[April 23, 2013] Relatively Low Earnings Yield Detected in Shares of Cymer in the Semiconductor Equipment Industry (CYMI, NANO, LRCX, AEIS, AXTI) Tweet Apr 23, 2013 (SmarTrend(R) News Watch via COMTEX) -- Below are the three companies in the Semiconductor Equipment industry with the lowest earnings yields. Earnings yield is useful to compare the relative benefit of owning a stock vs. owning other yield assets such as bonds. If the earnings yield is higher, stocks may be considered undervalued.Cymer ranks lowest with a an earnings yield of 0.0%. Nanometrics is next with a an earnings yield of 0.6%. Lam Research ranks third lowest with a an earnings yield of 2.6%. Advanced Energy Industries follows with a an earnings yield of 3.5%, and AXT rounds out the bottom five with a an earnings yield of 3.6%. SmarTrend recommended that subscribers consider buying shares of Cymer on October 17th, 2012 as our technology indicated a new Uptrend was in progress when shares hit $73.47. Since that recommendation, shares of Cymer have risen 37.3%. We continue to monitor Cymer for any potential shift so investors can protect gains and will alert SmarTrend subscribers immediately. Write to Chip Brian at [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SmarTrend analyzes over 5,000 securities simultaneously throughout the trading day and provides its subscribers with trend change alerts in real time. To get a free trial of our trading calls and maximize your trading results, please visit http://www.MySmarTrend.com Get exclusive, actionable insight into how the market is expected to trend prior to market open with our free morning newsletter. Sign up at: http://www.MySmarTrend.com/signup [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]