The best semiconductor stocks right now, ranked.
We score 86 US-listed semiconductor stocks, re-ranked every trading day. These 25 rank highest on the full factor model right now. Every US-listed stock Twelve Data files under Semiconductors or Semiconductor Equipment & Materials.
Every score is a percentile across the whole US universe we cover — a 92 beats 92% of it. How the model was built and blind-tested is on the methodology page; what each factor means is on the factor glossary.
| Ticker | Company | Mkt cap | Rank | 1w rank Δ | Revisions | Value | Momentum | Quality | Accruals | Issuance | Growth | Volatility | Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Qorvo, Inc. Semiconductors | $10.8B | 98.7 | 0.0 | 94.6 | 96.0 | 62.4 | 90.0 | 82.4 | 86.7 | 73.4 | 78.2 | 14.6 | |
Diodes, Inc. Semiconductors | $4.3B | 96.9 | −0.6 | 99.0 | 90.2 | 82.2 | 45.3 | 72.2 | 82.1 | 85.5 | 51.5 | 25.4 | |
Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc. Semiconductor Equipment & Materials | $4.4B | 93.5 | 0.0 | 97.1 | 74.5 | 74.6 | 70.2 | 23.7 | 72.6 | 96.1 | 94.8 | 25.1 | |
Analog Devices, Inc. Semiconductors | $182.1B | 92.3 | +1.1 | 96.6 | 72.5 | 80.5 | 63.7 | 56.9 | 64.7 | 89.9 | 91.9 | 1.4 | |
Micron Technology, Inc. Semiconductors | $1.1T | 92.0 | −0.4 | 88.9 | 73.7 | 94.9 | 99.8 | 20.2 | 86.4 | 98.0 | 24.6 | 0.2 | |
inTEST Corp. Semiconductor Equipment & Materials | $138.5M | 91.7 | +0.2 | 73.1 | 82.9 | 46.0 | 36.0 | 68.0 | 77.8 | 82.6 | 85.6 | 71.9 | |
Power Integrations, Inc. Semiconductors | $2.8B | 91.5 | −1.4 | 95.8 | 82.8 | 57.5 | 55.4 | 88.3 | 78.7 | 41.5 | 75.5 | 31.0 | |
Texas Instruments Incorporated Semiconductors | $242.3B | 88.3 | +0.3 | 99.8 | 68.7 | 68.1 | 74.9 | 58.7 | 60.0 | 73.4 | 95.0 | 1.0 | |
Microchip Technology, Inc. Semiconductors | $39.5B | 87.5 | −0.5 | 98.8 | 77.8 | 45.8 | 37.5 | 81.0 | 77.9 | 93.8 | 61.4 | 6.2 | |
ON Semiconductor Corp. Semiconductors | $28.2B | 87.2 | −0.4 | 92.0 | 93.5 | 63.0 | 49.8 | 90.6 | 56.5 | 64.8 | 68.1 | 7.8 | |
Amtech Systems, Inc. Semiconductor Equipment & Materials | $248.3M | 85.8 | −0.2 | 83.0 | 56.6 | 63.1 | 69.9 | 58.8 | 49.3 | 85.6 | 36.1 | 64.7 | |
Cirrus Logic, Inc. Semiconductors | $6.1B | 85.6 | −0.5 | 51.3 | 99.2 | 42.5 | 94.2 | 65.1 | 88.9 | 53.6 | 97.8 | 20.3 | |
NXP Semiconductors NV Semiconductors | $57.6B | 85.1 | −0.2 | 89.0 | 94.8 | 37.8 | 59.0 | 42.2 | 88.6 | 81.6 | 91.6 | 4.7 | |
Allegro MicroSystems, Inc. Semiconductors | $6.4B | 84.9 | −0.1 | 88.8 | 60.8 | 49.5 | 44.2 | 79.1 | 87.0 | 91.3 | 45.3 | 19.8 | |
MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc. Semiconductors | $20.7B | 83.7 | +0.4 | 98.5 | 42.3 | 89.0 | 67.7 | 30.1 | 81.2 | 77.6 | 75.7 | 9.8 | |
Teradyne, Inc. Semiconductor Equipment & Materials | $58.1B | 82.9 | +1.8 | 98.5 | 35.7 | 87.5 | 96.3 | 20.7 | 63.4 | 92.3 | 64.8 | 4.6 | |
Lattice Semiconductor Corp. Semiconductors | $15.2B | 82.4 | +0.5 | 98.7 | 36.9 | 80.0 | 73.7 | 70.1 | 48.0 | 75.0 | 70.9 | 11.8 | |
Lam Research Corp. Semiconductor Equipment & Materials | $363.3B | 81.8 | +3.0 | 96.0 | 39.0 | 80.1 | 99.2 | 22.3 | 95.5 | 69.6 | 53.7 | 0.6 | |
Skyworks Solutions, Inc. Semiconductors | $13.4B | 80.4 | −1.9 | 81.4 | 94.5 | 46.1 | 46.9 | 70.2 | 92.9 | 42.1 | 91.1 | 12.6 | |
FormFactor, Inc. Semiconductor Equipment & Materials | $9.2B | 80.3 | −1.0 | 99.0 | 27.9 | 87.5 | 81.1 | 46.6 | 70.6 | 83.9 | 20.4 | 16.2 | |
nLIGHT, Inc. Semiconductors | $2.3B | 80.0 | −0.6 | 59.5 | 38.7 | 60.9 | 71.7 | 87.0 | 64.0 | 92.7 | 66.8 | 33.6 | |
Tower Semiconductor Ltd. Semiconductors | $25.0B | 79.1 | +2.6 | 94.7 | 13.9 | 88.9 | 61.1 | 72.4 | 72.4 | 71.8 | 73.7 | 8.6 | |
GLOBALFOUNDRIES, Inc. Semiconductors | $26.4B | 78.6 | −1.5 | 89.5 | 86.4 | 38.6 | 38.7 | 80.3 | 76.1 | 64.6 | 78.0 | 8.1 | |
Photronics, Inc. Semiconductor Equipment & Materials | $1.7B | 77.6 | −0.7 | 93.9 | 94.7 | 40.3 | 55.4 | 47.8 | 61.8 | 49.1 | 68.9 | 37.6 | |
NVE Corp. Semiconductors | $486.5M | 77.5 | +0.5 | 25.2 | 62.4 | 68.8 | 86.7 | 56.1 | 67.2 | 86.1 | 86.1 | 53.4 |
Today’s snapshot only — the list rotates as the scores move. Click any ticker for its full page: rank against every factor, analyst price targets, financials and news.
What these semiconductor stocks look like up close.
Figures for the 25 listed names, from the same data behind their stock pages.
19 of the 25 names with analyst coverage this month carry a Buy-or-better majority.
Cheapest on trailing P/E: PLAB at 10.4×, CRUS at 14.5× and NXPI at 19.5×.
Highest forward dividend yields: NVEC at 4.0%, SWKS at 3.2% and MCHP at 2.5%.
This page is one list. Monday covers the whole market.
Computed off the Friday close and sent before the US open.
Market Radar reports the week’s largest rank changes across roughly 4,600 US stocks and the factor behind each one. The names above will rotate as the scores move — the Radar is how you hear what changed.
Questions people ask about semiconductor stocks.
- What are the best semiconductor stocks right now?
- As at 19 Sept 2026, the top-ranked semiconductor stocks on Ticker Nerd's systematic factor model are Qorvo, Inc. (QRVO), Diodes, Inc. (DIOD), Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc. (KLIC). The full top 25 is the table on this page, re-ranked every trading day. A rank is general information, not personal advice.
- How does Ticker Nerd pick the best semiconductor stocks?
- Nobody picks them. A factor model scores roughly 4,600 US stocks every trading day on families like value, momentum, quality and growth, and this page is one fixed cut of that ranking. The research process behind the model — point-in-time data from 2005, locked test windows, logged rejections — is published on the methodology page.
- Are semiconductor stocks a good investment?
- That depends on the price paid and on your circumstances — this page is general information, not advice. What the data says as at 19 Sept 2026: of the 25 listed names with analyst coverage this month, 19 carry a Buy-or-better majority, and every rank above is a percentile across roughly 4,600 US stocks.
The same model, other cuts.
Every list reads the one ranking — the stock screener index has the complete set.