How to buy Onto Innovation stock (ONTO)

Onto Innovation is a semiconductor equipment & materials business based in the US. Onto Innovation shares (ONTO) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $167.25 – a decrease of 1.93% over the previous week. Onto Innovation employs 1,497 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $942.2 million.

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Onto Innovation stock price (NYSE: ONTO)

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Onto Innovation shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2024-12-19.

Latest market close	$167.25
52-week range	$134.11 - $238.93
50-day moving average more info button	$182.63
200-day moving average more info button	$196.89
Wall St. target price	$255.12
PE ratio more info button	46.1165
Dividend yield more info button	N/A
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	$3.69

Is it a good time to buy Onto Innovation stock?

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Onto Innovation price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $167.25 from 2024-12-20

1 week (2024-12-16)	-1.93%
1 month (2024-11-22)	0.58%
3 months (2024-09-23)	-16.59%
6 months (2024-06-21)	-22.71%

1 year (2023-12-22)	8.67%
2 years (2022-12-23)	146.46%
3 years (2021-12-23)	68.75%
5 years (2019-12-23)	354.73%

Is Onto Innovation stock undervalued or overvalued?

Valuing Onto Innovation stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Onto Innovation's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Onto Innovation's P/E ratio

Onto Innovation's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 46x. In other words, Onto Innovation shares trade at around 46x recent earnings.

That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.

Onto Innovation's PEG ratio

Onto Innovation's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 0.8504. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Onto Innovation's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Onto Innovation's EBITDA

Onto Innovation's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $240 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Onto Innovation's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Onto Innovation financials

Revenue TTM	$942.2 million
Operating margin TTM	21.47%
Gross profit TTM	$539.2 million
Return on assets TTM	5.5%
Return on equity TTM	10.18%
Profit margin	19.44%
Book value	$38.54
Market Capitalization more info button	$8.4 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Onto Innovation share dividends

We're not expecting Onto Innovation to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Have Onto Innovation's shares ever split?

Onto Innovation's shares were split on a 0.80667:1 basis on 27 October 2019 . So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 0.80667 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Onto Innovation shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 24% higher share price could have impacted the market appetite for Onto Innovation shares which in turn could have impacted Onto Innovation's share price.

Onto Innovation share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Onto Innovation's shares have ranged in value from as little as $134.11 up to $238.93. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Onto Innovation's is 1.37. This would suggest that Onto Innovation's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Onto Innovation overview

Onto Innovation Inc. engages in the design, development, manufacture, and support of process control tools that performs optical metrology. The company offers lithography systems and process control analytical software. It also offers process and yield management solutions, and device packaging and test facilities through standalone systems for optical metrology, macro-defect inspection, packaging lithography, and transparent and opaque thin film measurements. In addition, the company provides process control software portfolio that includes solutions for standalone tools, groups of tools, and enterprise-or factory-wide suites. Further, it engages in systems software, spare parts, and other services, as well as offers software licensing services. The company's products are used in semiconductor and advanced packaging device manufacturers; silicon wafer; light emitting diode; vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser; micro-electromechanical system; CMOS image sensor; power device; analog device; RF filter; data storage; and various industrial and scientific applications.

Frequently asked questions

What percentage of Onto Innovation is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 0.709% of Onto Innovation shares are held by insiders and 97.743% by institutions. How many people work for Onto Innovation?
Latest data suggests 1,497 work at Onto Innovation. When does the fiscal year end for Onto Innovation?
Onto Innovation's fiscal year ends in December. Where is Onto Innovation based?
Onto Innovation's address is: 16 Jonspin Road, Wilmington, MA, United States, 01887 What is Onto Innovation's ISIN number?
Onto Innovation's international securities identification number is: US6833441057 What is Onto Innovation's CUSIP number?
Onto Innovation's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 683344105