Is PMAX halal?
Powell Max Limited
Not halal
Powell Max Limited did not pass AAOIFI screening. The failed check is shown below.
Checked: 15 October 2026
Exchange
NASDAQ
Price
0.5700
Day
-3.16%
Market cap
$1.9M
Industry
Capital Markets
Sector
Financial Services
What the company does
Powell Max (Hong Kong) provides financial communications: printing of reports/prospectuses, translation, design and electronic filing for listed companies. Its money comes from service fees.
What was checked
The AAOIFI standard has four steps: business activity first, then three financial ratios. Fail one and the stock is not halal.
Business activity
No prohibited activity
Interest-bearing debt / market cap
limit 30%
Interest-bearing debt $616K ÷ current market cap $1.94M = 31.7%
31.7%
Fail
Cash & investments / market cap
limit 30%
Cash + interest-bearing securities $874K ÷ current market cap $1.94M = 45.0%
45.0%
Fail
Non-compliant income / total revenue
limit 5%
Interest income $12K ÷ annual revenue $6.07M (2025) = 0.2%
0.2%
Pass
Figures from the company's filings (2025-12-31), USD. Market cap is a 36-month average (the S&P Shariah index approach), so a one-day price move does not flip the verdict.
For information (AAOIFI 3/1 note): cash + receivables are 41.2% of total assets (2025-12-31). AAOIFI recommends tangible assets of at least one third — this figure does not affect the verdict, and other major screeners do not apply it either.
In the lists
- In the S&P 500
- Not in the S&P 500
- Held by funds
- Not held by any tracked fund
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