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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 5/30/2026 11:35:31 PM · Intraday prices · 15 penny stocks in theme

#	Symbol	Company	Sector	Price	Day Chg	Volume
1	ECX	ECARX Holdings Inc. Class A Ordinary shares	Technology	$1.1850	+12.86%	2.3M
2	BZAI	Blaize Holdings, Inc. Common Stock	Technology	$1.7700	+11.32%	8.6M
3	NA	Nano Labs Ltd Class A Ordinary Shares	Technology	$2.6800	+9.39%	124K
4	EBON	Ebang International Holdings Inc. Class A Ordinary Shares	Technology	$2.0300	+7.98%	14K
5	VLN	Valens Semiconductor Ltd.	Technology	$3.5800	+2.29%	4.5M
6	KTCC	KEY Tronic Corp	Technology	$3.3600	+1.82%	28K
7	SOTK	Sono-Tek Corporation Common Stock	Technology	$4.9300	+1.44%	56K
8	WIMI	WiMi Hologram Cloud Inc. Class B Ordinary Shares	Technology	$1.7200	-1.15%	150K
9	DAIO	Data I/O Corp	Technology	$4.1950	-1.29%	427K
10	MOBX	Mobix Labs, Inc. Class A Common Stock	Technology	$2.3950	-1.44%	674K
11	LEDS	SemiLEDS Corporation	Technology	$2.3100	-2.12%	32K
12	PRSO	Peraso, Inc. Common Stock	Technology	$1.1100	-5.13%	847K
13	LAES	SEALSQ Corp Ordinary Shares	Technology	$3.5000	-5.91%	21.6M
14	INDI	indie Semiconductor, Inc. Class A Common Stock	Technology	$4.9900	-6.55%	4.9M
15	GCTS	GCT Semiconductor Holding, Inc.	Technology	$3.4100	-8.58%	7.9M

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.