In this first take following tonight’s results, we focus on: 1. Capex guide overshadows AWS acceleration 2. 1Q26 revenue guide brackets consensus, operating income guide comes in below 3. 2026 Capex guidance well ahead of expectations with high conviction in ROIC 4. AWS revenue growth beats and we expect acceleration to continue 5. International retail growth strong as Whole Foods expands 6. Rufus, “horizontal” agents and the future of Amazon advertising
Finally, we'd note we see both Phison and SIMO as significant beneficiaries of such a shift, given the need to manage NAND storage, and China's less competitive positioning in the NAND controller space (and likely some reluctance from Western brands to use Chinese built controllers, even for SKUs a
Figure 1. 4Q25 ResultsSource: Company reports, Wedbush estimates, FactSet consensusAlphabet reported strong 4Q results. Revenue of $113.8B (+18.0% Y/Y) exceeded St. expectations for the quarter by ~2%, led by strong Cloud momentum and advertising trends. Google Cloud revenue delivered Y/Y revenue g
In this first take following tonight’s results, we focus on: 1. The true scope of GOOGL’s ambition begins to be revealed 2. Search growth beats expectations, underlining AI’s potential 3. Capex guidance for 2026 significantly outpaces expectations 4. Cloud revenue growth accelerates significantly, margins also well ahead 5. Companywide margins would have beaten ex-Waymo transaction SBC charge
CyberArk Software Ltd. (CYBR - $406.67) and Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (PANW - $166.24)Target Reports Earnings; Pending Acquisition On-Track to Close Before End of April; Acquirer Stock Seems Oversold. CYBR announced record 4Q and FY'2025 financial results featuring record net new ARR of $99 million
TaskUs, Inc. (TASK - $11.11)AI Pivot Underway, We Think Up to the TASK; Mike Piccolo Initiating Coverage at OUTPERFORM with $15 Price Target. We are initiating coverage on TASK with an OUTPERFORM rating and a price target of $15 per share as we believe shares represent an attractive risk/reward opp
While TSMC has exited the GaN space both VIS and GF have licensed TSMC's 650 and 80V technology. We tend to see GF as more likely to realize greater benefits if GaN demand indeed grows at an accelerated pace, given GF's pre-existing efforts in the space, which TSMC's IP only builds upon. We'd also
Coterra Energy Inc. (CTRA - $28.06) and Devon Energy Corp. (DVN - $39.94)News Reports Companies Near Potential Tie-Up to Create $60 Billion US Shale Group. According to the Financial Times, CTRA and DVN are in advanced talks about a combination that would create one of the largest oil and natural g
Our replatforming framework is about measuring how increasing capital intensity drives revenue growth and efficiency improvement. Meta and Microsoft reported yesterday, and we track their replatforming performance by assessing how the growth gap between cash costs and revenue creates headroom for higher depreciation, in a single slide.
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