Himax Technologies, Inc. (HIMX) Stock Analysis
Technology · Semiconductors
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $17.78: Quality below floor (3.0 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.1/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality; Negative price momentum.
Himax Technologies, Inc., a fabless semiconductor company, provides display imaging processing technologies in China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, the United States, Mexico, and internationally. It operates in two segments, Driver IC and Non-Driver Products. The company provides... Read more
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $17.78: Quality below floor (3.0 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.1/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality; Negative price momentum. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Score 4.1/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 6/8 gates (clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 54d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum and favorable risk/reward ratio. Suitability: aggressive.
Recent developments
updated 2026-06-13Recent Developments — Himax Technologies, Inc.
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- NEWS Watching Himax Technologies; Hearing Popular Retail Traders Newsletter Names Stock As a New Long — benzinga Jun 1, 2026 positive
- NEWS Himax Powers E Ink's New 75-Inch Color ePaper Displays — benzinga Jun 1, 2026 positive
- NEWS Here's How Much You Would Have Made Owning Himax Techs Stock In The Last 15 Years — benzinga May 19, 2026 positive
- NEWS DeFi Technologies, Babcock & Wilcox And Other Big Stocks Moving Lower In Friday's Pre-Market Session — benzinga May 15, 2026 negative
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Rating Breakdown
4 floor-breakers
Revenue shrinking — -7.5% YoY. Growth thesis broken unless recovery story develops.static
Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static
Momentum below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
Quality below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $17.78: Quality below floor (3.0 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.1/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality; Negative price momentum. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Prior stop was $16.46. Score 4.1/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $20.14 (+13.8% upside). Prior stop was $16.46. Stop-loss: $16.46.
Quality below floor (3.0 < 4.0).
Himax Technologies, Inc. trades at a P/E of 93.2 (forward 17.7). TrendMatrix value score: 6.7/10. Verdict: Sell.
10 analysts cover HIMX with a consensus score of 4.0/5. Average price target: $24.
What does Himax Technologies, Inc. do?Himax Technologies, Inc., a fabless semiconductor company, provides display imaging processing technologies in China,...
Himax Technologies, Inc., a fabless semiconductor company, provides display imaging processing technologies in China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, the United States, Mexico, and internationally. It operates in two segments, Driver IC and Non-Driver Products. The company provides display driver integrated circuits (ICs) and timing controllers that are used in televisions, PC monitors, laptops, mobile phones, tablets, automotive, ePaper devices, industrial displays, and other products. It also offers automotive IC solutions, including traditional driver ICs; advanced in-cell touch and display driver integration; local dimming timing controllers; large touch and display driver integration; and OLED technologies. In addition, the company provides Power IC, touch controllers IC, OLED ICs, LED drivers, EPD ICs, power management ICs, and complementary metal oxide semiconductor image sensors for display application coverage; and ultralow power WiseEye smart image sensing products, as well as wafer level optics, LCoS microdisplays, and 3D sensing solutions. It markets its display drivers to panel manufacturers, mobile device module manufacturers, and manufacturers of end-use products. Himax Technologies, Inc. was incorporated in 2001 and is headquartered in Tainan City, Taiwan.