ACM Research, Inc. (ACMR)

Caution
Caution: carries more cash than debt
$74.42
Last close
+154.1%
1-year return
ACMR Bull Case vs. Bear Case

A data-driven read of ACMR's strengths and risk factors, built from its financials, earnings history, analyst activity, and insider trading, not opinion or speculation.

Strengths
Holds more cash & investments than debt (net cash position).
Analyst coverage has grown 50% over the history on record.
Analyst consensus is Strong Buy across 7 analysts.
Watch Items
Total debt has risen for 3 straight years on record.
Free cash flow was negative in the most recent year.
Operating cash flow covers only -11% of net income, profit isn't fully backed by cash.
Accounts receivable grew 30.3%, notably faster than revenue's 15.2%.
Largest EPS miss on record is -71.8%.
Cluster insider selling on record: 5 instance(s) of 2+ insiders selling within a 30-day window.
Who's Bullish on ACMR, and Who Isn't

Five independent market signals, analysts, institutions, insiders, short sellers, and price trend, each scored from real, current data. See exactly where the smart money agrees, and where it's split.

Signals are mixed: 3 of 5 available lean bullish, 2 lean bearish.

Institutions
-1.75M shares net this 13F cycle
Insiders
Net selling
Analysts
Strong Buy consensus, 7 analysts
Short Sellers
Short interest falling, 1 straight reports
Price Trend
Longer-term uptrend, but price has slipped below the 50-day average
Valuation check: Analyst price targets have been rising even as revenue growth has been slowing, worth a closer look at what's driving the optimism.
ACMR's Biggest Trading Days

Every trading day in the last 2 years where ACMR moved 4% or more in a single session, most recent first, a quick read on how volatile this stock has really been. See full daily price history →

DateMoveClose
Aug 28, 2026-7.54%$74.42
Aug 19, 2026-9.40%$77.59
Aug 17, 2026+6.49%$85.64
Aug 10, 2026-5.24%$79.41
Aug 7, 2026+6.10%$83.80
Aug 4, 2026+4.92%$82.51
Jul 30, 2026+20.44%$78.65
Jul 29, 2026-9.33%$65.30
Jul 28, 2026-9.94%$72.02
Jul 27, 2026-5.16%$79.97
Jul 24, 2026-4.64%$84.32
Jul 22, 2026-6.05%$89.51
Jul 21, 2026+15.45%$95.27
Jul 16, 2026-8.56%$84.09
Jul 15, 2026-7.01%$91.96
Jul 14, 2026+5.11%$98.89
Jul 13, 2026-8.66%$94.08
Jul 9, 2026+8.13%$106.04
Jul 2, 2026-16.55%$97.77
Jul 1, 2026-7.67%$117.16
Jun 30, 2026+6.74%$126.89
Jun 29, 2026+13.76%$118.88
Jun 25, 2026+5.18%$106.86
Jun 22, 2026-6.10%$103.17
Jun 18, 2026+14.22%$109.87

Showing the 25 most recent of 157 on record. Full history is on the Price Insights page.

The ACMR Timeline: Earnings, Insider Trades & Analyst Calls

Every major event from the past 12 months, earnings reports, insider transactions, and analyst upgrades or downgrades, merged into a single chronological feed so you can see what clustered together.

IAug 20, 2026McKechnie Mark: Sale$4,265K
IAug 18, 2026Dun Haiping: Sale$406K
EAug 7, 2026Q2 '26 earnings: beat EPS+310.0% surprise
IJun 5, 2026Cheav Sotheara: Sale$449K
IJun 4, 2026Wang David H: Sale$3,432K
IJun 4, 2026Cheav Sotheara: Sale$1,137K
IJun 3, 2026Wang David H: Sale$5,403K
IMay 19, 2026Dun Haiping: Sale$331K
EMay 7, 2026Q1 '26 earnings: beat EPS+52.5% surprise
IApr 17, 2026Pappis Charles C: Sale$260K
IMar 12, 2026Wang David H: Sale$2,279K
IMar 12, 2026McKechnie Mark: Sale$4,492K
IMar 11, 2026Liu Tracy: Sale$719K
IMar 11, 2026Wang David H: Sale$2,875K
IMar 10, 2026Liu Tracy: Sale$2,132K
IMar 9, 2026Dun Haiping: Sale$217K
IMar 6, 2026Feng Lisa: Sale$691K
IMar 5, 2026Feng Lisa: Sale$750K
IMar 5, 2026Pappis Charles C: Sale$250K
EFeb 26, 2026Q4 '25 earnings: missed EPS-71.8% surprise
IDec 8, 2025McKechnie Mark: Sale$798K
IDec 4, 2025Wang David H: Sale$2,047K
IDec 4, 2025McKechnie Mark: Sale$294K
IDec 3, 2025Chen Fuping: Sale$661K
IDec 3, 2025Wang David H: Sale$2,314K
Sector
Technology
Industry
Semiconductor Equipment & Materials
Exchange
NASDAQ

ACM Research, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, and sells capital equipment in Mainland China and internationally. It also develops, manufactures, and sells a range of packaging tools to wafer assembly and packaging customers. The company provides wet cleaning equipment for front end production processes; electrochemical plating, furnace, PECVD, and track platforms; Space Alternated Phase Shift, technology for flat and wafer surfaces; timely energized bubble oscillation, technology for patterned wafer surfaces at advanced process nodes; and Tahoe technology; and semi-critical cleaning tools. It also offers advanced packaging equipment, such as coaters, developers, photoresist strippers, scrubbers, wet etchers and copper-plating equipment; and advanced packaging products include: Ultra ECP ap, which delivers a uniform metal layer to finished wafers prior to packaging; Ultra C Developer, which applies liquid developer to selected parts of photoresist to resolve an image; Ultra C PR Megasonic-Assisted Stripper, which removes photoresist; Ultra C Scrubber, which scrubs and cleans wafers; Ultra C Thin Wafer Scrubber, which addresses a sub-market of cleaning very thin wafers for certain Asian assembly factories; and Ultra C Wet Etcher, which etches silicon wafers and copper and titanium interconnects. In addition, the company provides ECP technology for advanced metal plating; Ultra fn Furnace, a dry processing tool; Ultra Pmax PECVD tools, a proprietary designed chamber, gas distribution unit, and chuck; and Ultra Track, a 300mm process tool that delivers uniform air downflow, fast robot handling and configurable software to address specific customer requirements. It markets and sells its products under the SAPS, TEBO, ULTRA C, ULTRA Fn, Ultra ECP, Ultra ECP map, and Ultra ECP ap trademarks through direct sales force and third-party representatives. ACM Research, Inc. was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Fremont, California.

42307 Osgood Road, Fremont, CA, 94539, United States, 510 445 3700

ACMR By the Numbers

A complete statistical profile built from ACMR's full price, financial, and ownership history, not an isolated snapshot. Explore any category in depth below.

Price & Momentum
Full price insights →
Volatility regime
Above its normal
52-week range position
48%
Trend
Longer-term uptrend, but price has slipped below the 50-day average
Current streak
1d down
View full historical prices →
Financial Health
Full financial statements →
Revenue growth
Slowing
FCF conversion
-71%
Net cash
$578.88M
Share count, 1yr
Valuation
P/E (ttm)
29.3x
PEG
1.92

P/E uses trailing 12-month earnings where 4 recent quarters are on record, otherwise the latest fiscal year. PEG divides P/E by trailing revenue growth (a proxy, not true forward earnings growth, which this data doesn't include).

Earnings
Full earnings history →
EPS beat rate
+67%
Current streak
2q beat
Analyst Coverage
Full analyst ratings →
Consensus
Strong Buy
Avg target upside
-54.9%
Target agreement
Wide disagreement
Insider Activity
Full insider transactions →
Net flow
-$48.07M
Transactions on record
33
Short Interest
Full short interest →
Shares short
3.6M
Days-to-cover percentile
63th
Days to cover
3.4
Institutional Ownership
Full institutional holders →
Total holders
228
Net flow this cycle
-$2.86M
Top 10 concentration
+68%
This overview draws together ACMR's price action, fundamentals, and market activity into one view, click through any section above for the full underlying analysis. The bull/bear breakdown and agreement matrix combine independently-sourced signals and are not a recommendation; any single signal can be wrong, and agreement between them is not a guarantee of future performance. This is historical data, not investment advice. Read disclaimer →