Insider buying last 90 days
No open-market insider purchases were filed for HIMX in the last 90 days.
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
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Himax Technologies (HIMX) Stock Analysis & Forecast
Oct 12 close
$12.78−0.52 (−3.9%)
Gekko Brief
AI summaryOct 12 closeHimax shares fell 6.5% on 7 October as rising 10-year Treasury yields, driven by Federal Reserve minutes pointing to another possible rate hike this year, raised concerns about borrowing costs for semiconductor companies. Separately, the company has scheduled its third-quarter 2026 earnings conference call for November 5, following a second quarter in which revenue beat expectations at $227.37 million with diluted earnings per share of $0.11, and management has guided for sequential revenue growth of 7% to 11% with a gross margin of 34% for the third quarter.
The stock closed at $12.78, down 3.9%, sitting between its 50-day average of $14.04 and 200-day average of $12.52, with one-month and three-month returns of -13.2% and -9.5% against six-month and one-year gains of 38% and 43%. The GekkoIndex reads 65.2, placing it in the Accumulation zone, up 11.9 over five days. Price sits 23.7% below Gekko Fair Value of $16.74.
Over the next 20 trading days, the next earnings date falls on 5 November, before the market opens, 24 days away and inside that window; the prior report saw an EPS beat of $0.11 versus $0.10 expected and a 9.4% reaction, with 3 beats across the last 8 quarters and an average absolute reaction of 13.5%. No insider, Congress or unusual options activity appears in their respective windows. Seasonally, the next 20 trading days have averaged a 3.3% return over 5 years, rising in 3 of them.
Written by AI from the Oct 12, 2026 close and checked automatically against the figures on this page.
Himax Technologies price vs fair value
Close $12.78200-day averageGekko Fair Value $16.74
Himax Technologies quick facts
- Market cap
- $2.23B
- P/E ratio
- 63.1
- Forward P/E
- 9.8
- EPS, TTM
- $0.21
- Revenue, TTM
- $828.6M
- Profit margin
- 4.3%
- Dividend yield
- —
- Beta
- 2.40
- Volume
- 936,293 avg 1.08M
- 1-year return
- +43.0%
- Typical daily move
- ±4.7%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±9.9%
- 50-day average
- $14.04
- 200-day average
- $12.52
- Next earnings
- Nov 5 before open
- Shares outstanding
- 174.4M
Himax Technologies swing-trade checklist
Himax Technologies scores 3 supportive, 1 mixed and 1 headwind across the 5 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
3 supportive1 mixed1 headwind
- Trendmixed
Averages disagree
Close $12.78 sits between the 50-day ($14.04) and 200-day ($12.52) averages, or the averages disagree.
See the chart - GekkoIndexsupportive
65.2, Accumulation
Reading 65.2 is in the Accumulation zone.
See the GekkoIndex - Fair valuesupportive
23.7% below
Price is 23.7% below Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% below).
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No data
No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.
See smart money - Earnings riskheadwind
Reports in 24 days
Reports on Nov 5, 2026, 24 days away — inside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings - Seasonalitysupportive
+3.3% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +3.3% over 5 years, rising in 3 of them.
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Himax Technologies stock chart and price history
Himax Technologies closed at $12.78 on Oct 12, 2026, +43.0% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $6.85 to $25.09.
Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
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Performance Breakdown
- 1 month
- −13.2%
- 3 months
- −9.5%
- 6 months
- +38.0%
- 1 year
- +43.0%
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About Himax Technologies
Himax Technologies designs semiconductors without manufacturing them itself, focusing on chips that power displays and imaging systems. It is particularly known for its display driver integrated circuits and the timing controllers that work alongside them, components used in screens found on televisions, computers, phones, tablets, cameras, and vehicle systems. The company also produces touch controller chips, combined touch-and-display driver solutions, LED and power management ICs, and microdisplay technology used in augmented reality and automotive head-up displays, along with image sensors and optical components for 3D sensing and AI-driven imaging.
The business splits into two segments, driver ICs and non-driver products, each serving different parts of the supply chain. Display-related items go mainly to panel makers, distributors, module assemblers, and integration firms, while the non-driver offerings reach camera module producers, optical engine developers, and television manufacturers. Its operations extend across China, Taiwan, the Philippines, Korea, Japan, Europe, and the United States.
Founded in 2001, Himax Technologies is headquartered in Tainan City, Taiwan. Its shares trade under the ticker HIMX.
- Sector
- Electronic technology
- Website
- himax.com.tw
Himax Technologies GekkoIndex: the smart money zone
Himax Technologies’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 65.2, in the Accumulation zone, up 11.9 points over five sessions.
65.2Accumulation
Up 11.9 points over five sessions, from the Neutral zone.
Reading for Oct 12, 2026
What followed past readings in each zone
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying | 38 | +2.3% | +9.3% | ||
| Accumulation (current zone) | 196 | +0.5% | +7.5% | ||
| Neutral | 353 | +1.9% | +3.4% | ||
| Distribution | 46 | −0.3% | +11.0% | ||
| Selling | 2 | Too few readings yet | |||
Average HIMX share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Accumulation readings averaged +2.2% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
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Is Himax Technologies stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value
Himax Technologies trades 23.7% below Gekko Fair Value of $16.74, so the shares are undervalued on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what Himax Technologies shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$16.74
Gekko Fair Value, Oct 10, 2026
23.7% Undervalued
At the end of Aug 2026 the price was 22.3% below the estimate.
Gekko Fair ValueShare price, month end
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Himax Technologies insider and Congress trading
No open-market insider purchases were filed for Himax Technologies, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
Congress trades last 90 days
No trades in HIMX were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
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Buybacks
Himax Technologies has been buying back its own shares.
- Bought back, quarter ended Jun 30, 2025
- $3.89M
- As a share of market cap
- 0.17%
From company filings.
Hedge funds and billionaires quarter ended Jun 30
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Himax Technologies earnings: next date and track record
Himax Technologies reports on Nov 5, 2026, before the open (24 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 3 of its last 8 reports.
Next earnings report
Nov 5, 2026
Expected before the open, 24 days away
- EPS estimate
- $0.09
- Revenue estimate
- $247.8M
3 of 8reports beat the EPS estimate
±13.5%average move across the report
4 of 8reports followed by a gain
Share-price move across each report
Last earnings call, Aug 6, 2026 AI summary
- What they said
- Himax held its Q2 2026 earnings call where management (CEO Jordan Wu and IR head Karen Tiao) discussed near-term supply-chain pressures driven by surging AI demand leading to higher manufacturing and procurement costs, extended lead times, and capacity constraints across mature process nodes. Management described actions to diversify and strengthen the supply chain across Taiwan, China, Singapore, Korea, Japan and Malaysia and to implement pricing adjustments with customers to share higher costs. Despite near-term challenges, management reiterated confidence in long-term secular growth in the automotive display IC business (both LCD and OLED), highlighting more displays per vehicle, larger/higher resolution displays, and new opportunities from Tcon and WiseEye product lines. They noted CPO (wafer-level optics) as a significant, but currently uncertain, opportunity that is still in pre-mass production—Himax expects to separate CPO from regular outlooks until mass production visibility improves. During Q&A, management signaled an expectation of robust sales growth and improved gross margin for 2027 (qualitative guidance), increased contribution from nondriver areas (target ~30% of revenue vs ~20% today), and reiterated focus on execution for CPO mass production while acknowledging a complex ecosystem and potential competition.
- Guidance
- Qualitative forward-looking guidance: management did not provide numeric quarterly or full-year guidance but stated they expect robust sales growth in 2027 and continued gross margin improvement. They expect nondriver areas to grow to roughly ~30% of revenue (from ~20%) driven by automotive Tcon and WiseEye. They assume flattish global vehicle shipments and expect to outperform the overall market. CPO contributions were excluded from these qualitative comments due to high uncertainty.
- Risks flagged
- Industry-wide supply constraints caused by AI demand driving memory shortages; higher manufacturing and procurement costs; extended lead times; difficulty securing capacity across mature nodes; potential capacity bottlenecks in the broader CPO/FAU ecosystem (packaging/assembly, OSAT houses, CoWoS integration); competition in CPO/wafer-level optics market; uncertainty around timing and yields for CPO mass production. Also, forward-looking statements subject to risks listed in the company's SEC filings.
| Reported | EPS | Revenue | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | $0.11 est $0.10 | — est $223.0M | +9.4% |
| May 7, 2026 | $0.00 est $0.06 | $199.0M est $195.0M | +44.3% |
| Feb 12, 2026 | $0.04 est $0.04 | $203.1M est $199.2M | −6.4% |
| Nov 6, 2025 | $0.01 est $0.03 | $199.2M est $199.2M | −10.4% |
| Aug 7, 2025 | $0.10 est $0.10 | $214.8M est $220.8M | −15.8% |
| May 8, 2025 | $0.14 est $0.09 | $215.1M est $210.2M | +1.7% |
| Feb 13, 2025 | $0.14 est $0.10 | $237.2M est $221.1M | +19.0% |
| Nov 7, 2024 | $0.07 est $0.07 | $222.4M est $204.9M | −0.8% |
“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.
Himax Technologies stock forecast and analyst price targets
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Himax Technologies is $30.20, +136.3% from the last close, from 1 firm rating the stock in the last 90 days.
$30.20consensus 12-month target, +136.3% from the last close
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 1 firm.
Latest analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6 | Robert W. Baird | $43 | +236.5% |
+7.5%average 20-day move after past Accumulation readings
+3.3%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±4.7%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
Himax Technologies seasonality: the next 20 trading days
Over the next 20 trading days from Oct 10, Himax Technologies averaged +3.3% across the last 5 years, rising in 3 of them.
Next 20 trading days, by year
Average move and hit rate
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | +4.3% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | +4.4% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | +4.3% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | +3.3% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | +1.0% | 2 of 5 |
For scale, HIMX’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 9.9%.
Himax Technologies market cap and key statistics
Himax Technologies’s market cap is $2.23B, with a P/E ratio of 63.1 and revenue of $828.6M over the last twelve months.
Valuation
- Market cap
- $2.23B
- P/E ratio
- 63.1
- Forward P/E
- 9.8
- EPS, TTM
- $0.21
- Gekko Fair Value
- $16.74
Trading
- Volume
- 936,293
- Avg volume, 20 days
- 1.08M
- 52-week high
- $25.09
- 52-week low
- $6.85
- Shares outstanding
- 174.4M
Financials
- Revenue, TTM
- $828.6M
- Profit margin
- 4.3%
- Return on equity
- 4.1%
- Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
- +20.2%
Risk and income
- Beta
- 2.40
- Typical daily move
- ±4.7%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±9.9%
Himax Technologies stock news this week
Coverage of Himax Technologies this week reads neutral: 2 positive, 4 neutral and 1 negative headlines.
- Top Himax Technologies (Ondo Tokenized) (himxon) Exchanges & Markets | Blockworks IntelMessari, Oct 8
- Why Himax (HIMX) Shares Are Sliding TodayTradingView, Oct 7
- Himax Technologies stock heads toward November 5 resultsAD HOC NEWS, Oct 7
- Himax schedules November 5 results: Himax Technologies stock is valued at USD 2.6 billionAD HOC NEWS, Oct 6
- Himax Technologies, Inc. Schedules Third Quarter 2026 Financial Results Conference Call on Thursday, November 5, 2026 at 8:00 AM ESTGlobeNewswire, Oct 5
- Himax Technologies schedules Q3 2026 earnings call for Nov 5scanx.trade, Oct 5
Himax Technologies stock FAQ
What is Himax Technologies’s market cap?
Himax Technologies’s market cap is $2.23B at the Oct 12, 2026 close of $12.78, with 174.4M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 63.1.
What is the Himax Technologies stock forecast?
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Himax Technologies is $30.20, +136.3% from the last close. Of the 1 firm that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 1 rate it a buy, 0 a hold and 0 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
Is Himax Technologies stock overvalued or undervalued?
On Gekko’s estimate Himax Technologies is undervalued: the Oct 12, 2026 close of $12.78 is 23.7% below Gekko Fair Value of $16.74. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
When does Himax Technologies report earnings next?
Himax Technologies is expected to report on Nov 5, 2026, before the market opens (24 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $0.09 per share on revenue of $247.8M. Himax Technologies beat the earnings estimate in 3 of its last 8 reports, moving 13.5% on average across the report.
What is Himax Technologies’s 52-week high and low?
Himax Technologies’s 52-week high is $25.09 and its 52-week low is $6.85; it closed at $12.78 on Oct 12, 2026, +43.0% over the past year.
Is Himax Technologies stock a buy right now?
Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 3 of the 5 items with data read as supportive (gekkoindex, fair value and seasonality), 1 as mixed (trend) and 1 as a headwind (earnings risk). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.
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