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Best Semiconductor Equipment Stocks to Buy Now (2025)
Top semiconductor equipment stocks in 2025 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 C and is the 86th ranked industry out of 145 stock market industries

Ticker	Company	Exchange	Industry	Market Cap	Price	1d %	EBITDA	P/E	D/E	Country
PLAB	PHOTRONICS INC	NASDAQ	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$1.42B	$24.15	0.54%	$237.80M	13.49x	0.19	United States
KLIC	KULICKE & SOFFA INDUSTRIES INC	NASDAQ	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$2.54B	$48.49	1.93%	$38.58M	12,122.50x	0.34	Singapore
AMBA	AMBARELLA INC	NASDAQ	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$3.19B	$74.10	4.28%	-$53.87M	-39.41x	0.27	United States
ACLS	AXCELIS TECHNOLOGIES INC	NASDAQ	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$2.82B	$90.82	1.93%	$179.77M	21.37x	0.33	United States
AMKR	AMKOR TECHNOLOGY INC	NASDAQ	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$10.69B	$43.23	0.12%	$1.09B	34.58x	0.89	United States
AMAT	APPLIED MATERIALS INC	NASDAQ	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$213.50B	$268.00	-0.53%	$9.59B	31.75x	0.75	United States
LRCX	LAM RESEARCH CORP	NASDAQ	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$199.33B	$158.70	1.02%	$6.92B	34.80x	1.15	United States
ASYS	AMTECH SYSTEMS INC	NASDAQ	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$127.54M	$8.91	3.48%	-$27.21M	-3.98x	0.73	United States
ONTO	ONTO INNOVATION INC	NYSE	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$7.71B	$157.40	-1.29%	$247.31M	44.21x	0.09	United States
KLAC	KLA CORP	NASDAQ	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$159.57B	$1,214.46	0.53%	$5.56B	37.96x	2.27	United States
COHU	COHU INC	NASDAQ	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$1.17B	$24.98	-0.60%	-$11.46M	-15.91x	0.23	United States
TER	TERADYNE INC	NASDAQ	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$31.44B	$200.77	1.08%	$625.47M	73.01x	0.46	United States
UCTT	ULTRA CLEAN HOLDINGS INC	NASDAQ	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$1.19B	$26.24	-0.34%	-$17.40M	-7.37x	1.32	United States
AXTI	AXT INC	NASDAQ	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$539.90M	$11.58	-4.30%	-$11.31M	-22.27x	0.52	United States
IPGP	IPG PHOTONICS CORP	NASDAQ	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$3.45B	$81.92	-1.13%	$88.03M	146.29x	0.13	United States
INTT	INTEST CORP	NYSEMKT	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$98.24M	$7.87	-1.63%	$3.74M	-43.72x	0.46	United States
DQ	DAQO NEW ENERGY CORP	NYSE	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$2.11B	$31.25	-0.67%	N/A	N/A	0.11	China
ACMR	ACM RESEARCH INC	NASDAQ	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$2.28B	$35.10	1.39%	$165.21M	18.97x	0.62	United States
ASML	ASML HOLDING NV	NASDAQ	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$425.82B	$1,099.47	-0.96%	$14.48B	39.01x	1.37	Netherlands
NVMI	NOVA LTD	NASDAQ	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$9.62B	$324.45	1.22%	$309.97M	39.00x	0.97	Israel
ENTG	ENTEGRIS INC	NASDAQ	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$13.52B	$89.15	1.15%	$898.92M	46.68x	1.16	United States
INDI	INDIE SEMICONDUCTOR INC	NASDAQ	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$1.01B	$4.62	0.22%	-$86.05M	-6.16x	1.25	United States
CAMT	CAMTEK LTD	NASDAQ	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$5.36B	$117.07	-1.13%	N/A	110.44x	1.13	Israel
ATOM	ATOMERA INC	NASDAQ	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$78.89M	$2.49	-0.80%	-$19.06M	-3.72x	0.15	United States
ICHR	ICHOR HOLDINGS LTD	NASDAQ	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$605.51M	$17.61	1.27%	$3.11M	-14.68x	0.43	United States
AEHR	AEHR TEST SYSTEMS	NASDAQ	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$742.36M	$24.74	-2.98%	-$4.20M	-112.45x	0.18	United States
VECO	VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC	NASDAQ	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$1.93B	$32.05	1.78%	$74.60M	37.27x	0.47	United States
TRT	TRIO-TECH INTERNATIONAL	NYSEMKT	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$37.94M	$8.72	2.59%	$3.06M	145.33x	0.39	United States
SMTK	SMARTKEM INC	NASDAQ	Semiconductor Equipment & Materials	$9.33M	$1.52	4.11%	-$10.70M	-0.33x	-2.10	United Kingdom

Semiconductor Equipment Stocks FAQ

What are the best semiconductor equipment stocks to buy right now in Dec 2025?

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. Photronics (NASDAQ:PLAB)

Photronics (NASDAQ:PLAB) is the #1 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 Photronics (NASDAQ:PLAB) is: Value: A, Growth: D, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: A, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Photronics (NASDAQ:PLAB) has a Due Diligence Score of 47, which is 11 points higher than the semiconductor equipment industry average of 36.

PLAB passed 14 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Photronics has seen its stock lose -0.45% over the past year, underperforming other semiconductor equipment stocks by -53 percentage points.

Photronics has an average 1 year price target of $32.00, an upside of 32.51% from Photronics's current stock price of $24.15.

Photronics stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Photronics, 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. Kulicke & Soffa Industries (NASDAQ:KLIC)

Kulicke & Soffa Industries (NASDAQ:KLIC) is the #2 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 Kulicke & Soffa Industries (NASDAQ:KLIC) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: A, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Kulicke & Soffa Industries (NASDAQ:KLIC) has a Due Diligence Score of 46, which is 10 points higher than the semiconductor equipment industry average of 36.

KLIC passed 16 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Kulicke & Soffa Industries has seen its stock return 0.73% over the past year, underperforming other semiconductor equipment stocks by -52 percentage points.

Kulicke & Soffa Industries has an average 1 year price target of $46.67, a downside of -3.76% from Kulicke & Soffa Industries's current stock price of $48.49.

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.

3. Ambarella (NASDAQ:AMBA)

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

Ambarella (NASDAQ:AMBA) has a Due Diligence Score of 27, which is -9 points lower than the semiconductor equipment industry average of 36. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates AMBA as a "B".

AMBA passed 8 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Ambarella has seen its stock return 6.9% over the past year, underperforming other semiconductor equipment stocks by -46 percentage points.

Ambarella has an average 1 year price target of $98.29, an upside of 32.64% from Ambarella's current stock price of $74.10.

Ambarella stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 7 analysts covering Ambarella, 57.14% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 28.57% have issued a Buy, 14.29% 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 1.27%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the semiconductor equipment industry average of 0.64%. 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 20,500% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

2. Amkor Technology (NASDAQ:AMKR)

Amkor Technology (NASDAQ:AMKR) has an annual dividend yield of 0.77%, which is the same as the semiconductor equipment industry average of 0.64%. 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 58.9% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

3. Lam Research (NASDAQ:LRCX)

Lam Research (NASDAQ:LRCX) has an annual dividend yield of 0.76%, which is the same as the semiconductor equipment industry average of 0.64%. Lam Research's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Lam Research's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Lam Research's dividend payout ratio of 20.8% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Why are semiconductor equipment stocks up?

Semiconductor equipment stocks were up 0.11% in the last day, and up 4.92% over the last week.

We couldn't find a catalyst for why semiconductor equipment stocks are up.

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 A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Photronics has a valuation score of 71, which is 45 points higher than the semiconductor equipment industry average of 26. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Photronics's stock has dropped -0.45% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the semiconductor equipment industry by -53 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 B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Acm Research has a valuation score of 43, which is 17 points higher than the semiconductor equipment industry average of 26. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Acm Research's stock has gained 148.94% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the semiconductor equipment industry by 96 percentage points.

3. Axcelis Technologies (NASDAQ:ACLS)

Axcelis Technologies (NASDAQ:ACLS) is the third 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.

Axcelis Technologies has a valuation score of 71, which is 45 points higher than the semiconductor equipment industry average of 26. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Axcelis Technologies's stock has gained 23.55% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the semiconductor equipment industry by -29 percentage points.

Are semiconductor equipment stocks a good buy now?

56.52% of semiconductor equipment stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect semiconductor equipment stocks to rise by 3.69% over the next year.

0% of semiconductor equipment stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 11.54% of semiconductor equipment stocks are rated B (Buy), 76.92% are rated C (Hold), 3.85% are rated D (Sell), and 7.69% 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 65.53x.

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Semiconductor Equipment Stocks FAQ

1. Photronics (NASDAQ:PLAB)

2. Kulicke & Soffa Industries (NASDAQ:KLIC)

3. Ambarella (NASDAQ:AMBA)

1. Kulicke & Soffa Industries (NASDAQ:KLIC)

2. Amkor Technology (NASDAQ:AMKR)

3. Lam Research (NASDAQ:LRCX)

1. Photronics (NASDAQ:PLAB)

2. Acm Research (NASDAQ:ACMR)

3. Axcelis Technologies (NASDAQ:ACLS)

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