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COHU · NASDAQ

Cohu Inc

Technology · Semiconductor Equipment & Materials

$53.40

+0.49%

Close on Oct 29, 2026

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29

of 100 · stored research reading

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Moderate

46

of 100 · stored research reading

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What this company does

Cohu, Inc. ("Cohu", "we", "our", "us" and the "Company") was founded in 1947 and is a global supplier of equipment and services optimizing semiconductor manufacturing yield and productivity. Cohu’s differentiated and broad product portfolio enables optimized yield and productivity, accelerating customers’ manufacturing time-to-market. Our products and services provide enabling capability and technology to customers that deliver connectivity around the globe, autonomous driving to our cities, high-performance computing to enable artificial intelligence ("AI") applications, advanced medical equipment to improve lives, robotic automation to accelerate productivity, and much more.

Cohu’s recurring revenue consists of interface products, services, spares, upgrades, configuration tooling, and software analytics, supporting a resilient and scalable business model which complements the systems revenue driven by the capital expenditure of our customers. Our active equipment installed base exceeds 25,000 systems, serving over 280 high-volume manufacturing facilities across 108 customers in 31 countries.

Cohu’s strategy is centered on innovation, with substantial research and development ("R&D") investments in product development. Cohu is capitalizing on high-growth opportunities in high-bandwidth memory ("HBM") inspection, high performance processor test in AI applications (CPUs, embedded-NPUs, discrete and integrated GPUs, ASICs and xPUs), mixed signal devices, silicon carbide ("SiC") and gallium nitride ("GaN") wide bandgap test, and AI-driven software analytics. Our employees around the world are challenged every day to design, build and deliver technology and business solutions to meet our customers’ requirements.

Cohu is a leading supplier of semiconductor test automation and interface solutions, and a growing provider of semiconductor test equipment, inspection and metrology solutions, and software analytics to optimize semiconductor manufacturing yield and productivity.

Quoted from the business section of this company’s 10-K filed February 17, 2026. Read the filing

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