High Growth Areas Re-Emerging as Leadership We remain bullish since our 4/22/25 Compass, and we will maintain our bullish outlook as long as market dynamics remain healthy and the S&P 500 (SPX) is above 6028-6059. Shorter-term, the SPX continues to make higher lows as high growth areas have re-emerged as leadership as the Fed starts to ease; we would need to see a break below 6450 in order to have confidence that a consolidation period has finally begun. Short-term supports on SPX include 6480-...
Moody's Ratings (Moody's) assigned an A2 rating to Applied Materials Inc.'s (Applied) new senior unsecured notes (New Notes). The A2 rating on Applied's existing senior unsecured notes, the P-1 short-term rating, and the stable outlook are unchanged. Net proceeds from the New Notes will be used to...
Again, we'd note that prior attempts to integrate NAND into the DRAM stack (to increase memory capacity) have realized limited success for a variety of reasons including required shifts in the software layer (given NAND's different performance parameters) as well as the loss of DRAM capacity (with
Applied Materials Announces Cash Dividend SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 12, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Applied Materials, Inc. today announced that its Board of Directors has approved a quarterly cash dividend of $0.46 per share payable on the company’s common stock. The dividend is payable on Dec. 11, 2025 to shareholders of record as of Nov. 20, 2025. The cash dividend is a key component of Applied’s capital allocation strategy. In March 2025, Applied announced a 15-percent increase in the quarterly dividend per share, from $0.40 to $0.46, marking eight consecutive years of dividend increas...
DRAM, Memory: Taiwan DRAM makers to eye 20-50% Q4 Px hikes amid DDR4 squeezeView: The Commercial Times suggests DDR4 contract prices could rise another 20%–50% in Q4 off of already elevated levels. Specifically, Nanya reportedly raised contract prices 70% Q/Q in Q3 and is set for another 50% increa
Valuation: We are reiterating our OUTPERFORM rating and maintain our target price of $1,300. We base our target on a multiple of ~20X applied to our 2026E EPS (net cash). We believe this valuation is supported by TSMC's robust intermediate growth outlook (driven by demand for advanced semiconductor
While this feature will only be offered in select cities (for now), comes with several limitations (to protect drivers and users) and is unlikely to represent a significant share of payments, we believe this will increase transport accessibility and reflects the continued relevance of cash for cert
Downgrading Consumer Staples to Underweight We remain bullish since our 4/22/25 Compass, and we will maintain our bullish outlook as long as market dynamics remain healthy and the S&P 500 (SPX) is above 6028-6059. Shorter-term, the SPX violated its 3.5-month uptrend yesterday, but managed to rally back to the breakdown level by yesterday's close. We would not yet call this a decisive breakdown, and we are on the lookout for a potential reclaim back above this uptrend at the 6425-3430 level, whi...
Today, we are publishing the Semicap section of our 28th 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. In the coming weeks we will publish sections on Hyperscale & Cloud, PCs, Enterprise IT and Foundry. 2Q25 semicap revenues up 2% QoQ, 2% above consensus. China up 19% after a 17% decline in 1Q, with manufac...
Foxconn, NVDA: August sales suggest continued AI momentumView: While overall sales slipped slightly M/M, AI sales remained robust with Foxconn noting it saw customers pull in shipments and reiterating it expects rack shipments will increase 3X. We see this news as indicative that near-term momentum
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