[May 12, 2013] Top 5 Companies in the Semiconductor Equipment Industry With the Lowest EBITDA Growth (VECO, TSRA, KLIC, AXTI, KLAC) Tweet May 12, 2013 (SmarTrend(R) News Watch via COMTEX) -- Below are the three companies in the Semiconductor Equipment industry with the lowest EBITDA Growth (next year estimate vs. LTM). EBITDA Growth can be valuable in predicting future cash flow generation and earnings power. Veeco Instruments ranks lowest with a EBITDA growth of -51.3%. Following is Tessera Technologies with a EBITDA growth of -38.9%. Kulicke & Soffa Industries ranks third lowest with a EBITDA growth of -25.6%. AXT follows with a EBITDA growth of 3.1%, and Kla-Tencor rounds out the bottom five with a EBITDA growth of 3.4%. SmarTrend is tracking the current trend status for Kla-Tencor and will alert subscribers who have KLAC in their portfolio or watchlist when shares have changed trend direction. 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 ]