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Applied Materials (AMAT) Q2 2025 Earnings Call Transcript

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Conference Operator: Welcome to the Applied Materials Second Quarter Fiscal twenty twenty five Earnings Conference Call. During the prepared remarks, all participants will be in a listen only mode. Afterwards, there will be a question and answer session. I would now like to turn the call over to Liz Morale, Vice President of Investor Relations. Liz, you may begin. Liz Morale, Vice President of Investor Relations, Applied Materials: Thank you. Good afternoon, and thank you for joining us for today’s call. With me today are Gary Dickerson, President and CEO, and Bryce Hill, CFO. Before we continue, let me remind you that today’s discussion contains forward looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws, including predictions, estimates, projections, or other statements about future events. Actual results may differ materially from those mentioned in these forward looking statements as a result of risks and uncertainties. Information concerning these risks […]

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Alphabet’s Value Could Skyrocket To $3.7 Trillion With Google’s ‘Big Bang Breakup’ Over ‘Isolated Spin-Offs,’ Says Analyst

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DA Davidson analyst Gil Luria has proposed that Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) (NASDAQ:GOOG) should contemplate splitting up Google’s various businesses to enhance its overall value. This recommendation comes amid Google’s struggle to retain its supremacy in the search engine market due to the rise of AI chatbots. What Happened: Luria, in an interview with Yahoo Finance, has expressed that Google’s resistance to a breakup is contributing to its unusually low earnings multiple for a growth company. The U.S. Department of Justice has previously called on Google to divest its Chrome browser and advertising network and potentially its mobile Android division as well. Luria’s clients, a broad spectrum of institutional investors, are pushing for a “big bang breakup” rather than “isolated spinoffs”. Luria suggests that Google should divide its businesses into individually traded entities. According to Luria’s analysis, Google’s individual businesses would be valued much higher as separate entities. While Google’s market capitalization is currently less than

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Palantir’s Gravity-Defying Rally Faces Reckoning As Valuation Reaches Danger Zone

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Palantir Technologies Inc. (NYSE:PLTR) has emerged as the brightest star of the S&P 500 over the past year, but its meteoric rise — up 440% in twelve months and 53% year-to-date through May 9 — is now confronting a valuation wall that even the hardest bulls are struggling to justify. Is Palantir Trading At Bubble-Like Valuations: How High Is Too High? With shares closing at $115 on Friday and peaking at a record $125 this week, Palantir is now trading at 500 times trailing twelve-month earnings, an outlier among all companies in the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100. That’s nearly triple the valuation of most AI-linked stocks and more than 14 times higher than tech heavyweights like Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ:NVDA) and Microsoft Corp. (NYSE:MSFT), which trade at price-to-earnings ratios of 37x and 32x, respectively. While many would argue that Palantir is a bet on the future rather than the past, even when factoring in

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Arm Holdings plc (ARM) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript

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Arm Holdings plc (NASDAQ:ARM) Q4 2025 Earnings Conference Call May 7, 2025 5:00 PM ET Company Participants Ian Thornton – VP, IR Rene Haas – CEO Jason Child – CFO Conference Call Participants Mark Lipacis – Evercore Andrew Gardiner – Citi Ross Seymore – Deutsche Bank Joe Quatrochi – Wells Fargo Srini Pajjuri – Raymond James Sebastien Naji – William Blair Timm Schulze-Melander – Redburn Atlantic Vivek Arya – Bank of America Vijay Rakesh – Mizuho Lee Simpson – Morgan Stanley Operator Good day, and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Arm Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year ended 2025 Webcast and Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. After the speakers’ presentation, there’ll be a question-and-answer session. [Operator Instructions] Please be advised that today’s conference is being recorded. I would now like to hand the conference over to your first speaker today, Ian

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AMD Q1 Non-GAAP EPS, Revenue Climb Above Consensus Views, Sets Q2 Revenue Outlook; Shares Rising Late

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Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) reported Q1 non-GAAP earnings on Tuesday of $0.96 per diluted share, up from $0.62 a year ago. Analysts polled by FactSet expected $0.94. Revenue for the quarter ended March 29 was $7.44 billion, up from $5.47 billion a year earlier. Analysts expected $7.12 billion. For Q2, the chipmaker expects revenue of $7.1 billion to $7.7 billion. Analysts are looking for $7.22 billion. Advanced Micro shares were up nearly 5% in after-hours activity.

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Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) Q1 2025 Earnings Call Transcript

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Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD) Q1 2025 Earnings Conference Call May 6, 2025 5:00 PM ET Company Participants Matt Ramsey – Investor Relations Lisa Su – Chair and Chief Executive Officer Jean Hu – Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer Conference Call Participants Joshua Buchalter – TD Cowen & Company Timothy Arcuri – UBS Harlan Sur – JPMorgan Aaron Rakers – Wells Fargo Thomas O’Malley – Barclays Vivek Arya – Bank of America Securities C J Muse – Cantor Fitzgerald Stacy Rasgon – Bernstein Research Ross Seymore – Deutsche Bank Joe Moore – Morgan Stanley Operator Greetings. And welcome to the AMD First Quarter 2025 Conference Call. At this time all participants are in a listen-only mode. A question-and-answer session will follow the formal presentation. [Operator Instructions] And as a reminder, this conference is being recorded. It is now my pleasure to introduce to you Matt Ramsey, Vice

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Nvidia Stock Falls. Here’s What’s Weighing on the Chip Maker.

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Nvidia stock was falling on Monday as investors assess Big Tech spending on its processors and balance that against potential restrictions on the chip maker’s exports. Shares were down 0.7%, at $113.71, in early trading. The stock rose 2.6% on Friday. Nvidia stock rose more than 5% over the past five trading sessions and 17% in the past month, helped by technology companies Microsoft, Meta Platforms, and Amazon.com all repeating their intention to invest heavily in artificial-intelligence infrastructure, which includes Nvidia’s chips. However, Nvidia could be facing a 20% reduction in the long-term $500 billion total addressable market for its hardware from U.S. restrictions on its exports, according to BofA Securities analyst Vivek Arya. “China is about half of this, based on China’s direct contribution to global cloud capex. The other 10 [percentage] points is variable and will depend on how strictly the U.S. administration implements AI diffusion rules,” Arya

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Apple’s stock valuation level, market expectations, and target price as of March 06, 2025

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Apple’s stock valuation level, market expectations, and target price as of March 06, 2025: Apple Stock Valuation Level Apple Inc. (AAPL) is currently one of the most valuable companies globally, with a market capitalization exceeding $3.5 trillion USD as reported in late February 2025. Its valuation is often assessed through key metrics such as the Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio, which stands at approximately 35.7x based on recent data. This is higher than the global tech industry average of 21.7x, suggesting that Apple trades at a premium compared to its peers. This elevated P/E reflects strong investor confidence in Apple’s future growth, particularly driven by its ecosystem and services segment, though some analysts argue it may indicate overvaluation relative to intrinsic value estimates (e.g., one analysis pegs intrinsic value at $163.14 USD versus a market price of around $241.84 USD, suggesting a 33% overvaluation under certain models). Market Expectations Market expectations for

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Palantir Stock Rises After Two-Day Slump. Where Wall Street Thinks the Shares Go Next.

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Friday looks set to be a crucial day for Palantir Technologies’ after its two-day 15% slump as investors assess whether the weakness is a blip, or something more sustained. The shares are pointing 1.1% higher ahead of the open so the damage seems to have paused for now. It’s still the third-best performer in the S&P 500 this year, climbing 40% so far in 2025. Two things in particular spooked investors earlier this week — CEO Alex Karp’s new plan to sell up to $1.2 billion worth of shares and reports that the Trump administration has warned the U.S. Department of Defense about budget cuts. The data analytics company has a number of military contracts for the use of its artificial intelligence technology. Both of those things, in the context of Palantir’s impressive rally and lofty valuation, have been cause for concern and raised questions over whether a period of

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Salesforce’s Q4 Results Likely to Top ‘Low Bar,’ Oppenheimer Says

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Salesforce (CRM) is in a slightly stronger “operating environment” in Q4 with stock valuation at reasonable levels, given its growth prospects and cash generation, Oppenheimer said in an earnings preview Friday. The cloud-based software company is expected to deliver positive Q4 results that should “exceed a low bar” and constructive updates on Agentforce, although guidance may fall short of some investors’ estimates, Oppenheimer said. The company is due to report Q4 results on Wednesday. Oppenheimer analysts said they project revenue of about $10 billion for Q4 and predict $2.60 in earnings per share for the quarter. Investor sentiment on Salesforce turned more cautious this year due to a sales leadership transition that may affect the company’s go-to-market approach in 2025, as well as the uncertain timing of revenue from Agentforce, the investment firm said. The upcoming departure of Salesforce’s president and COO was unexpected, raising worries about possible sales restructuring

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‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli Slams Microsoft’s Quantum ‘Breakthrough,’ Predicts IONQ And RGTI Will Plummet As Tech Falls Behind

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Former hedge fund manager Martin Shkreli cast doubt on recent quantum computing advances and stock valuations, particularly targeting IonQ Inc. (NYSE:IONQ) and Rigetti Computing Inc. (NASDAQ:RGTI) in a series of posts on X on Wednesday. What Happened: “IONQ and RGTI are both worth low single digits vs. their $33 and $10 prices today. quantum computing is not commercially viable in any serious way,” Shkreli wrote, suggesting Microsoft Corp.’s (NASDAQ:MSFT) recent quantum announcement could negatively impact both companies’ market positions. His comments come as Microsoft unveiled its Majorana 1 quantum chip, featuring a new Topological Core architecture that the company claims could eventually scale to one million qubits. The chip utilizes topoconductor technology, enabling more reliable and scalable quantum bits through controlled Majorana particles. Shkreli claimed there was an intense effort to prevent Microsoft’s quantum paper from being published, cautioning that the term “breakthrough” should be used with caution. There was a fairly vicious battle to disqualify the Microsoft

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Dell Quarterly AI Server Revenue Could Drop by Double Digits Sequentially, BofA Says

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Dell Technologies (DELL) is expected to log mixed fiscal fourth-quarter results, with artificial intelligence server revenue seen dropping by a double-digit percentage sequentially amid “shipment challenges” with Nvidia’s (NVDA) Blackwell generative AI system, BofA Securities said in a note. The computer manufacturer is scheduled to report results Feb. 27. BofA expects adjusted earnings of $2.50 a share on revenue of $24.67 billion. Wall Street is looking for $2.52 and $24.57 billion, respectively. AI server revenue is projected to decline 14% from the previous quarter to $2.5 billion, according to BofA. The brokerage reduced its price objective on the Dell stock to $150 from $155, while reiterating its buy rating. The infrastructure solutions group division’s fourth-quarter revenue is expected to jump 26% year over year, while client solutions group is seen rising 2.6%, according to BofA. The brokerage sees Dell’s AI server backlog exiting the quarter at $5.6 billion. “Other server

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