Veeco Instruments ( VECO -3.84% ) , a rather niche manufacturer of equipment used to make semiconductors and hard disk drives, wasn't very niche in the eyes of many investors in September.一位现在非常乐观的分析师上调了推荐,为该公司赢得了广泛关注,其股票也成为热门商品。从夏季到秋季的一个月,Veeco 的股价强劲上涨了 17%。 And to me, it still looks inexpensive.
从持有到买入

升级背后的人是 Northland 的 Gus Richard。他将 Veeco 评级从市场表现(持有)上调至跑赢大盘(即买入),维持每股 66 美元的目标价。
据报道,理查德对他所说的公司巨大的订单势头非常乐观。 That would dovetail very effectively with management's prediction that the total addressable market for Veeco's wares is set to soar from $1.7 billion this year to $3 billion in 2030.
该分析师还认为,Veeco 擅长的一种先进芯片制造工艺,即离子束沉积 (IBD),已被证明在半导体行业很受欢迎。 Such cutting-edge manufacturing solutions will help Veeco widen its gross margins, Richard believes.
这位专家更为谨慎地警告称,Veeco 的投入成本正在上升,而且可能没有空间提高现有积压工作的价格。
鼓励性的基础和指导
进入九月,对 Veeco 的未来持乐观态度并不难。毕竟,在上个月,它公布了超出预期的季度业绩。收入同比增长 16%,达到 1.935 亿美元,超出分析师普遍预期的略高于 1.8 亿美元。不按照公认会计原则(非 GAAP 或调整后)计算的净利润仅小幅增长,从 2150 万美元增至 2180 万美元(每股 0.33 美元)。然而,这足以超出每股 0.28 美元的共识预测。
Better, management guided for substantial annual growth in all of 2026. Revenue is forecast to land at $780 million to $810 million for the year, which is far above the average analyst estimate of under $764 million (it also well exceeds 2025's $664 million).该公司调整后每股收益 (EPS) 指引低于专家共识 1.62 美元,为 1.36 至 1.61 美元。然而,这预计至少比去年每股 1.33 美元略有改善。
纳斯达克股票代码:维科
我一直偏爱在高增长领域运营的利基公司。 Veeco's results have been choppy and up-and-down at times, but I think the current build-out of artificial intelligence (AI) makes it a valuable supplier now and across the proximate future.我将其标记为买入,因为其潜力及其目前适度(低于 15)的远期市盈率。然而,我们应该对该公司似乎无法持续实现有意义的增长率保持警惕。