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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 10/13/2026 6:29:56 AM · Intraday prices · 25 penny stocks in theme

#	Symbol	Company	Sector	Price	Day Chg	Volume
1	SMTK	SmartKem, Inc. Common Stock	Technology	$0.7450	+39.13%	621K
2	ECX	ECARX Holdings Inc. Class A Ordinary shares	Technology	$0.8700	+3.11%	654K
3	KTCC	KEY Tronic Corp	Technology	$2.0850	0.00%	23K
4	EBON	Ebang International Holdings Inc. Class A Ordinary Shares	Technology	$1.9150	0.00%	8K
5	TRSG	Tungray Technologies Inc Class A Ordinary Shares	Technology	$1.0930	0.00%	1K
6	DAIO	Data I/O Corp	Technology	$2.8850	-1.20%	31K
7	SHMD	SCHMID Group N.V. Class A Ordinary Shares	Technology	$3.7750	-1.44%	401K
8	WIMI	WiMi Hologram Cloud Inc. Class B Ordinary Shares	Technology	$0.5820	-1.76%	129K
9	IZM	ICZOOM Group Inc. Class A Ordinary Shares	Technology	$0.8820	-1.92%	13K
10	CVV	CVD Equipment Corp.	Technology	$4.1590	-2.39%	46K
11	IPWR	Ideal Power Inc.	Technology	$3.5050	-3.05%	211K
12	MLGO	MicroAlgo, Inc. Ordinary Shares	Technology	$2.9200	-3.34%	37K
13	GCTS	GCT Semiconductor Holding, Inc.	Technology	$1.9450	-3.48%	2.2M
14	VLN	Valens Semiconductor Ltd.	Technology	$1.6750	-4.05%	316K
15	LAES	SEALSQ Corp Ordinary Shares	Technology	$2.0250	-4.27%	4.2M
16	LEDS	SemiLEDS Corporation	Technology	$2.0900	-4.93%	14K
17	NA	Nano Labs Ltd Class A Ordinary Shares	Technology	$1.9250	-5.69%	31K
18	ATOM	Atomera Incorporated Common Stock	Technology	$3.9550	-6.01%	380K
19	GSIT	GSI Technology	Technology	$4.5200	-6.55%	850K
20	KOPN	Kopin Corp	Technology	$4.2460	-7.40%	2.4M
21	MX	Magnachip Semiconductor Corp.	Technology	$2.8750	-7.69%	710K
22	HUHU	HUHUTECH International Group Inc. Ordinary Shares	Technology	$2.5980	-8.50%	506K
23	LWLG	Lightwave Logic, Inc. Common Stock	Technology	$4.5000	-9.66%	4.6M
24	INDI	indie Semiconductor, Inc. Class A Common Stock	Technology	$2.3450	-10.38%	3.8M
25	MOBX	Mobix Labs, Inc. Class A Common Stock	Technology	$0.7910	-14.19%	3.1M

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.

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