TSEM Stock Analysis: Tower Semiconductor | NASDAQ
Semiconductors | NASDAQ, USA | Market Cap: 23.376m USD | 12M Return: 253.1% | IL0010823792 | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 310M
EPS Trend: 69.2%
Qual. Beats: 3
Rev. Trend: 83.1%
Qual. Beats: 2
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Seasonality 11.6 years of data
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Tower Semiconductor Ltd. (NASDAQ: TSEM) is an independent semiconductor foundry headquartered in Migdal Haemek, Israel, founded in 1993 and listed on NASDAQ since 1994. As a pure-play foundry, it manufactures integrated circuits designed by others rather than selling its own branded chips, serving both fabless companies (which design chips but outsource manufacturing) and integrated device manufacturers (IDMs) across the United States, Japan, rest of Asia, and Europe.
The company offers a portfolio of customizable process technologies, including SiGe, silicon photonics (SiPho), mixed-signal CMOS, RF CMOS, CMOS image sensors, non-imaging sensors, and integrated power management, supported by a design enablement platform that helps customers move from design through tape-out. Its end-markets span consumer electronics, PCs, communications infrastructure, mobile handsets and smartphones, automotive, industrial, aerospace, and medical devices. Within the broader foundry sector, Tower competes with players such as Taiwan Semiconductor and GlobalFoundries, typically focusing on specialty and analog-intensive process nodes rather than leading-edge digital logic.
- Intel acquisition collapse leaves Tower pursuing standalone growth strategy
- SiPho and SiGe demand accelerates on data center and 5G buildouts
- Automotive and industrial analog chips lift foundry utilization and margins
| Net Income: 289.6m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: 0.08 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA 8.25 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: 92.52% < 20% (prev 100.5%; Δ -7.95% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.23 > 3% & CFO 873.6m > Net Income 289.6m |
| Net Debt (-1.29b) to EBITDA (626.4m): -2.06 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 4.91 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (114.4m) vs 12m ago 1.01% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 26.87% > 18% (prev 22.39%; Δ 4.48% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 49.02% > 50% (prev 46.45%; Δ 2.57% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: 83.93 > 6 (EBIT TTM 307.0m / Interest Expense TTM 3.66m) |
| A: 0.42 (Total Current Assets 1.99b - Total Current Liabilities 404.2m) / Total Assets 3.77b |
| B: 0.24 (Retained Earnings 895.9m / Total Assets 3.77b) |
| C: 0.09 (EBIT TTM 307.0m / Avg Total Assets 3.49b) |
| D: 4.41 (Book Value of Equity 3.09b / Total Liabilities 700.1m) |
| Altman-Z'' = 8.75 = AAA |
| DSRI: 0.82 (Receivables 202.9m/215.3m, Revenue 1.71b/1.49b) |
| GMI: 0.83 (GM 22.39% / 26.87%) |
| AQI: 3.09 (AQ_t 0.04 / AQ_t-1 0.01) |
| SGI: 1.15 (Revenue 1.71b / 1.49b) |
| TATA: -0.15 (NI 289.6m - CFO 873.6m) / TA 3.77b) |
| Beneish M = -2.00 (Cap -4..+1) = B |
As of September 05, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 222.34 with a total of 1,720,446 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by +6.89%, over one month by -7.18%, over three months by -14.92% and over the past year by +253.08%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 191.50 (which is 13.9% or 2 ATR below the current price).
Tower Semiconductor has received a consensus analysts rating of 4.80. Therefore, it is recommended to buy TSEM.
- StrongBuy: 4
- Buy: 1
- Hold: 0
- Sell: 0
- StrongSell: 0
| Analysts Target Price | 314.9 | 41.6% |
P/E Trailing = 78.635
P/E Forward = 33.2226
P/S = 13.6735
P/B = 7.2831
P/EG = 3.223
Revenue TTM = 1.71b USD
EBIT TTM = 307.0m USD
EBITDA TTM = 626.4m USD
Long Term Debt = 124.8m USD (from longTermDebt, last quarter)
Short Term Debt = 16.9m USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 188.9m USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter) + Leases 47.2m
Net Debt = -1.29b USD (calculated: Debt 188.9m - CCE 1.48b)
Enterprise Value = 22.1b USD (23.4b + Debt 188.9m - CCE 1.48b)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 83.93 (Ebit TTM 307.0m / Interest Expense TTM 3.66m)
EV/FCF = 72.50x (Enterprise Value 22.1b / FCF TTM 304.6m)
FCF Yield = 1.38% (FCF TTM 304.6m / Enterprise Value 22.1b)
FCF Margin = 17.82% (FCF TTM 304.6m / Revenue TTM 1.71b)
Net Margin = 16.94% (Net Income TTM 289.6m / Revenue TTM 1.71b)
Gross Margin = 26.87% ((Revenue TTM 1.71b - Cost of Revenue TTM 1.25b) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 29.95% (prev 26.82%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 5.86 (Enterprise Value 22.1b / Total Assets 3.77b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 1.94% (Interest Expense 3.66m / Debt 188.9m)
Taxrate = 9.67% (31.2m / 322.9m)
NOPAT = 277.3m (EBIT 307.0m * (1 - 9.67%))
Current Ratio = 4.91 (Total Current Assets 1.99b / Total Current Liabilities 404.2m)
Debt / Equity = 0.06 (Debt 188.9m / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 3.09b)
Debt / EBITDA = -2.06 (Net Debt -1.29b / EBITDA 626.4m)
Debt / FCF = -4.24 (Net Debt -1.29b / FCF TTM 304.6m)
Total Stockholder Equity = 2.95b (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 8.30% (Net Income 289.6m / Total Assets 3.77b)
RoE = 9.82% (Net Income TTM 289.6m / Total Stockholder Equity 2.95b)
RoCE = 9.99% (EBIT 307.0m / Capital Employed (Equity 2.95b + L.T.Debt 124.8m))
RoIC = 8.41% (NOPAT 277.3m / Invested Capital 3.30b)
WACC = 13.49% (E(23.4b)/V(23.6b) * Re(13.58%) + D(188.9m)/V(23.6b) * Rd(1.94%) * (1-Tc(0.10)))
Discount Rate = 13.58% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.) -> capped to 13.17%
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: 98.86 | Cagr: 1.11%
[DCF] Terminal Value 59.66% ; FCFF base≈304.6m ; Y1≈305.8m ; Y5≈324.0m
[DCF] Fair Price = 35.25 (EV 2.69b - Net Debt -1.29b = Equity 3.98b / Shares 113.0m; r=13.49% [WACC]; 5y FCF grow 0.0% → 2.50% )
EPS Correlation: 69.20 | EPS CAGR: 7.91% | SUE: 3.22 | # QB: 3
Revenue Correlation: 83.09 | Revenue CAGR: 6.13% | SUE: 4.0 | # QB: 2
EPS current Quarter (2026-09-30): EPS=1.06 | Chg30d=+19.00% | Revisions=+62% | Analysts=7
EPS current Year (2026-12-31): EPS=3.86 | Chg30d=+16.97% | Revisions=+62% | GrowthEPS=+68.7% | GrowthRev=+26.0%
EPS next Year (2027-12-31): EPS=6.52 | Chg30d=+12.02% | Revisions=+62% | GrowthEPS=+68.9% | GrowthRev=+37.2%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: +83% (up=15, down=0)