Semiconductor Equipment - Wafer Fabrication

Industry Rank

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+38.41%

YTD Return

Updated May 26

Sector: Computer and Technology

Computer and Technology Semiconductor Equipment - Wafer Fabrication Industry Overview

Performance

	Total Return %	IVV(iShares-SP500)
1 Month	22.53	3.89
3 Months	21.85	6.40
YTD	38.41	10.25
1 Year	27.90	5.27
3 Years	139.90	46.62
5 Years	241.06	65.39

Semiconductor Equipment - Wafer Fabrication Performance

Industry Rank for

The Semiconductor Equipment - Wafer Fabrication Industry, part of the Computer and Technology Sector, is currently ranked in the top 45% of industries. Specifically, it is ranked number 114 of 251 industries. Because it is ranked in the top half of Zacks Ranked Industries, we expect it to outperform the market over the next 3 to 6 months. Digging a little deeper, the Semiconductor Equipment - Wafer Fabrication has a 38.41% YTD return vs the IVV-S&P 500 10.25% YTD return on a year-to-date basis.

Studies have shown that roughly half of a stock's price movement can be attributed to a stock's industry group. In fact, the top 50% of Zacks Ranked Industries outperforms the bottom 50% by a factor of more than 2 to 1. By focusing on the top stocks within the top 50% of Zacks Ranked Industries, you can dramatically improve your stock picking success.

Rank of Stocks

Symbol	Company	Zacks Rank	Report

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Related Industries

Top Peers	Industry Rank
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Computer - Networking
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Key Metrics for

Industry Earnings

	Industry	IVV(iShares-SP500)
PE (F1)	20.00	17.27
PEG (Ratio)	3.47	2.04
Proj EPS Growth	-2.49%	5.05%
Hist EPS Growth	23.10%	10.01%
Net Margin	25.22%	11.80%
Hist Sales Growth	17.88%	6.83%
Hist Dividend Growth	4.17%	4.96%

Financial Ratios

	Industry	IVV(iShares-SP500)
Beta	1.53	1.05
ROE	59.68	17.24
ROA	22.66	7.15
ROI	38.65	11.34
Debt-to-Equity	0.39	0.64
Current Ratio	2.68	1.23
Cash Flow ($/share)	5,765.91	2,530.70
Price to Book	9.09	4.96
Price To Sales	4.40	2.31
Dividend Yield	0.90%	1.79%

Earnings Trends

Earnings Reported This Quarter Industry Earnings Trends highlight the number of companies in that industry that have reported, and shows whether they've Beat, Met, or Missed their consensus estimates. Industries with a higher percentage of companies that have Beat (Positively Surprised) usually means that something good is happening to that group as a whole for so many companies to be positively surprising. And studies have shown that companies that positively surprise have a greater likelihood of positively surprising in the future (or missing if they've recently missed). For this reason, looking at industries with the highest percentage of Positive Surprises (Beats) can be a great aid in forecasting which industry could have the highest probability of positively surprising in the future.	4
Beat	4 out of 4 (100%)
Met Consensus	0
Miss	0

Positive Estimate Revisions	1
Negative Estimate Revisions	3

Industry Description

This industry includes suppliers of mostly manufacturing equipment, services, and software to the semiconductor, display, solar photovoltaic and other industries like Applied Materials, Inc. (AMAT)

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