On October 2, Advanced rose 5.01% in regular trading, trading at $308.93/share, with turnover of $41.6785 million. The rally was driven by continued strength across the semiconductor equipment industry and a landmark strategic partnership expansion between Samsung Electronics and ASML.

On the news front, Samsung and ASML announced a deepened collaboration on high numerical aperture (NA) EUV lithography and advanced semiconductor manufacturing technologies. Under the partnership, Samsung will join an industry initiative to develop a 12-inch photomask platform for High NA EUV, transitioning beyond the 6-inch format used for decades. The move to larger masks is expected to increase fab productivity, lower chipmaking costs, and remove stitching constraints, signaling sustained global semiconductor equipment capital expenditure expansion.

Advanced, as a core power conversion solution provider for the semiconductor equipment industry, stands to directly benefit from the ongoing capacity expansion cycle. The company specializes in highly engineered power conversion, measurement, and control solutions serving semiconductor equipment, data center computing, industrial and medical, and telecom markets. Its most recent quarterly earnings, reported on August 3, showed EPS of $2.28.

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