Nanometrics Stock Price, News & Analysis (NASDAQ:NANO)

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

Nanometrics declared that its Board of Directors has approved a share repurchase program on Thursday, November 16th 2017, which allows the company to buyback $50,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are usually an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Nanometrics Incorporated (NASDAQ:NANO) announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, July, 30th. The semiconductor company reported $0.21 EPS for the quarter, hitting the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.21. The semiconductor company earned $67.62 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $65.38 million. Nanometrics had a return on equity of 10.97% and a net margin of 10.58%. The company'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 EPS. View Nanometrics' Earnings History.

Nanometrics is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October 29th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Nanometrics.

5 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Nanometrics' shares. Their predictions range from $39.00 to $42.00. On average, they anticipate Nanometrics' share price to reach $40.40 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 23.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Nanometrics.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Nanometrics in the last year. There are currently 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Nanometrics.

Media stories about NANO stock have been trending negative on Tuesday, according to InfoTrie. The research firm scores the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog 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 -2.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the semiconductor company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Nanometrics.

Nanometrics saw a increase in short interest in September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 2,080,000 shares, an increase of 14.9% from the August 30th total of 1,810,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 203,400 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 10.2 days. Currently, 9.0% of the company's shares are short sold. View Nanometrics' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Nanometrics include Cubic (CUB), MTS Systems (MTSC), Oxford Instruments (OXINF), FARO Technologies (FARO), Geospace Technologies (GEOS), Sierra Monitor (SRMC), Midwest Energy Emissions (MEEC), Know Labs (KNWN), Image Sensing Systems (ISNS), Mechanical Technology (MKTY), Mikros Systems (MKRS) and Cemtrex (CETX).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Nanometrics investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Micron Technology (MU), Applied Materials (AMAT), Netflix (NFLX), Twitter (TWTR), AeroVironment (AVAV), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Neurocrine Biosciences (NBIX) and Square (SQ).

Nanometrics' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.07%). 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, Stanislaw M Borowicz and Timothy J Stultz. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Nanometrics.

NANO stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue. 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 $32.68.

Nanometrics has a market capitalization of $811.38 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]