-- CFRA, an independent research provider, has providedwith the following research alert. Analysts at CFRA have summarized their opinion as follows:
We lift our price target by $19 to $114, 32x our 2026 EPS view ($3.55), near peers but below ENTG's three-year average multiple (~34x) as mainstream weakness and rising competition offset AI upside. We lift our 2026 EPS view by $0.17 to $3.55 and raise 2027's by $0.04 to $4.64. Our 2027/2028 view keeps creeping up for ENTG along with the company's improving new fab construction forecast for 2026 (now to high-single digits vs. a mid-single-digit view last quarter), with related revenues generally following on a nine to 18 month lag. Still, near-term results remain vulnerable to mainstream activity (30% of sales) that should face challenges from the memory shortage, and we view ENTG's overall AI exposure as fairly limited (based largely around overall fab activity and construction starts) compared to peers, making a more premium valuation harder to justify, especially given recent underperformance. China sales fell 4% Y/Y in Q1 2026 (18% of Q1 total) and remain a risk given our view of intensifying local competition.