NASDAQ:NANO - Nanometrics Stock Price, Forecast & News

Nanometrics trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "NANO."

Nanometrics Incorporated (NASDAQ:NANO) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July, 30th. The semiconductor company reported $0.21 EPS for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $0.21. The semiconductor company earned $67.62 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $65.38 million. Nanometrics had a net margin of 10.58% and a return on equity of 10.97%. Nanometrics's revenue for the quarter was down 23.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.71 earnings per share. View Nanometrics' Earnings History.

Nanometrics is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, February 3rd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Nanometrics.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Nanometrics' stock. Their forecasts range from $39.00 to $42.00. On average, they expect Nanometrics' stock price to reach $40.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 0.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Nanometrics.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Nanometrics in the last year. There are currently 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Nanometrics.

Media coverage about NANO stock has been trending positive on Friday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Nanometrics earned a media sentiment score of 2.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the semiconductor company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Nanometrics.

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Nanometrics' stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Peregrine Capital Management LLC (1.86%), Tributary Capital Management LLC (1.59%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.15%), Brasada Capital Management LP (0.05%), Mesirow Financial Investment Management Inc. (0.04%) and Allred Capital Management LLC (0.00%). Company insiders that own Nanometrics stock include Bruce C Rhine, Greg Swyt, J Thomas Bentley, Janet Therese Taylor, Kevin Heidrich, Pierre-Yves Lesaicherre, Rollin Kocher and Timothy J Stultz. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Nanometrics.

NANO stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Tributary Capital Management LLC and Peregrine Capital Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Nanometrics company stock in the last year include Greg Swyt, Rollin Kocher and Timothy J Stultz. View Insider Buying and Selling for Nanometrics.

NANO stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Brasada Capital Management LP, Mesirow Financial Investment Management Inc. and Allred Capital Management LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Nanometrics.

Shares of NANO can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of NANO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $40.13.

Nanometrics has a market capitalization of $996.43 million and generates $324.52 million in revenue each year. The semiconductor company earns $57.65 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.37 on an earnings per share basis. Nanometrics employs 701 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Nanometrics.

The official website for Nanometrics is http://www.nanometrics.com/.

Nanometrics' mailing address is 1550 BUCKEYE DRIVE, MILPITAS CA, 95035. The semiconductor company can be reached via phone at 408-545-6000 or via email at [email protected]