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26 Jun 2026, 17:25 UTC · 2h ago
Apple Stock Just Dropped 6.6%, and One Tiny, Boring Chip Is to Blame
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26 Jun 2026, 17:25 UTC · 2h ago
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Micron Technology secured $100 billion in take-or-pay contracts with 16 customers, ensuring long-term revenue durability. — Guaranteed multi-year revenue at historically high gross margins (84.6%) provides massive fundamental support for the stock.
+0.90Apple raised prices on Macs, iPads, and Vision Pro to offset memory component costs that have nearly doubled. — Signals a significant increase in COGS that may lead to unit demand destruction and a puncture in the thesis of stable hardware margins.
-0.60NVIDIA's valuation faces risk if hyperscalers like Meta or Microsoft reduce AI capex due to a lack of killer use cases beyond coding agents. — A pullback in capex would lead to a sharp re-rating of NVIDIA's forward earnings multiple as demand for Blackwell boards cools.
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Memory cost inflation is expected to persist through 2028, potentially causing severe demand destruction for hardware OEMs lacking Apple's pricing power. — Broad-based cost increases across the hardware sector (including Xbox) suggest systemic margin pressure for the electronics industry.
-0.40OpenAI's chip partnership with Broadcom creates competitive pressure on NVIDIA's market position and valuation multiple. — While not impacting immediate revenue, the emergence of a credible alternative chip threatens NVIDIA's pricing power and monopoly premium.
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Reported massive revenue growth, luxury-level gross margins, and $100 billion in take-or-pay contracts.
Shares fell significantly due to doubling memory costs forcing price hikes on hardware.
Facing valuation pressure due to rising component costs from Micron and potential capex pullbacks from customers.
Its partnership with OpenAI is cited as a competitive pressure on NVIDIA's valuation multiples.
Mentioned as a potential source of demand cooling if AI capex is pulled back.
Mentioned as a potential source of demand cooling if AI capex is pulled back.
Mentioned briefly in a footer context without specific new sentiment drivers in the main text.
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[a_to_b] Meta is a hyperscaler customer that consumes NVIDIA's chips via AI capex.
[a_to_b] Microsoft is a hyperscaler customer that consumes NVIDIA's chips via AI capex.
