Result Review - Western Digital Beats Q4 Expectations as Gross Margin Reaches 54.4%
Western Digital delivered a Q4 FY2026 beat, with the clearest upside in profitability rather than revenue. Management said it expects gross margin to improve for many quarters, supported by pricing, higher-capacity drives and lower cost per TB.
Result Review - Sandisk’s Q4 Beat, How Much Was Structural Growth?
Sandisk delivered another unusually large beat in fiscal Q4. The results were not purely a datacenter story: management attributed roughly two-thirds of the sequential revenue increase to higher pricing and only one-third to volume.
Results Review - Astera Labs Beats - Tailwind for AI Hardware Yet Again? 3Q2026 Guidance Surpasses Consensus by 32%
Astera Labs’ Q2 results exceeded expectations, while Q3 guidance implied further acceleration as Scorpio ramps ahead of schedule. The next tests are customer breadth, revenue-mix changes and whether operating leverage can offset lower gross margin.
Results Review - SpaceX’s First Public Earnings Beat Comes With a $15.8bn AI Spending Question
SpaceX beat Q2 expectations, but surging AI and Starship investment widened its free cash flow deficit, pressuring the shares ahead of the first post-IPO lockup expiration.
Results Review - Arista’s Q2 Beat Was Strong, Its Q3 Guidance Was Even Stronger
Arista Networks delivered an strong Q2, beating expectations across revenue, earnings and profitability while issuing a Q3 outlook well above Wall Street forecasts. Shares jumped nearly 10% in after-hours trading following the release.
Results Deep Dive - Is AMD's AI Growth Outlook Strong Enough to Please Investors?
AMD shares fell more than 9% after hours despite better-than-expected second-quarter results. The selloff reflected elevated expectations rather than weak fundamentals.
Maritime Insights - Why Shipowners Are Ordering VLCCs at the Top of the Cycle
VLCC contracting has moved from a relatively subdued market into the strongest ordering wave of the past decade. Owners and financial investors are therefore competing for modern capacity scheduled for delivery toward the end of the decade.
AI Speedrun - The Smartest AI Model May Not Win
Developers across the US, China and other markets are pursuing different combinations of closed platforms, open weights, large-scale infrastructure and low-cost deployment. The result is a broader global contest over capability, cost, control and capital efficiency.
Results Review - TSMC 2Q2026 Profit Jumps as AI Boom Funds Costly Shift to N2
TSMC delivered a notably strong second quarter in 2026, combining rapid revenue growth, record-level profitability and the first meaningful contribution from its 2-nanometer, or N2, technology.
Results Deep Dive - ASML Raises Full-Year Outlook as AI spending grows, 2Q2026
ASML delivered a strong set of results for the second quarter of 2026, showing that the AI investment cycle is creating demand across several parts of the semiconductor industry.
Breaking News - S&P Downgrades Oracle to BBB-
S&P Global downgraded Oracle's long-term credit rating from BBB (Negative) to BBB- (Stable), citing elevated business risk and weaker near-term cash flows.
Global Chokepoint - US Strikes Iran and Blocks Oil Sales in New Test of Truce
US President Donald Trump said his tentative ceasefire with Iran is done, raising the prospect of a renewed military conflict between the two countries, bringing fresh volatility to energy markets and tested an already fragile peace agreement between Washington and Tehran.
