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Semiconductor Equipment - Wafer Fabrication

Industry Rank

+11.26%

YTD Return

Updated Sep 19

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Performance

	Total Return %	IVV(iShares-SP500)
1 Month	-9.90	2.06
3 Months	-22.47	4.47
YTD	11.26	20.90
1 Year	37.88	30.12
3 Years	12.54	33.55
5 Years	245.30	100.04

Semiconductor Equipment - Wafer Fabrication Performance

Industry Rank for

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The industry with the best average Zacks Rank would place in the top 1% of Zacks Ranked Industries, while the industry with the worst average Zacks Rank would place in the bottom 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

Company	Symbol	Zacks Rank	Report

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Top Peers	Industry Rank
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Key Metrics for

Industry Earnings

	Industry	IVV(iShares-SP500)
PE (F1)	26.75	20.09
PEG (Ratio)	2.19	2.36
Proj EPS Growth	0.06%	6.93%
Hist EPS Growth	22.45%	10.06%
Net Margin	26.09%	12.11%
Hist Sales Growth	15.85%	8.46%
Hist Dividend Growth	12.50%	3.45%

Financial Ratios

	Industry	IVV(iShares-SP500)
Beta	1.50	1.04
ROE	44.35	16.46
ROA	19.32	6.75
ROI	30.62	10.96
Debt-to-Equity	0.43	0.60
Current Ratio	2.92	1.18
Cash Flow ($/share)	5,837.26	2,665.50
Price to Book	10.35	3.45
Price To Sales	6.46	2.96
Dividend Yield	0.74%	1.55%

Earnings Trends

Earnings Reported This Quarter	4
Beat	4 out of 4 (100%)
Met Consensus	0
Miss	0

Positive Estimate Revisions	3
Negative Estimate Revisions	1

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.

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)