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Best Semiconductor Equipment Stocks to Buy Now (2026)
Top semiconductor equipment stocks in 2026 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +32.52% per year, and are the best semiconductor equipment stocks to buy now. Learn More.

Industry: Semiconductor Equipment &...

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Semiconductor Equipment is Zen Rated B and is the 39th ranked industry out of 146 stock market industries

Ticker	Company	Exchange	Industry	Market Cap	Price	1d %	EBITDA	P/E	D/E	Country
KLIC	KULICKE & SOFFA INDUSTRIES INC	NASDAQ	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$5.33B	$101.89	-2.73%	$87.67M	96.67x	0.38	Singapore
ASYS	AMTECH SYSTEMS INC	NASDAQ	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$308.40M	$21.27	-1.62%	$7.59M	118.17x	0.74	United States
INTT	INTEST CORP	NYSEMKT	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$211.59M	$16.84	-1.06%	$7.62M	421.00x	0.44	United States
ENTG	ENTEGRIS INC	NASDAQ	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$21.17B	$138.79	0.25%	$847.30M	80.23x	1.09	United States
ONTO	ONTO INNOVATION INC	NYSE	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$12.85B	$258.24	-0.22%	$202.38M	119.56x	0.12	United States
AMAT	APPLIED MATERIALS INC	NASDAQ	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$357.33B	$450.06	0.08%	$11.15B	42.06x	0.69	United States
TER	TERADYNE INC	NASDAQ	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$58.60B	$374.31	-2.18%	$1.12B	69.06x	0.41	United States
AMKR	AMKOR TECHNOLOGY INC	NASDAQ	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$17.24B	$69.56	-1.45%	$1.25B	39.52x	0.82	United States
PLAB	PHOTRONICS INC	NASDAQ	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$1.91B	$32.35	-4.91%	$240.12M	13.82x	0.21	United States
UCTT	ULTRA CLEAN HOLDINGS INC	NASDAQ	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$3.84B	$85.57	-1.97%	-$44.50M	-19.95x	1.84	United States
LRCX	LAM RESEARCH CORP	NASDAQ	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$397.91B	$318.18	0.06%	$7.91B	59.81x	0.96	United States
TRT	TRIO-TECH INTERNATIONAL	NYSEMKT	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$128.53M	$12.71	-5.36%	$2.92M	317.75x	0.36	United States
AMBA	AMBARELLA INC	NASDAQ	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$3.16B	$72.18	-21.41%	-$48.11M	-40.55x	0.34	United States
ICHR	ICHOR HOLDINGS LTD	NASDAQ	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$2.49B	$71.52	1.95%	-$4.83M	-48.32x	0.46	United States
ASML	ASML HOLDING NV	NASDAQ	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$621.59B	$1,612.76	0.44%	$14.76B	55.43x	1.58	Netherlands
ACLS	AXCELIS TECHNOLOGIES INC	NASDAQ	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$4.62B	$150.41	-3.30%	$138.82M	46.57x	0.32	United States
AXTI	AXT INC	NASDAQ	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$6.75B	$103.16	-10.84%	-$1.76M	-332.77x	0.39	United States
KLAC	KLA CORP	NASDAQ	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$251.03B	$1,921.71	-0.31%	$6.06B	54.13x	1.89	United States
ACMR	ACM RESEARCH INC	NASDAQ	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$5.73B	$86.56	-6.78%	$136.67M	61.39x	0.62	United States
COHU	COHU INC	NASDAQ	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$2.49B	$52.75	-2.41%	$8.88M	-44.33x	0.61	United States
IPGP	IPG PHOTONICS CORP	NASDAQ	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$4.86B	$114.52	-2.41%	$73.57M	165.97x	0.15	United States
NVMI	NOVA LTD	NASDAQ	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$15.97B	$502.33	-0.72%	$334.28M	58.48x	0.74	Israel
CAMT	CAMTEK LTD	NASDAQ	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$7.90B	$171.66	-1.79%	N/A	163.49x	0.90	Israel
INDI	INDIE SEMICONDUCTOR INC	NASDAQ	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$1.13B	$4.99	-6.55%	-$92.52M	-6.57x	1.60	United States
ATOM	ATOMERA INC	NASDAQ	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$386.39M	$9.98	-10.65%	-$19.81M	-15.35x	0.08	United States
AEHR	AEHR TEST SYSTEMS	NASDAQ	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$2.90B	$92.33	-7.66%	-$10.59M	-242.97x	0.13	United States
DQ	DAQO NEW ENERGY CORP	NYSE	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$1.13B	$16.64	-1.83%	N/A	N/A	0.10	China
SMTK	SMARTKEM INC	NASDAQ	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$6.46M	$0.30	3.79%	-$26.98M	-0.13x	0.75	United Kingdom
VECO	VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC	NASDAQ	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$3.52B	$57.64	-2.52%	$51.67M	147.79x	0.53	United States

Semiconductor Equipment Stocks FAQ

What are the best semiconductor equipment stocks to buy right now in Jun 2026?

According to Zen Ratings, our proprietary rating system that evaluates 115 factors proven to drive growth in stocks and assigns each stock in our system an overall letter grade as well as 7 individual Component Grades for Value, Growth, Momentum, Sentiment, Safety, Financials, and proprietary AI algorithms, the 3 best semiconductor material stocks to buy right now are:

1. Kulicke & Soffa Industries (NASDAQ:KLIC)

Kulicke & Soffa Industries (NASDAQ:KLIC) is the #1 top semiconductor equipment stock out of 29 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +32.52% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Kulicke & Soffa Industries (NASDAQ:KLIC) is: Value: C, Growth: A, Momentum: A, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Kulicke & Soffa Industries (NASDAQ:KLIC) has a Due Diligence Score of 57, which is 19 points higher than the semiconductor equipment industry average of 38.

KLIC passed 21 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Kulicke & Soffa Industries has seen its stock return 211.4% over the past year, overperforming other semiconductor equipment stocks by 55 percentage points.

Kulicke & Soffa Industries has an average 1 year price target of $105.00, an upside of 3.05% from Kulicke & Soffa Industries's current stock price of $101.89.

Kulicke & Soffa Industries stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Kulicke & Soffa Industries, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 100% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

2. Amtech Systems (NASDAQ:ASYS)

Amtech Systems (NASDAQ:ASYS) is the #2 top semiconductor equipment stock out of 29 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +32.52% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Amtech Systems (NASDAQ:ASYS) is: Value: C, Growth: A, Momentum: A, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Amtech Systems (NASDAQ:ASYS) has a Due Diligence Score of 33, which is -5 points lower than the semiconductor equipment industry average of 38. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates ASYS as a "A".

ASYS passed 10 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Amtech Systems has seen its stock return 412.53% over the past year, overperforming other semiconductor equipment stocks by 256 percentage points.

3. Intest (NYSEMKT:INTT)

Intest (NYSEMKT:INTT) is the #3 top semiconductor equipment stock out of 29 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +19.88% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Intest (NYSEMKT:INTT) is: Value: C, Growth: A, Momentum: A, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Intest (NYSEMKT:INTT) has a Due Diligence Score of 35, which is -3 points lower than the semiconductor equipment industry average of 38. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates INTT as a "B".

INTT passed 11 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Intest has seen its stock return 164.36% over the past year, overperforming other semiconductor equipment stocks by 8 percentage points.

Intest has an average 1 year price target of $19.00, an upside of 12.83% from Intest's current stock price of $16.84.

Intest stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Intest, 100% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

What are the semiconductor equipment stocks with highest dividends?

Out of 8 semiconductor equipment stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 semiconductor equipment stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

1. Kulicke & Soffa Industries (NASDAQ:KLIC)

Kulicke & Soffa Industries (NASDAQ:KLIC) has an annual dividend yield of 0.8%, which is the same as the semiconductor equipment industry average of 0.43%. Kulicke & Soffa Industries's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Kulicke & Soffa Industries's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Kulicke & Soffa Industries's dividend payout ratio of 77.8% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

2. Asml Holding Nv (NASDAQ:ASML)

Asml Holding Nv (NASDAQ:ASML) has an annual dividend yield of 0.54%, which is the same as the semiconductor equipment industry average of 0.43%. Asml Holding Nv's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% four times in the last 10 years. Asml Holding Nv's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Asml Holding Nv's dividend payout ratio of 25.8% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

3. Amkor Technology (NASDAQ:AMKR)

Amkor Technology (NASDAQ:AMKR) has an annual dividend yield of 0.48%, which is the same as the semiconductor equipment industry average of 0.43%. Amkor Technology's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. Amkor Technology's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Amkor Technology's dividend payout ratio of 18.9% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Why are semiconductor equipment stocks down?

Semiconductor equipment stocks were down -1.14% in the last day, and down -0.06% over the last week. Ambarella was the among the top losers in the semiconductor equipment & materials industry, dropping -21.41% yesterday.

Ambarella shares are trading lower. The company reported Q1 financial results and issued Q2 sales guidance with its midpoint below estimates.

What are the most undervalued semiconductor equipment stocks?

Based on the Valuation rating, one of the 7 components of a stocks overall Zen Ratings grade, which evaluates factors including estimated earnings yield, earnings before interest and taxes/enterprise value, cash flow yield, free cash flow to price, and price-to-earnings growth (PEG ratio), the 3 most undervalued semiconductor equipment stocks right now are:

1. Photronics (NASDAQ:PLAB)

Photronics (NASDAQ:PLAB) is the most undervalued semiconductor equipment stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Photronics has a valuation score of 57, which is 42 points higher than the semiconductor equipment industry average of 15. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Photronics's stock has gained 85.6% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the semiconductor equipment industry by -71 percentage points.

2. Kulicke & Soffa Industries (NASDAQ:KLIC)

Kulicke & Soffa Industries (NASDAQ:KLIC) is the second most undervalued semiconductor equipment stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Kulicke & Soffa Industries has a valuation score of 14, which is -1 points higher than the semiconductor equipment industry average of 15. It passed 1 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Kulicke & Soffa Industries's stock has gained 211.4% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the semiconductor equipment industry by 55 percentage points.

3. Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT)

Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT) is the third most undervalued semiconductor equipment stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Applied Materials has a valuation score of 29, which is 14 points higher than the semiconductor equipment industry average of 15. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Applied Materials's stock has gained 182.2% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the semiconductor equipment industry by 26 percentage points.

Are semiconductor equipment stocks a good buy now?

56% of semiconductor equipment stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect semiconductor equipment stocks to rise by 0.16% over the next year.

7.41% of semiconductor equipment stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 29.63% of semiconductor equipment stocks are rated B (Buy), 55.56% are rated C (Hold), 0% are rated D (Sell), and 7.41% are rated F (Strong Sell).

What is the average p/e ratio of the semiconductor equipment & materials industry?

The average P/E ratio of the semiconductor equipment & materials industry is 53.11x.

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Semiconductor Equipment Stocks FAQ

1. Kulicke & Soffa Industries (NASDAQ:KLIC)

2. Amtech Systems (NASDAQ:ASYS)

3. Intest (NYSEMKT:INTT)

1. Kulicke & Soffa Industries (NASDAQ:KLIC)

2. Asml Holding Nv (NASDAQ:ASML)

3. Amkor Technology (NASDAQ:AMKR)

1. Photronics (NASDAQ:PLAB)

2. Kulicke & Soffa Industries (NASDAQ:KLIC)

3. Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT)

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