Financial Review: Magnachip Semiconductor (MX) and Its Rivals

Magnachip Semiconductor (NYSE:MX) is one of 221 publicly-traded companies in the “Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare Magnachip Semiconductor to related companies based on the strength of its earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends and profitability.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Magnachip Semiconductor and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Magnachip Semiconductor	$175.46 million	-$29.72 million	-2.48
Magnachip Semiconductor Competitors	$1,259.14 billion	$2.48 billion	8.34

Magnachip Semiconductor’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Magnachip Semiconductor. Magnachip Semiconductor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Magnachip Semiconductor and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Magnachip Semiconductor	-17.15%	-11.30%	-7.90%
Magnachip Semiconductor Competitors	-1,278.97%	-126.38%	-4.00%

Risk & Volatility

Magnachip Semiconductor has a beta of 1.72, meaning that its share price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Magnachip Semiconductor’s competitors have a beta of 2.80, meaning that their average share price is 180% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Magnachip Semiconductor and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Magnachip Semiconductor	1	1	0	0	1.50
Magnachip Semiconductor Competitors	3496	12339	25757	995	2.57

As a group, “Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment” companies have a potential upside of 60.62%. Given Magnachip Semiconductor’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Magnachip Semiconductor has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

74.3% of Magnachip Semiconductor shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.6% of shares of all “Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment” companies are owned by institutional investors. 10.9% of Magnachip Semiconductor shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.9% of shares of all “Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Magnachip Semiconductor competitors beat Magnachip Semiconductor on 10 of the 13 factors compared.

About Magnachip Semiconductor

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 applied with 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, 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 the Asia Pacific, the United States, and Europe. The company sells its products through a direct sales force, as well as through a network of agents and distributors. Magnachip Semiconductor Corporation was incorporated in 2003 and is based in Cheongju-si, South Korea.