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Chip equipment stocks are selling off hard even as Treasury yields drop and the broader market climbs, and the disconnect points to something more troubling than a rates problem lurking beneath the AI infrastructure trade.
The average brokerage recommendation (ABR) for KLA (KLAC) is equivalent to a Buy. The overly optimistic recommendations of Wall Street analysts make the effectiveness of this highly sought-after metric questionable. So, is it worth buying the stock?
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) closed down by -0.69% on Tuesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed down by -0.22%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed down by -1.68%. E-mini S&P futures (ESU26 ) fell -0.69%, and September E-mini...
Chip equipment stocks have surged far ahead of the broader tech market in 2026, but a single week of doubts about AI spending just wiped billions in gains across the group. Here is what the gap between Applied Materials, Lam Research, and KLA signals about where the trade goes next.
Joel Greenblatt built Gotham Asset Management on concentrated value bets, so his latest 13F filing caught analysts off guard with moves that look less like a stock-picker's conviction and more like someone quietly bracing for impact.
ONTO's $720M Rigaku stake adds X-ray process control to its portfolio, targeting a roughly $1B market as chip structures grow more complex.
Onto Innovation's AI-driven demand, rising estimates and margin gains strengthen its outlook, but a rich valuation leaves little room for execution misses.
Applied Materials' AI-driven growth, strong semiconductor demand and broad portfolio support its bullish outlook despite a premium valuation.
LRCX's DRAM push gains momentum as AI-driven HBM demand, advanced memory nodes and growing tool adoption expand its growth opportunities.
KLA (KLAC) has affirmed a quarterly cash dividend of US$0.23 per share, with shareholders of record on August 17, 2026, set to receive payment on September 1, 2026. Investors now consider income and option-based strategies. See our latest analysis for KLA. KLA shares have gained 1.0% on a 1-day share price return and 6.8% over the past week, while the 30-day share price return is down 3.3%. Even so, a 61.5% year to date share price return and very large 1-year and multi year total shareholder...
Wall Street's most dominant process control chipmaker just dropped nearly 10% in a month despite a five-quarter beat streak, and one high-conviction analyst sees a gap forming that the rest of the Street has not yet priced in.
Second-quarter 13F filings, disclosed late last week for positions held as of June 30, tell a clear story inside the semiconductor trade: the biggest hedge funds rotated out of Broadcom (NASDAQ:AVGO) and into Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE:TSM). Let’s take a look at what funds bought and sold the two chip titans. Loeb and Druckenmiller Both ... Wall Street’s Biggest Funds Are Dumping Broadcom and Adding Taiwan Semiconductor. Time to Follow the ‘Smart Money?’
A number of stocks jumped in the afternoon session after a wave of upbeat earnings reports and bullish forecasts from key industry players signaled robust and sustained demand for artificial intelligence technology.
Shares of Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT) are down 5.7% in premarket trading Friday after the company posted record fiscal Q3 results but guided fourth quarter revenue and margins that failed to clear an elevated bar. The stock closed Thursday near $535, already up roughly 109% year to date and roughly 183% over one year. Strong Report, ... Applied Materials is Down 6% Premarket. Will It Drag Down Lam Research, KLA, and Other Semi Equipment Stocks?
Applied Materials Inc. delivered an estimate-beating forecast that still got a lukewarm reaction from investors, a sign of the lofty hopes surrounding a company that’s key to the AI boom.
Applied Materials forecast fourth-quarter revenue above Wall Street expectations on Thursday, betting that unabated demand for advanced AI chips will continue to fuel robust spending on its semiconductor manufacturing equipment. The company forecast quarterly revenue of around $10.25 billion, plus or minus $500 million, compared with analysts' average estimate of $9.54 billion, according to data compiled by LSEG.
KLAC's 9.3% monthly drop highlights near-term margin and supply risks, even as AI demand, HBM and advanced packaging support its long-term growth outlook.
SanDisk just dropped a multi-year financial model at its Investor Day, and the ripple hit equipment stocks hard and fast. Here is what the targets signal about memory capital spending through 2030 and which semiconductor names stand to gain the most.
TER's AI-driven robotics growth is accelerating as data center demand boosts automation and semiconductor testing.
MG vs. KLAC: Which Stock Is the Better Value Option?
TCW Funds, an investment management firm, published its second-quarter 2026 investor letter for the ‘TCW Concentrated Large Cap Growth Fund.’ A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. During the second quarter, AI monetization, a fragile Middle East ceasefire, and a Federal Reserve leadership transition were the significant events. All major indices ended higher, […]
KLA Corporation recently declared a quarterly cash dividend of US$0.23 per share, payable on September 1, 2026, to shareholders of record as of August 17, 2026, alongside reporting higher quarterly and full-year revenue and earnings through June 30, 2026, and issuing guidance for the September 2026 quarter. These results and guidance arrive as semiconductor equipment demand is being reinforced by large AI chip manufacturing projects like Tesla and SpaceX’s Terafab complex and by industry...
LRCX expands into PLP as larger AI chips drive demand, targeting a fast-growing advanced-packaging opportunity.
Investing.com -- In a note on Tuesday, Bernstein lifted its forecasts for wafer fabrication equipment (WFE) spending, raising price targets across its semiconductor equipment coverage on growing conviction that the current upcycle "has legs."
DOV, KLAC and TPC recently announced dividend hikes, offering income as market volatility persists and uncertainty weighs on investors.
Cramer’s Case for the Semiconductor Equipment “Troika” During the August 6 episode of CNBC’s Mad Money, host Jim Cramer pointed to the bottleneck in data center memory production and urged investors to focus on the companies building the fabrication machinery. He highlighted Lam Research Corporation (NASDAQ:LRCX), KLA Corporation (NASDAQ:KLAC), and Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT) as […]
A single Chinese headline erased weeks of gains from one of the semiconductor world's most irreplaceable companies, but Wall Street's most bullish analysts are treating the dip as a gift. Here is why the bear case just got harder to make.
Applied Materials' AI-driven semiconductor exposure, strong earnings outlook and broad technology portfolio support the case to accumulate the stock.
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