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Amtech Systems, Inc. ASYS
$17.83 -1.00% Close, Oct 5, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $314.9M
High quality
Next earnings report: Dec 9, 2026
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Three things to know
- Operating margin widened to 8.1% from -36.2% a year earlier.
- Over the past year the stock returned +100.3%, ahead of the S&P 500 by 84.6 percentage points.
- The diluted share count rose 12.1% in a year.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Technology sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 6, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 14%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 33%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 9%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 10%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 47%
- Gross marginBottom 45%
- Operating marginTop 41%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 25%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 32%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 8%
- Interest coverTop 3%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 46%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 49%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 43%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 41%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 26%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 18%
- 6-month returnTop 32%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 13%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 47%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 46%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 4%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 44%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 35%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 47%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 34%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 41%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 31%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 8%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -13.2% | -2.4% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 33.4% | 46.9% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | -36.2% | 8.1% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 7.4% | 10.7% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -2.4% | -13.2% | ↑ | Bottom 14% |
| Gross margin | 46.9% | 33.4% | ↑ | Bottom 45% |
| Operating margin | 8.1% | -36.2% | ↑ | Top 41% |
| Net margin | 4.2% | -38.1% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 10.7% | 7.4% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 2.8% | — | Bottom 47% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -9.3% | — | Bottom 9% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 2.78×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -3.9%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 1.5%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +5.4 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- -6.65×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 264.6×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -0.44%
- Shareholder yield
- -0.44%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +12.1%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +4.5%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 2
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 5 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.3%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $22.00
- Target vs current price
- +23.4%
- Analysts with a rating
- 9
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 56%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | +40.0% | -8.2% | -11.7% | -16.7% | — |
| May 7, 2026 | +100.0% | +0.1% | +13.8% | +20.4% | -13.7% |
| Feb 5, 2026 | -57.1% | +0.8% | -27.0% | -11.9% | +8.8% |
| Dec 10, 2025 | +433.3% | +5.9% | +34.7% | +48.0% | +45.5% |
| Aug 6, 2025 | +112.5% | -0.7% | +2.7% | +28.6% | +79.6% |
| May 12, 2025 | -11050.0% | -2.0% | +2.6% | +15.5% | +30.6% |
| Feb 5, 2025 | +220.0% | -0.4% | -4.4% | -5.7% | -34.5% |
| Dec 9, 2024 | -300.0% | +2.2% | -3.2% | -3.6% | -13.3% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | $0.14 | $0.10 | +40.0% | $22.4M |
| May 7, 2026 | $0.10 | $0.05 | +100.0% | $20.5M |
| Feb 5, 2026 | $0.03 | $0.07 | -57.1% | $19.0M |
| Dec 10, 2025 | $0.10 | -$0.03 | +433.3% | $19.8M |
| Aug 6, 2025 | $0.01 | -$0.08 | +112.5% | $19.6M |
| May 12, 2025 | -$2.23 | -$0.02 | -11050.0% | $15.6M |
| Feb 5, 2025 | $0.06 | -$0.05 | +220.0% | $24.4M |
| Dec 9, 2024 | -$0.04 | -$0.01 | -300.0% | $24.1M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 68.7× | 41.6× | 82th | Top 46% |
| P/E (forward) | 55.7× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 25.5× | — | — | Top 43% |
| EV / Sales | 3.06× | — | — | Top 41% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 2.77% | — | — | Top 49% |
| Earnings yield | 1.46% | — | — | Top 46% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 8.3× – 135.5× since Sep 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 9
- Days above the 200-day average
- 7
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -7.0%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +4.4%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +16.3%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +11.6%
- RSI (14)
- 69.3
- Relative volume
- 0.80×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 73.2%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 71th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.12
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.23
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -25.7%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -58.1%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 2021 | Apr 21, 2025 | -78.4% | 859 days | 188 days (Jan 20, 2026) |
| Jun 12, 2026 | Sep 14, 2026 | -43.3% | 63 days | Not yet recovered |
| Jan 28, 2026 | Mar 20, 2026 | -40.2% | 36 days | 24 days (Apr 24, 2026) |
| Apr 6, 2021 | Jun 22, 2021 | -37.8% | 54 days | 90 days (Oct 28, 2021) |
| Feb 16, 2021 | Mar 8, 2021 | -21.4% | 14 days | 3 days (Mar 11, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $314.9M
- P/E (TTM)
- 68.7
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $0.26
- Revenue (TTM)
- $81.7M
- 52-week range
- $6.75 – $25.71
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $85.2M | $106.3M | $113.3M | $101.2M | $79.4M |
| Gross profit | $34.5M | $39.5M | $35.6M | $36.2M | $27.0M |
| Operating income | $3.7M | $17.3M | -$15.0M | -$6.7M | -$28.5M |
| Net income | $1.5M | $17.4M | -$12.6M | -$8.5M | -$30.3M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.11 | $1.22 | -$0.89 | -$0.60 | -$2.12 |
| Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $24.1M | $24.4M | $15.6M | $19.6M | $19.8M | $19.0M | $20.5M | $22.4M |
| Net income | -$536,000 | $312,000 | -$31.8M | $196,000 | $520,000 | $108,000 | $1.2M | $1.7M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.04 | $0.02 | -$2.23 | $0.01 | $0.07 | $0.01 | $0.08 | $0.10 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$6.0M | $5.2M | -$7.7M | $9.8M | $7.9M |
| Capital expenditure | -$3.0M | -$1.1M | -$2.9M | -$4.9M | -$950,000 |
| Free cash flow | -$9.0M | $4.1M | -$10.6M | $5.0M | $6.9M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $0 | -$3.4M | $1.2M | $85,000 | $363,000 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $83.1M
- Total assets
- $156.7M
- Total liabilities
- $41.1M
- Total debt
- $17.9M
- Net debt
- -$65.2M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $115.6M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 1,590,376
- Days to cover
- 5.65
- Change vs previous report
- -1.9%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Mar 16, 1999
- 1-for-2
- Apr 16, 1996
- 2-for-1
- Jun 8, 1993
- 1-for-2
- Apr 27, 1988
- 1-for-20