๐ ๐ช๐๐ ๐ค๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐: ๐๐ ๐ก๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฎ, ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฎ ๐ก๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ, ๐ช๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐
One of this monthโs portfolio picks $WDC (Western Digital Corporation) reported earnings. The stock stayed flat after the release. And honestly, thatโs a good outcome.
Why? Because we were already up ~๐ฐ๐ฏ% ๐๐ฃ ๐ก๐๐จ๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐ข๐ค๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ going into earnings. In that context, a flat reaction means:
- no profit-taking panic
- no thesis break
- no disappointment signal from the market
Now to the fundamentals, because they matter more than daily moves:
- ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ๐ช๐ $๐ฏ.๐ฌ๐ฝ, +25% YoY, above guidance
- ๐๐๐ $๐ฎ.๐ญ๐ฏ, +78% YoY
- ๐๐ง๐ค๐จ๐จ ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฐ๐ฒ.๐ญ%, guiding to **47โ48%** next quarter
- ๐พ๐ก๐ค๐ช๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐ด๐ต% ๐ค๐ ๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ๐ช๐, driven by hyperscale demand
- $๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ ๐๐ก๐ค๐ฌ in a single quarter
- Ongoing ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐๐๐๐ ๐จ + ๐๐๐ซ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐, capital discipline intact
What really matters is ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ the growth is coming from. Management was very clear: ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, and data creation drives storage demand, especially for AI inference workloads, hyperscale cloud and high-capacity, cost-efficient HDDs. Ultra SMR is ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ฌ% ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐บ๐ถ๐ , margins are expanding, and long-term agreements ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ณโ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ด.
AI capex is undeniably the main market driver. But as Iโve mentioned in older posts, the bottlenecks for AI scaling sit in supportive layers like storage and memory, not only GPUs.
Our AI system picked this up back in AugโSept, and the results speak for themselves ~๐ญ๐ฒ% ๐ฌ๐ง๐, ~๐ฏ๐ฑ% ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฟ.
But the hardest part isnโt picking stocks. Itโs staying invested when the process is temporarily uncomfortable. Thatโs where the edge usually comes from.
โ George... Show More
Not investment advice. The author may have financial interests in the mentioned instruments.
Great to see someone knowlegeable from Greece leveraging AI for investing, I am with you on this.... Show More
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