Veeco Instruments Inc.

Frequently Asked Questions About VECO

What does VECO invest in?

Veeco Instruments Inc., operating globally with its subsidiaries, specializes in the engineering, production, sale, and support of advanced semiconductor and thin film process equipment used primarily in the manufacture of electronic devices. Their comprehensive product portfolio features systems such as laser annealing, ion beam deposition and etch, metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD), single wafer wet processing and surface preparation, molecular beam epitaxy (MBE), and atomic layer deposition (ALD), alongside other deposition solutions and packaging lithography tools. These advanced processing platforms are essential for manufacturing diverse microelectronic components, including logic chips, dynamic random-access memory (DRAM), photonics devices, power electronics, radio frequency (RF) filters and amplifiers, magnetic heads for hard disk drives, and various other semiconductor applications. The company's clientele encompasses integrated device manufacturers (IDMs), foundries, outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) providers, hard disk drive and photonics producers, as well as educational institutions and research facilities. Established in 1945, Veeco Instruments Inc. is headquartered in Plainview, New York.

What is the expense ratio of VECO?

An expense ratio for Veeco Instruments Inc. (VECO) is not available from our data sources — neither our market-data feed nor the SEC's structured prospectus and annual-report datasets report one for this share class. The fund's prospectus on the issuer's site carries the authoritative fee.

How big is VECO?

Veeco Instruments Inc. (VECO) manages $2.70B in total assets. AUM determines bid-ask liquidity and the fund's vulnerability to closure — funds below ~$50M are at higher risk of liquidation.

Is VECO actively managed or an index fund?

VECO's management style is described in the fund's prospectus. See the description on the Summary tab for the published strategy.

When was VECO launched?

Veeco Instruments Inc. (VECO) launched in November 1994 and is managed by the fund issuer.

How has VECO performed?

VECO's total return — price change plus reinvested distributions — is charted at the top of this page. Switch the price chart to Total Return and pick a 1-year, 3-year, 5-year, or 10-year window to read the compound annual growth rate (CAGR) over each horizon.