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Semiconductor Penny Stocks

US-listed semiconductor penny stocks priced $0.50 to $5, ranked by today's percentage change. Chip designers, foundry equipment, photonics, memory, analog & mixed-signal, IP/licensing, and chip-software plays. Updated intraday.

Data as of 7/15/2026 1:41:32 AM · Intraday prices · 20 penny stocks in theme

#	Symbol	Company	Sector	Price	Day Chg	Volume
1	LEDS	SemiLEDS Corporation	Technology	$2.1980	+47.37%	43.5M
2	ECX	ECARX Holdings Inc. Class A Ordinary shares	Technology	$1.2340	+7.02%	557K
3	TRSG	Tungray Technologies Inc Class A Ordinary Shares	Technology	$1.4790	+6.17%	9K
4	MOBX	Mobix Labs, Inc. Class A Common Stock	Technology	$2.0300	+5.18%	268K
5	BZAI	Blaize Holdings, Inc. Common Stock	Technology	$1.1600	+4.04%	2.2M
6	KOPN	Kopin Corp	Technology	$3.7850	+3.58%	3.2M
7	DAIO	Data I/O Corp	Technology	$3.4050	+2.84%	36K
8	VLN	Valens Semiconductor Ltd.	Technology	$2.0250	+2.54%	726K
9	NA	Nano Labs Ltd Class A Ordinary Shares	Technology	$1.7760	+2.49%	57K
10	MX	Magnachip Semiconductor Corp.	Technology	$3.8800	+1.84%	936K
11	GCTS	GCT Semiconductor Holding, Inc.	Technology	$2.4160	+1.70%	833K
12	MLGO	MicroAlgo, Inc. Ordinary Shares	Technology	$3.9640	+1.69%	44K
13	INDI	indie Semiconductor, Inc. Class A Common Stock	Technology	$4.1950	+0.97%	5.2M
14	PRSO	Peraso, Inc. Common Stock	Technology	$0.7530	+0.68%	287K
15	LAES	SEALSQ Corp Ordinary Shares	Technology	$2.7250	+0.55%	10.5M
16	KTCC	KEY Tronic Corp	Technology	$4.0650	0.00%	7K
17	EBON	Ebang International Holdings Inc. Class A Ordinary Shares	Technology	$2.0300	0.00%	5K
18	IPWR	Ideal Power Inc.	Technology	$4.4100	-5.14%	406K
19	WIMI	WiMi Hologram Cloud Inc. Class B Ordinary Shares	Technology	$1.3220	-8.87%	176K
20	HUHU	HUHUTECH International Group Inc. Ordinary Shares	Technology	$4.9450	-15.95%	158K

How Semiconductor Penny Stocks Trade

The semiconductor cycle is one of the most reliably cyclical in equities, but at sub-$5 you're usually trading specific stories rather than the cycle. Big-name chip stocks trade the cycle; sub-$5 semis trade design wins, IP licensing deals, and capacity announcements. The sector also moves on AI-related demand sentiment via the read-through from leaders.

Design wins: a sub-$5 IC designer winning a slot in a major end-market product (auto, hyperscaler, handset) can rerate the stock overnight.
AI compute read-through: when NVDA/AVGO/TSM beat, the sub-$5 chip universe lifts via thematic flow.
Foundry capacity: capacity announcements (TSMC, Samsung, Intel Foundry) affect the equipment-suppliers slice of sub-$5 semis.
Inventory cycles: the chip cycle takes 12-24 months top to bottom. Companies with consumer exposure swing harder than those with auto/industrial exposure.
CHIPS Act tailwinds: US semiconductor reshoring grants and tax credits create episodic upside for domestic-manufacturing plays.
China export controls: Commerce Department rule changes around advanced-node exports move the group, both ways.
IP-licensing model: some sub-$5 semis are pure-IP plays (no fab, no inventory). Revenue is lumpy but margins are extreme.