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Amazon plans an $8B off-balance-sheet special-purpose vehicle to hold Nvidia AI chips and lease them back, a financing structure that obscures commitments and risk.
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Amazon's $8B chip move involves Nvidia AI chips, but the article does not describe new Nvidia orders or demand, only the financing structure.
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2330.TW · Capital · Negative Overseas-factory and N2 ramp margin dilution of 3-4 gross-margin points threatens TSMC's earnings that underpin its rich ~29x trailing P/E valuation.
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NVIDIA's $279 Billion Supply Commitments Face Customer Spending Test
NVIDIA is carrying $279 billion in supply and capacity commitments, up from $119 billion at the prior quarter-end, a schedule that now hinges on whether customer spending keeps pace. The filing allocates $92 billion of those commitments to the remainder of fiscal 2027, $87 billion to fiscal 2028 and $88 billion to fiscal 2029, with smaller amounts afterward, and NVIDIA said it may cancel, reschedule or adjust some agreements before firm orders. NVIDIA also disclosed August guarantees capped at $105 billion for an OpenAI-related SB Energy buildout, which generally begin as the relevant leases commence, with the first construction phase expected in fiscal 2029 and payments dependent on specified tenant defaults. Inventory rose to $31.58 billion from $21.40 billion at the fiscal year-end, while accounts receivable increased to $63.06 billion from $38.47 billion, and some investment-grade customers have payment terms from 90 days to one year. NVIDIA generated $96.22 billion of second-quarter revenue and $63.73 billion of operating income, an operating margin of about 66%, and management guided to $108 billion of next-quarter revenue, plus or minus 2%, excluding China data-center compute sales. At September 30's $228.38 close, NVIDIA's equity was worth about $5.51 trillion, and its trailing free cash flow of roughly $127 billion implies a cash yield of about 2.3%.
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NVDA · Supply · Negative NVIDIA's supply and capacity commitments ballooned to $279B from $119B, a schedule that hinges on customer spending keeping pace and may be cancelled or rescheduled.
OpenAI · Capital · Neutral NVIDIA disclosed August guarantees capped at $105B for an OpenAI-related SB Energy buildout, but the article gives no clear read-through for OpenAI itself.
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Goldman Sachs sees AI spending driving another strong S&P 500 earnings season
Goldman Sachs expects the S&P 500 to deliver another strong earnings season, with artificial intelligence investment driving an increasingly large share of corporate profit growth, according to an Oct. 2 report led by strategist Ben Snider. Consensus forecasts call for S&P 500 earnings per share to rise 27% from a year earlier in the third quarter, a slowdown from the 33% growth recorded in the second quarter after excluding accounting distortions, and Goldman expects most companies to beat consensus estimates again. The headline growth rate masks an unusually concentrated picture: information technology and energy are expected to generate nearly 80% of the index's earnings growth, AI infrastructure companies alone are expected to account for more than half of S&P 500 EPS growth, and the 10 biggest contributors are forecast to generate 68% of that growth, with Micron Technology and Nvidia together accounting for more than one-third. Micron has already reported, posting year-over-year earnings growth of 1,003% and beating consensus estimates. For the median S&P 500 company the outlook is considerably less spectacular, with consensus forecasts calling for EPS growth of 9%, down from 14% in the second quarter, revenue growth slowing to 6% from 7%, and a third-quarter net margin of 14.7% versus 15.1% in the previous quarter. The coming reports could also test whether enormous AI investments are translating into revenue, with consensus forecasts calling for hyperscaler capital spending to jump 116% from a year earlier in the third quarter, accelerating from 87% growth in the second, and Goldman expecting hyperscaler capex to grow more than 50% in 2027 and exceed the roughly $1.1 trillion currently embedded in consensus forecasts. Goldman forecasts S&P 500 EPS of $375 for 2026, up 36% from 2025, followed by $415 in 2027, with a year-end 2026 S&P 500 target of 8,000 and a 12-month target of 8,700.
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MU · Capital · Positive Micron already reported Q3 earnings growth of 1,003% and beat consensus, cited as a top AI-driven S&P 500 earnings contributor.
NVDA · Capital · Positive Nvidia is named alongside Micron as together accounting for more than one-third of S&P 500 EPS growth, driven by AI infrastructure spending.