Recent Investment Analysts’ Ratings Updates for Veeco Instruments (VECO)

Veeco Instruments (NASDAQ: VECO) has recently received a number of price target changes and ratings updates:

• 8/21/2026 – Veeco Instruments was downgraded by Weiss Ratings from “hold (c)” to “hold (c-)”.
• 8/10/2026 – Veeco Instruments had its price target raised by Citigroup Inc. from $60.00 to $63.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 8/8/2026 – Veeco Instruments was upgraded by Wall Street Zen from “hold” to “buy”.
• 8/6/2026 – Veeco Instruments was upgraded by Weiss Ratings from “sell (d+)” to “hold (c)”.
• 7/6/2026 – Veeco Instruments was downgraded by Zacks Research from “strong-buy” to “hold”.
• 6/30/2026 – Veeco Instruments was upgraded by Weiss Ratings from “sell (d)” to “sell (d+)”.

Insider Transactions at Veeco Instruments

In other Veeco Instruments news, Director Gordon Hunter sold 16,974 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, June 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $68.80, for a total transaction of $1,167,811.20. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 11,236 shares in the company, valued at approximately $773,036.80. The trade was a 60.17% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, CFO John P. Kiernan sold 35,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $51.05, for a total value of $1,786,750.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 68,802 shares in the company, valued at $3,512,342.10. The trade was a 33.72% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. In the last three months, insiders sold 334,232 shares of company stock worth $18,880,801. Corporate insiders own 2.70% of the company’s stock.

Veeco Instruments Inc (NASDAQ: VECO) is a leading supplier of process equipment for the semiconductor, data storage, wireless communications, power electronics and advanced packaging industries. The company designs, manufactures and services precision tools used to grow, deposit and etch thin films on substrates, enabling the fabrication of chips, light-emitting diodes (LEDs), micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) and high-density storage devices. Veeco’s platforms are deployed across fabrication facilities worldwide, where they support key processes in materials science and device manufacturing.

Veeco’s product portfolio spans molecular beam epitaxy (MBE), metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD), atomic layer deposition (ALD), ion beam etch and deposition, and high-precision wet and dry etch systems.