AU · rank #2 · 2026-10-20
SOI
PARIS · EUR · $5.16B (USD)
The exact numbers the algorithm saw.
| Composite score Z-score blend of all factors below. | 2.237 |
|---|---|
| EPS revisions (30d) Change in consensus EPS estimate over the past 30 days ($/share). | +$0.70 |
| Net revisions (30d) Number of analysts revising upward minus downward. | 3 |
| Insider signal (90d) | — |
| Analyst upside Consensus target $164.79 | +28.3% |
| Momentum acceleration 3-month minus 12-month momentum. | -23.44% |
| Analyst rating 5 = Strong Buy, 1 = Strong Sell. | 3.58 |
| Gross margin TTM | +16.3% |
| 52w high | $200.50 |
| Market cap (USD) | $5.16B |
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Summary
Soitec is a French engineered-substrate maker whose Smart Cut technology underpins RF-SOI, FD-SOI, and fast-growing Photonics-SOI wafers for AI data-center optical transceivers.
Rationale
100% revision agreement across all 8 covering analysts, a 28% consensus price target upside, and accelerating EPS upgrades over 7/30/60/90-day windows directly validate the analyst_upside strategy's logic as Photonics-SOI revenue guidance was raised from >30% to ~50% YoY growth.
Material risks
- 1Fixed-price multi-year capacity agreements cap upside if wafer costs rise, and Soitec has not confirmed sole-source status across its ~10 major Photonics-SOI customers, leaving the bottleneck-solver moat partially unverified.
- 2Mobile, automotive, and industrial inventory corrections continue to suppress the majority of the legacy revenue base, and the €500M ORNANE convertible introduces dilution overhang precisely as the stock re-rates.
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