NASDAQ:NANO - Nanometrics Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Nanometrics Incorporated (NASDAQ:NANO) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, July, 30th. The semiconductor company reported $0.21 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting the Zacks' 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 return on equity of 10.97% and a net margin of 10.58%. The business's revenue for the quarter was down 23.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.71 EPS. View Nanometrics' Earnings History.

4 brokers have issued 1-year target prices for Nanometrics' stock. Their forecasts range from $39.00 to $42.00. On average, they anticipate Nanometrics' share price to reach $40.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 8.9% 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.

Press coverage about NANO stock has trended very negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Nanometrics earned a media sentiment score of -3.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the semiconductor company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning 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.

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Nanometrics' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail 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 acquired 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 $37.18.

Nanometrics has a market capitalization of $923.18 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]