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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 8/29/2026 3:18:32 AM · Intraday prices · 24 penny stocks in theme

#	Symbol	Company	Sector	Price	Day Chg	Volume
1	NA	Nano Labs Ltd Class A Ordinary Shares	Technology	$2.0700	+6.60%	297K
2	BZAI	Blaize Holdings, Inc. Common Stock	Technology	$0.5210	+3.58%	2.2M
3	LEDS	SemiLEDS Corporation	Technology	$1.9660	+1.52%	3K
4	SMTK	SmartKem, Inc. Common Stock	Technology	$3.4050	+0.57%	120K
5	MLGO	MicroAlgo, Inc. Ordinary Shares	Technology	$4.0400	0.00%	7K
6	TRSG	Tungray Technologies Inc Class A Ordinary Shares	Technology	$1.3950	0.00%	6K
7	DAIO	Data I/O Corp	Technology	$2.9500	0.00%	6K
8	EBON	Ebang International Holdings Inc. Class A Ordinary Shares	Technology	$2.2300	0.00%	4K
9	WIMI	WiMi Hologram Cloud Inc. Class B Ordinary Shares	Technology	$1.3200	0.00%	2K
10	HUHU	HUHUTECH International Group Inc. Ordinary Shares	Technology	$4.7510	0.00%	1K
11	SOTK	Sono-Tek Corporation Common Stock	Technology	$4.9000	-2.29%	7K
12	ECX	ECARX Holdings Inc. Class A Ordinary shares	Technology	$1.0500	-2.34%	225K
13	PRSO	Peraso, Inc. Common Stock	Technology	$0.6550	-2.43%	212K
14	GCTS	GCT Semiconductor Holding, Inc.	Technology	$1.8840	-2.59%	1.4M
15	MOBX	Mobix Labs, Inc. Class A Common Stock	Technology	$1.1050	-2.63%	171K
16	MX	Magnachip Semiconductor Corp.	Technology	$3.1700	-3.09%	202K
17	VLN	Valens Semiconductor Ltd.	Technology	$1.8000	-3.74%	123K
18	LAES	SEALSQ Corp Ordinary Shares	Technology	$2.4850	-4.60%	1.9M
19	IPWR	Ideal Power Inc.	Technology	$4.7780	-4.74%	85K
20	ATOM	Atomera Incorporated Common Stock	Technology	$4.2360	-5.59%	154K
21	INDI	indie Semiconductor, Inc. Class A Common Stock	Technology	$3.8250	-6.44%	2.3M
22	KOPN	Kopin Corp	Technology	$4.4640	-6.95%	2.0M
23	SHMD	SCHMID Group N.V. Class A Ordinary Shares	Technology	$3.0860	-11.32%	701K
24	KTCC	KEY Tronic Corp	Technology	$2.7350	-28.44%	77K

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.