This is an interesting week to look at what has happened to each
individual stock in the group of 41 since its close on 4/25/97, a
period of approximately 19 months. On 4/25/97, the group average
closed at 760. This Friday the group average closed at 755 - a
difference of approximately 0.7 percent. Since the average is so
close, the question of interest is how each individual stock within
the group has fared. The table below shows the answer, sorted by
percent change from best to worst performance.
Out of the group of 41, 15 stocks were up, 1 stayed the same, and 25
were down. The spread was very wide, going all the way from NVLS
with a gain of 104 percent, to ASEC with a loss of 84 percent.
Fifteen of the stocks at the bottom of the table have losses of
greater than 30 percent for the period. Keep in mind, the group
average on 4/25/97 was the low point for the year. However, that is
not to say that each individual stock in the group had its low point
for the year on that date. The chances are it was some other date
around that period. While the group average was essentially the same
over the period, the SOX-X was up 33 percent.
04/25/97 12/18/98
CLOSE CLOSE PERCENT
SYMBOL COMPANY PRICE PRICE CHANGE
NVLS Novellus Systems 26.44 53.88 104
ASYT Asyst Technologies 9.94 19.81 99
AMAT Applied Materials 24.32 45.44 87
VECO Veeco Instruments 29.25 50.63 73
ASMLF ASM Lithography Holdings 18.25 28.88 58
PLAB Photronics 15.88 23.50 48
ETEC Etec System 27.50 40.00 45
NANO Nanometrics 5.50 7.88 43
TER Teradyne 30.75 40.88 33
ATMI ATMI Inc 18.00 22.75 26
CMOS Credence Systems 14.50 17.88 23
MASK Align-Rite International 10.63 13.00 22
BRKS Brooks Automation 14.00 15.63 12
PRIA Pri Automation 22.57 24.25 7
KLAC KLA Instruments 41.50 43.44 5
UTEK Ultratech Stepper 17.50 17.56 0
GSNX Gasonics 8.13 8.06 -1
DPMI Dupont Photomasks 45.00 43.50 -3
CYMI Cymer 17.69 16.56 -6
MTSN Mattson Technology 8.00 7.06 -12
COHU Cohu 24.88 21.19 -15
MICN Micrion 13.13 10.75 -18
HELX Helix Technology 15.50 12.63 -19
WJ Watkins Johnson 26.38 20.25 -23
PHTN Photon Dynamics 5.44 4.13 -24
EGLS Electroglas 16.50 12.50 -24
LTXX LTX 4.25 2.94 -31
LRCX Lam Research 27.75 18.88 -32
IPEC Integrated Process Equipment 15.13 10.25 -32
KLIC Kulicke & Soffa Industries 27.25 18.38 -33
FSII FSI International 11.50 7.34 -36
TGAL Tegal 5.50 3.38 -39
IMSC Integrated Measurement Systems 13.25 8.00 -40
SMTL Semitool 9.63 5.75 -40
SFLX Smartflex Systems 11.88 7.00 -41
SFAM SpeedFAM 26.13 15.00 -43
SVGI Silicon Valley Group 19.75 10.75 -46
AFLX Adflex Solutions 14.25 7.25 -49
WFR MEMC Electronic Materials 25.50 9.56 -63
CFMT CFM Technologies 32.50 7.19 -78
ASEC Aseco 8.75 1.38 -84
TOTALS 760.20 755.09 -1
SOX-X Phili Semiconductor Index 263.06 349.25 33 |
