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Executive Summary

Generated July 30, 2026

Semiconductor Manufacturing

Soitec

Emerging55% confidenceProfile verified Jul 17, 2026

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Chokepoint Score

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Headquarters

Bernin, France

Employees

2,300 (FY2026)

Founded

1992

Listing

SOI · Euronext Paris

Market Cap

Revenue (TTM)

EUR 592.32M

Price

EUR97.2 (-16.78%)

Market data as of Jul 29, 2026, 11:25 AM · Source: Yahoo Finance (delayed). Not investment advice.

Overview

A French semiconductor materials company specializing in silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrates, used in RF chips, power electronics, and increasingly in advanced logic applications. Soitec's Photonics-SOI product line surpassed $100 million in revenue in fiscal year 2026, earlier than anticipated, even as overall company revenue fell 30% year-over-year to EUR 592 million and swung to an operating loss of EUR 131 million amid customers working through roughly 2 million excess RF-SOI wafers.

Strategic Connections

  • STMicroelectronics: Soitec supplies specialty silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafers used by STMicroelectronics in RF and power semiconductor manufacturing.
  • GlobalFoundries: Soitec supplies SOI wafers to GlobalFoundries for use in its FD-SOI process technology used in automotive, IoT, and RF chips.

Strategic Risks

  • Niche substrate technology with a narrower customer base than standard silicon wafers

Future Outlook

  • Potential growth from expanding RF and power electronics applications

Sources

2 sources, 77% average source confidence — full citations in the Full Analyst Report.

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