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Thu, May 2
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Rudolph Technologies Launches S3000SX Transparent Thin Film Metrology System for 28nm Node and Below

Business Wire (May 2, 2013)
Rudolph Receives Customer Acceptance of First JetStep System for Advanced Packaging Applications

Business Wire (May 2, 2013)
Rudolph Technologies Reports 2013 First Quarter Results

Business Wire (May 2, 2013)
Rudolph Purchases Selected Assets from Tamar Technology; Adds 3D Measurement Capability for Advanced Packaging Applications

Business Wire (Apr 29, 2013)
Rudolph Technologies Schedules 2013 First Quarter Earnings Conference Call for May 2, 2013

Business Wire (Apr 10, 2013)
Rudolph to Participate in UBS SMID Cap One-on-One Symposium

Business Wire (Feb 25, 2013)
Rudolph’s Discover Yield Management Software Gains Traction in Advanced Packaging Applications

Business Wire (Feb 11, 2013)
Rudolph Technologies Reports Record 2012 Year End Results

Business Wire (Feb 4, 2013)
Rudolph Technologies Schedules 2012 Fourth Quarter Earnings Conference Call for February 4, 2013

Business Wire (Jan 17, 2013)
Rudolph to Participate in Two Investor Events in January 2013

Business Wire (Jan 4, 2013)
Rudolph Enters Back-End Lithography Market with Breakthrough Total Solution for Advanced Packaging

Business Wire (Dec 12, 2012)
Rudolph's Yield Management System Chosen for Manufacture of High Definition Displays in Mobile Devices

Business Wire (Nov 27, 2012)
Rudolph Technologies to Participate in Two Investor Conferences

Business Wire (Nov 26, 2012)
Rudolph Technologies Reports 2012 Third Quarter Results

Business Wire (Nov 5, 2012)
Hurricane Sandy Aftermath Necessitates that Rudolph Technologies Again Reschedules Issuance of Third Quarter 2012 Financial Results and Associated Conference Call to November 5, 2012

Business Wire (Oct 30, 2012)
Rudolph Technologies Reschedules Issuance of Third Quarter 2012 Financial Results and Associated Conference Call to October 31, 2012 Due to Severe Weather Conditions

Business Wire (Oct 29, 2012)
Rudolph Technologies Schedules 2012 Third Quarter Earnings Conference Call for October 29, 2012

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Sector: Technology

Industry: Scientific & Technical Instruments

Country: United States

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Thursday, May 2, 7:13 PM Rudolph Technologies (RTEC): Q1 EPS of $0.05 in-line. Revenue of $41.7M misses by $4.02M. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Breaking News, Tech]
Thursday, April 25, 11:57 AM Lam Research (LRCX +6.2%) makes new 52-week highs after beating FQ3 estimates, issuing strong guidance, and announcing a $250M buyback plan (good for buying 3.4% of shares at current levels). On its earnings call, Lam guided for FQ4 revenue of $945M-$1.005B and EPS of of $0.63-$0.77, above a consensus of $914.1M and $0.61. Foundry clients (such as big-spending TSMC) made up 56% of shipments, up from 51% in FQ2, and memory makers 31%, up from 20%. Chip equipment peers are up, taking heart in the numbers posted by Lam (and to a lesser extent) Mattson (MTSN +5.8% - earnings). AMAT +3.6%. KLAC +2.2%. ASML +2.5% (previous). CYMI +2%. RTEC +2.4%. UTEK +1.4%. Comment! [Tech, Earnings, On the Move]
Thursday, March 28, 8:40 PM Just 3 chip manufacturers - Intel (INTC), Samsung (SSNLF.PK), and TSMC (TSM) - will account for 57% of 2013 chip industry capex, estimates IC insights. That figure, up from 2012's 54%, drives home the extent chip equipment maker fortunes now hinge on the spending plans of a handful of firms, and also the big lead the industry giants have opened up in economies of scale relative to smaller rivals. IC Insights expects total industry capex to grow 2% this year to $59.8B, after falling 11% last year. 1 Comment [Tech]
Tuesday, February 5, 1:00 PM Midday top 10 gainers: OPXA +189%. CEP +31%. SCKT +23%. PLX +18%. CPSS +18%. VMED +17%. TRT +17%. STV +16%. BCOM +15%. CNR +15%.
Midday top 10 losers: DCIX -13%. IEC -13%. PRPH -11%. BIDU -11%. ACI -11%. PGRX -10%. JAXB -10%. DFZ -10%. RTEC -9%. SGMS -9%. Comment! [On the Move]
Monday, February 4, 5:47 PM After-hours top gainers, as of 5:15 p.m.: JNY +5%. EDMC +5%. BRKS +5%. MM +5%. GFF +4%.
After-hours top losers: PC -10%. IDIX -7%. RTEC -6%. YUM -6%. BIDU -5%. Comment! [On the Move]
Monday, February 4, 4:38 PM Rudolph Technology (RTEC): Q4 EPS of $0.17 misses by $0.02. Revenue of $54.3M (+25% Y/Y) misses by $2.65M. (PR) 1 Comment [Earnings, Breaking News, Tech]
Friday, January 25, 11:39 AM Chip equipment stocks are rallying thanks to strong results and better-than-feared guidance from KLA-Tencor (KLAC +8.8%), and Samsung's forecast for 2013 capex to be similar to 2012 levels. AMAT +2.4%. LRCX +5.6%. ASML +3.2%. CYMI +2.8%. RTEC +1.7%. There had been a lot of speculation Samsung would aggressively slash its capex budget this year. Samsung foundry rival TSMC (TSM -1%) is lower. Comment! [Tech, On the Move]
Thursday, January 17, 4:27 PM A little more on Intel: 2013 capex budget of $12.5B-$13.5B established, up from 2012's $11B (good for chip equipment makers). $1B in shares repurchased, boosting Q4 EPS. Company expects gross margin (GAAP) to be 56%-60% in Q1 and 60% (plus or minus a few %) in 2013. Opex expected to increase 4% in 2013, headcount expected to be flat after rising by 5K in 2012. 2012 software sales totaled $2.4B (+27% Y/Y, boosted by full year of McAfee results). Comment! [Tech, Earnings]
Thursday, January 17, 12:12 PM Down initially following its Q4 report, ASML (ASML +8%) is now rallying strongly. Though revenue was below estimates, EPS was above, and the lithography giant guided for 2013 sales to be "at a similar level to that of 2012" thanks to a 2H demand pickup. That's going over well in light of bleak industry forecasts. ASML sees investments in advanced 14-20nm processes driving demand, though it expects the memory industry to "continue investing at a minimum level" (a positive for SNDK and MU). CYMI +6.2%. KLAC +6.5%. LRCX +3.3%. AMAT +1.8%. (PR) Comment! [Tech, On the Move, Earnings]
Tuesday, December 18, 2012, 2:32 PM Gartner now sees chip equipment sales falling 17.4% in 2012 and 9.7% in 2013. That's easily worse than prior forecasts of -13.3% and -0.8%, and is blamed on soft memory capex (perhaps a positive for MU and SNDK) and slow improvement in capacity utilization rates, which are expected to be under 80% at year's end. Applied Materials (AMAT) has already forecast a 5%-15% drop in industry sales in 2013, and TSMC recently provided slightly disappointing capex guidance. 1 Comment [Tech]
Monday, December 17, 2012, 12:00 PM TSMC (TSM) is setting a 2013 capex budget of $9B, below prior reports of $10B and arguably a negative for chip equipment makers who have been hoping TSMC's spending would offset weakness at Samsung and perhaps also Intel. But then again, shares of equipment vendors have already priced in a fair amount of bad news. Also, TSMC is forecasting 2013 revenue growth of 15%-20%, well above a 9.9% consensus, as its mobile exposure allows it to soundly outpace chip industry growth. Comment! [Tech, Earnings]
Tuesday, December 11, 2012, 6:10 PM After-hours top gainers, as of 5:15 p.m.: RTEC +8%. DLB +6%. MCBC +4%. BGMD +4%. GEO +3%.
After-hours top losers: GEOS -12%. CIE -10%. EXAR -7%. NTSP -7%. ALXA -7%. 1 Comment [On the Move]
Friday, November 16, 2012, 12:36 PM Applied Materials (AMAT -1%) now expects the chip equipment industry to contract by 5%-15% in 2013, a forecast easily worse than a recent Gartner estimate for a 0.8% increase. Applied, which offered soft FQ1 guidance yesterday to go with its FQ4 beat, mentioned on its earnings call it expects chip wafer starts and utilization rates to drop again in FQ1. Its outlook for solar equipment demand is predictably bleak, though the company is a little more optimistic about a rebound in LCD equipment orders. 1 Comment [Tech, On the Move]
Monday, November 5, 2012, 5:50 PM Rudolph Technologies (RTEC): Q3 EPS of $0.25 beats by $0.02. Revenue of $62.2M (+50% Y/Y) beats by $2.2M. Shares +2% AH. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Tech, On the Move]
Monday, November 5, 2012, 11:10 AM In another piece of bad news for the chip equipment industry, a Korean paper reports Samsung (SSNLF.PK) may delay the construction of a new non-memory chip plant, citing macro issues. The plant saw construction begin in June, and is currently scheduled to go online in early 2014 - a final decision on the delay is reportedly due next week. Chip equipment stocks were dinged in September on a report Samsung plans to cut its chip capex in half next year. Comment! [Tech]
Thursday, October 18, 2012, 10:07 AM Lam Research (LRCX +5.4%) pops following its FQ4 report. While results beat estimates, FQ1 guidance for revenue of $820M-$880M and EPS of $0.38-$0.52 is largely below a consensus of $927M and $0.49. But the Street has already priced in a very dour near-term outlook for chip equipment demand. During its earnings call, Lam said it has lowered its 2012 forecast for global chip equipment spending to $28B-$29B - that's below the $31.4B (-13% Y/Y) recently forecast by Gartner. Comment! [Tech, Earnings, On the Move]

Jim Van Meerten
$RTEC - 100% Barchart technical buy signal - 17 new highs and up 22.88% in the last month - Relative Strength Index 84.74%
12/13/12
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Jim Van Meerten
$RTEC - 100% Barchart technical buy signal - 7 new highs and up 15.82% in the last month - Relative Strength Index 70.81%
11/30/12
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Ryan Mallory
15 Stocks Gaining Momentum http://bit.ly/Ld7URr ACAT BC BG CEDC CLMS COV DRI MCO MHFI NE RRC RTEC SGI TMO VIV
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Michael Kudrna
Closed out $RTEC at 10 for modest profits. Raising cash ahead of big earnings night/Obama speech and RTEC reports next wk. $$ #KSMT
1/24/12
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Michael Kudrna
Weekly Homework: Can Bonds Break The Trend? w/Econ Calendar & Stock Radar $NANO $RTEC $AMCC $BYD $FTK $CBM #KSMT http://bit.ly/yxJ7Yv
1/23/12
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Michael Kudrna
$AMCC looks to be setting up nicely for another possible leg higher. $RTEC now breaking out on light but growing volume $$ #KSMT
1/17/12
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Michael Kudrna
$RTEC catching a few bids, it may make an attempt to breakout past 9.75 even on a red market day. $$ #KSMT $QQQ $IWM $DJIA $SPY
1/13/12
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Michael Kudrna
Trades were detailed last week w/ chart. Nice breakout in $IGT and $CBOU $$ #KSMT $RTEC is next http://bit.ly/xqFHLu
1/12/12
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Michael Kudrna
$RTEC nearing resistance and any volume surge can spark a breakout $$ #KSMT
1/12/12
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Michael Kudrna
Green long positions on a Red day. $RTEC, $AMCC, $BYD, $$ #KSMT
1/11/12
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bkamjoo: tnx, I hv some old AMCC, need to make some money to just cover those losses!
1/11/12
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Michael Kudrna: I trimmed a little profit today, I dont like the overall market action which is making me cautious, still long though
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Michael Kudrna
Green long positions on a Red day. $RTEC, $AMCC, $BYD, $$ #KSMT
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bkamjoo: tnx, I hv some old AMCC, need to make some money to just cover those losses!
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Michael Kudrna: I trimmed a little profit today, I dont like the overall market action which is making me cautious, still long though
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Michael Kudrna
Pressed longs in $RTEC $CBOU $NOG $MHR and looking to trim before the close on strength w/ BIG jobs data in morning $$
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perru: Do you think November developed a shoulder?
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Michael Kudrna: I'd argue no since we've been uptrending since Oct but a fall in the SPY to 123 is not out of the question, it actually makes sense
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