
AMAT guides >20% CY26 semi systems revenue; AI demand robust; cleanroom capacity constrains upside.
In our last weekly report, we discussed the structural positioning adjustment among big US tech funds/long-only, from their asset-light holdings in software and internet to semi and hardware that used to be perceived as cyclical and asset-heavy. We encourage you to have a read if you haven’t yet.
Then, over the past week, the bifurcation in performance has become even more extreme, as the market is selling every asset-light business that appears threatened by AI. Jeffrey Favuzza at Jefferies has summed it up well with the table below -

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