Wennerstrom Semi Equipment Analysis Message Board

From: Donald Wennerstrom	2/18/2011 11:27:51 AM
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THE 5 COMPANIES IN THE SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT INDUSTRY WITH THE HIGHEST PROJECTED EARNINGS GROWTH (KLAC, WFR, PDFS, LRCX, ASYS) Feb 18, 2011 (SmarTrend(R) News Watch via COMTEX) -- Below are the five companies in the Semiconductor Equipment industry with the highest projected earnings growth. The growth of earnings per share (current fiscal year estimated vs. last year actual) is important to gauge future profitability and relative value. Higher EPS growth generally justifies higher earnings multiples. Kla-Tencor (NASDAQ:KLAC) has the highest projected earnings growth of 195.5%; MEMC Electronic Materials (NYSE:WFR) is next with projected earnings growth of 189.0%; and PDF Solutions (NASDAQ:PDFS) has the next highest with projected earnings growth of 114.3%. Lam Research (NASDAQ:LRCX) follows with projected earnings growth of 111.8% and Amtech Systems (NASDAQ:ASYS) rounds out the group with projected earnings growth of 97.7%. zacks.com