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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 48th ranked industry out of 145 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	$4.78B	$91.39	4.03%	-$32.89M	-75.78x	0.35	Singapore
PLAB	PHOTRONICS INC	NASDAQ	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$3.01B	$51.00	3.07%	$240.12M	21.79x	0.21	United States
ENTG	ENTEGRIS INC	NASDAQ	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$22.77B	$149.29	7.43%	$847.30M	86.29x	1.09	United States
TER	TERADYNE INC	NASDAQ	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$55.90B	$357.10	5.83%	$1.12B	65.89x	0.41	United States
INTT	INTEST CORP	NYSEMKT	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$204.05M	$16.33	-11.92%	$4.02M	-77.76x	0.46	United States
AMKR	AMKOR TECHNOLOGY INC	NASDAQ	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$19.01B	$76.71	8.10%	$1.25B	43.59x	0.82	United States
UCTT	ULTRA CLEAN HOLDINGS INC	NASDAQ	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$3.73B	$83.14	13.73%	-$44.50M	-19.38x	1.84	United States
ASML	ASML HOLDING NV	NASDAQ	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$556.13B	$1,442.92	4.09%	$14.76B	49.60x	1.58	Netherlands
LRCX	LAM RESEARCH CORP	NASDAQ	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$344.91B	$275.80	6.66%	$7.91B	51.84x	0.96	United States
ASYS	AMTECH SYSTEMS INC	NASDAQ	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$258.31M	$17.93	8.80%	-$25.43M	-8.42x	0.74	United States
AMAT	APPLIED MATERIALS INC	NASDAQ	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$326.03B	$410.82	4.97%	$10.21B	41.88x	0.73	United States
AMBA	AMBARELLA INC	NASDAQ	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$3.26B	$74.36	5.15%	-$48.11M	-41.78x	0.34	United States
KLAC	KLA CORP	NASDAQ	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$226.36B	$1,732.90	1.14%	$6.06B	48.81x	1.89	United States
IPGP	IPG PHOTONICS CORP	NASDAQ	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$3.83B	$90.84	-25.74%	$82.09M	124.44x	0.14	United States
ACLS	AXCELIS TECHNOLOGIES INC	NASDAQ	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$4.33B	$139.70	-1.53%	$161.23M	36.67x	0.32	United States
TRT	TRIO-TECH INTERNATIONAL	NYSEMKT	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$117.68M	$13.45	15.25%	$2.35M	-672.50x	0.42	United States
AXTI	AXT INC	NASDAQ	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$5.98B	$107.55	1.46%	-$9.24M	-219.49x	0.36	United States
ONTO	ONTO INNOVATION INC	NYSE	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$15.17B	$305.00	1.82%	$202.38M	141.20x	0.12	United States
COHU	COHU INC	NASDAQ	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$2.29B	$48.45	3.77%	$8.88M	-40.71x	0.61	United States
ICHR	ICHOR HOLDINGS LTD	NASDAQ	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$2.36B	$67.77	-2.80%	-$4.83M	-45.79x	0.46	United States
ATOM	ATOMERA INC	NASDAQ	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$408.85M	$10.56	1.83%	-$19.81M	-16.25x	0.08	United States
CAMT	CAMTEK LTD	NASDAQ	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$9.04B	$197.20	7.93%	$39.05M	177.66x	1.04	Israel
NVMI	NOVA LTD	NASDAQ	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$16.39B	$515.67	4.75%	$325.65M	59.89x	0.79	Israel
INDI	INDIE SEMICONDUCTOR INC	NASDAQ	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$1.03B	$4.61	5.73%	-$84.85M	-6.32x	1.28	United States
ACMR	ACM RESEARCH INC	NASDAQ	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$3.47B	$52.80	3.06%	$135.20M	35.92x	0.64	United States
AEHR	AEHR TEST SYSTEMS	NASDAQ	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$2.87B	$91.19	6.52%	-$10.59M	-239.97x	0.13	United States
DQ	DAQO NEW ENERGY CORP	NYSE	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$1.35B	$20.01	0.30%	N/A	N/A	0.10	China
VECO	VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC	NASDAQ	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$3.02B	$49.54	-2.73%	$51.67M	127.03x	0.53	United States
SMTK	SMARTKEM INC	NASDAQ	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$8.14M	$0.38	37.14%	-$10.04M	-0.30x	-1.58	United Kingdom

Semiconductor Equipment Stocks FAQ

What are the best semiconductor equipment stocks to buy right now in May 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: B, Momentum: A, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: D.

Kulicke & Soffa Industries (NASDAQ:KLIC) has a Due Diligence Score of 32, which is -2 points lower than the semiconductor equipment industry average of 34. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates KLIC as a "A".

KLIC passed 11 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Kulicke & Soffa Industries has seen its stock return 178.97% over the past year, overperforming other semiconductor equipment stocks by 22 percentage points.

Kulicke & Soffa Industries has an average 1 year price target of $54.67, a downside of -40.18% from Kulicke & Soffa Industries's current stock price of $91.39.

Kulicke & Soffa Industries stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 3 analysts covering Kulicke & Soffa Industries, 33.33% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 33.33% have issued a Buy, 33.33% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

2. Photronics (NASDAQ:PLAB)

Photronics (NASDAQ:PLAB) 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 Photronics (NASDAQ:PLAB) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: B, Sentiment: B, Safety: A, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Photronics (NASDAQ:PLAB) has a Due Diligence Score of 36, which is 2 points higher than the semiconductor equipment industry average of 34.

PLAB passed 11 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Photronics has seen its stock return 167.16% over the past year, overperforming other semiconductor equipment stocks by 10 percentage points.

Photronics has an average 1 year price target of $44.33, a downside of -13.07% from Photronics's current stock price of $51.00.

Photronics stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 3 analysts covering Photronics, 66.67% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 33.33% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

3. Entegris (NASDAQ:ENTG)

Entegris (NASDAQ:ENTG) 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 Entegris (NASDAQ:ENTG) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: B, Sentiment: B, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: B.

Entegris (NASDAQ:ENTG) has a Due Diligence Score of 33, which is -1 points lower than the semiconductor equipment industry average of 34. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates ENTG as a "B".

ENTG passed 12 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Entegris has seen its stock return 77.96% over the past year, underperforming other semiconductor equipment stocks by -79 percentage points.

Entegris has an average 1 year price target of $142.88, a downside of -4.3% from Entegris's current stock price of $149.29.

Entegris stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 8 analysts covering Entegris, 50% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 37.5% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 12.5% 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 0.9%, which is the same as the semiconductor equipment industry average of 0.45%. 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 -68% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

2. Asml Holding Nv (NASDAQ:ASML)

Asml Holding Nv (NASDAQ:ASML) has an annual dividend yield of 0.61%, which is the same as the semiconductor equipment industry average of 0.45%. Asml Holding Nv's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% five 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. Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT)

Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT) has an annual dividend yield of 0.45%, which is the same as the semiconductor equipment industry average of 0.45%. Applied Materials's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Applied Materials's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Applied Materials's dividend payout ratio of 18.1% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Why are semiconductor equipment stocks up?

Semiconductor equipment stocks were up 2.95% in the last day, and up 2.41% over the last week. Smartkem was the among the top gainers in the semiconductor equipment & materials industry, gaining 37.14% yesterday.

Shares of semiconductor and chip companies are trading higher amid overall market strength as oil prices slide after Defense Secretary Hegseth said the U.S.-Iran ceasefire is intact and that ships are transiting the Strait of Hormuz. Investors are rotating into growth stocks after reports suggesting the U.S. is working to address the global memory chip shortage.

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

Photronics's stock has gained 167.16% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the semiconductor equipment industry by 10 percentage points.

2. Acm Research (NASDAQ:ACMR)

Acm Research (NASDAQ:ACMR) 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.

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

Acm Research's stock has gained 167.88% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the semiconductor equipment industry by 11 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 15 points higher than the semiconductor equipment industry average of 14. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Applied Materials's stock has gained 165.71% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the semiconductor equipment industry by 9 percentage points.

Are semiconductor equipment stocks a good buy now?

60% of semiconductor equipment stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect semiconductor equipment stocks to rise by 0.41% over the next year.

7.41% of semiconductor equipment stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 18.52% of semiconductor equipment stocks are rated B (Buy), 55.56% are rated C (Hold), 14.81% are rated D (Sell), and 3.7% 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 48.66x.

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Semiconductor Equipment Stocks FAQ

1. Kulicke & Soffa Industries (NASDAQ:KLIC)

2. Photronics (NASDAQ:PLAB)

3. Entegris (NASDAQ:ENTG)

1. Kulicke & Soffa Industries (NASDAQ:KLIC)

2. Asml Holding Nv (NASDAQ:ASML)

3. Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT)

1. Photronics (NASDAQ:PLAB)

2. Acm Research (NASDAQ:ACMR)

3. Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT)

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