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This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Intel (INTC, Financials), a U.S. semiconductor company that makes processors for personal computers, data centers and artificial intelligence systems, is heading into earnings with unusually high expectations. Warning! GuruFocus has detected 4 Warning Signs with INTC. Is INTC fairly valued? Test your thesis with our free DCF calculator. The company is scheduled to report second-quarter results on July 23. Options traders are pricing in a 15% move in the shares after the release, above Intel's average post-earnings move of 12.4% over the past four quarters. Wall Street expects Intel to earn 21 cents per share, compared with a loss of 10 cents a year earlier. Revenue is projected to increase nearly 12% to $14.42 billion. The higher implied volatility reflects uncertainty around Intel's outlook, manufacturing progress and ability to benefit from growing AI demand. The stock has climbed more than 160% this year, although it has fallen 17% over the past month during a broader technology selloff. That strong advance leaves less room for disappointment. Analysts remain divided. Susquehanna recently raised its price target to $115 while keeping a Hold rating, citing stronger server demand. Rosenblatt lifted its target to $65 but maintained a Sell rating because of concerns about manufacturing yields. Investors will focus on guidance, server sales and any signs that Intel's foundry business is gaining momentum.

Texas Instruments Incorporated TXN is likely to beat earnings estimates when it releases its second-quarter 2026 results on July 22, after market close. The company anticipates revenues between $5 billion and $5.4 billion for the second quarter. The Zacks Consensus Estimate is pegged at $5.23 billion, suggesting growth of 17.5% from the year-ago period's reported figure. Texas Instruments expects earnings per share between $1.77 and $2.05. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for second-quarter earnings is pinned at $1.91 per share, implying growth of 35.5% from the year-ago period's reported figure. The consensus mark for earnings has been revised upward over the past seven days. Image Source: Zacks Investment Research TXN’s earnings surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate in three of the trailing four quarters while missing once, with an average surprise of 6.96%. Texas Instruments Incorporated price-eps-surprise | Texas Instruments Incorporated Quote Our proven model predicts an earnings beat for Texas Instruments this earnings season. The combination of a positive Earnings ESP and a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), 2 (Buy) or 3 (Hold) increases the chances of an earnings beat, which is exactly the case here. Earnings ESP of TXN: Earnings ESP, which represents the difference between the Most Accurate Estimate ($1.96) and the Zacks Consensus Estimate ($1.91), is +2.66%. You can uncover the best stocks to buy or sell before they are reported with our Earnings ESP Filter. Texas Instruments’ Zacks Rank: TXN presently carries a Zacks Rank #3. You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank stocks here. Texas Instruments’ second-quarter performance is likely to have benefited from strong demand for its analog and embedded chips. The company’s analog business remains the largest contributor, which is showing renewed strength supported by improving industrial demand, stronger data center investments and stable automotive sales. Industrial revenues rose more than 30% year over year in the first quarter of 2026, with growth spreading across regions and customer groups. At the same time, Texas Instruments is benefiting from rising demand for power-management chips used in artificial intelligence (AI)-driven data center infrastructure. During the first-quarter earnings call, management stated that data center revenues surged roughly 90% year over year. Overall, analog reven...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Another down day for tech stocks weighed on the broader market Friday, with today's leg lower sparked by reports that a new artificial intelligence model from Chinese startup Moonshot AI bridges the gap with several U.S. models. Poorly received earnings results from streaming giant Netflix (NFLX) weighed on sentiment, too. At the close, the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite was down 1.4% at 25,520, the broader S&P 500 was off 1.0% at 7,457, and the blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average was 0.8% lower at 52,146. News that Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 is powerful enough to rival models from OpenAI and Anthropic revived competition fears — and rehashed memories from early 2025, when China's DeepSeek sent stocks into a tailspin. It also pressured several AI-related names, including Nvidia (NVDA, -2.2%) and Intel (INTC, -2.0%). A negative reaction to Netflix's second-quarter results also weighed on the S&P 500 and Nasdaq today, with the communication services stock sliding 7.3% — its worst day since April 17. Track all markets on TradingView While the company's earnings of 80 cents per share beat analysts' estimates, its revenue of $12.56 billion fell short and its third-quarter revenue forecast came in slightly below the consensus. In addition, Netflix said it will begin reporting engagement data on an annual basis vs a bi-annual one. "The goal of separating the publication of the report from our earnings results is to keep the focus on our primary financial metrics — revenue and operating profit," the company explained. Looking for more timely stock market news to help gauge the health of your portfolio? Sign up for Closing Bell, our free newsletter that's delivered straight to your inbox at the close of each trading day. Despite the top-line miss and subsequent stock sell-off, Argus Research analyst Joseph Bonner reiterated a Buy rating on Netflix. He also maintained a $120 price target, representing implied upside of 74% to current levels. "While competition is intense amid macroeconomic uncertainty, Netflix remains the 'anchor tenant' for consumers in long-form video streaming," says Bonner. "We see the company's incremental moves into live-event sports programming as particularly directed at enhancing its advertising market as well as subscriber acquisition," adding t...

By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK, July 17 (Reuters) - U.S. corporate earnings season gathers steam in the coming week as Alphabet and Intel are set to offer updates that could sway the market-leading AI trade amid high profit expectations and uncertainty over the Iran war. The S&P 500 skidded on Friday to post ‌a weekly decline, dragged down by a steep pullback in high-flying semiconductor shares. Still, the benchmark S&P 500 remained up about 9% in 2026, and stood ‌2% below its early June record high. Increasing expectations for profit strength this year have provided bedrock support for investors' enthusiasm for stocks. Now they are counting on the second-quarter earnings season, just under way, to show the corporate ​profit engine is still humming along, with S&P 500 earnings projected up a whopping 26% in the period, according to LSEG IBES data. "Headlines continue to raise anxiety and leave investors scratching their heads wondering why the market continues to reach new heights," said Michael Arone, chief investment strategist at State Street Investment Management. "And the reason it does is because the fundamentals have been resilient, and the earnings continue to be outstanding." ALPHABET IN FOCUS FOR AI SPENDING VIEW Alphabet's quarterly report on Wednesday will command Wall Street's attention. The Google parent, the third-largest U.S. company by market value ‌at $4.2 trillion, can jostle indexes as one of the heavyweight "Magnificent Seven" ⁠stocks that have driven U.S. equities higher for much of the bull run that has lasted nearly four years. The company is also an AI "hyperscaler," spending billions of dollars to build out data centers and AI infrastructure. Such AI capital spending has been at the heart of ⁠this year's market rally, driving huge gains for semiconductors and other companies benefiting from the massive outlays. If Alphabet announces "any type of pullbacks with respect to the spending that they're forecasting around AI, you could see ripple effects across the entire AI ecosystem," said Kevin Mahn, president and chief investment officer at Hennion & Walsh Asset Management. Results from semiconductor firms Intel and Texas Instruments take on particular significance due ​to ​the stunning rally this year in chip stocks. The trade faltered in recent weeks, with the Philadelphia ​SE Semiconductor Index ending on Friday down over 20% from its...

Big Tech earnings kick off next week with Google (GOOG, GOOGL) and Intel (INTC) set to report results on July 22 and 23, respectively. And investors will have their eyes on AI spending and returns, as well as chip sales. Microsoft (MSFT) and Meta (META), in particular, have been punished for their heavy investments in AI data center capacity, though Google and Amazon (AMZN) have dodged the same fate, as of late. Wall Street will want to hear more about how Microsoft is expanding its Copilot service and AI growth via its Azure platform. Meta watchers will be looking into how the company is using AI to improve ad sales and user engagement. Google and Amazon will need to deliver more of the same to keep Wall Street on their sides, while also ensuring they can keep their spending in check. Keep an eye on the hyperscalers' remaining performance obligations (RPOs), a measure of contracts they've signed but haven't realized revenue from yet, to get a sense of where growth is headed. On the chip side, it'll be all about sales and forward guidance. Nvidia (NVDA), Intel, AMD (AMD), and memory makers will need to show demand is keeping pace or accelerating. But even that might not be enough to satisfy investors who have recently sold the news on results from the likes of Nvidia. Apple's (AAPL) results will be interesting for a handful of reasons. While iPhone sales are always the most important number in the company's earnings, commentary on who is buying and why will be just as noteworthy. Analysts will be watching to see whether customers are buying now to get ahead of potential future price hikes or holding out to get their hands on the company's rumored foldable iPhone, set to launch this fall. Post-earnings discourse will also center around the impact of rising memory and storage costs on Apple's margins and future device pricing. Email Daniel Howley at [email protected]. Follow him on X at @DanielHowley. Click here for the latest technology news that will impact the stock market. Read the latest financial and business news from Yahoo Finance

U.S. stock futures pointed higher Wednesday morning, led by semiconductor stocks, even as the United States launched fresh strikes against Iran overnight. Nasdaq-100 futures were up 0.4% and S&P 500 futures climbed 0.1%. Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average were little changed, up 5 points. The VanEck Semiconductor ETF advanced 1.2%. ASML stock rose 3% after the Dutch chipmaking equipment manufacturer reported record orders for its latest quarter. The company raised its sales guidance for the second time this year, signaling that demand for advanced chip production equipment remains strong. Shares of Intel and Lam Research were also each up more than 3%. Oil prices climbed after U.S. Central Command said overnight that U.S. forces had launched additional strikes against Iran. "The strikes are designed to further degrade military capabilities Iranian forces have used to attack commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz," U.S. Central Command said in a post on X. West Texas Intermediate crude futures were trading at $80.21 a barrel, a gain of 1%. International Brent crude was up 1.1%, reaching $85.68 a barrel. Wednesday's premarket gains followed a broad rally on Tuesday after a cooler-than-expected inflation reading boosted confidence that the Federal Reserve may not need to tighten monetary policy as aggressively as previously feared. June's U.S. consumer price index showed a 0.4% monthly drop, pulling the year-over-year inflation rate down to 3.5%. The consensus forecast had called for a 0.2% monthly decrease and a 3.8% annual rate, according to CNBC. The June inflation data prompted traders to pull back expectations for a near-term rate increase. CME's FedWatch Tool showed the odds of a July rate increase dropping sharply to 17% from 42% the day before. Traders still see a 63% chance that borrowing costs will be a quarter- or half-point higher by the time of the September meeting. "While energy played a big role in the price deceleration, the easing was pretty broad and spread across a bunch of categories, a relief to investors," Adam Crisafulli, founder of Vital Knowledge, said in a note reported by CNBC. "However, the Fed and economy aren't in the clear — inflation is still elevated on an absolute basis, oil is back on an upswing, and AI is proving to be very inflationary at the moment." Earnings season also continued Wednesday, with BlackRo...

This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Advanced Micro Devices (AMD, Financials), the semiconductor company behind EPYC server processors and Ryzen PC chips, could be headed for another strong quarter as demand for AI infrastructure continues to build. Warning! GuruFocus has detected 9 Warning Signs with AMD. Is AMD fairly valued? Test your thesis with our free DCF calculator. In a new research note, Bank of America said it expects AMD to deliver a "beat and raise" quarter, pointing to exceptional demand for its EPYC server processors. The firm believes AMD is continuing to win market share in the data center market as cloud providers and enterprise customers expand AI infrastructure. The optimism comes as spending on AI servers remains one of the strongest areas in the semiconductor industry. AMD has steadily strengthened its position against rival Intel by offering higher-performance server chips, while also expanding its portfolio of AI accelerators. Bank of America believes those trends should support another solid set of quarterly results and an improved outlook for the rest of the year. The firm expects continued momentum from large cloud customers as well as broader enterprise adoption of AI workloads. AMD has been one of the biggest beneficiaries of the industry's AI investment cycle, and investors are looking for signs that demand remains strong despite concerns about rising competition. The company's upcoming earnings report will provide a closer look at server chip demand, AI revenue growth and whether management sees the current momentum continuing through the second half of the year.

Prediction markets give TSM a 94.5% chance of beating Q2 consensus, with 17 Wall Street buy ratings, zero sells, and a base-case price target implying 16% upside. TSM already runs 2nm high-volume production while Intel Foundry posts operating losses and GlobalFoundries cannot compete above 12nm for AI accelerators. TSM's Q4 free cash flow surged 43% year-over-year, funding a $54 billion 2026 capex plan while Q1 gross margins expanded 390 basis points sequentially. Act now: the analyst who called NVIDIA in 2010 just named his top 10 AI stocks — and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing didn't make the cut. Grab the names FREE today. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE:TSM) presents one of the cleanest large-cap setups heading into next Thursday's earnings report, and the setup gives retirement-focused investors a rare combination of visible earnings momentum, guided margin expansion and a valuation the growth rate already outruns. Monthly filings have already de-risked the earnings report. May 2026 consolidated revenue hit NT$416.98 billion, up 30.1% year-over-year, with Jan-May cumulative revenue of NT$1.96 trillion, up 30.0%. Management guided Q2 2026 revenue to $39.0 to $40.2 billion (32% YoY at midpoint) with gross margin at 65.5% to 67.5%. Polymarket traders assign a 94.5% probability that TSM beats consensus, and an 84% probability of Q2 revenue above $39 billion. TSM trades at a 37x P/E against a forward EPS of $14.49, while the business runs 30%+ revenue growth and a Q1 gross margin of 66.2%. CEO C.C. Wei has guided full-year 2026 growth "above 30%" in USD, and the AI accelerator CAGR through 2029 is tracking in the higher 50s. The 247 base case sits at $514.04, or 15.81% upside, with the bull case at $536.23. Wall Street backs it up: 17 buy ratings against 2 holds and zero sells. Act now: the analyst who called NVIDIA in 2010 just named his top 10 AI stocks — and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing didn't make the cut. Grab the names FREE today. Q4 2025 free cash flow of NT$368.6 billion, +42.73% YoY, comfortably funds the aggressive $52 to $56 billion 2026 capex plan while margins keep expanding. Q4 gross margin of 62.3% blew past the 59% to 61% guide, and Q1 delivered a 390 bps sequential jump. TSM lifted the quarterly dividend to NT$6.00 for Q3 2025, with management reiterating a "sustainable and steadily increasing cash dividend per share" polic...

Despite a record quarter, Samsung's (005930.KS) preliminary earnings results are causing volatility in the memory sector, just ahead of SK Hynix's (000660.KS) Friday IPO. Yahoo Finance Senior Business Reporter Ines Ferré takes a closer look in the video above.

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Semiconductor stocks have had a standout quarter. The PHLX Semiconductor Index is up more than 86% for the quarter, Dow Jones Market Data show. Chip stocks are lifting the broader market as the sector leader.