Nova, Entegris, and Kulicke and Soffa Shares Skyrocket, What You Need To Know

What Happened?

A number of stocks jumped in the afternoon session after Micron's blowout day signaled that AI-driven chip demand is structurally undersupplied which is bullish news for the equipment makers and foundries that build the capacity. 

Semiconductor manufacturing equipment (Applied Materials, Lam Research, KLA, ASML) and foundries (TSMC, GlobalFoundries) benefit when chip companies announce capacity expansions. Every dollar of additional Micron capex flows to the equipment makers that supply the tools, and every new fab Micron builds is a multi-year revenue stream for the foundries that share processes. UBS estimated Micron will spend $50B+ on capacity over the next 5 years. At industry-average tool intensity, that's billions of equipment orders.

The stock market overreacts to news, and big price drops can present good opportunities to buy high-quality stocks.

Among others, the following stocks were impacted:

• Semiconductor Manufacturing company Nova (NASDAQ:NVMI) jumped 4.8%. Is now the time to buy Nova? Access our full analysis report here, it’s free.
• Semiconductor Manufacturing company Entegris (NASDAQ:ENTG) jumped 4.8%. Is now the time to buy Entegris? Access our full analysis report here, it’s free.
• Semiconductor Manufacturing company Kulicke and Soffa (NASDAQ:KLIC) jumped 3.2%. Is now the time to buy Kulicke and Soffa? Access our full analysis report here, it’s free.

Zooming In On Nova (NVMI)

Nova’s shares are extremely volatile and have had 35 moves greater than 5% over the last year. In that context, today’s move indicates the market considers this news meaningful but not something that would fundamentally change its perception of the business.

The previous big move we wrote about was 6 days ago when the stock gained 4.2% as traders positioned ahead of Nvidia's fiscal Q1 earnings. 

Nvidia accounted for a significant percentage of the S&P 500's gains heading into the announcement, making the print the binary catalyst for the entire AI-infrastructure complex — networking ASICs, connectivity silicon, memory, and packaging all move together on the read-through. Falling oil prices also supported the bullish sentiment. Semis carry arguably the longest-dated cash flows in the equity market because most of their value sits in 2027–2030 AI capex, not in the current quarter. When Brent crude drops 5.21% (like it did during the session), expected inflation falls, the Fed gets more room to cut, and the discount rate applied to those distant cash flows compresses. A small rate move produces an outsized stock move, which is why a 5% oil decline can power 8%+ chip rallies on the same day.

Nova is up 51.7% since the beginning of the year, and at $526.92 per share, it is trading close to its 52-week high of $556.11 from May 2026. Investors who bought $1,000 worth of Nova’s shares 5 years ago would now be looking at an investment worth $5,368.

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