Veeco Instruments Inc.

VECO Technology Semiconductor Equipment & Materials

Veeco Instruments Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $664.3 million, down 7.39% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+26.2%
EPS
+22.2%
Free cash flow
+313.7%
Total debt
+0.49%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

36.64 3.39 +10.20%
Market cap
$2.0B
P/E
80.7×
Fwd P/E
43.4×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
3.06
Beneish M
−2.39
Dividend safety
n/a

Veeco Instruments Inc. (VECO) Return on equity

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Veeco Instruments Inc.'s return on equity over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 0.00%, down 4.3 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (4.27%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −63.7% (fiscal 2018) to 32.9% (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 73% of that period. That is below the Semiconductor Equipment & Materials industry median of 5.31% and in line with the Technology sector median of 0.00%.

Return on equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on equity Change (points)
FY2025 4.27% (5.95)
FY2024 10.2% 15.08
FY2023 −4.86% (37.74)
FY2022 32.9% 26.72
FY2021 6.16% 8.30
FY2020 −2.14% 17.25
FY2019 −19.4% 44.32
FY2018 −63.7% (56.55)
FY2017 −7.16% 11.48
FY2016 −18.6% (14.24)

Against its own ten years

Low −63.7% High 32.9%
Ten-year median −4.40%
Current reading's percentile 73

Return on equity against peers

Company Return on equity
PLAB Photronics, Inc. compare 10.1%
ACLS Axcelis Technologies, Inc. compare 9.80%
ACMR ACM Research, Inc. compare 8.35%
UCTT Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. compare 3.34%
IPGP IPG Photonics Corporation compare 1.90%
VECO Veeco Instruments Inc. 0.00%
COHU Cohu, Inc. compare −2.78%
AEHR Aehr Test Systems compare −4.16%
AMBA Ambarella, Inc. compare −9.41%
Semiconductor Equipment & Materials industry median 5.31%
Technology sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.51%

What Return on equity is

ROE shows how much profit a company earns for its shareholders on the equity they have in the business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity (latest quarter)

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