Expensive stocks typically earn their valuations through superior growth rates that other companies simply can’t match. The flip side though is that these lofty expectations make them particularly susceptible to drawdowns when market sentiment shifts.

FTXL has handed holders a stunning run, but the modified-equal-weight label that made the fund feel safe may be hiding a concentration problem that turns one bad earnings call into a portfolio event.

Paul Tudor Jones has a growing put position and a now-liquidated common stock position in Applied Materials. Is he bearish on AI?

Chip equipment stocks are selling off hard even as Treasury yields drop and the broader market climbs, and the disconnect points to something more troubling than a rates problem lurking beneath the AI infrastructure trade.

The average brokerage recommendation (ABR) for KLA (KLAC) is equivalent to a Buy. The overly optimistic recommendations of Wall Street analysts make the effectiveness of this highly sought-after metric questionable. So, is it worth buying the stock?

Chip equipment stocks have surged far ahead of the broader tech market in 2026, but a single week of doubts about AI spending just wiped billions in gains across the group. Here is what the gap between Applied Materials, Lam Research, and KLA signals about where the trade goes next.

Joel Greenblatt built Gotham Asset Management on concentrated value bets, so his latest 13F filing caught analysts off guard with moves that look less like a stock-picker's conviction and more like someone quietly bracing for impact.

ONTO's $720M Rigaku stake adds X-ray process control to its portfolio, targeting a roughly $1B market as chip structures grow more complex.

Onto Innovation's AI-driven demand, rising estimates and margin gains strengthen its outlook, but a rich valuation leaves little room for execution misses.

Applied Materials' AI-driven growth, strong semiconductor demand and broad portfolio support its bullish outlook despite a premium valuation.

LRCX's DRAM push gains momentum as AI-driven HBM demand, advanced memory nodes and growing tool adoption expand its growth opportunities.

KLA (KLAC) has affirmed a quarterly cash dividend of US$0.23 per share, with shareholders of record on August 17, 2026, set to receive payment on September 1, 2026. Investors now consider income and option-based strategies. See our latest analysis for KLA. KLA shares have gained 1.0% on a 1-day share price return and 6.8% over the past week, while the 30-day share price return is down 3.3%. Even so, a 61.5% year to date share price return and very large 1-year and multi year total shareholder...

Get paid a real income now on your KLA shares, income you keep no matter what, in exchange for agreeing to sell at a higher price if the stock gets there.

Wall Street's most dominant process control chipmaker just dropped nearly 10% in a month despite a five-quarter beat streak, and one high-conviction analyst sees a gap forming that the rest of the Street has not yet priced in.

Top hedge funds quietly rotated out of one chip giant and piled into another last quarter, and the price action since then suggests they knew something. Here is what Druckenmiller, Loeb, and Tepper actually did with their semiconductor books.

A number of stocks jumped in the afternoon session after a wave of upbeat earnings reports and bullish forecasts from key industry players signaled robust and sustained demand for artificial intelligence technology.

Shares of Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT) are down 5.7% in premarket trading Friday after the company posted record fiscal Q3 results but guided fourth quarter revenue and margins that failed to clear an elevated bar. The stock closed Thursday near $535, already up roughly 109% year to date and roughly 183% over one year. Strong Report, ... Applied Materials is Down 6% Premarket. Will It Drag Down Lam Research, KLA, and Other Semi Equipment Stocks?

Applied Materials Inc. delivered an estimate-beating forecast that still got a lukewarm reaction from investors, a sign of the lofty hopes surrounding a company that’s key to the AI boom.

KLAC's 9.3% monthly drop highlights near-term margin and supply risks, even as AI demand, HBM and advanced packaging support its long-term growth outlook.

SanDisk just dropped a multi-year financial model at its Investor Day, and the ripple hit equipment stocks hard and fast. Here is what the targets signal about memory capital spending through 2030 and which semiconductor names stand to gain the most.

TER's AI-driven robotics growth is accelerating as data center demand boosts automation and semiconductor testing.

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TCW Funds, an investment management firm, published its second-quarter 2026 investor letter for the ‘TCW Concentrated Large Cap Growth Fund.’ A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. During the second quarter, AI monetization, a fragile Middle East ceasefire, and a Federal Reserve leadership transition were the significant events. All major indices ended higher, […]

KLA Corporation recently declared a quarterly cash dividend of US$0.23 per share, payable on September 1, 2026, to shareholders of record as of August 17, 2026, alongside reporting higher quarterly and full-year revenue and earnings through June 30, 2026, and issuing guidance for the September 2026 quarter. These results and guidance arrive as semiconductor equipment demand is being reinforced by large AI chip manufacturing projects like Tesla and SpaceX’s Terafab complex and by industry...

Intel stock was down after it said it plans to issue 210.5 million shares at a price of $95 a share but ASML was gaining.

LRCX expands into PLP as larger AI chips drive demand, targeting a fast-growing advanced-packaging opportunity.

Investing.com -- In a note on Tuesday, Bernstein lifted its forecasts for wafer fabrication equipment (WFE) spending, raising price targets across its semiconductor equipment coverage on growing conviction that the current upcycle "has legs."

DOV, KLAC and TPC recently announced dividend hikes, offering income as market volatility persists and uncertainty weighs on investors.

Cramer’s Case for the Semiconductor Equipment “Troika” During the August 6 episode of CNBC’s Mad Money, host Jim Cramer pointed to the bottleneck in data center memory production and urged investors to focus on the companies building the fabrication machinery. He highlighted Lam Research Corporation (NASDAQ:LRCX), KLA Corporation (NASDAQ:KLAC), and Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT) as […]

A single Chinese headline erased weeks of gains from one of the semiconductor world's most irreplaceable companies, but Wall Street's most bullish analysts are treating the dip as a gift. Here is why the bear case just got harder to make.

Applied Materials' AI-driven semiconductor exposure, strong earnings outlook and broad technology portfolio support the case to accumulate the stock.

Tesla and SpaceX's $16.8B Terafab plan could spur demand for chipmaking tools, putting four equipment stocks in focus.

KLA Corporation just delivered a clean earnings beat and bullish forward guidance, yet the stock plunged double digits anyway. One top Wall Street analyst sees that panic as the setup of the year in semiconductor equipment.

Here, we have picked three AI stocks, AMD, AMZN and KLAC, which are well-poised to benefit from AI's growing use and ability to solve complex problems.

Terafab buildout could create major opportunities for KLA, Onto, Applied Materials and Lam Research as AI chip capacity expands.

Applied Materials just handed investors a brutal one-month loss, yet one prominent Wall Street analyst sees the selloff as a setup for gains that would dwarf the broader market. The reasoning behind that call challenges everything the bears are pricing in right now.

KLA stock has delivered a very large 5 year gain, yet the latest valuation checks suggest the shares now lean expensive rather than clearly cheap. The share price has returned 462.1% over 5 years, which puts a lot of past success and optimism into the current valuation. Strong demand linked to AI infrastructure and advanced packaging can support expectations for future cash generation, while any slowdown in that spending cycle may quickly test what investors are currently willing to pay for...

TER trades at a premium, but booming AI demand and strong growth in chip testing and robotics are powering its momentum.

LRCX's 16% monthly fall contrasts with record revenues, strong AI equipment demand and rising earnings, strengthening the case for buying the stock.

In the world of chip equipment, paying more for slower growth seems like a mistake, but the market is making exactly that bet on one industry leader over its faster rival.

Applied Materials (AMAT), Lam Research (LRCX), and KLA (KLAC) sell machines used to manufacture and inspect processors and memory chips. Cloud providers purchase finished processors and memory for artificial intelligence data centers. Chip manufacturers may need more factory equipment when server ...

KLA Corporation just cratered 40% from its highs despite beating earnings five quarters in a row, leaving Wall Street torn between a China-risk nightmare and a structural AI story that one analyst thinks is worth 78% more than today's price.

Hims & Hers Health and QXO face heavy short interest amid dilution and loss concerns, while KLA has slid nearly 40% since June as AI-driven chip spending fears grip semiconductor stocks.

KLA (KLAC) might move higher on growing optimism about its earnings prospects, which is reflected by its upgrade to a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy).

KLA (KLAC) might move higher on growing optimism about its earnings prospects, which is reflected by its upgrade to a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy).

FTRE, ASML and KLAC made it to the Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) momentum stocks list on July 31, 2026.

KLAC expects advanced packaging revenues to surge over 70% in 2026 as AI chip complexity drives demand for inspection, metrology and yield tools.

The AI equipment demand that repriced Lam Research stock was named, sized and already visible in the reported numbers before the run began.

Semiconductor manufacturing equipment maker KLA Corporation (NASDAQ:KLAC) reported revenue ahead of Wall Street’s expectations in Q2 CY2026, with sales up 15.2% year on year to $3.66 billion. Guidance for next quarter’s revenue was better than expected at $4 billion at the midpoint, 1.2% above analysts’ estimates. Its non-GAAP profit of $1.05 per share was 5.1% above analysts’ consensus estimates.

FEATURE Lam Research stock was pacing toward its best day in 27 years on Thursday, drawing a stark contrast to an industry peer’s post-earnings slide. Lam shares spiked 23% to $310.69, putting them on track for their largest same-day percentage increase since January 1999, according to Dow Jones Market Data.