After the US stock market closed yesterday, semiconductor giant $Intel(INTC)$ collapsed, its share price plummeted 10.9% :On the news, Intel released fourth-quarter report, which exceeded market expectations in terms of revenue and net profits, but the guidance for the first quarter of this year was poor, causing the stock price to plummet:Why did this earnings report make Wall Street nervous?Specifically, Intel performed well in the fourth quarter of last year, with revenue of $15.4 billion, an increase of 9.7%, approaching the upper limit of management's guidance of $14.6-15.6 billion:By business, Intel's traditional client business generated revenue of $8.844 billion, an increase of 33.1%; Data center business revenue of $3.985 billion, down 9.
Earnings Digest | NXP results signal semiconductor industry rebound!
After the US stock market closed yesterday, semiconductor giant $NXP Semiconductors NV(NXPI)$ released the third quarter results, performance and guidance exceeded market expectations, once again verified that the semiconductor industry has been rebound!Specifically, NXP's third-quarter revenue was $3.434 billion, with analysts expecting $3.41 billion, down 0.3% from a year earlier, which continues to narrow from the previous two quarters:By business, NXP's largest revenue source is automotive chips, with revenue of $1.89 billion in the third quarter, an increase of 4.8%. Industrial and Internet of Things revenue was $607 million, down 14.9% year-on-year. Communications and others revenue was $559 million, up 7.9% from the same period last year.Mo
Last night, after Tesla released its financial report, the stock price plummeted by 9.74%. Could this be the signal of a new round of plunge?Looking back, Tesla $Tesla Motors(TSLA)$ 's previous surge was driven by a skyrocketing valuation due to the rebound in sales. At the beginning of the year, Tesla's price-to-earnings ratio (P/E) dropped to below 30PE:As of yesterday, Tesla's P/E ratio remains as high as 74 times.Regarding sales, the delivery volume in the first half of the year increased by 57% compared to the previous year, and the strategy of price reduction and promotion played a role. But the downside is that the gross profit margin continued to decline in the second quarter, reaching only 18.19%.According to Musk, Tesla is more focused o
After hours yesterday, Alibaba $Alibaba(BABA)$$Alibaba(09988)$ released fourth-quarter results for fiscal year 2023 (corresponding to the first quarter of this year), with mixed data and a 6% drop in share prices.In terms of growth, Alibaba's revenue in the fourth quarter was 208.2 billion yuan, which was lower than the analyst's expectation of 209.2 billion yuan. However, under the condition of cost reduction and efficiency improvement, the net profit greatly exceeded expectations:In the fourth-quarter results, Alibaba described the spinoff plan in strong detail, and the company gave a specific listing time node, perhaps management hopes to rely on the spinoff to improve Alibaba's share price, but mark
Is this semiconductor pullback a buying opportunity?
Recently, semiconductor company stock prices have significantly pullbacked, among which:Lithography giant $ASML Holding NV(ASML)$ corrected 22.5%; $Applied Materials(AMAT)$ , the world's largest semiconductor equipment company, saw an 11% pullback; $Advanced Micro Devices(AMD)$ pullbacked 23.6%;Chip contract manufacturing giant $Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing(TSM)$ back 19.4%...What happened? Is this semiconductor pullback a buying opportunity?In general, the main reason for this wave of semiconductor pullback is that semiconductor fundamentals cannot match skyrocketing stock prices.For example, Applied Materials, befo
13F Digest| JD was reduced by Hillhouse and Greenwoods
Under SEC rules, fund managers with more than $100m in assets under management must publish a document called "Form 13F" to disclose their positions in stocks and bonds within 45 days of the end of each quarter.Recently, the major institutions have disclosed the position data, from the position changes of Hillhouse and Greenwoods, a Chinese stock has been mercilessly abandoned, or indicates the coming of a big change!First, let's take a look at Hillhouse's positions. Among the top 10 holdings by market capitalization, Hillhouse increased its holdings in Pinduoduo $Pinduoduo Inc.(PDD)$ , Beike $KE Holdings Inc.(BEKE)$$KE Holdings Inc.(02423)$ , Alibaba
Li Auto Q1: The King of New Forces in Car Manufacturing!
Just now, Li Auto $Li Auto(LI)$ released its first quarter results, and its stock price jumped 7% in the premarket moments, giving a perfect explanation for the results:Specifically, the revenue of Li Auto in the first quarter was 18.787 billion yuan, slightly exceeding the consensus forecast of 18.68 billion by analysts. What is surprising is that the company adjusted net income is 1.4 billion yuan, which greatly exceeds the analyst expectation of 660 million yuan:The financial report of new energy vehicles is actually relatively boring. The main influence on the stock price is the monthly sales volume, and the revenue and profit are the final reaction of the sales data.In terms of monthly sales, Li Auto hit record highs, with total sales of 52584
According to a Reuters report, executives from chip giants such as Intel, Qualcomm, and Nvidia $NVIDIA Corp(NVDA)$ met with the Biden administration on their policies toward China on the 17th. The insiders revealed that these executives opposed tightening export controls on chips and semiconductor manufacturing equipment to China. It is reported that Washington plans to announce new rules within a few weeks.Prior to this, there were media reports that the Netherlands and the United States were pressuring ASML $ASML Holding NV(ASML)$ to prohibit the sale of DUV lithography machines to China without Washington's approval, and even to provide maintenance, repair services and supply spare parts for restricted
Surging by 70%, can Dell achieve a second takeoff with AI?
Dell is on fire again, with its stock price surging by 21.25% last Friday, reaching a historic high, and a total annual gain of up to 70%!What happened?Last Thursday after the market closed, Dell released its second-quarter earnings for the 2024 fiscal year (covering the three-month period ending on August 4th), with revenue and net profit significantly surpassing analyst expectations:Among these, second-quarter revenue was $22.9 billion, down 13.2% year-on-year, surpassing analyst expectations of $21 billion: Breaking it down by business segments, the Client Solutions Group (including branded hardware like desktops and laptops, as well as peripherals like monitors and projectors) reported revenue of $12.94 billion in the second quarter, down 16.4% year-over-year; Servers and Networki
After the bell, Apple $Apple(AAPL)$ released its third-quarter results for fiscal 2023 (the second quarter of 2023), with revenue and net profit beating analysts' expectations:Despite the bright results, Apple's shares fell as much as 3% in after-hours:A detailed study of the reasons may be related to the lower-than-expected revenue of iPhone and iPad. Of course, the most important thing is that Apple has risen as high as 47% during the year when its fundamentals have not improved. As the saying goes, It is too high to touch! it is easy for investors to pick bones in the eggs if they are slightly lower than expected.Specifically, Apple's revenue in the third quarter of fiscal 2023 was $81.8 billion, down 1.4% from a year earlier and slightly highe