Nvidia beats on earnings and revenue after the close–stock trades flat after pre-earnings run
After the close today, Nvidia (NVDA) reported fourth quarter earnings of $1.32 a share (versus analyst projections of $1.22) and revenue of $7.6 billion (versus expectations for $7.42 billion). As of 4:45 the stock has trading down $1.09 in the after-hours market. In...
Back to the races: S&P 500 up 2.08% this morning as Omicron fears abate
Here we go again. It’s not that we really have any more information about the Omicron Variant–we certainly don’t know what its effects will be on global economic acuity–but just as fears that the Covid-19 variant would send the world back into...
Taiwan Semiconductor beats on earnings, flags continued tight chip supply throughout 2022
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM), the dominant independent chip manufacturer in the world, reported earnings today, October 14, of $1.08 per share for the September quarter. Wall Street analysts hd expected earnings of $1.04 a share. The stock closed up 2.35%...
Apple reportedly to cut iPhone 13 production targets on chip shortage
This doesn’t help a chip sector already in a correction and on the verge of breaking major technical support. (The iShares Semiconductor ETF (SOXX) fell 1.25% yesterday to $435. That’s well below the 50-day moving average at $459 and just slightly above...
It’s already correction time in the chip sector
The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index is now down 8.7% from its September 16 peak. The slump comes as investors and traders sell on fears of supply-chain problems in the sector and especially in the memory chip market. The drop has left the index testing its 200-day...
Selling Advanced Micro Devices out of Jubak Picks tomorrow, September 30
With supply chain “glitches” continuing to shred revenue and earnings forecasts for technology companies such as Micro Technology (MU) on Tuesday of this week, I think the risk/reward trade off from a high momentum chip stock such as Advanced Micro Devices...
Signs of a rocky earnings season to come in Micron Technology warning
Earnings season (for the third quarter for most companies) starts on October 13, two Wednesdays from today, when big banks such as JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Bank of America (BAC) and Wells Fargo (WFC) report their results for the period that ends on September 30....
Global chip (and I’m not talking Pringles) shortage gets worse
The global semiconductor shortage is getting worse as the Delta variant creates production delays in Malaysia, Vietnam, and the Philippines. That’s a new set of bottlenecks. Some automakers that had managed to avoid big shutdowns in production during earlier...
Click your heels together and repeat, “There is no inflation”
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM), which makes chips for everybody and everything, plans to raise prices on its silicon by 10% to 20% in 2022, DigiTimes reported today. The company will raise prices on “mature-technology chips” manufactured on 16...
Nvidia finally trades at post-split price and gains 4.29% today
Nvidia (NVDA) finally began trading at a price adjusted for the stock’s announced 4 for 1 split. At the close the shares traded at $194.10, a gain of $7.98 a share (or a pre-split $31.92 gain), up 4.29% on the day. The solid move higher bodes well for...
Taiwan Semiconductor earnings on Thursday upended chip stocks–here’s why
On Thursday, July 15, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM), the world’s leading chip foundry, reported earnings of 93 cents a share for the second quarter, up 18% year over year. That was inline with analyst estimates. Sales rose 28%. The company raised its...
Buying AMD shares and options tomorrow as my play on a second quarter earnings season surprise
Yesterday in my video “3 Picks for an Earnings Blowout” I argued the case that even the 61% second quarter year to year jump in earnings in the Wall Street analyst consensus was unerstated. For example, I noted that the current estimate of $44.91 a share...
Splits still work? Nvidia gains 4.1% on news of 4 for 1 split
Nvidia’s (NVDA) board has declared a 4 for 1 stock split effective after the close on July 19. Assuming that share holders approve at the company’s June 3 annual meeting. (Gee, you think shareholders would vote against a split?) The stock is up 4.1% today,...
Taiwan Semiconductor says the auto chip shortage will be done by the end of the third quarter
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM), the globes biggest independent chip foundry, said last week that it expects the chip shortage that has left automakers scrambling for silicon and cutting back production will be over by the end of the third quarter. Whether...
Nvidia jumps 5.62% today on upgrade to revenue forecast and news of its first microprocessor for servers
Nvidia (NVDA) announced its first microprocessor for the server market today, April 12. Right now Intel (INTC) owns around 90% of the market for server processors, where its chip works in tandem with a graphics chip from Nvidia to handle highly complex computing jobs...
Adding ASML to Jubak Picks and 50 Stocks portfolios on Monday, March 29
In my Trick or Trend post on my subscription JubakAM.com site on Saturday, March 27, I argued that the increasingly serious chip shortage experienced by car makers was bad for car stocks (since car companies are having to cut production), but good for chip makers who...
Selling Marvell Technology Group out of Jubak’s Picks tomorrow with 20% gain
Today, March 15, shares of Marvell Technology Group (MRVL) closed at $48.08, slightly above my target price of $48 a share. In this very volatile market for technology stocks, I’m going to take my almost 20% profit (19.90% to be exact) and sell these shares out...
Buying Marvell Technology Group in my Jubak Picks Portfolio
While the NASDAQ Composite and Standard & Poor’s 500 were flirting with a correction on Thursday, March 4, Marvell Technology Group (MRVL) has moved into its own better than 10% drop in just the last week. The stock is down 13.89% in the last week as of the...
Jubak Picks recommendation Applied Materials blows out the quarter and raises guidance
Given how strong the earnings beat was for the last quarter and how big the increase in guidance was for the next quarter from Applied Materials (AMAT) after the market close last night (February 18) today’s stock gain of 5.19% was actually rather modest. For...
Adding Applied Materials to my Jubak Picks Portfolio on chip shortage
As I noted in my January 13 video “4 picks for the chip shortage,” investors are looking at shortage of silicon chips that has hit the auto industry especially hard and that argues for a multi-year increase in capital spending to expand chip production at...
Watch my new YouTube video on 4 stock picks for the chip shortage
I’m starting up my videos again–this time using YouTube as a platform. The sixth YouTube video “4 stock picks for the chip shortage” went up today. Please watch and subscribe to my YouTube channel. And like my video. You can see it...
50 Stocks Portfolio member TSM reports record quarterly revenue on 5G iPhone demand
Today, January 8, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM), the world’s largest contract chipmaker, reported December sales that translate into record quarterly revenue with estimated sales in the quarter climbing to $12.9 billion (361.5 NT$). (The company...
Watch my YouTube video, please, on what Apple and Microsoft’s moves on Intel mean for tech stocks
I’m starting up my videos again–this time using YouTube as a platform. The third YouTube video on What Apple and Microsoft’s moves on Intel mean for technology stocks went up today. Please watch and subscribe to my YouTube channel. And like my video. (Note that for...
Buying Nvidia today for my long-term 50 Stocks Portfolio
On October 15 I noted that the hike in revenue guidance from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM) on huge demand for its chips in AI and gaming (among other sectors) was good news for gaming, AI, and data center leader Nvidia (NVDA.) And I hinted at buying shares...
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing raises 2020 revenue forecast again
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM) reported earnings of 90 cents per American depositary receipt today on sales of $12.14 billion for the company’s September quarter. Net income climbed 36% year over year. Analysts had expected the company to earn 81...
Stock Pick of the Day: Taiwan Semiconductor (TSM)
Announcing a new feature–my stock pick of the day. With Taiwan Semiconductor as my first pick. The hoo ha at the end of last week over restrictions on the sale of U.S. semiconductors to China’s Huawei Technologies, high-lighted the central role that Taiwan...
TSM beats for quarter, cuts guidance for year, sticks to capital spending plan
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM) beat analyst estimates for the first quarter, the company announced today. Net profit almost doubled to $3.9 billion on $10.31 billion in revenue. That amounts to a 91% increase from the March quarter of 2019. Analysts had...
Selling Synaptics out of my Jubak Picks portfolio tomorrow
When Synaptics (SYNA) traded at $40 I though the shares were undervalued. At $60 I think they’re close to full value. My target price on the stock is $64 and the shares closed at $58.51 today, up 2.94% on the day. Tomorrow I’m going to take advantage of...
Nvidia climbing with chip rally, keeping as Jubak Pick
After the close on November 14 Nvidia (NVDA) announced fiscal third quarter 2020 quarterly earnings of $1.78 a share, 20 cents a share above the Wall Street consensus. Revenue of $3.10 billion was $92.21 million above projections. Chip stocks are currently among the...Jim’s Daily Email Alerts:
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