Alert: Rating Upgrade (12/15/23)-Amtech Systems Inc (NASDAQ: ASYS).

Reflecting improving fundamentals and high Appreciation Potential, the Value Trend Rating for Amtech Systems Inc (NASDAQ: ASYS) improved of late. ASYS' current Value Trend Rating is C and the prior Rating was D. Details supporting this higher rating are included in our next report.

On 12/15/23, Amtech Systems Inc (NASDAQ: ASYS) stock declined by -4.1%, closing at $3.93. Moreover, exceptionally high trading volume at 496% of normal accompanied the decline. Relative to the market the stock has been weak over the last nine months and has declined -41.9% during the last week.
With future capital returns forecasted to be in line with the cost of capital, ASYS is expected to continue to be Value Creation neutral.
Amtech Systems has a current Value Trend Rating of C (Neutral). This VT Rating improved in recent days from D previously. This rating combines very contradictory signals from two proprietary PTR measures of a stock's attractiveness. Amtech Systems has a good Appreciation Score of 71 but a poor Power Rating of 29, and the Neutral Value Trend Rating results.