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Coherent, Lumentum and Applied Optoelectronics lost 19.5%, 41.1% and 39.0%, respectively, between the October 28 and November 6, 2026, U.S. stock-market closes, even as their latest quarterly revenue grew rapidly. Arista Networks declined a smaller 8.5% over the same period, while the iShares Semiconductor ETF (SOXX) dropped 21.5%. Friday’s sharp rebound across the group did …
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AI electricity demand is accelerating, but power stocks are not all benefiting in the same way. GE Vernova reported $5.4 billion in third-quarter 2026 free cash flow, Bloom Energy more than doubled quarterly revenue while using cash, and Vistra lifted its adjusted cash-flow outlook on November 6. Selling electricity infrastructure, manufacturing onsite power systems and …
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AMD’s Data Center revenue nearly doubled to $8.55 billion in the third quarter of 2026, but Nvidia’s latest reported quarterly Data Center sales were $89.02 billion. That leaves an approximately $80.48 billion quarterly revenue difference between the two companies’ latest published snapshots. The crucial issue for investors is not whether AMD can sell more AI …
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Cloudflare increased third-quarter 2026 revenue 39% year over year to $782.5 million, compared with 6% growth and $1.122 billion in revenue at Akamai. Yet Akamai has signed more than $14 billion in multiyear cloud infrastructure commitments during 2026 and is forecasting a much faster growth rate in 2027. The distinction matters: Cloudflare is already growing …
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CoreWeave reported $35.6 billion of indebtedness at June 30, 2026, while IREN disclosed $15 billion of remaining planned fiscal 2027 capital spending on November 5, including $6 billion of financing it still aims to secure. Nebius has arranged a $3.5 billion short-term credit facility, and Applied Digital is spending billions to construct AI facilities. The …
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