--- title: "Weekly Recap | Himax Tech +0.29%, consensus target above spot" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/298098689.md" description: "Himax Tech (HIMX) rose 0.29% this week to $13.68, against a 0.09% gain for the S&P 500, outperforming the benchmark by about 0.2 percentage points. The pattern was weak early and firmer late: the week opened at $13.84 on Monday, slid to a low of $13.22 on Tuesday, steadied near $13.50 on Wednesday, recovered to $13.56 on Thursday, and pushed up to an intraday high of $13.93 on Friday before settling at $13.68. The week’s range was 5.13%." datetime: "2026-09-05T07:06:46.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/298098689.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/298098689.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/298098689.md) generator: "portal-rs" --- # Weekly Recap | Himax Tech +0.29%, consensus target above spot ## The Week Himax Tech (HIMX) rose 0.29% this week to $13.68, against a 0.09% gain for the S&P 500, outperforming the benchmark by about 0.2 percentage points. The pattern was weak early and firmer late: the week opened at $13.84 on Monday, slid to a low of $13.22 on Tuesday, steadied near $13.50 on Wednesday, recovered to $13.56 on Thursday, and pushed up to an intraday high of $13.93 on Friday before settling at $13.68. The week’s range was 5.13%. Average daily volume of 605,740 shares ran about 60% below its median level, a light tape, though Friday’s 711,262 shares was the heaviest session of the week. ## Key Events No company-specific earnings or operational announcements landed this week. The news flow was largely thematic. On Tuesday, 1 September, three items appeared, one with direct semiconductor relevance: aerospace and auto ICs propelled niche equities, with several firms raising 2026 guidance. The same day brought commentary on structural opportunities in less-covered corners of the U.S. market, spanning AI platforms, biotech and leveraged ETFs, plus a look at tech’s physical turn from AI workflows to the new space economy. Together these framed sentiment for second-line semiconductor names, including HIMX, without disclosing any new orders or financial changes at the company itself. ## Analyst Ratings Three brokers cover the name: two rate it buy and one rates it hold, with no underweight or sell ratings. The consensus rating is buy, and the consensus target price of $30.20 sits about 120.8% above this week’s close of $13.68. The target range is wide, from a low of $17.40 to a high of $43.00, reflecting meaningful disagreement about the upside. Within the semiconductor sector, the stock ranks 60th out of 77 names covered, in the lower-middle part of the group. ## The Week Ahead Macro data dominates the coming week. On Tuesday, 8 September, the NFIB small business optimism index prints, following a prior 99.8. On Thursday, 10 September, initial jobless claims, final demand PPI and existing home sales arrive. Final demand PPI is expected at 5.3% on a year-over-year basis versus a prior 4.7%, and the ex-food and energy measure is forecast at 4.6% versus 4.2%, pointing to firmer price pressure. The 10-year Treasury auction also lands the same week, and rate expectations matter for a semiconductor stock trading at a rich valuation. ## In Short HIMX barely moved this week, but the setup has tension: consensus says buy and the consensus target price sits well above spot, yet the valuation is not cheap at roughly 67.65x P/E and 2.65x book. The latest single-day money-flow snapshot shows large-lot inflow of 40.37% versus outflow of 27.10%, a net-inflow tilt on that day, but this is a daily picture, not a weekly one. The question ahead is whether next week’s PPI and jobless data shift rate expectations, and whether the stock can follow through on Friday’s higher-volume bounce without much overall turnover behind it. *This article is generated by LongbridgeAI from market data, for information only and not investment advice.* ### Related Stocks - [HIMX.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/HIMX.US.md) ## Related News & Research - [Himax Technologies (NASDAQ:HIMX) Stock Moved Down to Hold by Wall Street Zen](https://longbridge.com/en/news/302945628.md) - [Himax Technologies, Inc. Reports First Quarter 2026 Financial Results; Provides Second Quarter 2026 Guidance | HIMX Stock News](https://longbridge.com/en/news/285529077.md) - [AI fever ignites a boom in thematic ETFs as fund managers hunt for their next big hit](https://longbridge.com/en/news/302963080.md) - [Hanseatic Management Services Inc. Buys New Stake in Marvell Technology, Inc. $MRVL](https://longbridge.com/en/news/302958015.md) - [15,817 Shares of C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. $CHRW Bought by Capital City Trust Co. FL](https://longbridge.com/en/news/302957324.md) --- > **Disclaimer: This article is for reference only and does not constitute any investment advice.**