NASDAQ:NANO - Nanometrics Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Nanometrics Incorporated (NASDAQ:NANO) released its earnings results on Tuesday, July, 30th. The semiconductor company reported $0.21 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting analysts' consensus estimates of $0.21. The semiconductor company had revenue of $67.62 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations 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% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.71 EPS. View Nanometrics' Earnings History.

4 brokers have issued 1 year target prices for Nanometrics' shares. Their forecasts range from $39.00 to $42.00. On average, they expect Nanometrics' stock price to reach $40.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 14.6% 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.

Headlines about NANO stock have been trending very negative this week, InfoTrie reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Nanometrics earned a coverage optimism score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the semiconductor company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Nanometrics.

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Nanometrics' stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Renaissance Technologies LLC (7.61%), State Street Corp (5.84%), FMR LLC (5.48%), Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (5.30%), Franklin Resources Inc. (4.92%) and Royce & Associates LP (4.13%). 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 Alliancebernstein L.P., FMR LLC, Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc., Hancock Whitney Corp, Guggenheim Capital LLC, Millrace Asset Group Inc., IndexIQ Advisors LLC and Tributary 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State Street Corp, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Investment Counselors of Maryland LLC, Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH, Palisade Capital Management LLC NJ, Royce & Associates LP, Franklin Resources Inc. and Geode 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 $35.33.

Nanometrics has a market capitalization of $877.24 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]