Soitec SABofA upgraded Soitec to Buy and raised its price target to €300 from €152, lifting EPS forecasts.

BofA Securities upgraded French chip materials maker Soitec to "buy" from "neutral" and raised its price target to €300 from €152, sending the shares up 7% in Paris on Friday. The broker cited Soitec's 90%-plus share of the key material used in silicon photonics, a technology that moves data with light instead of copper. BofA forecasts photonics wafer revenue growth of 172%, 74% and 57% in fiscal 2027, 2028 and 2029, and said several major customers have signed long-term "take-or-pay" contracts that commit them to pay whether or not they use the wafers. Soitec itself said in September it expects photonics wafer growth of 2.5 to 3 times in the year ending March 31, 2027. BofA also expects Soitec to announce a Singapore factory extension in coming months, estimated to cost €700 million and add 1 million 300mm wafers a year of capacity, and raised its earnings-per-share forecasts to €1.61 from €0.08 for fiscal 2027, to €5.57 from €2.65 for fiscal 2028, and to €10.62 from €5.11 for fiscal 2029.
Soitec SABofA upgraded Soitec to Buy and raised its price target to €300 from €152, lifting EPS forecasts.
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