“Research and development expense increased due to a $7.4 million increase in personnel costs, a $6.7 million increase in costs of components for tools built for product development purposes, a net increase of $5.4 million in outside services and other R&D-rel…”10-Q · Aug 7, 2026 ↗
ACM Research, Inc.
ACMR
Market read
ACM Research, Inc.'s current read is isolated; its market group is not confirming.
The latest filing evidence is available. 0 of 15 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 6 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
- Revenue increased 36.0% versus the comparable filing period.
- Gross margin fell 2.5 percentage points.
- ACMR's market-adjusted activity becomes unusual and at least one connected name confirms.
Invalidation: The isolated read changes if ACMR's group or a disclosed connection begins moving with it.
Research brief
The story so far
The latest filing evidence is available. 0 of 15 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 6 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
- Revenue increased 36.0% versus the comparable filing period.
- Operating margin improved 2.3 percentage points.
- Net income increased 199.0% versus the comparable filing period.
- Gross margin fell 2.5 percentage points.
- ACMR's market-adjusted activity becomes unusual and at least one connected name confirms.
Company research
Understand the business, not just the ticker
Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.
- Which operating variable is changing?
- Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
- What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
- Latest annual revenue changed +15.2% year over year.
- Operating margin changed -7.2 percentage points in the latest annual period.
- Net margin changed -2.8 percentage points in the latest annual period.
- Operating cash flow was only -0.110x net income in the latest annual period.
- P/E is 31% below the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
- EV/sales is 44% above the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
Price as of Sep 10, 2026
72.36Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.
What management says matters
Persistent and emerging business drivers
“The change in interest income is a result of changes in balances of cash, cash equivalents, time deposits, while the change in interest expense is due to borrowings, together with changes in interest rates on the respective balances.”10-K · Mar 2, 2026 ↗
“The $119.8 million increase was primarily driven by $163.4 million net cash provided by financing activities , $4.1 million from the effect of exchange rate on cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and $4.7 million from the effects of foreign exchange tran…”10-Q · May 8, 2026 ↗
“The following table reconciles net income, the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure, to adjusted EBITDA: Three Months Ended March 31, 2026 2025 % Change 2026 v 2025 Absolute Change 2026 v 2025 (in thousands) Adjusted EBITDA Data: Net Income $ 26,23…”10-Q · May 8, 2026 ↗
Valuation discipline
Descriptive valuation snapshot
Price/sales 5.4× · EV/sales 4.8×. Comparisons use only industry-matched filing peers.
Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.
Price action
How the market is pricing the story
Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 10 Sept, 15:55 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.
Developments
No sourced recent-development timeline yet
Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for ACMR. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.
Business and financial condition
Reported financial figures are not available yet
Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.
Latest filing assessment
Fundamentals strengthened in the latest filing
10-Q filed 2026-08-07 against the comparable filing from 2025-08-07.
Capital and cash conversion
Investment load increased
Capital spending consumed more revenue while free-cash-flow margin declined.
- Capital spending YoY
- +177.5%
- Capital spending / revenue
- +16.7%
- Free-cash-flow margin
- -23.5%
- FCF margin change
- -5.2 pts
Capex, revenue, and operating cash flow are matched to the same reported duration. Reported accounting context, not a forecast or trading recommendation.
What improved
- Revenue increased 36.0% versus the comparable filing period.
- Operating margin improved 2.3 percentage points.
- Net income increased 199.0% versus the comparable filing period.
What weakened
- Gross margin fell 2.5 percentage points.
Filing receipts
“The decrease in gross margin versus the prior-year period was primarily due to revenue mix between product categories, and a higher provision for inventory.”
“The decrease in gross margin versus the prior-year period was primarily due to revenue mix between product categories .”
“The $223.1 million increase in cash and time deposits was primarily driven by $332.6 million in net cash provided by financing activities, and a $18.9 million increase from the effect of exchange rate on cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and non-cash items, offset by $35.9 million of cash used in operations, and $92.5 million of net cash used in investing activities, excluding the change in net cash related to time deposits.”
Point-in-time filing assessment published from the live pipeline.
Business ecosystem
The relationships behind ACMR
Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.
Depends on
PKGPackaging Corporation of AmericapartnerMar 2, 2026 ▾
“Our Ultra ECP ap, or Advanced Packaging, technology was developed for back-end assembly processes to deliver a more uniform metal layer at the notch area of wafers prior to packaging.”
TRCKFiling-linked namepartnerMar 2, 2026 ▾
“Our Ultra Track products include a 300mm process tool that delivers uniform air downflow, fast robot handling and configurable software to address specific customer requirements, and has multiple features that enhance performance across defectivity, throughpu…”
AMATApplied Materials, Inc.competitorMar 2, 2026 ▾
“Principal competitors for our PECVD and Track products also include Lam Research Corporation, Applied Materials, Inc., and Suzhou Jingtuo Semiconductor Technology Co., Ltd .”
Filing peers
Companies whose filings use similar operating language.
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What is moving around it
Live connections
ACMR is currently a Follower in the organic co-movement group Semiconductor Supply Chain. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 3 filing-linked names are in the relationship map; none is currently confirmed as moving with the group.
Context history
Theme membership history
No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.