Today, we are publishing the Memory section of our 26th Tech Infrastructure Quarterly Bible. The Tech Bible is a must-read for any tech investor, as it summarizes the quarterly earnings reports from the over 140 companies we track, providing an update on our key perspectives and convictions. DRAM COGS increased 7% QoQ, with HBM up 65%, accounting for virtually all the growth. HBM demand remains strong, with revenues expected to more than double in 2025. The non-datacenter outlook is still blea...
Analyst Pelham Smithers reviews the business outlook for Sony and explains why, under the guidance of incoming President / CEO and current CFO Hiroki Totoki, it is likely to look quite different this time next year. The company should deliver FY24 Q4 OP ahead of implied guidance [¥127bil] but perhaps not quite as good as consensus [¥194bil], depending on what happens to mark-to-market losses in Financial Services. The year ahead looks very exciting, particularly on the gaming side, where strong ...
Today, we are publishing the Semicap Equipment section of our 26th Tech Infrastructure Quarterly Bible. The Tech Bible is a must-read for any tech investor, as it summarizes the quarterly earnings reports from the over 140 companies we track, providing an update on our key perspectives and convictions. Semicap equipment revenues were up 10% QoQ with non-Chinese spending recovering and Chinese spending beginning to decline. Vendors expect Chinese spending to decline significantly in 2025 but st...
In our latest Asia Monthly, we discuss the performance of major Asian credit indices and review UST curve movements in February 2025. We also provide a recap of major news and macroeconomic releases, including those from the US, China, India, Indonesia and Japan. In addition, we summarise the top/bottom performers, recent USD bond issuances and rating actions in Asian corporate credit, as well as a list of our recent research. The Asia Monthly publication serves to keep investors updated on ...
Aggregate service revenue trended better on higher contribution from non-mobile, coupled with mobile improvement. Industry mobile was primarily driven by Softbank’s outperformance. Q3 EBITDA dropped on higher mobile marketing costs at NTT which the company seeks to offset through cost efficiencies. DOCOMO is the clear mobile underperformer, but we believe expectations for Fixed recovery is still low, plus there is IOWN optionality. NTT remains our preferred pick.
Softbank Group (SBG) released soft Q3/24-25 numbers yesterday, which did not include any significant highlights. The earnings call was more interesting, as it included details of certain SBG investments in AI. The balance sheet deteriorated slightly, but stayed healthy. Liquidity remains adequate.
In today's Morning Views publication we comment on developments of the following high yield issuers: AMS Osram, Altice International, Iliad, Novelis, Softbank Group, Kantar, TUI, Flos B&B Italia (formerly International Design Group), Rolls-Royce, Klockner Pentaplast
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