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Amazon and Intel’s cloud and server businesses are still growing, but cash investment, capacity and PC inventory reductions have changed near-term earnings expectations; SNDK and TWLO also face tests of their growth mix and margins.
Xi’an Xice Testing’s third-quarter revenue rose 42.43% year on year and its loss narrowed. The company is entering commercial space through its testing and electrical assembly capabilities and has taken a stake in a joint venture to expand into satellite design, launch and in-orbit delivery.
Management expects memory gross margin to continue rising in the fourth quarter, but global DRAM capacity is tight, and memory shipments next year are expected to be similar to this year’s. NOR Flash customers are seeking long-term agreements, and newly reserved capacity is expected to come online gradually from the second half of next year.
Third-quarter revenue in 2026 rose just 1.8% year on year, but gross margin and recurring net margin increased quarter on quarter. Bernstein sees quarterly fluctuations in revenue recognition, lowered its full-year revenue forecast and maintained its Outperform rating.
UMC’s third-quarter results and fourth-quarter guidance both missed expectations. The company expects average selling prices to rise 10% in 2027 and plans to have AI-related capacity in place by 2030. Bernstein is concerned that depreciation and material costs will limit gross margin improvement.
Third-quarter revenue was about 17% below market consensus, and gross margin also fell due to the customer mix. Bernstein values the growth in orders and improving supply of domestically produced components, but its model also shows rising working-capital and capital-expenditure pressures over the next two years.
SoC test equipment drove quarterly revenue above market consensus, prompting the company to accelerate capacity expansion and raise its full-year targets; meanwhile, the depletion of lower-cost inventory and rising component prices will weigh on second-half operating margins.
Experts surveyed by Goldman Sachs expect the performance gap between Chinese and US models to narrow by mid-2027; Z.AI and MiniMax are increasing annualized revenue through enterprise coding demand and new products, respectively, but R&D spending and price competition continue to affect profitability.
Products for 1.6T applications drove a 60% quarter-on-quarter increase in AI application revenue, prompting the company to raise its full-year communications business guidance. Meanwhile, depreciation at new plants and lower sales in some businesses put second-half operating margin guidance below the second-quarter level.
Japan's MLCC export value rose 17% month on month in September 2026, well above historical seasonal levels. JPMorgan sees IT- and AI-related demand as the main driver and expects Japanese manufacturers' quarterly sales to grow.
KLA expects revenue to rise about 14% sequentially next fiscal quarter, while management has raised its 2027 wafer fab equipment spending outlook. JPMorgan is optimistic about inspection demand from advanced processes and packaging, but delivery capacity and gross margins remain constrained.
Third-quarter operating profit was in line with preliminary guidance; Goldman Sachs raised its fourth-quarter profit forecast, citing optimism about AI server memory demand, while awaiting details of Samsung’s shareholder returns.
Core third-quarter operations were broadly in line with Goldman Sachs’ expectations, but foreign-exchange and investment fair-value losses weighed on net profit. Liquid-cooling revenue continued to grow, and new secondary-side products could increase the value of content per system; the robotics business remains at different stages of development across its products.
Data center and industrial businesses supported the third-quarter margin, but changes in the product mix and cost factors will weigh on the fourth-quarter margin. Goldman Sachs sees the pressure as non-structural and expects sales and margins to improve again from the first quarter of 2027.
Goldman Sachs has raised its 2027 revenue forecast for NSIG, but depreciation from new capacity and pressure from initially low utilization offset the profit benefit of revenue growth. The bank sees photonic SOI wafers as a medium-term opportunity.
Data center and foundry revenue exceeded market expectations, while PC revenue was weaker; fourth-quarter revenue, gross margin and earnings per share guidance all fell below market expectations, and Goldman Sachs expects the share price to come under pressure.
ChangXin Technology’s operating margin rose to 83% in the second quarter of 2026. BofA expects capacity expansion to offset subsequent price declines, but equipment supply, yields and mass production of HBM are critical conditions.
General automation growth outpaces the industry, and new energy vehicle components return to profit, but higher raw material prices and impairments on low-priced projects weigh on gross margin. BofA cuts its earnings forecasts and maintains its Buy rating.
Huaqin Technology’s third-quarter revenue exceeded BofA and market expectations, but a higher share of server business and rising memory prices weighed on gross margin. Management expects hyperscale cluster shipments to continue growing, while BofA has cut its valuation multiple and price targets.
Third-quarter 2026 revenue met Nomura’s expectations, but fair-value losses and higher taxes weighed on profit. Nomura cut its earnings forecasts for the next two years while raising its target price and maintaining a neutral rating.
