KLA-Tencor

KLA-Tencor Corp (NASDAQ: KLAC) announced after Wednesday's market close that it has agreed to terminate its proposed merger agreement with Lam Research Corporation (NASDAQ: LRCX). The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) told KLA-Tencor that it won't continue with a consent decree that the parties had...

Short interest in the leading semiconductor stocks was mixed again in early December. Short sellers piled on Maxim Integrated Products Inc. (NASDAQ: MXIM) in particular during that time. Yet, the number of Analog Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADI) and NXP Semiconductors NV (NASDAQ: NXPI) shares short...

Short interest in the leading semiconductor stocks was mixed again in late November. Short sellers piled on Analog Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADI) and Qorvo Inc (NASDAQ: QRVO) in particular during that time. Yet, the number of Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ: BRCM) shares short dropped sharply by month's...

Short interest in the leading semiconductor stocks was mixed again in early October. Short sellers piled on Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT), NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) and Qorvo Inc (NASDAQ: QRVO) in particular during that time. Several other chip stocks also saw double-digit...

Lam Research Corporation (NASDAQ: LRCX) announced on Wednesday it has entered into an agreement to acquire KLA-Tencor Corp (NASDAQ: KLAC) for around $67.02 per share. Analysts at Semiconductor Advisors commented in a note that the combined entity represents a "dream team" in the...

The short interest in many of the leading semiconductor stocks shrank between the January 15 and January 30 settlement dates. Short sellers retreated especially from Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ: BRCM), QUALCOMM, Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) and KLA-Tencor Corp (NASDAQ: KLAC). Let's take a closer...

Among the leading semiconductor stocks, Altera (NASDAQ: ALTR), Broadcom (NASDAQ: BRCM) and Marvell Technology (NASDAQ: MRVL) saw the most significant swings in short interest between the June 13 and June 30 settlement dates. Like Broadcom, Avago Technologies, Cirrus Logic, Maxim Integrated...

Among the leading semiconductor stocks, Avago Technologies, (NASDAQ: AVGO), Marvell Technology (NASDAQ: MRVL) and Maxim Integrated Products (NASDAQ: MXIM) saw the most significant upswings in short interest between the April 30 and May 15 settlement dates. Gains in the number of shares short...

Among the leading semiconductor stocks, Altera (NASDAQ: ALTR), Marvell Technology (NASDAQ: MRVL) and Maxim Integrated Products (NASDAQ: MXIM) saw the most significant swings in short interest between the April 15 and April 30 settlement dates. Short sellers also retreated from Advanced Micro...

Among the leading semiconductor stocks, Altera (NASDAQ: ALTR), Marvell Technology (NASDAQ: MRVL) and Xilinx (NASDAQ: XLNX) saw the most significant downswings in short interest between the March 31 and April 15 settlement dates. Short sellers also retreated from Applied Materials, ARM Holdings,...

Among the leading semiconductor stocks, Altera (NASDAQ: ALTR), Marvell Technology (NASDAQ: MU) and Xilinx (NASDAQ: XLNX) saw the most significant swings in short interest between the January 15 and January 31 settlement dates. The number of shares sold short of Advanced Micro Devices, Applied...

Among the leading semiconductor stocks, Broadcom (NASDAQ: BRCM), Marvell Technology (NASDAQ: MU) and Maxim Integrated Products (NASDAQ: MXIM) saw the most significant swings in short interest between the December 31 and January 15 settlement dates. The number of shares sold short of Advanced Micro...

Among the leading semiconductor stocks, Broadcom (NASDAQ: BRCM), Maxim Integrated Products (NASDAQ: MXIM) and Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU) saw the most significant swings in short interest between the December 13 and December 31 settlement dates. The number of shares sold short of Applied...

While short interest in most of the leading semiconductor stocks declined between the November 15 and November 29 settlement dates, Applied Materials (NASDAQ: AMAT), Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU) and Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM) bucked the trend. Short sellers retreated from Advanced Micro Devices,...

Among the leading semiconductor stocks, Marvell Technology (NASDAQ: MRVL) and Texas Instruments (NASDAQ: TXN) saw significant rises in short interest between the October 15 and October 31 settlement dates. The number of shares sold short in Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD), KLA-Tencor (NASDAQ:...