Technology / Semiconductor / Internet Research

Nicolas Baratte

Nicolas Baratte has been a financial analyst since 2000, covering the Technology sector in Asia mostly, and Global Tech in a couple of jobs. Nicolas has worked on the sell-side for JPMorgan, CLSA and Macquarie. On the buy-side for a Tiger fund and Prudential. Nicolas has covered Asian semiconductors, Asian hardware and components, and the global Semi supply chain. In addition to stock coverage, he also publishes research on sectors as that often shows clearer trends and pinpoints the inflection points in a sharper way. Nicolas lives mostly in Taiwan, sometimes in France and is in New York regularly.

Mediatek: Apple Watch Win Highlights Smartwatch Market Opportunity; Apple Supply Chain Breakthrough

Intel CFO @ UBS Global Technology Conference "Core Strategy Remains Intact"

Semiconductor Sales Reaccelerating, AI Accelerators Accelerating:  AMD, AVGO, NVDA, SK Hynix, TSMC

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>FY24 AI revenue as guided US$12.2bn. 1Q25 AI revenue to increase 65% YoY. FY27 “serviceable market” or “opportunity” could reach US$60-90bn. Actual revenues could be ~70% of that.</li>
<li>Mngt announced another 2 hyperscale customers (one is Apple). At least 1 new new customer could add significant revenues before FY27 (adding to the 60-90bn above). </li>
<li>Stock up 14% aftermarket, trading at 32x FY25 EPS. We expect Consensus EPS to revise up 10-20%. Nvidia trades at 32x next FY (FY26). Positive to suppliers Hynix and TSMC.</li>
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FY24 AI revenue as guided US$12.2bn. 1Q25 AI revenue to increase 65% YoY. FY27 “serviceable market” or “opportunity” could reach US$60-90bn. Actual revenues could be ~70% of that.
Mngt announced another 2 hyperscale customers (one is Apple). At least 1 new new customer could add significant revenues before FY27 (adding to the 60-90bn above). 
Stock up 14% aftermarket, trading at 32x FY25 EPS. We expect Consensus EPS to revise up 10-20%. Nvidia trades at 32x next FY (FY26). Positive to suppliers Hynix and TSMC.


Broadcom: AI Hyper-Growth to Continue – Worries of a Slowdown Are Wrong – Positive to SK Hynix, TSMC