Veeco Instruments Inc

Day range

$40.59 – $43.33

Open

$41.25

Prev close

$41.15

Volume

770.38K

Market cap

$2.52B

Shares out

61.13M

P/E

108.23

P/S

3.68

P/B

2.79

P/FCF

29.54

ROE

2.6%

ROA

1.6%

Debt/Equity

0.25

Div yield

0.00%

As of Oct 22, 2026

• Shareholder meetingsMay 7, 2026

  On May 7, 2026, Veeco held its 2026 Annual Meeting. Each of the directors up for election was elected and each of the other matters was approved by the required number of votes on each such matter.

• Investor communicationsFeb 25, 2026

  In connection with the release and the related conference call, Veeco posted a presentation relating to its fourth quarter and fiscal year 2025 financial results on its website (www.veeco.com).

• Shareholder meetingsFeb 6, 2026

  On February 6, 2026, the Company held a special meeting of stockholders (the "Special Meeting") to consider certain proposals related to the Merger. The Merger Agreement Proposal and the Merger Compensation Proposal were each approved by the requisite vote of the Company's stockholders. The final voting results for each proposal are presented below. Proposal 1: The Merger Agreement Proposal... 53,408,907 For, 469,828 Against, 10,875 Abstain.

• Deal agreementsFeb 2, 2026

  on September 30, 2025, Axcelis Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation ('Axcelis'), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the 'Merger Agreement'), by and among Axcelis, Victory Merger Sub, Inc., Delaware corporation and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Axcelis ('Merger Sub') and Veeco Instruments Inc., a Delaware corporation ('Veeco'), pursuant to which, subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein, Merger Sub will be merged with and into Veeco, with Veeco surviving such merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Axcelis (the 'Merger').

• Legal proceedingsJan 28, 2026

  In connection with the Merger, fifteen demand letters have been received by Veeco and Axcelis sent on behalf of, and three complaints have been filed on behalf of, purported stockholders of Veeco and Axcelis challenging the adequacy of certain disclosures made in the Preliminary Joint Proxy Statement, Form S-4 Registration Statement, and Definitive Proxy Statement. Two of the complaints were filed in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York, and are captioned Turner v. Veeco Instruments Inc. et al., Index No. 650266/2026 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. Jan. 14, 2026) (the 'Turner Action'), and Clark v. Veeco Instruments Inc. et al., Index No. 650284/2026 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. Jan. 15, 2026) (the 'Clark Action'). The third complaint was filed in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of Nassau, and is captioned Garfield v. Bayless et al., Index No. 601340/2026 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. Jan. 20, 2026) (the 'Garfield Action').

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Days to cover

8.2

Short interest

6.07M

Avg volume

738.55K

As of Sep 30, 2026 · reported to FINRA twice monthly.

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