13 Best Semiconductor Equipment Stocks to Buy According to Hedge Funds 

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7. Onto Innovation Inc. (NYSE:ONTO)

Number of Hedge Fund Holders In Q2 2025: 37

Onto Innovation Inc. (NYSE:ONTO)’s products cater to several parts of the chip manufacturing process. These include defect inspection, metrology, and packaging. The shares have lost 23% year-to-date despite the AI-generated tailwinds that have helped the semiconductor sector.

The most recent dip in Onto Innovation Inc. (NYSE:ONTO)’s shares came yesterday after the firm reported its earnings report for the third quarter. The results saw it post $218 million in revenue and $0.92 in earnings per share. Analysts, on the other hand, were expecting Onto Innovation Inc. (NYSE:ONTO) to earn $220 million in revenue and $0.89 in earnings per share.

Onto Innovation Inc. (NYSE:ONTO) has also been expanding its operations to grow its presence in the semiconductor supply chain and AI manufacturing.  The firm announced in June that it would buy the materials business of Hungarian-origin firm Semilab. Onto Innovation Inc. (NYSE:ONTO) also announced in September that its G6 metrology system would target leading-edge chip fabrication technologies such as gate-all-around (GAA) processes.

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