Is Pixelworks (PXLW) stock Halal?
September 2026 AAOIFI screening result for Pixelworks, Inc. (PXLW): non-permissible income, fail. Interest-bearing investments, fail. Interest-bearing debt, pass. Preference shares, pass. Pixelworks, Inc. is not currently Shariah compliant. Re-screened monthly against AAOIFI Shariah Standard No. 21.
Pixelworks is a technology company specializing in the design and development of integrated circuits for electronic display devices. The company delivers advanced visual processing solutions, including ImageProcessor ICs, video co-processors, and transcode ICs, which are used in consumer electronics, professional displays, and video streaming platforms. Pixelworks' technology enhances image quality and efficiency in smartphones, tablets, TVs, and other display-driven devices, serving both hardware manufacturers and content service providers. Before any of that matters to a Muslim investor, one question comes first: is Pixelworks stock Halal?
Is Pixelworks Shariah compliant?
The Shariah case on a technology company like Pixelworks is rarely about the product. What AAOIFI Shariah Standard No. 21 examines is the money around the product: cash parked in instruments that earn Riba, borrowing measured against a market capitalisation that moves daily, and any incidental income from sources Islam prohibits, which must stay below 5% of revenue.
Does Pixelworks pass the business activity test?
The activity screen is only part of the picture this month: Pixelworks currently fails the non-permissible income and interest-bearing investments screens, so the overall verdict is not compliant regardless of the business itself. The watch item for technology names is incidental: cash returns and platform content can carry impermissible elements, which AAOIFI tolerates only below the thresholds.
Is Pixelworks' income Halal?
No. Pixelworks' income from impermissible sources currently exceeds AAOIFI's 5% revenue ceiling, which makes the stock non-compliant on this screen regardless of the others. The screen is reassessed monthly, so the status can change when new financial statements arrive.
Does Pixelworks meet AAOIFI's debt and investment ratio requirements?
Not in full. Interest bearing investments currently exceed the 30% cap, while the other ratio stays within it. One breach is enough to fail the screening; the ratios are reassessed monthly under our Shariah Supervisory Board.
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