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UCTT, SOLR, KLIC, UTEK, IVAC, VECO, Electronics Manufacturing Stocks Undervalued

^{Published on 2011-08-04 07:11:26 - WOPRAI}
 

August 4, 2011/ M2 PRESSWIRE / BUYINS.NET / http://www.squeezetrigger.com is monitoring the Electronics Manufacturing sector and these stocks are the most undervalued as of today. ULTRA CLEAN HOLDINGS (NASDAQ:UCTT), GT SOLAR INTERNATIONAL INC (NASDAQ:SOLR), KULICKE & SOFFA INDUSTRIES (NASDAQ:KLIC), ULTRATECH INC (NASDAQ:UTEK), INTEVAC INC (NASDAQ:IVAC), VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC (NASDAQ:VECO) are all expected to go Up as they are Undervalued according to industry standard valuation metrics. The valuation model employs a three-factor approach to stock valuation using fundamental variables--the company's trailing 12-month Earnings-Per-Share (EPS), the analyst consensus estimate of the company's forecasted 12-month EPS, and the 30-year Treasury yield--to create a highly accurate reflection of a company's fair value.

The chart below displays the projected Fair Value and Valuation discount/premium of the most undervalued stocks in the highlighted industry group:

     Symbol     Company Name                        Last Close     Fair Value     Valuation                   Industry               
     UCTT       ULTRA CLEAN HOLDINGS                6.93           12.79          45.80% Undervalued          Electronics Manufacturing
     SOLR       GT SOLAR INTERNATIONAL INC          13.06          14.72          11.30% Undervalued          Electronics Manufacturing
     KLIC       KULICKE & SOFFA INDUSTRIES          9.01           10.29          12.40% Undervalued          Electronics Manufacturing
     UTEK       ULTRATECH INC                       25.36          30.91          18.00% Undervalued          Electronics Manufacturing
     IVAC       INTEVAC INC                         10             10.48          4.60% Undervalued           Electronics Manufacturing
     VECO       VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC               36.43          46.94          22.40% Undervalued          Electronics Manufacturing

Here are some of the variables that are utilized when calculating the Fair Market Valuation of a stock: Long-run EPS growth rate, Duration of Business-growth-cycle, Volatility of EPS growth rate, Systematic or beta risk of the firm, Correlation between the firm's EPS and the interest rate environment, EPS growth volatility, Dividend payout ratio, Buffer earnings, Interest rate related criteria: Interest rate (30 year yield) long-run level, Duration of interest rate cycle, Interest rate volatility. The Fair Market Valuation uses 12-month historic and forecasted EPS values and the current 30-year treasury yield as primary determinants. When calculating risk/return values such as the Sharpe ratio, the historic periods used are five years.

Some expected results of the Valuation Model are: the valuation of a stock increases in a declining interest rate environment. Increasing current and/or projected EPS will produce a higher Valuation. While long-term EPS growth would produce a corresponding long-term Valuation increase, concomitant long-term interest rate increases would offset EPS growth and depress the Valuation. The shorter a company's own business cycle, the higher its stock Valuation will be.

ULTRA CLEAN HOLDINGS (NASDAQ:UCTT) - Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. develops and supplies critical subsystems to the original equipment manufacturers of semiconductor capital equipment in North America, Europe, and Asia. The companys products include gas delivery systems, which control the flow, pressure, sequencing, and mixing of specialty gases into and out of the reaction chambers of semiconductor manufacturing tools; chemical mechanical planarization subsystems; and chemical delivery modules that deliver gases and reactive chemicals from a centralized subsystem to the reaction chamber, as well as gas delivery systems, and liquid and vapor delivery systems. It also offers top-plate assemblies that form the top portion of the reaction chamber, within which gases controlled by gas delivery systems react to form thin films or etch films on the wafer; frame assemblies that form the support structure, to which various other assemblies are attached; and pneumatic harnesses and cables that connect other critical subsystems. In addition, the company provides process modules that comprise frame assembly, top-plate assembly, and gas and chemical delivery modules, as well as the chamber and electronic, pneumatic, and mechanical subsystems; and other high level assemblies, which are used in semiconductor manufacturing, research, flat panel, energy, and medical equipment industries. Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Hayward, California.

GT SOLAR INTERNATIONAL INC (NASDAQ:SOLR) - GT Solar International, Inc. engages in the design and manufacture of manufacturing equipment; and provision of services for the production of photovoltaic (PV), wafer, cell and module, and polysilicon products worldwide. It offers chemical vapor deposition reactors and related equipment that are used to produce polysilicon to chemical companies and power generation companies. The company also provides directional solidification systems (DSS) furnaces and related equipment that cast multicrystalline ingots, which are used to make photovoltaic wafers and solar cells; and turnkey integration services, using third party wafer, cell, and module production equipment. In addition, it offers technology and engineering services for the commissioning, start-up, and optimization of its polysilicon equipment and technology; engineering packages and process licenses for the production and purification of trichlorosilane and silane; and hydrochlorination technology, which lowers power consumption of polysilicon production. Further, the company provides replacement parts and consumables used in its DSS furnaces and other PV equipment; and a range of services in connection with the sale of equipment, including facility design, equipment installation and integration, technical training, and manufacturing process optimization. It sells its products to polysilicon producers; and solar wafer, cell, and module manufacturers through its direct sales force, as well as through sales representatives. GT Solar International was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Merrimack, New Hampshire.

KULICKE & SOFFA INDUSTRIES (NASDAQ:KLIC) - Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells capital equipment and expendable tools, as well as services, maintains, repairs, and upgrades equipment, used to assemble semiconductor devices. It operates in two segments, Equipment and Expendable Tools. The Equipment segment manufactures and sells a line of ball bonders, heavy wire wedge bonders, and die bonders. Ball bonders are used to connect very fine wires, primarily made of gold or copper, between the bond pads of the semiconductor device or die, and the leads on its package. Heavy wire wedge bonders are used in the power semiconductor and automotive power module markets. Die bonders are used to attach a die to the substrate or lead frame, which will house the semiconductor device. The Expendable Tools segment manufactures various expendable tools for a range of semiconductor packaging applications. Its expendable tools include capillaries, bonding wedges, and saw blades. The company serves primarily semiconductor device manufacturers, their subcontract assembly suppliers, other electronics manufacturers, and automotive electronics suppliers in the United States and the Asia/Pacific region. It sells its products through direct sales force, manufacturers representatives, and distributors. The company was founded in 1951 and is headquartered in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania.

ULTRATECH INC (NASDAQ:UTEK) - Ultratech, Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets photolithography and laser thermal processing equipment. It supplies step-and-repeat photolithography systems based on one-to-one imaging technology to semiconductor device manufacturers for applications involving line geometries of 0.75 microns or greater and to nanotechnology manufacturers. The companys steppers are also used to manufacture semiconductors that are used in various applications, such as telecommunications, automotive control systems, power systems, and consumer electronics. It also offers LSA100, a laser-based thermal annealing tool used by the semiconductor industry for various process steps, including activation of implanted impurities, dielectric film formation, formation of silicides, and stabilization of copper grain structures. Ultratech sells its systems to semiconductor, advanced packaging, high-brightness light emitting diodes, thin film head, and various other nanotechnology manufacturers located throughout North America, Europe, Japan, Taiwan, and the rest of Asia. The company was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.

INTEVAC INC (NASDAQ:IVAC) - Intevac, Inc. provides manufacturing equipment and solutions to the hard disk drive industry; and offers productivity solutions to the photovoltaic and semiconductor industries. The company operates in two segments, Equipment and Intevac Photonics. The Equipment segment designs, manufactures, and markets hard disk drive equipment products comprising disk sputtering systems, such as 200 Lean Gen II disk sputtering systems; disk lubrication systems, including Intevac DLS-100 and Intevac AccuLuber; and deposition systems consisting of Intevac LithoPrime. It also offers Lean Etch, a dielectric etch semiconductor manufacturing system to the semiconductor industry. In addition, this segment provides installation, maintenance, and repair services, as well as technology upgrades, spare parts, and consumables. It sells its products through direct sales force. The Intevac Photonics segment provides digital-optical products for the capture and display of low-light images and the optical analysis of materials. It provides sensors, cameras, near-eye displays, and systems for military applications, such as night vision, long-range target identification, and simulation training; and commercial products, including compact Raman instruments and cameras for commercial applications in the inspection, medical, and scientific markets, and for government applications in law enforcement, as well as in the chemical, biological, and explosives threat-detection markets. This segment sells its products through direct sales force, system integrators, distributors, and value added resellers. The company operates primarily in the United States, Asia, and Europe. Intevac, Inc. was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC (NASDAQ:VECO) - Veeco Instruments Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets equipment to make high brightness light emitting diodes (HB LEDs), solar panels, hard-disk drives, and other devices. The companys LED and Solar segment designs and manufactures metal organic chemical vapor deposition systems that are used to make HB LEDs; molecular beam epitaxy systems; copper, indium, gallium, and selenide deposition systems; and thermal deposition sources. This segment sells its products to manufacturers of HB LEDs and solar panels, as well as to scientific research customers. Its Data Storage segment designs and manufactures ion beam etch, ion beam deposition, diamond-like carbon, physical vapor deposition, chemical vapor deposition, and dicing and slicing systems, which are primarily used to create thin film magnetic heads that read and write data on hard disk drives. The company was founded in 1945 and is headquartered in Plainview, New York.

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