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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Diodes, Inc. Semiconductors | $3.2B | 96.0 | −0.4 | 92.9 | 90.0 | 76.8 | 46.8 | 73.7 | 82.4 | 86.1 | 59.0 | 29.0 | |
Texas Instruments Incorporated Semiconductors | $252.7B | 95.4 | −1.5 | 99.0 | 62.6 | 79.8 | 85.9 | 60.3 | 80.5 | 80.6 | 97.0 | 0.9 | |
Micron Technology, Inc. Semiconductors | $738.7B | 93.8 | −1.4 | 94.8 | 90.7 | 86.3 | 99.9 | 21.3 | 85.2 | 98.8 | 27.1 | 0.3 | |
Power Integrations, Inc. Semiconductors | $2.2B | 91.7 | +1.2 | 91.6 | 83.1 | 51.6 | 58.7 | 84.7 | 70.4 | 61.0 | 83.5 | 33.3 | |
InTest Corp. Semiconductor Equipment & Materials | $157.8M | 90.7 | +1.7 | 94.7 | 46.2 | 59.5 | 32.2 | 68.9 | 77.9 | 79.2 | 86.2 | 68.4 | |
MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc. Semiconductors | $14.3B | 90.3 | +7.4 | 98.4 | 57.8 | 79.5 | 81.3 | 34.6 | 82.8 | 87.2 | 66.0 | 12.0 | |
ON Semiconductor Corp. Semiconductors | $24.5B | 89.9 | +3.4 | 95.2 | 92.4 | 63.2 | 48.7 | 89.4 | 54.9 | 80.0 | 67.9 | 8.5 | |
FormFactor, Inc. Semiconductor Equipment & Materials | $5.6B | 89.1 | −0.4 | 99.8 | 47.3 | 72.1 | 88.1 | 46.5 | 71.4 | 94.4 | 40.3 | 21.3 | |
Analog Devices, Inc. Semiconductors | $174.9B | 88.7 | −4.6 | 94.0 | 58.1 | 85.8 | 65.0 | 57.8 | 65.2 | 88.0 | 94.3 | 1.4 | |
Teradyne, Inc. Semiconductor Equipment & Materials | $33.3B | 88.6 | −2.3 | 94.4 | 54.7 | 72.9 | 97.4 | 20.6 | 88.8 | 96.4 | 59.5 | 6.6 | |
Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc. Semiconductor Equipment & Materials | $3.1B | 88.4 | −1.7 | 86.8 | 70.4 | 75.0 | 65.4 | 23.9 | 72.8 | 96.5 | 89.0 | 29.1 | |
NXP Semiconductors NV Semiconductors | $61.7B | 88.1 | +3.8 | 84.3 | 91.1 | 42.4 | 63.0 | 50.2 | 94.2 | 87.6 | 93.7 | 4.2 | |
Allegro MicroSystems, Inc. Semiconductors | $5.0B | 87.0 | −0.3 | 93.1 | 62.1 | 51.2 | 49.7 | 77.9 | 78.1 | 90.6 | 57.6 | 22.7 | |
NVE Corp. Semiconductors | $344.6M | 83.3 | −1.1 | 25.0 | 66.4 | 65.4 | 89.1 | 65.3 | 74.6 | 88.3 | 83.4 | 57.2 | |
nLIGHT, Inc. Semiconductors | $1.7B | 83.1 | +9.6 | 85.4 | 45.5 | 45.0 | 70.6 | 87.4 | 64.7 | 93.3 | 27.8 | 36.6 | |
Cirrus Logic, Inc. Semiconductors | $5.5B | 78.3 | −8.4 | 50.7 | 98.8 | 38.8 | 93.7 | 57.3 | 91.1 | 39.4 | 99.0 | 21.4 | |
Semtech Corp. Semiconductors | $8.5B | 77.0 | −0.5 | 99.6 | 65.3 | 82.1 | 90.6 | 42.0 | 56.3 | 44.4 | 28.5 | 16.3 | |
Lam Research Corp. Semiconductor Equipment & Materials | $231.8B | 76.7 | −3.5 | 86.5 | 45.2 | 64.8 | 99.2 | 21.2 | 94.9 | 83.7 | 39.8 | 1.0 | |
Photronics, Inc. Semiconductor Equipment & Materials | $1.5B | 75.5 | −1.3 | 94.7 | 92.1 | 35.4 | 52.2 | 49.0 | 61.5 | 49.0 | 70.6 | 38.3 | |
Silicon Laboratories, Inc. Semiconductors | $7.3B | 75.2 | +5.5 | 73.2 | 37.2 | 92.8 | 53.0 | 64.4 | 55.9 | 74.5 | 96.1 | 17.9 | |
Microchip Technology, Inc. Semiconductors | $35.2B | 74.2 | −14.9 | 62.7 | 74.9 | 45.3 | 39.2 | 82.1 | 78.3 | 93.1 | 74.0 | 6.4 | |
Entegris, Inc. Semiconductor Equipment & Materials | $19.0B | 73.5 | −3.0 | 99.3 | 32.6 | 58.8 | 58.6 | 69.0 | 87.3 | 59.8 | 43.9 | 10.0 | |
Impinj, Inc. Semiconductors | $4.9B | 73.3 | +0.1 | 99.7 | 30.6 | 48.6 | 73.0 | 74.5 | 82.2 | 36.0 | 58.6 | 22.8 | |
Tower Semiconductor Ltd. Semiconductors | $14.9B | 73.0 | −4.2 | 95.8 | 13.9 | 77.3 | 63.7 | 63.8 | 67.5 | 85.0 | 37.5 | 11.7 | |
Skyworks Solutions, Inc. Semiconductors | $19.1B | 72.5 | −10.7 | 80.9 | 77.8 | 52.4 | 45.1 | 66.8 | 92.1 | 29.7 | 97.3 | 10.0 |
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.
20 of the 25 names with analyst coverage this month carry a Buy-or-better majority.
Cheapest on trailing P/E: PLAB at 9.1×, MU at 10.7× and CRUS at 14.2×.
Highest forward dividend yields: NVEC at 5.6%, SWKS at 3.4% and MCHP at 2.4%.
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Questions people ask about semiconductor stocks.
- What are the best semiconductor stocks right now?
- As at 5 Nov 2026, the top-ranked semiconductor stocks on Ticker Nerd's systematic factor model are Diodes, Inc. (DIOD), Texas Instruments Incorporated (TXN), Micron Technology, Inc. (MU). 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 5 Nov 2026: of the 25 listed names with analyst coverage this month, 20 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.