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。

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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。