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Veeco Instruments Inc.

5/22/2013, 5:49 AM ET

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Thursday, May 2, 10:28 AM Veeco (VECO -2.8%), Aixtron (AIXG -1.3%), and Rubicon (RBCN -0.7%) slump after the Shenzhen, China government reportedly ends a 7-year, $21B LED incentive plan that helped make the city China's LED manufacturing capital. Notable Calls observes sell-side firms have named Chinese subsidy cuts as a risk for Veeco (I, II, III). Shares might also be pressured by GT Advanced's (GTAT -7.3%) revenue miss and light 2013 guidance - GT only saw $16.6M in new orders in Q1, and removed $356M worth of sapphire furnace orders from its backlog that considers at-risk. (LED equipment price cuts) Comment! [Tech, On the Move]
Monday, April 29, 12:10 AM Notable earnings after Monday’s close: ANAD, ANH, BWLD, CBL, CRK, CSE, CYH, DTLK, ESRX, GGP, HIG, HLF, HTZ, IDTI, JEC, MAS, MSTR, NEM, PCL, QGEN, RGR, RJET, RVBD, SBAC, SSW, SU, TXRH, VECO 1 Comment [Earnings]
Sunday, April 28, 5:35 PM Notable earnings after Monday’s close: ANAD, ANH, BWLD, CBL, CRK, CSE, CYH, DTLK, ESRX, GGP, HIG, HLF, HTZ, IDTI, JEC, MAS, MSTR, NEM, PCL, QGEN, RGR, RJET, RVBD, SBAC, SSW, SU, TXRH, VECO 1 Comment [Earnings]
Tuesday, April 23, 12:56 PM Midday top 10 gainers: SCON +118%. MEMS +49%. CZR +29%. NFLX +24%. ARL +18%. CPLA +18%. VECO +17%. HSTM +17%. SANM +16%. ILMN +15%.
Midday top 10 losers: CPRX -15%. IIVI -13%. UNTK -13%. ABIO -13%. CASM -10%. EFUT -9%. GASS -9%. TAX -8%. SIFY -7%. USTR -7%. Comment! [On the Move]
Tuesday, April 23, 10:03 AM Shares of Veeco (VECO +16%) rise sharply as investors react to the company's positive Q2 outlook for bookings. From the call: 1) The company saw "meaningful inflection" in business conditions towards the end of March; 2) Customers "are operating at close to full utilization rates"; 3) Rush orders are returning; 4) Bookings should be "meaningfully higher" from "more than one region" in Q2. (transcript) Comment! [Tech, Earnings, On the Move]
Tuesday, April 23, 9:10 AM Premarket gainers: MEMS +50%. SCON +46%. NFLX +24%. VECO +14%. COH +12%. ILMN +10%. ARMH +9%. CZR +8%. STM +6%. AMRN +6%.
Losers: IRWD -10%. RSH -7%. IOC -6%. Comment! [On the Move]
Monday, April 22, 5:54 PM After-hours top gainers, as of 5:15 p.m.: VECO +9%. SWFT +6%. ILMN +4%. WIT +4%. QCCO +3%.
After-hours top losers: BEAT -11%. RCII -6%. HOV -5%. RFMD -5%. REGI -4%. 1 Comment [On the Move]
Monday, April 22, 4:27 PM Veeco (VECO) +8.6% AH after providing a Q1 business update that was better than feared. Bookings for the quarter totaled $70M, down 24% Q/Q and 38% Y/Y. LED/solar bookings amounted to $43M, -49% Y/Y, while hard drive equipment bookings fell 7% to $27M. The company's cash balance rose by $9M Q/Q to $588M. Veeco, whose earnings reports have been delayed as it does an accounting review, says MOCVD end market signals "are mixed but appear to be trending in a positive direction," with some LED customers operating at close to full capacity. Aixtron (AIXG) could rally in sympathy. (Q4 bookings) 4 Comments [Tech, Earnings, On the Move]
Monday, April 22, 12:10 AM Notable earnings after Monday’s close: ACE, AMP, CNI, HXL, ILMN, NFLX, NXPI, PKG, RCI, SANM, STM, SWFT, TXN, VECO, ZION Comment! [Earnings]
Sunday, April 21, 5:35 PM Notable earnings after Monday’s close: ACE, AMP, CNI, HXL, ILMN, NFLX, NXPI, PKG, RCI, SANM, STM, SWFT, TXN, VECO, ZION Comment! [Earnings]
Wednesday, April 17, 11:01 AM Veeco (VECO -7.7%) and Aixtron (AIXG -5.6%) get hammered after Digitimes reports the companies slashed prices for single-wafer MOCVD LED manufacturing systems to ~$1.4M from ~$2M, and 30%-40% for multi-wafer systems, due to Chinese competition. The companies have already been struggling with weak equipment demand on account of overcapacity: Digitimes Research estimates MOCVD shipments will fall 46% this year to 148; Veeco is seen shipping 89 of them, and Aixtron 53. Cree (CREE -3.7%) and GT Advanced (GTAT -4.2%) are also selling off. 1 Comment [Tech, On the Move]
Monday, March 25, 12:47 PM Midday top 10 gainers: STXS +56%. VBFC +14%. LEDS +13%. ERII +11%. VECO +11%. HZNP +10%. APOL +10%. SRT +10%. GSV +10%. EQU +9%.
Midday top 10 losers: PGTI -16%. IDIX -15%. JASO -13%. TSL -13%. TOPS -13%. VHC -11%. FREE -10%. JE -10%. YGE -10%. BWEN -10%. Comment! [On the Move]
Monday, March 25, 9:50 AM Shares of LED equipment maker Veeco (VECO +10%) are up sharply after getting an upgrade to Buy from Sell at Canaccord Genuity. Analysts raise price target to $48 from $25. Comment! [Tech]
Tuesday, March 5, 9:42 AM Cree (CREE +11.4%) raises its FQ3 guidance: the company now expects revenue of $335M-$350M and EPS of $0.31-$0.36 vs. prior guidance of $325M-$345M and $0.30-$0.35, and a consensus of $336.1M and $0.33. Cree is also announcing new, aggressively-priced LED bulbs: Home Depot will sell a 40W-replacement bulb for $9.97, and 60W-replacements for $12.97 and $13.97. Shares are making new 52-week highs. Up in sympathy: RBCN +3%. AIXG +3.5%. GTAT +6%. VECO +5.5%. (PR) Comment! [Tech, On the Move, Earnings]
Friday, March 1, 12:10 AM Notable earnings after Friday’s close: PDLI, STEC, VECO, VNR Comment! [Earnings]
Thursday, February 28, 5:35 PM Notable earnings after Friday’s close: PDLI, STEC, VECO, VNR 1 Comment [Earnings]