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MX (MagnaChip Semiconductor) Piotroski F-Score : 5 (As of Jul. 23, 2025)


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What is MagnaChip Semiconductor Piotroski F-Score?

The zones of discrimination were as such:

Good or high score = 7, 8, 9
Bad or low score = 0, 1, 2, 3

MagnaChip Semiconductor has an F-score of 5 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

The historical rank and industry rank for MagnaChip Semiconductor's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

MX' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3   Med: 5   Max: 7
Current: 5

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of MagnaChip Semiconductor was 7. The lowest was 3. And the median was 5.


MagnaChip Semiconductor Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for MagnaChip Semiconductor's Piotroski F-Score can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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MagnaChip Semiconductor Piotroski F-Score Chart

MagnaChip Semiconductor Annual Data
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Piotroski F-Score
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MagnaChip Semiconductor Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of MagnaChip Semiconductor's Piotroski F-Score

For the Semiconductors subindustry, MagnaChip Semiconductor's Piotroski F-Score, along with its competitors' market caps and Piotroski F-Score data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


MagnaChip Semiconductor's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Semiconductors Industry

For the Semiconductors industry and Technology sector, MagnaChip Semiconductor's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where MagnaChip Semiconductor's Piotroski F-Score falls into.


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How is the Piotroski F-Score calculated?

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

This Year (Mar25) TTM:Last Year (Mar24) TTM:
Net Income was -12.997 + -9.617 + -16.277 + -8.878 = $-47.8 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was -1.112 + -12.905 + 11.856 + -4.669 = $-6.8 Mil.
Revenue was 53.171 + 66.46 + 63.039 + 44.722 = $227.4 Mil.
Gross Profit was 11.601 + 15.461 + 15.885 + 9.362 = $52.3 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Mar24)
to the end of this year (Mar25) was
(426.164 + 412.695 + 411.355 + 379.316 + 373.867) / 5 = $400.6794 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Mar24) was $426.2 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $29.2 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $215.5 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $47.8 Mil.
Net Income was -3.947 + -5.165 + -6.04 + -15.417 = $-30.6 Mil.

Revenue was 60.979 + 61.245 + 50.822 + 43.438 = $216.5 Mil.
Gross Profit was 13.538 + 14.481 + 11.527 + 6.359 = $45.9 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Mar23)
to the end of last year (Mar24) was
(487.844 + 443.735 + 434.298 + 420.491 + 426.164) / 5 = $442.5064 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Mar23) was $487.8 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $32.5 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $258.2 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $44.9 Mil.

*Note: If the latest quarterly/semi-annual/annual total assets data is 0, then we will use previous quarterly/semi-annual/annual data for all the items in the balance sheet.

Profitability

Question 1. Return on Assets (ROA)

Net income before extraordinary items for the year divided by Total Assets at the beginning of the year.

Score 1 if positive, 0 if negative.

MagnaChip Semiconductor's current Net Income (TTM) was -47.8. ==> Negative ==> Score 0.

Question 2. Cash Flow Return on Assets (CFROA)

Net cash flow from operating activities (operating cash flow) divided by Total Assets at the beginning of the year.

Score 1 if positive, 0 if negative.

MagnaChip Semiconductor's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -6.8. ==> Negative ==> Score 0.

Question 3. Change in Return on Assets

Compare this year's return on assets (1) to last year's return on assets.

Score 1 if it's higher, 0 if it's lower.

ROA (This Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Mar24)
=-47.769/426.164
=-0.11209065

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Mar23)
=-30.569/487.844
=-0.06266142

MagnaChip Semiconductor's return on assets of this year was -0.11209065. MagnaChip Semiconductor's return on assets of last year was -0.06266142. ==> Last year is higher ==> Score 0.

Question 4. Quality of Earnings (Accrual)

Compare Cash flow return on assets (2) to return on assets (1)

Score 1 if CFROA > ROA, 0 if CFROA <= ROA.

MagnaChip Semiconductor's current Net Income (TTM) was -47.8. MagnaChip Semiconductor's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -6.8. ==> -6.8 > -47.8 ==> CFROA > ROA ==> Score 1.

Funding

Question 5. Change in Gearing or Leverage

Compare this year's gearing (long-term debt divided by average total assets) to last year's gearing.

Score 0 if this year's gearing is higher, 1 otherwise.

Gearing (This Year: Mar25)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar24 to Mar25
=29.157/400.6794
=0.0727689

Gearing (Last Year: Mar24)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar23 to Mar24
=32.508/442.5064
=0.07346334

MagnaChip Semiconductor's gearing of this year was 0.0727689. MagnaChip Semiconductor's gearing of last year was 0.07346334. ==> This year is lower or equal to last year. ==> Score 1.

Question 6. Change in Working Capital (Liquidity)

Compare this year's current ratio (current assets divided by current liabilities) to last year's current ratio.

Score 1 if this year's current ratio is higher, 0 if it's lower

Current Ratio (This Year: Mar25)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=215.474/47.787
=4.50905058

Current Ratio (Last Year: Mar24)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=258.215/44.884
=5.75294091

MagnaChip Semiconductor's current ratio of this year was 4.50905058. MagnaChip Semiconductor's current ratio of last year was 5.75294091. ==> Last year's current ratio is higher ==> Score 0.

Question 7. Change in Shares in Issue

Compare the number of shares in issue this year, to the number in issue last year.

Score 0 if there is larger number of shares in issue this year, 1 otherwise.

MagnaChip Semiconductor's number of shares in issue this year was 36.888. MagnaChip Semiconductor's number of shares in issue last year was 38.545. ==> There is smaller number of shares in issue this year, or the same. ==> Score 1.

Efficiency

Question 8. Change in Gross Margin

Compare this year's gross margin (Gross Profit divided by sales) to last year's.

Score 1 if this year's gross margin is higher, 0 if it's lower.

Gross Margin (This Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=52.309/227.392
=0.23003888

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=45.905/216.484
=0.212048

MagnaChip Semiconductor's gross margin of this year was 0.23003888. MagnaChip Semiconductor's gross margin of last year was 0.212048. ==> This year's gross margin is higher. ==> Score 1.

Question 9. Change in asset turnover

Compare this year's asset turnover (total sales for the year divided by total assets at the beginning of the year) to last year's asset turnover ratio.

Score 1 if this year's asset turnover ratio is higher, 0 if it's lower

Asset Turnover (This Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of This Year (Mar24)
=227.392/426.164
=0.53357862

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Mar23)
=216.484/487.844
=0.44375661

MagnaChip Semiconductor's asset turnover of this year was 0.53357862. MagnaChip Semiconductor's asset turnover of last year was 0.44375661. ==> This year's asset turnover is higher. ==> Score 1.

Evaluation

Piotroski F-Score= Que. 1+ Que. 2+ Que. 3+Que. 4+Que. 5+Que. 6+Que. 7+Que. 8+Que. 9
=0+0+0+1+1+0+1+1+1
=5

Good or high score = 7, 8, 9
Bad or low score = 0, 1, 2, 3

MagnaChip Semiconductor has an F-score of 5 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

MagnaChip Semiconductor  (NYSE:MX) Piotroski F-Score Explanation

The developer of the system is Joseph D. Piotroski is relatively unknown accounting professor who shuns publicity and rarely gives interviews.

He graduated from the University of Illinois with a B.S. in accounting in 1989, received an M.B.A. from Indiana University in 1994. Five years later, in 1999, after earning a Ph.D. in accounting from the University of Michigan, he became an associate professor of accounting at the University of Chicago.

In 2000, he wrote a research paper called "Value Investing: The Use of Historical Financial Statement Information to Separate Winners from Losers" (pdf).

He wanted to see if he can develop a system (using a simple nine-point scoring system) that can increase the returns of a strategy of investing in low price to book (referred to in the paper as high book to market) value companies.

What he found was something that exceeded his most optimistic expectations.

Buying only those companies that scored highest (8 or 9) on his nine-point scale, or F-Score as he called it, over the 20 year period from 1976 to 1996 led to an average out-performance over the market of 13.4%.

Even more impressive were the results of a strategy of investing in the highest F-Score companies (8 or 9) and shorting companies with the lowest F-Score (0 or 1).

Over the same period from 1976 to 1996 (20 years) this strategy led to an average yearly return of 23%, substantially outperforming the average S&P 500 index return of 15.83% over the same period.


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MagnaChip Semiconductor Business Description

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MagnaChip Semiconductor Corp designs and manufactures analog and mixed-signal semiconductor platform solutions for communications, Internet of Things applications, consumer, industrial and automotive applications. The company's product portfolio consists of large display solutions, mobile display solutions, sensor solutions, LED solutions, mobile solutions, and power conversions. The company operates in two segments namely, Transitional Fab 3 foundry services and Standard products business. The company operates in Korea, Asia Pacific (other than Korea), United States and Europe.
Executives
Ilbok Lee director C/O MAGNACHIP SEMICONDUCTOR, INC, 20400 STEVENS CREEK BOULEVARD, SUITE 370, CUPERTINO CA 95014
Camillo Martino director 60 SOUTH MARKET STREET, STE 750, SAN JOSE CA 95113
Shin Young Park officer: See Remarks 60 SOUTH MARKET STREET, SUITE 750, SAN JOSE CA 95113
Theodore S Kim officer: See Remarks C/O MAGNACHIP SEMICONDUCTOR, INC., 20400 STEVENS CREEK BLVD., SUITE 370, CUPERTINO CA 95014
Young-joon Kim director, officer: See Remarks C/O MAGNACHIP SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION, 20400 STEVENS CREEK BOULEVARD, SUITE 370, CUPERTINO CA 95014
Woung Moo Lee officer: See Remarks C/O MAGNACHIP SEMICONDUCTOR, INC., 60 SOUTH MARKET STREET, SUITE 750, SAN JOSE CA 95113
Brigade Capital Management, Lp 10 percent owner 399 PARK AVENUE, 16TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Brigade Leveraged Capital Structures Fund Ltd. 10 percent owner ONE NEXUS WAY, CAMANA BAY, GRAND CAYMAN E9 KY1-9005
Kyo-hwa Liz Chung director C/O MAGNACHIP SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION, 60 SOUTH MARKET STREET, SUITE 750, SAN JOSE CA 95113
Chan Ho Park officer: See Remarks 60 SOUTH MARKET STREET, SUITE 750, SAN JOSE CA 95113
Young Soo Woo officer: See Remarks 60 SOUTH MARKET STREET, SUITE 750, SAN JOSE CA 95113
Randal T Klein director C/O AVENUE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT II, L.P., 535 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10022
Jonathan W Kim officer: See Remarks C/O MAGNACHIP SEMICONDUCTOR, INC., 20400 STEVENS CREEK BLVD., SUITE 370, CUPERTINO CA 95014
Tavakoli Nader director 551 FIFTH AVE 334TH FL, NEW YORK NY 10176
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