Chip Stock Investor Podcast

Chip Stock Investor provides a quick take of the recent earnings and future outlook for top artificial intelligence (AI) chip stocks Broadcom (AVGO) and Marvell (MRVL), focusing on their performance within the AI market. However, excluding AI chip sales, both companies’ semiconductor businesses remain in a cyclical decline as cloud and enterprise spending is weak in 2024. Nick and Kasey go on to h...

Are top cybersecurity Stocks CrowdStrike and Palo Alto Networks at War? In this episode, Chip Stock Investors Nick and Kasey discuss the recent war of words in the cybersecurity industry, particularly involving Palo Alto Networks (PANW) vs CrowdStrike (CRWD). We highlight the bold statements made by CrowdStrike's CEO, George Kurtz, and the company's unique position as a single platform, si...

Want to know what just might be the top explosive growth stock to buy for 2024? The lithium market got blasted in 2023 due to supply chain issues, geopolitical economic battles between the U.S. and China, slowing (but not declining) demand for electric vehicles, and more. But could the market be at a bottom and mounting a recovery? Arcadium Lithium thinks things are looking up. The company, which...

Small cap stock investing can be hard. But so far in 2024, a number of small semiconductor businesses have been soaring higher. SkyWater Technology and ACM Research are two of them. In this episode, Chip Stock Investors Nick and Kasey delve into the business models for these small companies, and explain why they own one, and why they’re content to watch the other from the sidelines. They also expl...

Interested in understanding how cybersecurity works, the different types of cybersecurity solutions out there, and how companies in this fast-growing industry make money? In this video, Chip Stock Investor does a deep dive into its new Cybersecurity Industry Flow chart, designed to help investors get a better understanding of this critical software service in a new era of cloud computing and AI. C...

In this episode of Chip Stock Investor, Nick and Kasey cover two small cap (by our definition) companies in the semiconductor industry: Silicon Motion (SIMO) and Onto Innovation (ONTO). Silicon Motion was the object of a merger with MaxLinear (MXL), before MXL walked away last year. And we think that’s a good thing. Silicon Motion designs memory controllers for devices like PCs, smartphones, and a...

Cybersecurity giant Palo Alto Networks (PANW) stock took a nosedive, but why? In this video, Chip Stock Investors Nick and Kasey break down the company's earnings report, the industry trend of 'platformization,' and whether this is a buying opportunity or a sign of deeper trouble. We also address investor concerns over share dilution. Get ready for: –Analyzing PANW’s financial position...

Nvidia knocked it out of the park once more on its recent earnings update, and could be signaling another massive increase in revenue and profitability in calendar year 2024. Is the stock a buy? In this episode, Chip Stock Investors Nick and Kasey break down some key points from the latest Nvidia update, and reveal how they’re handling the stock in their portfolio right now. Stay tuned for more, o...

We have looked over Axcelis Technologies (ACLS) stock multiple times over the past six to nine months, but have never pulled the trigger on buying this small cap stock. But what about now, after a big selloff in recent months as the EV market and other industrial semiconductor demand has fallen? In this episode of Chip Stock Investor, Nick and Kasey take a deeper look into this company centered in...

In this video, Chip Stock Investor discusses the earnings of two of their top favorites in the industry: Lattice Semiconductor (LSCC) and Applied Materials (AMAT). Lattice’s recent report was admittedly not great, but not unexpected with the current state of industrial and automotive markets – including electric vehicles (EVs). Year over year though, the company reported some progress, awesome pro...

Chip Stock Investors Nick and Kasey discuss Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) in today’s video, the #2 player in the electronic design automation (EDA) oligopoly behind Synopsys (SNPS) and ahead of Siemens EDA (formerly Mentor Graphics). They talk about Cadence’s impressive performance in 2023, which has steadily propelled the “top AI stock” to new heights. Cadence Design Systems has had a successful...

In this episode of Chip Stock Investor, Nick and Kasey discuss the recent performance and future prospects of Arista Networks (ANET). The company is known for its design of networking hardware for data centers and internet infrastructure – the highways and freeways that data travels on. Arista Networks' stock has doubled in the past year. AI has lent a big helping hand, and its market share co...

Enphase Energy (ENPH) had a not so sunny company earnings report for Q4 2023, and the bad news is it's only going to get worse in Q1. Enphase has had a significant decrease in revenue and free cash flow in recent quarters. The transition from NEM 2.0 to NEM 3.0 in California seems to have had an outsized impact on the solar inverter and battery energy storage business, as has a higher interest...

In this episode of Chip Stock Investor, Nick and Kasey discuss a recent news report (https://www.reuters.com/technology/nvidia-chases-30-billion-custom-chip-market-with-new-unit-sources-2024-02-09/) suggesting Nvidia (NVDA) is aiming to compete in the custom data center and AI market, a domain currently “dominated” by Broadcom (AVGO) and Marvell (MRVL). There’s far more to the story, though. They...

Another wild week, with some notable chip stocks rocketing higher! But base material and energy, including suppliers to the semiconductor industry, isn’t so hot. In this episode, Chip Stock Investors Nick and Kasey discuss the diverging paths chip patent licensor Arm Holdings (ARM) and natural gas, hydrogen, and industrial gas supplier Air Products and Chemicals (APD) took after their respective e...

In 2023, top cybersecurity pure-play Fortinet left us wondering how things were going to be shaping up as we entered 2024. The guidance for Q4 2023 left us feeling a little “meh.” But, great news! Fortinet’s management under-promised and over-delivered! Despite initial uncertainties due to a projection for billings to drop, Fortinet exceeded financial guidance. While Q1 2024 is expected to be lack...

In this episode of Chip Stock Investor, we examine the Q4 2023 report for On Semiconductor (ON), one of our top semiconductor buys for 2024, and discuss its impact on Aehr Test Systems (AEHR). Similar to our take on Microchip (MCHP), it appears that things are going to get worse before they get any better for the automotive, EV, and general industrial markets this year. But Onsemi has really posit...

Shares of Microchip held up quite well considering its revenue and profitability is in all out decline. Excess inventory of industrial and automotive chips have struck the market, and leaders like Microchip are in for a nasty downturn. Other worries like China’s ramping up of semiconductor manufacturing also pose risks. In this video, Chip Stock Investors dig into Microchip’s earnings, and especia...

It was a busy week, and big tech certainly delivered the tune Wall Street was hoping to hear. Growth is back, and with it, massive increases to profitability. Amazon and Meta were showing off in grand style, and Meta announced its first-ever dividend. Meanwhile, Qualcomm’s revenue recovery is still taking hold, but earnings are ratcheting higher anyways. The automotive segment in particular bucked...

In this episode of Chip Stock Investor, Nick and Kasey discuss the much anticipated Q4 2023 earnings for AMD. AMD has been talking plenty about its foray into AI, competing in the same ring as Nvidia. But as we have said before, it's hard to play catch up to the leader. That doesn’t necessarily make us bearish on AMD, however. On the contrary, the focus conveyed in the most recent earnings cal...

The lithium market has been in total disarray, and spot prices for the key ingredient in EV batteries have continued to fall in 2024. Top stocks like Albemarle and Arcadium Lithium (formerly Livent and Allkem) have been dragged down along with those market prices. To that end, Albemarle recently provided some general updates indicating actions it has taken to protect its long-term viability. Chip...

For Intel, the company is still very much in “prove-it” mode, and it’s going to take years for the overhaul to take hold. In the meantime, some steady progress was made. But over in semiconductor manufacturing equipment land, Intel’s overhaul is benefiting companies like Lam Research and KLA. Chip Stock Investors Nick and Kasey discuss why they like these businesses the most for betting on an Inte...

ASML stock has been off to the races again, and is homing back in on all-time highs last reached in 2021. It’s been an endurance race for shareholders, but the critical semiconductor manufacturing equipment provider is putting up great growth numbers and setting new financial records. And yet, 2024 looks like it could be a dud, a “transition year” as ASML and its customers – including Intel (INTC)...

In this episode, Chip Stock Investor focuses on the divergence between parts of the semiconductor industry, some experiencing a surge in new growth and others still in decline. Nick Rossolillo reviews Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM), which seems to be indicating that the chip downturn is in the rearview mirror for PCs, laptops, and smartphones. However, he also discusses Texas Instruments...

According to companies like Micron (MU), the memory chip market is starting to make an epic comeback, one that could lead to new peak industry sales sometime in 2025. But at Chip Stock Investor, Micron and the other top memory chipmakers aren’t our favorite stocks right now. Instead, we’re looking at Lam Research (LRCX), a top semiconductor wafer fab equipment and service provider. Nick and Kasey...