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semi-foundry-equipment theme · 32 dossiers

Dossiers in the semi-foundry-equipment theme cluster — 32 names moving on shared catalysts.

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IRDM

Iridium Communications Inc

LOW

Narrative-momentum thesis is closed: Rocket Lab agreed 2026-06-29 to acquire Iridium for ~$54/share ($27 cash + a calculated ratio of RKLB stock), EV ~$8B. IRDM now trades as merger-arb spread to ~$54 plus embedded RKLB beta not on NTN…

Earnings inflection space-economy semi-foundry-equipment
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AEHR

Aehr Test Systems

LOW

Silicon-photonics vector now printing REPEAT orders (2026-07-09 follow-on from the lead photonics customer, +13.6%, 12-mo +410.84%) broadens the AI-ASIC burn-in story past single-program dependence; but a +410% name near ATH at ~65x sales…

Cyclical recovery semi-foundry-equipment
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ASML

ASML Holding N.V.

LOW

EUV-monopoly narrative ACCELERATING Bernstein $2,623 (7/06) leads still-climbing targets but shares sit ~+41% YTD near 52-week highs three trading days before a Q2 print (7/16) already guided −13% to −18% sequential. The setup is a chase…

Cyclical recovery semi-foundry-equipment
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AXTI

AXT Inc

LOW

InP substrate supplier one layer upstream of the AI optical-interconnect build; fundamental narrative accelerating as the 7/2 Coherent master supply deal ($22.29M prepay, Beijing capacity 2026-28) and 6/17 Casela pact convert the record…

Cyclical recovery semi-foundry-equipment
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TSEM

Tower Semiconductor Ltd.

LOW

Optical-foundry leg re-rated on the 2026-06-18 5M-coherent-PIC Marvell shipment and 2026-06-15 IQE InP deal, but both are digested, sell-side re-rated to $300–335 on 2026-05-14, and no company catalyst lands before the ~early-August Q2…

Cyclical recovery semi-foundry-equipment
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TSM

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd.

HIGH

Fresh continuation re-entry on a 52w-high breakout in the ACCELERATING (0.92) AI compute & memory super-cycle, cluster-confirmed by Micron's blowout, the Samsung/SK Hynix $520B push, and back-to-back PT hikes (BofA $590, Susquehanna $575).…

Cyclical recovery semi-foundry-equipment
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LRCX

Lam Research Corporation

MEDIUM

AI-memory capex cycle re-accelerating: Lam's March-qtr beat (rev $5.84B, +24% YoY) plus Micron's blockbuster late-June print confirm the WFE order read-through, and 2026 WFE was lifted to ~$140B. But it's up ~119% YTD at mid-50x trailing…

Cyclical recovery semi-foundry-equipment ai-datacenter-infrastructure
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ACMR

ACM Research, Inc.

MEDIUM

China WFE-localization plus a memory-capex rebound is re-accelerating ACMR's order book (new orders +65% YoY at the 2026-05-07 Q1 print); the stock broke to an all-time high $109.87 on 2026-06-18 on Roth's raised $125 target. Narrative…

Cyclical recovery semi-foundry-equipment ai-datacenter-infrastructure
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ALK

Alaska Air Group, Inc.

MEDIUM

Airline sector broke a six-year downtrend as the Hormuz fuel spike rolls over into sticky post-Spirit airfares; ALK is a fuel-relief earnings-inflection recovery layered on the Hawaiian transformation but the move already ran two months…

Special situation travel-leisure semi-foundry-equipment
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ASX

ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd.

MEDIUM

Advanced-packaging chokepoint narrative still accelerating: June revenue US$2.092B +25.9% YoY and Q2 US$6.050B beat the +7–9% QoQ guide (2026-07-09), with BofA upgrading to $48. But the tape is re-testing the $38–41 supply zone into a…

Cyclical recovery semi-foundry-equipment ai-chips-memory
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ATEYY

Advantest Corporation

MEDIUM

Purest picks-and-shovels play on AI-chip test intensity chiplets/HBM multiply test-time per device. Record FY2025 (+44.7% sales, +118.8% op profit) but the FY2026 guide only ~+25% with an H2 'digestion' flag, on a crowded 56x, +145%/yr ADR…

Cyclical recovery semi-foundry-equipment ai-chips-memory
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BHE

Benchmark Electronics

MEDIUM

EMS arms-dealer to two secular ramps at once AI datacenter liquid-cooling (AC&C +41% YoY, Q1 CY2026) and the 2026-06-15 Ouster Rev8 lidar expansion (>100k units/yr, 10-yr life). Narrative accelerating, but the tape sits ~18% above the $78…

Cyclical recovery cyclical-industrials ai-datacenter-infrastructure
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FORM

FormFactor, Inc.

MEDIUM

Probe-card pick-and-shovel to the HBM4 test ramp; after a parabolic run to a fresh $160.27 ATH (2026-06-30) on Russell 1000 inclusion, the 2026-07-02 chip selloff cut FORM ~24% to ~$121. HBM inflection intact (record DRAM quarter, second…

Cyclical recovery semi-foundry-equipment ai-chips-memory
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IMOS

ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC.

MEDIUM

Memory-cycle re-rating in an AI costume just re-accelerated: June 2026 revenue +37.2% YoY and Q2 +28.7% YoY (both records since 2014, reported 2026-07-10) erase the May deceleration scare, and price bought back the ~17% fade to sit ~$68…

Theme leader ai-chips-memory semi-foundry-equipment
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JBLU

JetBlue Airways Corporation

MEDIUM

Fuel-mean-reversion turnaround is firing: Brent cracked below $73 as the Strait of Hormuz reopened, reversing the spike that liquidated Spirit, while JBLU banks the Spirit Fort Lauderdale windfall (Q2 RASM raised to +9-12%). Price…

Special situation biofuels-low-carbon semi-foundry-equipment
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MKSI

MKS Inc.

MEDIUM

AI-packaging/WFE picks-and-shovels re-rating: Q1 beat + FY guide raised to $4.79B, and the sell-side has now chased price with six PT hikes to $415–$600 (Jun 23–Jul 9), erasing the "above every analyst PT" cap. Theme ACCELERATING with…

Cyclical recovery semiconductors-analog semi-foundry-equipment
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SNEX

StoneX Group Inc.

MEDIUM

Record fiscal Q2 (+70% net operating revenue, +143% net income, 26.5% ROE on the RJO integration) drove SNEX to fresh all-time highs ~$135, +88% in 90 days. The 3-for-2 split effective July 20 is the momentum vehicle into the early-August…

Special situation crypto-exchanges-financials prediction-markets-betting
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TER

Teradyne, Inc.

MEDIUM

Memory-test capex narrative re-accelerated: B of A to $525 and Baird to $446 (2026-06-23) re-rate TER above the April $400–415 cluster as Micron's HBM4 super-cycle confirms the upcycle. Theme flipped back to ACCELERATING; the ~2026-07-28…

Cyclical recovery semi-foundry-equipment ai-chips-memory
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ACLS

Axcelis Technologies, Inc.

LOW

June memory/HBM semicap re-rating that carried ACLS to a $193.78 high has broken early-July profit-taking cut it ~15% below the June shelf and 50-day MA (~$160) to ~$135–143. FY2026 revenue still guided flat, so the remaining bull case…

Cyclical recovery semi-foundry-equipment ai-chips-memory
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AMKR

Amkor Technology, Inc.

LOW

Post-parabola OSAT laggard rebuilding under the $74-75 shelf after the 2026-06-16 TSMC 10-yr Arizona deal. Every catalyst since April has been sold (the beat -8.6%; the deal pop faded to -8.5% by 06-25), and the 2026-07-27 Q2 print is the…

Cyclical recovery semi-foundry-equipment ai-chips-memory
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COHU

Cohu, Inc.

LOW

AI-compute test picks-&-shovels re-rate (Eclipse xPU handlers + Neon HBM inspection) is now a broad sell-side chase three PT raises in a month to $65–80 (TD Cowen $80, Baird $65, Stifel $70) with the stock near its $70.47 ATH after…

Cyclical recovery ai-datacenter-infrastructure semi-foundry-equipment
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HNI

HNI Corporation

LOW

Transformational Steelcase merger (closed 2025-12-10) made HNI the #1 North American office-furniture maker at ~$5.8B revenue, but the tape is broken near $40 versus ~$70 analyst targets a show-me integration grind, not an accelerating…

Special situation semi-foundry-equipment consumer-discretionary-rotation
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MCHP

Microchip Technology Incorporated

LOW

Beaten-down analog/MCU name that re-rated on a disclosed AI-data-center leg (DCS $302.7M CY25 → ~$500M CY26, +65%; Mar-26 qtr +62.9% YoY) but that leg is now under direct attack: a 2026-06-24 J Capital short report dismantling the DCS…

Special situation ai-chips-memory ai-datacenter-infrastructure
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OLPX

Olaplex Holdings, Inc.

LOW

Henkel all-cash takeout at $2.06 is de-risking fast: Germany's Bundeskartellamt cleared 2026-06-16 and Australia's ACCC cleared shortly after; only US (HSR) and UK (CMA) gates remain for an H2-2026 close. Stock pegged ~$2.05, ~0.5% gross…

Earnings inflection m-and-a-special-situations semi-foundry-equipment
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PDFS

PDF Solutions, Inc.

LOW

Yield-analytics software re-rated on a real margin step (operating margin ~18%→25%, Platform rev +36% YoY), but the ~+280% run printed a fresh $69.05 high on 2026-07-02 and reversed 11.5% in a day to ~$59 still at the top of the $54–59…

Cyclical recovery ai-chips-memory semi-foundry-equipment
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QRVO

Qorvo, Inc.

LOW

Not a standalone story since the 2025-10-27 Skyworks bid ($32.50 cash + 0.960 SWKS/sh). Trades as a leveraged SWKS proxy with a ~33% cash floor; upside capped at deal value, downside binary on China's SAMR review the last of three…

Defensive semiconductors-analog m-and-a-special-situations
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RPAY

Repay Holdings Corporation

LOW

Two-activist takeout fight resolved against longs: the board rejected Forager's $4.80 bid (5/4), closed the debt-funded KUBRA deal (6/1), and survived the 6/10 meeting where directors held their seats despite a historic ~37% withhold vote.…

Earnings inflection m-and-a-special-situations semi-foundry-equipment
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SITM

SiTime Corporation

LOW

MEMS timing picks-and-shovels for AI datacenters: Q1 (~May 7) confirmed the re-rate datacenter revenue +158% YoY to ~67% of sales and the Feb-4 Renesas timing deal adds ~$300M of AI-comms revenue. But the stock has cooled ~11% from its…

Cyclical recovery ai-datacenter-infrastructure precision-biotech-therapeutics
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STAA

STAAR Surgical Company

LOW

Post-Alcon-break special situation where the June 18 standstill expiry + annual meeting passed with no renewed sale process Broadwood slate re-elected, equity plan boosted, nothing on a sale. The near-term M&A binary deflated. Residual…

Earnings inflection medtech-diagnostics m-and-a-special-situations
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VECO

Veeco Instruments Inc.

LOW

Merger-arb tracking stock for Axcelis: fixed 0.3575 ACLS/VECO, both votes passed 2026-02-06, only China SAMR remains (outside date 2026-09-30). Upside is ratio-capped and the live binary is the SAMR sign-off which has run slow and may move…

Earnings inflection m-and-a-special-situations semi-foundry-equipment
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YAAS

Youxin Technology Ltd

LOW

April's YATOP squeeze (+56% to $1.77) has fully round-tripped; YAAS prints $0.731 (2026-07-02) at fresh lows below the prior $0.7503 floor. A live $6.36M Aegis ATM (filed 2026-06-26) now sells into every bounce while a re-armed Nasdaq…

Retail squeeze ai-enterprise-software semi-foundry-equipment
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ZETA

Zeta Global Holdings Corp.

LOW

Palantir partnership (2026-06-23: 7-yr, Data Cloud onto Foundry, Athena central, >$100M annual-revenue potential) re-accelerates the redemption narrative the Culper short can't answer. But the late-May spike already unwound from ~$23 to…

Theme leader ai-enterprise-software semi-foundry-equipment
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