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Company snapshot — Lasertec

6920.T in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Lasertec makes inspection and metrology systems used in chip manufacturing, best known for tools that inspect the photomasks and mask blanks used in extreme ultraviolet lithography. Its systems check these masks for defects before they are used to pattern wafers, work that becomes more demanding as chipmakers move to smaller process nodes. It is based in Yokohama, Japan.
Where it sits in the stack
In our Rubin Build-Out 100 index, Lasertec sits in Layer 3, Assembly & Test, within the Testing & Metrology sleeve — the group of ATE testers, inspection and metrology vendors that keeps yield curves honest as nodes shrink. Lasertec is a constraint here because mask inspection has to keep pace before wafers can even be exposed correctly.
Who it is priced against
Its peer group is the Rubin index's Testing & Metrology sleeve, grouped for the same reason: ATE testers, inspection, and metrology vendors that keep yield curves honest at every node shrink. That group includes Teradyne, Onto Innovation, KLA, Camtek, PDF Solutions, Cohu, Nova and Aehr Test Systems.
Why Closelook tracks it
Lasertec is a constituent of the Rubin Build-Out 100. It carries a Closelook score, but only one module has been scored so far, so the score is still being built. The diary's Morning 10 has quoted it twice, once on a Tokyo equipment rally and once in a note on clustered support tests across the metrology names.
What the diary watches
Whether mask inspection demand keeps tracking node shrinks and advanced packaging growth, and whether Lasertec moves with the wider Testing & Metrology sleeve when equipment orders are questioned.

Lasertec (6920.T) trades on the TSE exchange in Japan, and sits in Layer 3 of the build-out stack. Constituent of Rubin Build-Out 100.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for 6920.T, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Rubin Build-Out 100 · Testing & Metrology · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Rubin Build-Out 100 · Testing & Metrology

ATE testers, inspection, and metrology vendors. The constraint that keeps yield curves honest at every node shrink.

Compared against 6920.T on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Versus its index Rubin Build-Out 100 — the name, its sleeve and the index over day, week and month

Versus its index

The name against its Closelook index and its own sleeve — equal-weight, nightly closes.

Rubin Build-Out 100 · as of 2026-09-17

DayWeekMonth3 months
6920.T+0.6%−1.0%+2.1%−36.3%
Testing & Metrology+2.5%−4.2%−5.9%—
Rubin Build-Out 100+1.5%−2.2%−2.9%—

Against the index: 1.2 pts ahead on the week, 5.0 pts ahead on the month; against its Testing & Metrology sleeve 8.0 pts ahead on the month.

Returns from the index workers’ nightly closes; equal-weight sleeves. A relative reading from the research diary, not advice.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 55/100 · S&P 500 fund at 58, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-17
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 94th percentile of the window, +2.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-17
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.00 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-17

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-18

Quick answers

What is Lasertec (6920.T)?

Lasertec trades as 6920.T on the TSE exchange (Japan) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-18.

Is 6920.T in a Closelook index?

Yes — Lasertec is a constituent of Rubin Build-Out 100, as of 2026-09-18.

Where does 6920.T trade against its moving averages?

Resizing — 38.6% off its high: 38.6% below its 52-week high, under its 200-day — a deeper resizing of the trend, not a shallow dip. As of 2026-09-17 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How is 6920.T doing against its Closelook index?

Over the past month Lasertec is +2.1% against −2.9% for the Rubin Build-Out 100 — 5.0 points ahead of its index, as of 2026-09-17. Its Testing & Metrology sleeve is −5.9% over the same month. The “Versus its index” table on this page carries the day, the week and the month for the name, its sleeve and the index.

What does Lasertec do?

Lasertec makes inspection and metrology systems used in chip manufacturing, best known for tools that inspect the photomasks and mask blanks used in extreme ultraviolet lithography. Its systems check these masks for defects before they are used to pattern wafers, work that becomes more demanding as chipmakers move to smaller process nodes. It is based in Yokohama, Japan. Its peer group is the Rubin index's Testing & Metrology sleeve, grouped for the same reason: ATE testers, inspection, and metrology vendors that keep yield curves honest at every node shrink. That group includes Teradyne, Onto Innovation, KLA, Camtek, PDF Solutions, Cohu, Nova and Aehr Test Systems.

Where does Lasertec sit in the AI build-out?

In our Rubin Build-Out 100 index, Lasertec sits in Layer 3, Assembly & Test, within the Testing & Metrology sleeve — the group of ATE testers, inspection and metrology vendors that keeps yield curves honest as nodes shrink. Lasertec is a constraint here because mask inspection has to keep pace before wafers can even be exposed correctly. Lasertec is a constituent of the Rubin Build-Out 100. It carries a Closelook score, but only one module has been scored so far, so the score is still being built. The diary's Morning 10 has quoted it twice, once on a Tokyo equipment rally and once in a note on clustered support tests across the metrology names.

Where has Closelook written about Lasertec?

Lasertec appears in 2 Closelook pieces, most recently Morning 10: Kospi jumps 4% on OpenAI’s new model: SK hynix +7%, Kioxia +9%, SoftBank +10% — while gold and bitcoin slide on the rate-hike odds (2026-09-07); Morning 10: The counter-test gets paid — CoreWeave +16% overnight as Seoul melts up into CPI (2026-08-12). What Closelook said most recently: SK hynix is up 7.4%, Samsung 5.0%, Kioxia 9.3%, SoftBank 10.1%, and the Japanese equipment names that were sold last week on US yields are back: Tokyo Electron +4.7%, Lasertec +7.1%, Kokusai Electric +8.0%. (Morning 10, 2026-09-07). The "Mentioned on Closelook" block on this page lists the long reads, the reference entries and the dailies that name it.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for 6920.T, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Mentioned on Closelook 2 pieces · newest: Morning 10, “Kospi jumps 4% on OpenAI’s new model: SK hynix +7%, Kioxia +9%, SoftBank +10% — while gold and bitcoin slide on the rate-hike odds” (2026-09-07)

Mentioned on Closelook

Where 6920.T appears in the diary — 2 pieces, newest first. Every link is our own writing.

Dailies

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