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Onto Innovation Inc.

Information TechnologyMedical Instruments
Ticker ONTOWILMINGTON, MAFiscal year ends DecemberBook value per share $38.58Diluted shares 49.8M

Onto Innovation Inc. (NASDAQ: ONTO) is a worldwide leader in the design, development, manufacture and support of metrology and inspection tools for the semiconductor industry. The company's website is located at http://www.ontoinnovation.com. From the company’s description.

Fiscal year 2026 · ends 12-26Changes are against fiscal 2024The amber dot is the latest twelve months, to 2026-06-30
Sales & profitability
$1.01BFY2026
+1.8% year over year
Last 12 mo $1.12B
13.22%FY2026
−5.7 percentage points
Last 12 mo 12.02%
$136.76MFY2026
−32.2% year over year
Last 12 mo $132.60M
7.25%FY2026
−3.2 percentage points
Cash & financing
$328.31MFY2026
+33.6% year over year
Last 12 mo $266.22M
$299.80MFY2026
+40.2% year over year
Last 12 mo $252.47M
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Last 12 mo 0.77
49.3MFY2026
−0.8% year over year
Last 12 mo 49.8M

Margins and return on equity change in ; everything else in percent. Fewer shares and less debt are shown plainly, not as bad news — it depends what you make of buybacks. Dotted labels explain each measure. is shown separately from the annual figures.

What Onto Innovation Inc. does

In the company’s own words

Onto Innovation Inc. (NASDAQ: ONTO) is a worldwide leader in the design, development, manufacture and support of metrology and inspection tools for the semiconductor industry. The company's website is located at http://www.ontoinnovation.com.

The company provides process control and yield management solutions used across semiconductor manufacturing, serving silicon wafer manufacturers, integrated circuit fabricators, and advanced packaging manufacturers. Onto Innovation's product portfolio spans optical metrology systems, macro defect inspection tools, advanced packaging lithography systems, and process control analytical software. The company's automated metrology systems include the Atlas family for optical critical dimension and thin film metrology, while integrated metrology systems such as the IMPULSE family are installed directly onto wafer processing equipment. For macro defect inspection, Onto Innovation offers tools including the F30, NSX, Firefly, and Dragonfly G3 systems. The company's lithography offerings include the JetStep X500 system designed for rectangular panel substrates used in advanced packaging applications.

In the fourth quarter of 2025, Onto Innovation acquired Semilab USA, adding three advanced product lines—FAaST, CnCV, and MBIR—that enhance capabilities in inline wafer contamination monitoring, materials characterization, and surface charge metrology. The company also maintains a 4D Technology business offering interferometry systems for precision surface measurement in aerospace, defense, and scientific research applications.

Onto Innovation serves over 190 customers across more than 25 countries. As of January 3, 2026, the company employed approximately 1,615 staff globally, with 55 percent located in the United States, 40 percent in Asia Pacific, and 5 percent in Europe. The company maintains manufacturing operations in Milpitas, California; Tucson, Arizona; Wilmington, Massachusetts; Bloomington, Minnesota; and through various contract manufacturers worldwide. Onto Innovation holds or exclusively licenses 423 U.S. and foreign patents with expiration dates ranging from 2026 to 2044, with an additional 312 pending patent applications covering metrology, defect detection, lithography techniques, and artificial intelligence technologies.

Company details
Sector
Information Technology
Industry (SIC)
Medical Instruments
Headquarters
WILMINGTON, MA
Fiscal year end
December
CIK
704532
SIC
3829

Financial performance, year by year

Fiscal 2013–2026 · USD
$-146.24M$199.13M$544.51M$889.89M$1.24B2013201420152016201720182018201920202022202320242026Last 12 moLast 12 monthsLast 12 months

The full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for each of these years — every figure traceable to its filing — is on the Financials tab with a free account.

Ownership

Who owns Onto Innovation Inc. — and what changed

Funds as of 2026Q2 · superinvestors as of 2026-06-30

602
funds hold it
0 of 35
superinvestors hold it
$7.21B
held by funds, at market
43.4%
of shares held by funds
1
bond issues held by funds

Largest fund holders · Onto Innovation Inc.’s weight in each

iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF
IJH · iShares Trust
0.52%of fund net assets
VANGUARD TOTAL STOCK MARKET INDEX FUND
VTI · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.03%of fund net assets
VANGUARD SMALL-CAP INDEX FUND
VB · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.23%of fund net assets
VANGUARD SMALL-CAP GROWTH INDEX FUND
VBK · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.53%of fund net assets
VANGUARD EXTENDED MARKET INDEX FUND
VXF · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.22%of fund net assets

Fund ownership is a floor, not a census — pensions, insurers and people holding shares directly are not visible here.

Onto Innovation Inc.’s bonds, as funds hold them

Funds report holding 1 issues of Onto Innovation Inc.’s debt, $95.32M at market value — what funds hold, not the company’s total debt.

Fund ownership counts N-PORT filers only, so it is a floor rather than a census — pensions, insurers and direct holders are not visible here, and the remainder is not “held by individuals”.

Every fund and institutional holder, quarter by quarter, is on the Ownership tab with a free account.

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