QM · rank #12 · 2026-10-21
IMOS
NASDAQ · $2.12B (USD)
The exact numbers the algorithm saw.
| Momentum 12-1 Return from 12 months ago to 1 month ago. | +236.33% |
|---|---|
| ROE TTM Return on equity, trailing 12 months. | +9.3% |
| Profit margin Net profit margin, trailing 12 months. | +8.3% |
| Market cap (USD) Size filter: > $500M required. | $2.12B |
| Anchor (recent) Close on 2026-09-21 | $65.18 |
| Anchor (far) Close on 2025-09-19 | $19.38 |
The AI research card
Independent qualitative review of each pick before the order is placed. On the rare day the research service is unavailable, the paper book trades on the quant ranking alone and no card appears here.
Summary
ChipMOS (IMOS) is a Taiwan-based OSAT providing memory and display-driver assembly, testing, and gold bumping services to ~70 customers across memory, AI-ASIC, and silicon-photonics end markets.
Rationale
The momentum_12_1 signal of 2.36 is directly reinforced by accelerating fundamentals — 36.7% YoY revenue growth in 3Q26, gross margin expansion from 6.6% to 18.0% YoY, and a return to profitability — driven by AI-ASIC and memory restocking demand that appears durable rather than purely sentiment-driven.
Material risks
- 1Top-5 customers represent 61% of 2025 revenue, and any in-house capacity build by a major memory or display-driver customer would disproportionately impair utilization and compress the ROE that anchors the quality leg of this screen.
- 2Capex guided above 25% of revenue in 2026 — well above the historical ~20% norm — risks depressing returns if AI-ASIC or silicon-photonics demand disappoints before new capacity is absorbed, turning the quality signal into a value trap.
AI verdict council
Each pick is reviewed independently by 3 models before any order. 3 of 3 voted to proceed.