Rudolph Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:RTEC) will release its Q415 earnings data after the market closes on Monday, February 1st. Analysts expect Rudolph Technologies to post earnings of $0.15 per share and revenue of $51.55 million for the quarter.

Rudolph Technologies (NASDAQ:RTEC) last issued its earnings results on Monday, November 2nd. The company reported $0.26 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks’ consensus estimate of $0.20 by $0.06. The business earned $58.60 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $57.67 million. Rudolph Technologies’s quarterly revenue was up 24.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.10 earnings per share. On average, analysts expect Rudolph Technologies to post $0.81 EPS for the current fiscal year and $0.88 EPS for the next fiscal year.

In related news, Chairman Paul F. Mclaughlin sold 62,266 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, November 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $13.99, for a total value of $871,101.34. Following the completion of the sale, the chairman now owns 789,174 shares in the company, valued at $11,040,544.26. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, Director Leo Berlinghieri sold 16,800 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, November 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $14.15, for a total transaction of $237,720.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 22,700 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $321,205. The disclosure for this sale can be found here.

A number of equities analysts have recently commented on the stock. Zacks Investment Research raised shares of Rudolph Technologies from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $14.00 target price on the stock in a report on Monday. Stifel Nicolaus upgraded shares of Rudolph Technologies from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $15.00 price objective on the stock in a research report on Thursday, January 14th. They noted that the move was a valuation call. Finally, B. Riley reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $16.75 price objective on shares of Rudolph Technologies in a research note on Sunday, November 8th. Eight investment analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating, Rudolph Technologies presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $15.18.

Shares of Rudolph Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:RTEC) opened at 12.46 on Friday. Rudolph Technologies Inc has a 12 month low of $9.80 and a 12 month high of $15.06. The firm has a market capitalization of $388.85 million and a PE ratio of 24.48. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $13.28 and a 200-day moving average of $12.98.

Rudolph Technologies, Inc. is engaged in the design, development, manufacture and support of defect inspection, advanced packaging lithography, thin film metrology, and data analysis systems and software used by microelectronics device manufacturers. The Company provides process and yield management solutions used in both wafer processing and final manufacturing through a family of standalone systems for macro-defect inspection, lithography, probe card test and analysis, and transparent and opaque thin film measurements. The Company provides its technologies in business areas, including Inspection Business, Lithography Business, Metrology Business, and Yield Management and Process Control Software. It markets and sells its products to memory, data storage, flat panel and application-specific integrated circuit (NASDAQ:RTEC) device manufacturers.

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