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VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC

VECONasdaq

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Signs5 good1 warning1 severedetails ↓

Financials

SEC XBRL · annual
 FY25FY24FY23FY22FY21FY20
Revenue$664.3M$717.3M$666.4M$646.1M$583.3M$454.2M
Operating income$35.7M$67.0M$69.9M$60.3M$56.7M$22.6M
Net income$35.4M$73.7M−$30.4M$166.9M$26.0M−$8.4M
Total assets$1.33B$1.25B$1.23B$1.13B$899.0M$898.1M
Total liabilities$440.3M$480.8M$556.6M$550.4M$461.3M$489.7M
Equity$885.5M$770.8M$672.4M$577.8M$437.6M$408.4M
EPS (diluted)$0.59$1.23$-0.56$2.71$0.49$-0.17
Shares out.57.9M56.4M51.7M50.7M49.7M49.0M

Reported figures from the company's SEC filings (XBRL). Blank where a line item isn't cleanly tagged — never estimated.

Key ratios

from filings · FY2025
Operating margin
5.4%
Net margin
5.3%
Return on equity
4.0%
Return on assets
2.7%
Return on capital (ROCE)
3.1%
Liabilities / assets
33.2%
Debt / equity
0.50×
Book value / share
$15.28
Revenue growth (YoY)
−7.4%
Net income growth (YoY)
−52.0%

Computed from the company's own SEC figures — no market price, so these are facts, not a valuation. Book value per share is reported equity ÷ shares; it is not the stock price.

Financial health

forensic scores · FY2025
Altman Z″ (distress)
4.55safe
Accruals / assets
2.6%clean
Beneish M-Score
-2.39normal
Piotroski F-Score
5/9mixed

Altman Z″is a textbook bankruptcy-distress score from book values only (>2.6 safe · 1.1–2.6 grey · <1.1 distress). Accruals = (net income − operating cash flow) ÷ assets; persistently high accruals are an earnings-quality red flag. Beneish M-Scoreis an eight-ratio screen comparing this year with last (M > −1.78 = elevated manipulation-risk screen, not proof). Piotroski F-Scorecounts how many of nine fundamental-health checks pass (shown as passed / applicable; we use operating margin and total liabilities as documented proxies where the exact input isn't XBRL-tagged). Computed from SEC filings — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Quality score

EDS Score
67
/ 100
Profitability 100Growth 0Catalyst 33Earnings quality 100Financial strength 100

Our own multi-factor score from free SEC data — profitability, growth, financial strength, earnings quality, and event/ownership catalysts. No market price and no licensed model: each axis is the share of source-backed checks it passes. Descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Signs

1 severe1 warning5 good
  • Filed a late-filing notice (Form NT) — missed an SEC deadline
  • Revenue declined year-over-year
  • Operating margin is positive
  • Conservative leverage (liabilities < 50% of assets)
  • Positive operating cash flow
  • Clean earnings (low accruals)
  • Altman Z″ in the safe zone

Derived from the company's own SEC figures (fundamentals, forensic scores, filing discipline) — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Risk flags

late SEC filings

A Form NT means the company notified the SEC it would file a periodic report late — often an accounting, audit or liquidity warning sign. Also search SEC enforcement actions for this company.

5%+ owners

SEC Schedule 13D / 13G · last 3 yrs

Holders who disclosed a 5%+ stake. 13D signals intent to influence or control; 13G is a passive holding. Latest filing per holder — open it for the exact stake.

Insider transactions

SEC Form 4 · most recent
3 acquisitions7 disposalsnet 224,642 shares · last 10
InsiderDateTypeSharesPrice
Hunter GordonDirectorMay 26, 2026Sell17,714$61.61
Wilkerson SusanOfficer — SVP, GLOBAL SALES &amp; SERVICEMay 26, 2026Sell35,723$61.69
Devasahayam AdrianOfficer — SVP - PRODUCT LINE DEVELOPMENTMay 26, 2026Sell5,407$61.84
Damore Richard ADirectorMay 14, 2026Sell43,701$60.71
Hunter GordonDirectorMay 12, 2026Sell29,532$59.41
St Dennis ThomasDirectorMay 11, 2026Sell1,400$61.93
Chand SujeetDirectorMay 8, 2026Grant2,945$0.00
Miller William JohnOfficer — CEOMay 7, 2026Sell100,000$59.55
St Dennis ThomasDirectorMay 8, 2026Grant2,945$0.00
Nicolaides LenaDirectorMay 8, 2026Grant2,945$0.00

Headline trade per Form 4 (officers, directors, 10%+ owners). Buy/sell read from the filing's structured data — blank where a field isn't cleanly tagged.

Short interest

FINRA · bi-monthly
SettlementShares shortDays to coverΔ vs prior
May 15, 20266.1M3.0-3.2%
Apr 30, 20266.3M4.2+7.3%
Apr 15, 20265.9M6.1+0.6%
Mar 31, 20265.9M5.0-1.5%
Mar 13, 20265.9M5.5+22.9%

Shares sold short as reported to FINRA. Days-to-cover = short shares ÷ average daily volume — higher means more potential squeeze pressure.

Material events

SEC Form 8-K · most recent

Events the company reported on Form 8-K, labelled by the SEC item code it filed under — its own classification, not our interpretation.

Recent SEC filings

All filings ↗
  • SDFORM SDMay 29, 2026
  • 4May 28, 2026
  • 4May 27, 2026
  • 4May 27, 2026
  • 144May 26, 2026
  • 144May 26, 2026
  • 144May 26, 2026
  • 4May 18, 2026
  • 4May 13, 2026
  • 4May 13, 2026
  • 4May 11, 2026
  • 4May 11, 2026
  • 4May 11, 2026
  • 4May 11, 2026
  • 4May 11, 2026

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