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December 4, 2024 / Ben Bajarin

Dell Technologies Q3 2025 Earnings Summary: Well Positioned in the AI TAM Expansion

  Key Takeaways Strong AI Momentum: Dell reached $2.9B in AI server revenue with growing orders of $3.6B, a robust $4.5B backlog, and over 2,000 enterprise AI customers, demonstrating successful execution in the strategic AI infrastructure market Operational Excellence: ISG margins of 13.3% exceeded expectations, showing Dell’s ability to maintain profitability while scaling AI initiatives…

December 4, 2024 / Ben Bajarin

Marvell Technology’s Q3 FY2025 Earnings Highlights: Strong AI-Driven Growth

Key Takeaways The company demonstrated exceptional financial execution with revenue of $1.516 billion (19% sequential growth) and non-GAAP EPS of $0.43 (43% sequential growth), indicating strong operational leverage in their business model. The fact that earnings growth more than doubled revenue growth suggests effective cost management and improving economies of scale. Marvell’s strategic pivot toward…

November 21, 2024 / Ben Bajarin

Nvidia Earnings Q3 24: AI Server Growth & GPU Dominance Point to Continuned Growth Opportunity by 2027

  Key Takeaways AI Server Market Expansion: The AI server market is projected to grow nearly 4x from $55.2B in 2023 to $208.4B by 2027, with AI servers increasing from 9.5% to 19.5% of total server shipments. This provides a massive growth runway for NVIDIA’s core AI business. GPU Revenue Growth: Server GPU revenue is…

November 6, 2024 / Ben Bajarin

Qualcomm Q4 2024: Transformation in Full Swing: Q4 Results Showcase Successful Pivot Beyond Mobile

Key Takeaways Strong Financial Performance: Exceeded expectations with $10.2B in Q4 revenue and $2.69 EPS, while delivering record free cash flow of $11.2B for the year. This performance came despite challenging market conditions, demonstrating the company’s operational resilience. Successful Diversification Strategy: Moving beyond just mobile chips, with remarkable growth in automotive (68% YoY) and IoT…

November 6, 2024 / Ben Bajarin

Arm Q2: V9 & CSS Transform Growth Model

Key Takeaways Strong Value-Based Pricing Power: Demonstrated by smartphone royalty revenue growing 40% despite only 4% unit growth, showing Arm’s ability to capture significantly more value per chip through V9 adoption and pricing power. This decoupling of revenue from units is a fundamental shift in their business model. V9 + CSS Creating New Growth Layers:…

November 2, 2024 / Ben Bajarin

Google Q3 2024 Earnings Analysis: AI Monetization Hits Stride as Infrastructure Investments Show Returns, Cloud Margins Expand

Key Takeaways Strong AI Adoption & Monetization: AI Overviews reached 1 billion+ monthly users with ads monetizing at similar rates to traditional search, addressing key investor concerns about the AI transition. Gemini API calls grew 14x in 6 months, while machine costs per query dropped 90% over 18 months despite doubling model size. Infrastructure Strategy…

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