Aehr Test Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:AEHR) is one of the 10 stocks boosting portfolios by double digits.
Aehr Test Systems rose 58.9 percent weekly as investors took heart from strong demand for semiconductors, which spilled over into its shares.
In a statement, Aehr Test Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:AEHR) President and CEO Gayn Erickson announced major accomplishments, including a recently closed contract with a major customer for its high-power FOX-XP WLBI system for devices targeting the hyperscale data center optical interconnect market.
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Erickson said the new customer is underway with the development of advanced silicon photonics-based transceivers for data center networks and optical I/O applications to address the increasingly rapid demand for high-speed fiber optic communication links in cloud data centers and hyperscale artificial intelligence.
“We believe this win positions Aehr to participate in what could be a significant multi-year expansion of silicon photonics production driven by the growth of fiber optic interconnects in hyperscale AI data centers,” he said.
Additionally, Aehr Test Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:AEHR) closed new agreements with two more customers for multiple test machines and next-generation chips.
In other news, Aehr Test Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:AEHR) widened its net loss in the latest quarter ending February 2026 by 398 percent to $3.2 million from just $643,000 in the same period a year earlier. Revenue also declined 43.7 percent to $10.3 million from $18.3 million year over year.
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