VECO — Veeco Instruments Inc

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Trend Edge Setup Score

Trend Edge rates VECO Bullish with a Setup Score of 41, net conviction 40, actionability 42. How the Setup Score works →

Total Setup Score41
Directional BiasBullish
Net Conviction40
Actionability42 (in range)

Key signals behind this score

About Veeco Instruments Inc

Veeco Instruments Inc., together with its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, sells, and supports semiconductor and thin film process equipment primarily to make electronic devices in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, China, Rest of the Asia-Pacific, and internationally. It offers laser annealing, ion beam deposition and etch, metal organic chemical vapor deposition, single wafer wet processing and surface preparation, mol… Read full Trend Edge analysis →

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Key Metrics

Current Price$47.59
Market Cap$2.88B
Float59.9M
Shares Outstanding61.0M
P/E (Forward)31.85
P/E (TTM)124.21
Price/Sales (TTM)4.22
vs. Analyst Target+28.9% to analyst PT
Profit Margin3.40%
Operating Margin (TTM)6.88%
Revenue (TTM)$683M
Earnings Growth (YoY)-8.60%
Dividend RateNone
Analyst Target Price$61.33 (7 analysts)

Financial History

Annual Revenue & Earnings History

YearRevenueNet IncomeGross ProfitEBITDA
2020 $454M -$8.4M $194M $47.0M
2021 $583M $26.0M $242M $80.1M
2022 $646M $167M $263M $88.1M
2023 $666M -$30.4M $285M $8.4M
2024 $717M $73.7M $304M $105M
2025 $664M $35.4M $265M $51.7M

Recent Quarterly Revenue & Net Income

QuarterRevenueNet Income
Sep 2025 $166M $10.6M
Dec 2025 $165M $1.1M
Mar 2026 $158M -$324,000
Jun 2026 $193M $11.9M

Ownership & Float

Insider Ownership2.5%
Institutional Ownership115.9%
Short Float9.9%
% of All Funds Holding3.73%
Number of Funds Holding328

Current Moving Averages

Trend Edge tracks near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular moving averages across weekly and monthly timeframes to identify trend structure at every horizon.

TimeframeSMAValueTrend Context
Weekly10-Week SMA$54.04Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly40-Week SMA$44.32Medium-term trend
Weekly80-Week SMA$33.77Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly200-Week SMA$30.74Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly10-Month SMA$43.43Near-term monthly trend
Monthly20-Month SMA$33.24Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly40-Month SMA$32.58Secular monthly trend

Volume Shelves — Support & Resistance

Trend Edge identifies volume shelves: price zones where historically elevated trading volume creates structural support or resistance. A volume shelf forms when a disproportionate share of cumulative volume was transacted at a specific price level, making it a high-conviction anchor for future price reactions.

Price LevelTypeVolume RatioAge
$33.50 support 1.33x 3 months ago
$23.90 support 1.11x 10 months ago
$20.30 support 1.47x 11 months ago

Historical Earnings Reactions (126 events)

TimeframeAvg ReturnMedianWin RateBestWorst
Gap 0.81% 0.00% 49.21% 25.66% -23.29%
1 Day 1.31% -0.01% 48.41% 37.08% -24.13%
1 Week 2.55% 1.01% 52.38% 31.56% -28.65%
2 Weeks 1.62% 0.19% 50.79% 48.40% -35.42%
1 Month 2.93% 1.56% 56.80% 64.02% -51.44%

Next earnings: October 24, 2026 (58 days away)

Seasonality & Day-of-Week Patterns

Monthly Seasonality

MonthAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Jan3.4%62.5%32
Feb3.5%65.6%32
Mar6.6%59.4%32
Apr1.8%59.4%32
May4.5%62.5%32
Jun-0.1%43.8%32
Jul1.5%53.1%32
Aug-2.8%41.9%31
Sep0.1%41.9%31
Oct-4.1%38.7%31
Nov4.9%67.7%31
Dec1.4%50.0%32

Day-of-Week Tendencies

DayAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Monday -0.06% 47.1% 1501
Tuesday 0.10% 48.4% 1639
Wednesday 0.22% 50.3% 1639
Thursday 0.12% 48.7% 1607
Friday 0.08% 48.9% 1599

Top Institutional Holders

Institutional holder breakdown coming soon.

Total institutional ownership: 115.9%

Insider Transactions — Smart Summary

Total insider ownership: 2.5%

12-Month Insider Activity Summary

Total Filings24
Net Value-$31.7M
Net Shares Change-767,421
% of Float-1.3%
C-Suite Filings17
Clusters Detected2

Key Insiders

NameTitleNet ValueFilingsActivity
Miller William John CEO -$16.8M 2 1 sell
Wilkerson Susan SVP, GLOBAL SALES & SERVICE -$3.3M 2 2 sell
HUNTER GORDON -$2.7M 3 3 sell
KIERNAN JOHN P SVP & CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER -$1.8M 1 N/A
Devasahayam Adrian SVP - PRODUCT LINE DEVELOPMENT -$984,368.88 2 2 sell

Transaction Clusters

PeriodFilingsInsidersNet ValueSeniority
2026-05-11 – 2026-05-18 5 4 -$10.9M 1 C-suite
2026-05-27 – 2026-06-10 7 4 -$8.8M 4 C-suite

Significant Filings

DateInsiderTitleNet ValuePrice After
2026-06-12 Wilkerson Susan SVP, GLOBAL SALES & SERVICE -$1.1M Transaction at $69.56, now -31.6%
2026-06-10 Devasahayam Adrian SVP - PRODUCT LINE DEVELOPMENT -$650,000 Transaction at $65.00, now -26.8%
2026-06-10 HUNTER GORDON -$1.2M Transaction at $68.80, now -30.8%
2026-05-28 HUNTER GORDON -$1.1M Transaction at $61.61, now -22.8%
2026-06-08 HUNTER GORDON -$430,642.56 Transaction at $63.78, now -25.4%
2026-05-11 Miller William John CEO -$6.0M Transaction at $59.55, now -20.1%

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