Semiconductors

70 tickers in this theme
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IDEX Corporation
IEX·Industrials
B ★★★Hold
Current$230.45
Target$245.00
Return+6.3%
Aug 1, 2026

The explosive secular growth in AI data center cooling and semiconductor fluidics provides a massive multi-year tailwind for IDEX's high-margin business, but the stock's premium valuation multiple leaves zero margin of safety against any macroeconomic deceleration.

Score
81
Flex Ltd.
FLEX·Technology
B ★★★Hold
Current$114.52
Target$135.00
Return+17.9%
Aug 1, 2026

An elite, high-margin AI infrastructure and cooling play poised for a massive sum-of-the-parts value unlock via a 2027 spin-off, yet constrained by extreme valuation multiples, heavy cash burn, and aggressive insider liquidation.

Score
77
Arm Holdings plc
ARM·Technology
B ★★★Hold
Current$241.43
Target$275.00
Return+13.9%
Aug 1, 2026

Arm is executing a highly lucrative pivot from IP licensor to turnkey silicon provider within the AI supercycle, yet its extreme valuation and rising RISC-V threats warrant a cautious approach.

Score
75
QUALCOMM Incorporated
QCOM·Technology
S ★★★★★Strong Buy
Current$151.60
Target$221.00
Return+45.8%
Aug 1, 2026

The accelerated loss of Apple modem revenue and temporary TSMC margin pressures are fully priced into a distressed 15x multiple, creating a massively undervalued entry point for a company effectively dominating the $45B software-defined vehicle and edge-AI compute revolutions.

Score
95
United Microelectronics Corporation
UMC·Technology
B ★★★Hold
Current$17.42
Target$20.70
Return+18.8%
Jul 31, 2026

United Microelectronics pairs world-class operating leverage, a 37% high-margin 22/28nm mix, and explosive AI photonics growth potential against the severe structural threats of Taiwan concentration risk, looming 28nm Chinese oversupply, and massive near-term depreciation headwinds.

Score
77
Teradyne, Inc.
TER·Technology
B ★★★Hold
Current$319.41
Target$416.65
Return+30.4%
Jul 31, 2026

Teradyne commands a highly profitable duopoly over the mission-critical AI semiconductor testing market, but its premium valuation leaves little room for error if hyperscaler capital expenditures decelerate or its robotics division fails to recover.

Score
75
NXP Semiconductors N.V.
NXPI·Technology
A ★★★★Buy
Current$245.16
Target$296.00
Return+20.7%
Jul 31, 2026

Riding the unstoppable secular wave of software-defined vehicles and edge AI with fortress-like profitability, though heavy reliance on the cyclical auto market and significant debt require vigilant monitoring.

Score
89
Navitas Semiconductor Corporation
NVTS·Technology
F Avoid
Current$10.01
Jul 30, 2026

Navitas offers unparalleled technological exposure to the hyper-growth AI data center power upgrade cycle, but this immense potential is completely negated by severe, existential intellectual property lawsuits that threaten to legally halt its core operations and erode enterprise value.

Score
17
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
CDNS·Technology
B ★★★Hold
Current$338.61
Target$393.65
Return+16.3%
Jul 30, 2026

An impenetrable, high-margin EDA monopoly capitalizing on the exponential complexity of AI silicon and 3D-IC architectures, counterbalanced by dangerously extended valuation multiples and severe geopolitical export control risks.

Score
76
Amkor Technology, Inc.
AMKR·Technology
A ★★★★Buy
Current$42.73
Target$52.00
Return+21.7%
Jul 30, 2026

Amkor is capitalizing on the secular AI advanced packaging boom as a critical overflow partner for CoWoS, offsetting heavy capex cycles and Apple customer concentration.

Score
85
Element Solutions Inc
ESI·Materials
B ★★★Hold
Current$37.44
Target$44.02
Return+17.6%
Jul 29, 2026

Element Solutions is a phenomenally profitable, asset-light advanced materials compounder riding the explosive AI datacenter super-cycle, though its immediate equity upside is structurally capped and mechanically dictated by the pending $14.5 billion Solstice acquisition.

Score
84
Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
SWKS·Technology
C ★★Sell
Current$64.68
Jul 29, 2026

Skyworks pairs a globally dominant, deeply undervalued RF engineering moat with catastrophic Apple concentration risk and volatile antitrust exposure from its $22B Qorvo merger.

Score
74
MaxLinear, Inc.
MXL·Technology
B ★★★Hold
Current$64.86
Target$99.32
Return+53.1%
Jul 29, 2026

MaxLinear offers explosive hyper-growth potential as a primary challenger in the AI optical interconnect space with its 800G/1.6T DSPs, but a fragile balance sheet and the catastrophic threat of the Silicon Motion arbitration demand immense caution.

Score
76
Intel Corporation
INTC·Technology
C ★★Sell
Current$91.67
Jul 28, 2026

Intel is fundamentally reclaiming its technological sovereignty and data center growth through the 18A node and Xeon 6+ architectures, but heavy capital expenditures and stretched valuation multiples severely limit near-term upside potential.

Score
73
SolarEdge Technologies, Inc.
SEDG·Technology
B ★★★Hold
Current$42.60
Target$65.00
Return+52.6%
Jul 26, 2026

SolarEdge is executing a painful but necessary turnaround, exiting unprofitable divisions to focus on core solar and AI data centers, offering significant upside if execution holds.

Score
79
Nova Ltd.
NVMI·Technology
B ★★★Hold
Current$437.98
Target$524.50
Return+19.8%
Jul 26, 2026

Nova is a high-quality compounder dominating the integrated metrology and advanced packaging markets amid the AI boom, but heavy China exposure and extreme valuation deter new entries.

Score
82
Texas Instruments Incorporated
TXN·Technology
B ★★★Hold
Current$279.58
Target$330.00
Return+18.0%
Jul 25, 2026

Texas Instruments pairs an unmatched 300mm manufacturing moat and explosive AI data center growth with heavy CapEx burdens and a stretched valuation.

Score
76