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Ichor Holdings, Ltd.

$ICHR·$3.5B·Semiconductors·Technology
$83.74-10.1%YTD+336.4%1Y+270.5%
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ICICHR
$ICHRIchor Holdings, Ltd.
$83.74-10.12%297 posts+3%
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AI verdict & sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Top X posts

Today's AI verdict on what's driving $ICHR, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.

AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Driven by hypeEvent coming upAI verdict · as of 2026-07-15

A known event soon (earnings, a ruling, etc.) will likely decide the next move.

Up 394% YTD as the semi-cap recovery lands in fluid-delivery — Aug 3 print has to justify the run.

Ichor Holdings makes fluid-delivery subsystems for semiconductor manufacturing equipment — the plumbing that Applied Materials, Lam Research, and ASML build their tools around. It's one of the biggest semi-cap re-ratings of 2026.

Where the setup lands:

  • Growth is genuinely returning: Q1 revenue grew 4.75% year-over-year to $256M — the first positive-growth quarter after three declining quarters, and the last three EPS surprises averaged +15% (15%, 71%, -42%), showing the recovery is genuine but bumpy.
  • The valuation is now aggressively priced: 2.3x sales for a company just returning to growth and running at 9% gross margin — the market is essentially pricing in a full multi-year semi-cap recovery cycle, meaning the Aug 3 print has to at least meet the raised bar.
  • The $200M ATM raise from May is the specific overhang: a fresh at-the-market equity program lets management dilute into strength — that's opportunistic financing, but it caps how far the multiple can expand without matching earnings-per-share growth.

Aug 3 earnings decides direction: another meaningful beat combined with any WFE (wafer fab equipment) commentary showing customer capex accelerating would push shares toward $110, while an in-line print combined with any ATM utilization commentary or a soft Q3 guide would confirm the current stall from the recent parabolic move and pull shares to $80.

Agrees with X sentimentAgree with the bullish framing — the Stage 2 close, the Daily Closing Range above 80%, and the semi-cap leader-basket framing alongside UCTT/FORM/ONTO are all consistent with the fundamentals and the setup. Verdict lands with the tape.

What to watch: Aug 3 earnings: WFE customer capex commentary, gross margin trend, ATM utilization, and Q3 guide. An in-line print with ATM utilization pulls shares to $80.

On the calendar: 2026-08-03 — Q2 2026 earnings

X sentiment

What the X crowd is saying right now — descriptive, summarised from the day’s posts.

Bullish sentiment5 posts analyzed · as of 2026-07-13

Ichor Holdings is described as one of the leading stocks in today's tape with UCTT, FORM, and ONTO, and posted a Stage 2 close with a Daily Closing Range above 80% and a +4% session. Discussion frames ICHR alongside CROX, FRO, and ETSY as strong relative-strength names.

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Designs and manufactures gas and chemical fluid delivery subsystems for semiconductor etch and deposition capital equipment.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Semiconductors sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $ICHR.

Semiconductors · Technology

No material change from last week — structural AI capex engine unchanged: hyperscaler Blackwell allocation stays tight through 2H26 and HBM3e pricing holds as LLM context-window expansion drives 5-8x per-server memory demand uplift.

What this means for $ICHR

Neutral — Designs and manufactures gas and chemical fluid delivery subsystems for semiconductor etch and deposition capital equipment; limited exposure means the AI capex and HBM/compute demand cycle is not a near-term catalyst or headwind.

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Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
-42.9How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
-4.2%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
-3.7%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
-0.8%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
2.3Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
-7.5%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
9.3%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
0.1Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q1 2026May 4, 2026$0.15$0.13+15.4%
Q4 2025Feb 9, 2026$-0.05$-0.17+70.6%
Q3 2025Nov 3, 2025$0.07$0.12-41.7%
Q2 2025Aug 4, 2025$0.03$0.14-78.6%
Next earningsMon, Aug 3·consensus EPS $0.31

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$256.1M+4.7%11.6%1.1%$-0.07$-10.0M
Q4 FY25$223.6M-4.2%9.4%-6.2%$-0.46$5.9M
Q3 FY25$239.3M+13.3%4.6%-8.1%$-0.67$2.1M
Q2 FY25$240.3M+18.2%11.3%-2.0%$-0.28$-14.8M

Forward consensus

5-year forecast · up to 6 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$1.2B$1.2B – $1.2B$1.38$1.34 – $1.426
FY27$1.4B$1.4B – $1.5B$2.70$2.33 – $3.046
FY28$1.4B$1.4B – $1.5B$1.08$1.06 – $1.121
FY29$1.7B$1.7B – $1.8B$2.87$2.82 – $2.991
FY30$2.0B$2.0B – $2.1B$3.87$3.80 – $4.031

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.0.6×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.80%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.+14.0%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.+106.2%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatLow float · 33.9M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today2.3% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β1.785-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.FilingActive offeringA shelf registration (S-3 / S-3ASR / S-1) or prospectus supplement (424B*) was filed in the last 90 days — the company is registered to (or actively) issuing new shares. Dilution risk.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

SellJun 8Greg SwytCFO6.8K sh$456KSellJun 4Barros Philip Ryan Sr.CEO13.7K sh$962KSellJun 2Laura A. BlackDirector20.0K sh$1.5MSellMay 28Greg SwytCFO19.7K sh$1.4MSellMay 19Jorge TitingerDirector4.0K sh$257KSellMay 13Marc HaugenDirector5.3K sh$404KSellMay 8Marc HaugenDirector9.9K sh$716KSellFeb 26Barros Philip Ryan Sr.CEO21.0K sh$979KSellFeb 24Greg SwytCFO3.0K sh$154KSellFeb 23Bruce RagsdaleCOO21.3K sh$1.1M
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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

8-KMaterial agreementMay 188-K — Item 1.01: Material agreement
AI summary

Ichor Holdings, Ltd. (ICHR) entered into a sales agreement on May 18, 2026 with TD Securities (USA) LLC and other agents as sales agents, establishing a new at-the-market (ATM) equity offering program. The specific program size is not visible in the available excerpt (the concurrently filed 424B5 establishes it at $200 million). This 8-K formally discloses the material definitive agreement underlying ICHR's new ATM equity capability for ongoing capital raising.

424B5Prospectus supplement (offering)May 18424B5
AI summary

Ichor Holdings, Ltd. (ICHR) filed a 424B5 prospectus supplement establishing a new at-the-market (ATM) equity offering program of up to $200 million in ordinary shares, under a sales agreement with TD Securities (USA), Stifel Nicolaus, Needham & Company, and Craig-Hallum Capital Group as agents. Sales will occur at market prices through Nasdaq with agents receiving up to 3% commission; the last reported share price was $73.27 on May 15, 2026. The $200M ATM (~13.5% of market cap at prevailing price) creates ongoing dilution potential for this semiconductor fluid management company.

S-3ASRAuto-shelf registrationMay 18S-3ASR
AI summary

Ichor Holdings, Ltd. (ICHR) filed a new automatic shelf registration statement (S-3ASR) on May 18, 2026, effective immediately upon filing as a large accelerated filer, enabling registration of securities for delayed or continuous sale under Rule 415. This is the administrative prerequisite for the $200 million ATM offering program launched concurrently via 424B5 prospectus supplement and Sales Agreement 8-K, and does not itself constitute an offering.

8-KShareholder voteMay 148-K — Item 5.07: Shareholder vote
AI summary

ICHR held its Annual Meeting of stockholders around 2026-05-14 (8-K Item 5.07). Stockholders elected 8 directors to the board. Routine governance event — monitor for unusually high withhold votes as an activist signal.

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Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

Ichor to Announce Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results on August 3rdbusinesswire.com·4d agoIchor Holdings Ltd (ICHR) Shares Surge 12.2% -- What GF Score of 60 Tells Investorsgurufocus.com·17d agoWhy Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3X ETF Jumped 20% Todayfool.com·28d agoWhy Semiconductor Equipment Suppliers Are Crushing Their Customers in 2026247wallst.com·29d agoWhat Does Ichor CEO's Sale of Over 13,000 Company Shares Mean for Investors?fool.com·36d ago

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