Veeco Instruments Inc. (VECO)Technology | Semiconductor Equipment & Materials | Plainview, United States | NasdaqGS
48.82 USD
-0.42
(-0.853%) ⇩
(Oct. 13, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 48.82 |
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 1:44 a.m. EDT
The immediate catalyst here is the Axcelis merger, which has driven the stock from a multi-year low of $26 to current levels near $52, representing a massive recovery from a -56% crash in 2018. However, the long-term outlook remains precarious due to a toxic combination of a bloated trailing P/E of 137x and a recent 15% drop in revenue. While forward estimates suggest a much healthier multiple, the market is currently pricing in significant execution risk. The options data confirms this tension: traders are buying deep OTM calls hoping for a merger premium spike, but are also hedging with heavy put volume just below the current price. This suggests the consensus view is that the rally may stall or reverse before the deal closes. For investors, the thesis relies entirely on the successful integration of Axcelis to unlock value; without that, the high valuation and shrinking top-line growth make the current price difficult to defend. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoARIMA ✓ | 0.076634 |
| AutoETS | 0.077137 |
| MSTL | 0.088471 |
| AutoTheta | 0.089021 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 40% |
| H-stat | 1.95 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.316 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -1.09 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Technology |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 28.931 |
| Revenue per Share | 11.29 |
| Market Cap | 2,984,348,928 |
| Trailing P/E | 131.95 |
| Forward P/E | 16.80 |
| Beta | 1.36 |
| Profit Margins | 3.40% |
| Website | https://www.veeco.com |
As of Oct. 10, 2026, 1:44 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for significant volatility rather than a clear directional bet. Call open interest builds heavily at distant strikes ($95, $120) suggesting a bullish tail risk, while put volume concentrates near the money ($30-$45 range) indicating a fear of a moderate correction. The implied volatility surface shows massive spikes at deep out-of-the-money strikes for both sides, reflecting uncertainty about whether the stock will gap up on the Axcelis merger news or gap down on execution risks. The net positioning is neutral-to-slightly-bearish in the near term due to the density of put walls just below current prices.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.77058613 |
| Address1 | 1 Terminal Drive |
| All Time High | 122.25 |
| All Time Low | 3.22 |
| Ask | 60.16 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Audit Risk | 1 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 674,160 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 729,357 |
| Average Volume | 729,357 |
| Average Volume10Days | 674,160 |
| Beta | 1.359 |
| Bid | 34.78 |
| Bid Size | 2 |
| Board Risk | 2 |
| Book Value | 14.768 |
| City | Plainview |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 1 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 48.82 |
| Current Ratio | 3.926 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,790,726,400 |
| Day High | 49.255 |
| Day Low | 46.51 |
| Debt To Equity | 28.931 |
| Display Name | Veeco Instruments |
| Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,785,963,600 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,785,963,600 |
| Earnings Growth | -0.086 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | 0.011 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,785,960,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,793,822,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,793,822,400 |
| Ebitda | 49,268,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.07216 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 57.681 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 4.162 |
| Enterprise Value | 2,841,812,480 |
| Eps Current Year | 1.51372 |
| Eps Forward | 2.9058 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 0.37 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 15 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 48.2816 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 0.53839874 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.01115122 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 77.05862 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 86.63 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -37.809998 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.43645388 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 26.0 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 22.82 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.8776923 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 26.0 - 86.63 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 786,119,400,000 |
| Float Shares | 60,133,227 |
| Forward Eps | 2.9058 |
| Forward P E | 16.80088 |
| Free Cashflow | 71,797,000 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 1,265 |
| Fullday Change | -0.42000198 |
| Fullday Change Percent | -0.85296905 |
| Fullday Price | 48.82 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,790,812,800 |
| Gross Margins | 0.3786 |
| Gross Profits | 258,475,008 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.021540001 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 1.16082 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 61,129,640 |
| Industry | Semiconductor Equipment & Materials |
| Industry Disp | Semiconductor Equipment & Materials |
| Industry Key | semiconductor-equipment-materials |
| Ir Website | http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=111487&p=irol-irhome |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Long Business Summary | 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. It 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. The company's 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, it 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. |
| Long Name | Veeco Instruments Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 2,984,348,928 |
| Market State | POST |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_338943 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,777,600 |
| Net Income To Common | 23,243,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 2,809,518,254 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 3 |
| Open | 47.0 |
| Operating Cashflow | 99,828,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.06676 |
| Overall Risk | 1 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 0.81 |
| Phone | 516 677 0200 |
| Post Market Change | 0.0 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.0 |
| Post Market Price | 48.82 |
| Post Market Time | 1,791,921,666 |
| Previous Close | 49.24 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 32.25167 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 3.3057964 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 4.3712635 |
| Profit Margins | 0.03404 |
| Quick Ratio | 2.537 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.42000198 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -0.8529691 |
| Regular Market Day High | 49.255 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 46.51 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 46.51 - 49.255 |
| Regular Market Open | 47.0 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 49.24 |
| Regular Market Price | 48.82 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,791,921,600 |
| Regular Market Volume | 643,910 |
| Return On Assets | 0.0136899995 |
| Return On Equity | 0.02643 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.165 |
| Revenue Per Share | 11.29 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.17502642 |
| Sector | Technology |
| Sector Disp | Technology |
| Sector Key | technology |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 3 |
| Shares Outstanding | 61,129,640 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.099300005 |
| Shares Short | 6,069,798 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,788,134,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 5,729,026 |
| Short Name | Veeco Instruments Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.16239999 |
| Short Ratio | 9.25 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | NY |
| Symbol | VECO |
| Target High Price | 66.0 |
| Target Low Price | 55.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 61.33333 |
| Target Median Price | 63.0 |
| Total Cash | 429,398,016 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 7.024 |
| Total Debt | 261,187,008 |
| Total Revenue | 682,720,000 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 0.37 |
| Trailing P E | 131.94594 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 46.1169 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 2.7030983 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.05861405 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 643,910 |
| Website | https://www.veeco.com |
| Zip | 11,803 |