Yahoo Financeยท2025-11-05 23:22Financial Performance - Qualcomm - Qualcomm's Q4 EPS beat expectations at $3 [1] - Qualcomm's Q4 revenue beat expectations at $1127 billion [1] - Qualcomm forecasts Q1 EPS between $330 and $350, exceeding street estimates [2] - Qualcomm forecasts Q1 revenue between $118 billion and $126 billion, exceeding street estimates [2] - Qualcomm's full year capex guidance is $119 billion, slightly higher than the consensus of $118 billion [2] Financial Performance - ARM - ARM's earnings per share reached $039, surpassing estimates of $033 per share [3] - ARM's revenue reached $114 billion, surpassing estimates of $106 billion [4] - ARM's Q3 outlook beats expectations, projecting revenue between $118 billion and $128 billion [4] Market Dynamics and Opportunities - Qualcomm is targeting opportunities in PCs, auto, and the AI data center market, competing with Nvidia [3] - ARM designs are used in various devices, including iPhones and Qualcomm chips, making it a key indicator of the chip industry's direction [5] - ARM's entry into AI chips and custom subsystem designs has significantly increased its margins [9] - ARM is deeply embedded in data centers, edge computing, IoT, and wearable devices, with partnerships like the one with Meta for smart glasses [11] - ARM's expansion into AI could significantly increase its total addressable market (TAM), potentially doubling its size even with a small market share [13][14] Competitive Landscape - A competitive risk for ARM is the rise of RISC-V chip architecture [10][11] - Nvidia's potential partnerships with Intel could create some level of risk for ARM [11] - ARM has partnered with Google, with the Axon chip being used by Google [12] - Approximately 50% of Amazon AWS workloads are now on Graviton, which are ARM-based instances [12]