On June 30, Tokyo Electron fell 3.17% in pre-market trading, trading at $239.94/share, with turnover of $17,900. Despite broader semiconductor equipment sector strength, Tokyo Electron continued to underperform peers due to persistent China revenue headwinds.
On the news front, Japan's five major chip equipment manufacturers reported their first-ever year-over-year decline in China sales, with combined revenue of 1.47 trillion yen, down 12% from the prior fiscal year. Tokyo Electron was particularly impacted, with its China market sales ratio dropping to 27% in the most recent quarter, a sharp retreat from its peak of approximately 50%. Front-end process equipment makers saw an even steeper decline, with Tokyo Electron and peers recording a combined near-20% drop in China sales. Meanwhile, China's domestic semiconductor equipment localization rate has doubled over four years, with local players accelerating market share gains.
Within the Semiconductor Equipment sector, peers broadly traded higher: Applied Materials up 2.59%, Lam Research up 2.93%, KLA-Tencor up 1.61%, ASML up 1.35%, and Teradyne up 1.25%, highlighting Tokyo Electron's relative weakness.
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