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<ul><li>Entegris has reported its financial results for the third quarter of 2025, providing insight into the company's operational priorities and market positioning under its new CEO, David Reeder.</li><li>The semiconductor industry has been through significant changes, and Entegris is navigating these with varying degrees of success and challenge.</li><li>Entegris reported third-quarter revenues of $807 million, flat year-over-year, but up 2% sequentially, aligning with the midpoint of its guidance.</li></ul>

Entegris has reported its financial results for the third quarter of 2025, providing insight into the company's operational priorities and market positioning under its new CEO, David Reeder.The semiconductor industry has been through significant changes, and Entegris is navigating these with varying degrees of success and challenge.Entegris reported third-quarter revenues of $807 million, flat year-over-year, but up 2% sequentially, aligning with the midpoint of its guidance.

Entegris Inc: Rising Demand for Advanced Purification & Materials Solutions in Next-Generation Semiconductors Is Upping Their Game!

<ul><li>Entegris demonstrated a mixed financial performance in the second quarter of 2025, characterized by a moderate revenue increase of 2% sequentially, surpassing its guidance range.</li><li>However, despite this improvement, overall year-over-year sales fell by 3%, reflecting ongoing challenges within the broader semiconductor sector.</li><li>The Materials Solutions division emerged as a strong performer, with a 4% increase in sales year-over-year, driven by robust demand for CMP slurries and pads, selective etch, and deposition materials.</li></ul>

Entegris demonstrated a mixed financial performance in the second quarter of 2025, characterized by a moderate revenue increase of 2% sequentially, surpassing its guidance range.However, despite this improvement, overall year-over-year sales fell by 3%, reflecting ongoing challenges within the broader semiconductor sector.The Materials Solutions division emerged as a strong performer, with a 4% increase in sales year-over-year, driven by robust demand for CMP slurries and pads, selective etch, and deposition materials.

Entegris Inc.: Initiation Of Coverage- Adapting to Industry Demand Trends to Capture Growth Opportunities In The Market!

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

Travis Lundy

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Index Rebalance

<ul>
<li>Last night, the S&amp;P announced that with the deletion of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/arcadium-lithium-plc-2f9bfa3a-65a7-41f9-a157-e59603846420" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:40439:1" rel="noopener">Arcadium Lithium (ALTM US)</a> from the S&amp;P Midcap 400, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/entegris-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:12493:1" rel="noopener">Entegris Inc (ENTG US)</a> would replace it.</li>
<li>Entegris is a company providing Materials Solutions and Purity Solutions to the semiconductor industry (they sell to circuit/memory cos, SPE mfrs, gas/chem cos, wafer growers, etc.</li>
<li>Because of how this company is being added, it is a bit interesting. It will be effective Wednesday 5 March at the close with US$1.2bn to buy.</li>
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Last night, the S&amp;P announced that with the deletion of Arcadium Lithium (ALTM US) from the S&amp;P Midcap 400, Entegris Inc (ENTG US) would replace it.
Entegris is a company providing Materials Solutions and Purity Solutions to the semiconductor industry (they sell to circuit/memory cos, SPE mfrs, gas/chem cos, wafer growers, etc.
Because of how this company is being added, it is a bit interesting. It will be effective Wednesday 5 March at the close with US$1.2bn to buy.


Entegris (ENTG US) Promotion to S&P MidCap400

Equity Long-Short, Semiconductors, Fabricated Knowledge

Douglas O'Laughlin

Equity Long-Short, Semiconductors

Fabricated Knowledge

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<ul><li><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/entegris-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:12493" rel="noopener">Entegris Inc (ENTG US)</a> - Memory spending is happening next year, but MSI remains weak.</li><li><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/astera-labs-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:40921" rel="noopener">Astera Labs (ALAB US)</a> - This is now the second way to play a levered Trainium ramp, as they have extensive content with <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/amazon-com-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:409" rel="noopener">Amazon.com Inc (AMZN US)</a>.</li><li><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/lattice-semiconductor-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:7855" rel="noopener">Lattice Semiconductor (LSCC US)</a> - Standard kitchen sink; I like the stock long-term.</li></ul>

Entegris Inc (ENTG US) - Memory spending is happening next year, but MSI remains weak.Astera Labs (ALAB US) - This is now the second way to play a levered Trainium ramp, as they have extensive content with Amazon.com Inc (AMZN US).Lattice Semiconductor (LSCC US) - Standard kitchen sink; I like the stock long-term.

Earnings: ENTG, ALAB, LSCC, SITM, QCOM, MCHP, WOLF, ARM, ACLS, AAOI, ANET, LITE, COHR

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul><li>Hello! I went on a short hike this weekend, which always seems to cause something to change.</li><li>What changed was that we are seeing a very large leveraged unwind in the market, driven by the BOJ's hike in interest rates.</li><li>Let me write out the series of events. First and foremost, last week, we saw some of the first macro jitters. The CPI came to light, which was viewed as positive. But then NFP showed a bit of weakness.</li></ul>

Hello! I went on a short hike this weekend, which always seems to cause something to change.What changed was that we are seeing a very large leveraged unwind in the market, driven by the BOJ's hike in interest rates.Let me write out the series of events. First and foremost, last week, we saw some of the first macro jitters. The CPI came to light, which was viewed as positive. But then NFP showed a bit of weakness.

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Entegris Inc. provides materials management products and services to the microelectronics industry on a worldwide basis.  The Company provides products such as wafer shippers, wafer transport and process carriers, pods, and work-in-process boxes.  Entegris also provides chemical delivery products such as valves, fittings, tubing, pipe, and containers.

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Entegris Inc (ENTG US)

Entegris Inc: Rising Demand for Advanced Purification & Materials Solutions in Next-Generation Semiconductors Is Upping Their Game!

Entegris has reported its financial results for the third quarter of 2025, providing insight into the company's operational priorities and market...

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Entegris Inc.: Initiation Of Coverage- Adapting to Industry Demand Trends to Capture Growth Opportunities In The Market!

Entegris demonstrated a mixed financial performance in the second quarter of 2025, characterized by a moderate revenue increase of 2%...

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Entegris (ENTG US) Promotion to S&P MidCap400

The S&P Index Committee for the US main indices has announced that semiconductor mfg supplier Entegris will replace Arcadium Lithium next Weds at...

Travis Lundy

Earnings: ENTG, ALAB, LSCC, SITM, QCOM, MCHP, WOLF, ARM, ACLS, AAOI, ANET, LITE, COHR

What a week (I’m a bit late on this)! I wanted to give a quick overview of all the companies that reported last week. Lattice Semiconductor -...

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Hello! I went on a short hike this weekend, which always seems to cause something to change. What changed was that we are seeing a very large...

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