Semiconductor companies

Screening Filters

1. Industry: Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

   • Purpose: Limits the search to companies in the semiconductor sector.
   • Rationale: The user asked for “semiconductor companies,” so this is the most direct and important filter. It ensures the results are actually part of the chip industry rather than unrelated technology stocks.

2. Market Cap ≥ $1B

   • Purpose: Focuses on established, publicly traded semiconductor companies.
   • Rationale: A minimum market capitalization helps exclude very small or micro-cap names that may be less liquid, more volatile, or less representative of the core semiconductor industry. This makes the screen more practical and relevant for a general company list.

3. Price Above 20-Day Moving Average

   • Purpose: Identifies stocks with short-term positive price momentum.
   • Rationale: This helps surface semiconductor stocks that are currently trading above their recent trend, which can be useful if the goal is to find companies in the sector that are not only relevant by industry but also showing strength.

4. Price Above 200-Day Moving Average

   • Purpose: Identifies stocks with longer-term upward trend.
   • Rationale: This filter screens for semiconductor companies whose prices are above their long-term trend line, suggesting stronger overall market sentiment and reducing the chance of catching deeply weak names.

5. Month Price Change % ≥ 0

   • Purpose: Requires non-negative performance over the past month.
   • Rationale: This adds another layer of momentum confirmation, helping ensure the results include semiconductor stocks that have at least held steady or gained over the last month.

Why Results Match:

• The industry filter directly targets semiconductor companies, which is the core of the user’s request.
• The market cap filter keeps the results focused on meaningful, investable companies rather than very small speculative names.
• The moving average and monthly performance filters favor semiconductor stocks with positive price trend, so the list is not just semiconductors broadly, but semiconductors currently showing technical strength.
• Together, these filters produce a list of relevant semiconductor companies that are both sizable and currently trending positively.