The risk-adjusted return profile shows good risk-adjusted returns.
Each entry above was written on its date, before the outcome. A journal you can prune is not a journal.