How to buy Veeco Instruments stock (VECO)

Veeco Instruments is a semiconductor equipment & materials business based in the US. Veeco Instruments shares (VECO) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $27.83 – an increase of 0.87% over the previous week. Veeco Instruments employs 1,215 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $709.1 million.

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Veeco Instruments stock price (NASDAQ: VECO)

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Veeco Instruments shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2024-12-18.

Latest market close	$27.83
52-week range	$25.52 - $49.25
50-day moving average more info button	$28.97
200-day moving average more info button	$35.64
Wall St. target price	$35.00
PE ratio more info button	20.0863
Dividend yield more info button	N/A
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	$1.39

Is it a good time to buy Veeco Instruments stock?

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Veeco Instruments price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $27.83 from 2024-12-24

1 week (2024-12-19)	0.87%
1 month (2024-11-26)	2.58%
3 months (2024-09-26)	-17.81%
6 months (2024-06-26)	-39.28%

1 year (2023-12-26)	-12.07%
2 years (2022-12-23)	51.50%
3 years (2021-12-23)	3.61%
5 years (2019-12-26)	86.65%

Is Veeco Instruments stock undervalued or overvalued?

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

Veeco Instruments's P/E ratio

Veeco Instruments's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 20x. In other words, Veeco Instruments shares trade at around 20x recent earnings.

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

Veeco Instruments's PEG ratio

Veeco Instruments's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 0.53. 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 Veeco Instruments's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Veeco Instruments's EBITDA

Veeco Instruments's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $117.6 million.

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

Veeco Instruments financials

Revenue TTM	$709.1 million
Operating margin TTM	15.66%
Gross profit TTM	$263.1 million
Return on assets TTM	4.57%
Return on equity TTM	11.56%
Profit margin	11.34%
Book value	$13.15
Market Capitalization more info button	$1.6 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Veeco Instruments share dividends

We're not expecting Veeco Instruments to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Veeco Instruments share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Veeco Instruments's shares have ranged in value from as little as $25.52 up to $49.25. 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 (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while Veeco Instruments's is 1.169. This would suggest that Veeco Instruments's shares are a little bit more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a slightly higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Veeco Instruments overview

Veeco Instruments Inc. , together with its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, sells, and supports semiconductor and thin film process equipment primarily to make electronic devices in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, China, Rest of the Asia-Pacific, and internationally. The company offers laser annealing, ion beam deposition and etch, metal organic chemical vapor deposition, single wafer wet processing and surface preparation, molecular beam epitaxy, advanced packaging lithography, atomic layer deposition, and other deposition systems. Its process equipment systems are used in the production of a range of microelectronic components, including logic, dynamic random-access memory, photonics devices, power electronics, radio frequency filters and amplifiers, magnetic heads for hard disk drives, and other semiconductor devices. In addition, the company markets and sells its products to integrated device manufacturers and foundries; outsourced semiconductor assembly and test companies; and hard disk drive and photonics manufacturers, as well as research centers and universities. Veeco Instruments Inc. was founded in 1945 and is headquartered in Plainview, New York.

Frequently asked questions

What percentage of Veeco Instruments is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 2.41% of Veeco Instruments shares are held by insiders and 108.385% by institutions. How many people work for Veeco Instruments?
Latest data suggests 1,215 work at Veeco Instruments. When does the fiscal year end for Veeco Instruments?
Veeco Instruments's fiscal year ends in December. Where is Veeco Instruments based?
Veeco Instruments's address is: 1 Terminal Drive, Plainview, NY, United States, 11803 What is Veeco Instruments's ISIN number?
Veeco Instruments's international securities identification number is: US9224171002 What is Veeco Instruments's CUSIP number?
Veeco Instruments's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 922417100