Semi Equipment Orders Up YoY in June
SAN JOSE — The 90-day moving average orders at North America-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers was $1.51 billion worldwide in June, up 3.5% from a year ago.
The book-to-bill ratio for the month was 0.98, according to SEMI today. A book-to-bill of 0.98 means that $98 worth of orders were received for every $100 of product billed for the month. A ratio below 1.0 is generally seen as an indicator of near-term weakness.
The three-month average worldwide bookings in June was down 2.6% from the revised May level.
Worldwide billings rose 16.2% over last year to $1.54 billion, but were down 1% sequentially.
|
|
Billings |
Bookings |
Book-to-Bill |
|
January 2015 |
$1,279.1 |
$1,325.6 |
1.04 |
|
February 2015 |
$1,280.1 |
$1,313.7 |
1.03 |
|
March 2015 |
$1,265.6 |
$1,392.7 |
1.10 |
|
April 2015 |
$1,515.3 |
$1,573.7 |
1.04 |
|
May 2015 (final) |
$1,557.3 |
$1,546.2 |
0.99 |
|
June 2015 (prelim) |
$1,542.1 |
$1,506.1 |
0.98 |
Source: SEMI, July 2015
