Amtech Systems, Inc. (ASYS)

This stock was picked by TMFKnave in the 2008 TMF Stockpicking Contest.

GOod for long term investment. And pple r going green

top micro cap stock

Testing a portfolio of companies that start with the letter "A".

if they come out with a good solid general chip not easily destroyed that can be programed from ten to a hudred steps the mechanical industry will eat it up.

Solar power or any power other than oil. We can't afford it. Investments in solar technology is gimme.

With oil prices soaring and the public demanding something be done about it. The solar comapanies I believe will be pressured to deliver and grow products rapidly. Espessically the automotive industry but also with telivision going digital and the cellohones being opened up to the fm frequencies the are for growth in cell phone technology is going to rapidly expand as well.

its electric

A strong show by the solar photovoltaic cell operation with YOY quarterly sales doubling and backlog up eight fold makes the next year look great. Current backlog for a small company with 2/3 of its forecasted annual sales bagged by the end of the first quarter leaves a lot of revenue generation opportunity as well as production scheduling effeciency.

Huge growth in the solar photovoltaic cell will continue.

Building solar infastructure. Not quite on par with Applied Materials but should move up nicely.

Well as far as i can tell this is one of the only companies that makes the furnaces, which sounds good, but there's more.

It also manufactures polishing templates, steel carriers, and double-sided polishing and lapping machines to fabricators of optics, quartz, ceramics, and metal parts, as well as manufacturers of medical equipment components and computer disks.

Analysts, on average, expect revenue of $73.8 million, according to a poll by Thomson Financial.
The predicted revenue is about 41 percent to 63 percent above its 2007 revenue of $46 million.

Average analyst rating, moderate buy (Zacks), Probably because of the drop, so get it now ; )

Hope this helps.

Buy now, while it's low. $17 in a year.

It is definitely time to get in and watch for new orders coming from abroad!! This company sells most of its solar equipment in Asia & Europe, so the current US environment should not deter investors to buy this stock.

For a small cap they currently have cash, virtually no debt, experienced management and positive net income. They do not depend on a single technology and I firmly believe that the introduction of a new Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition (PECVD) to their Tempress division will boost the top line this year.

P/E is reasonable in comparison to solar manufacturer. Sounds wrong to compare them to traditional semi-conductors competitors.

The manufacturing process and technology developed by Nanosolar will revolutionize the industry, and PV manufacturers like this one will either adapt or suffer the consequences. Nanosolar has finally placed solar power on a competitive plain with coal from a price perspective.

Ok. Seriously. Ouch.

Market over-reacting

If everyone is at war, what better business is there than being an arms dealer? That's why Amtech is in such a good spot right now, all the solar companies are fighting tooth and nail to increase production dramatically. The proof is in the pudding for Amtech, with solar sales up 150% YOY, and that doesn't include the $17.4 million that they just booked in one order...nearly matching the previous year's solar income!

Amtech Systems, Inc. manufactures capital equipment, including silicon wafer handling automation, thermal semiconductor processing equipment and related consumables used in fabricating semiconductor devices and solar cells.

Semiconductors, or semiconductor chips, are fabricated on silicon wafer substrates, sliced from ingots, and are part of the circuitry, or electronic components, of many products including computers, telecommunications devices, automotive products, consumer goods, and industrial automation and control systems.

The Company's semiconductor handling, thermal processing and consumable products currently address the diffusion, oxidation and deposition steps used in the fabrication of semiconductors, solar cells, MEMS and the polishing of newly sliced silicon wafers.

So in other words, they not only make semiconductors but they also supply the companies who make semiconductors and solar cells.

So if you are into the solar companies how could you not be into this company?

This company’s products and services will only be in more demand over the next decade as green power popularity grows, and if you’re looking for another company to compare it to, I think of Intel.

Their subsidiary, Tempress Systems Inc., announced earlier this month that they received an additional $17.4 million in orders for diffusion processing systems from the solar cell industry. That's huge.

Certainly a bit speculative here, probably as speculative as I will ever get but they have earnings, and the upside far outweighs the possible negatives.