After my first post on humanoid robots received a lot of positive feedback, I went into more detail. I have subsequently added my favorites in each sector.

Extended analysis of the value chain including shovel manufacturers and potential hidden champions

New categorySecondary key sectors (sales, marketing, financing)

AdditionallyTop 25 companies worldwide, as well as Top 10 Europe and Top 10 Asia

I have also added a video link for beginners. This will give you an idea of how far the development of humanoid robotics has already progressed.

https://www.stern.de/panorama/wissen/humanoider-roboter---wie-reagiert-er-auf-beleidigungen--35996156.html

Thank you for your attention and your support 🙏

🌐 1. value chain of humanoid robots (with hidden champions)

1. research & chip design

$ARM (+1.38%) ARM (UK) - CPU-IP, energy-efficient processors

$SNPS (-2.02%) Synopsys (US) - EDA software, chip design

$CDNS (-0.85%) Cadence (US) - EDA & Simulation

$PTC PTC (US) - Engineering Software, CAD/PLM

$DSY (+0.6%) Dassault Systèmes (FR) - 3D Design & Digital Twin

$SIE (-1.85%) Siemens (DE) - Industrial Software & Lifecycle Mgmt

$ADBE (+1.38%) Adobe (US) - Design, AR/UX

ANSYS (US) - multiphysical simulation - acquisition by Synopsis

Altair (US) - CAE, simulation, digital twin - acquisition by Siemens

$HXGBY (+8.09%)
Hexagon (SE) - Metrology & Simulation

$AWE (+0.71%) Alphawave IP Group (UK) - High-speed chip IP for AI/robotics

1.Synopsis, 2.Siemens and 3.Adobe are my top 3 in this sector

2. manufacturing technology & equipment

$ASML (+1.67%) ASML (NL) - Lithography (EUV)

$AMAT (+1.95%) Applied Materials (US) - Semiconductor equipment

$8035 (+0.37%) Tokyo Electron (JP) - wafer fabrication

$KEYS (-0.01%) Keysight Technologies (US) - Metrology

$6857 (+1.64%) Advantest (JP) - Chip test systems

$TER (-0.57%) Teradyne (US) - test systems + cobots

$6954 (-0.72%) Fanuc (JP) - Industrial robots, CNC

$CAT (+0.21%) Caterpillar (US) - autonomous machines

$KU2G KUKA (DE) - industrial robots

Comau (IT) - automation - not listed on the stock exchange

$ROK Rockwell Automation (US) - industrial automation

$JBL (+0.5%) Jabil (US) - contract manufacturing (EMS/ODM)

$KIT (+2.48%) Kitron (NO) - European EMS/ODM manufacturer

$AIXA (+1.72%) Aixtron (DE) - deposition equipment for compound semiconductors

$LRCX (+1.77%)
Lam Research (US) - Etch/deposition systems

$MKSI (+2.13%)
MKS Instruments (US) - Plasma/vacuum technology

$ASM (+2.05%)
ASM International (NL) - Deposition systems

1.ASML, 2.Keysight Technologies, 3.Fanuc are my top 3 in this sector

3. chip manufacturing (foundries)

$TSM (+2.72%) TSMC (TW) - leading foundry

$005930 Samsung Electronics (KR) - foundry + memory

$GFS (-0.84%) GlobalFoundries (US) - specialty chips

$INTC (-1.19%)
Intel Foundry Services (US) - new western foundry player

$981
SMIC (CN) - largest Chinese foundry

$UMC
UMC (TW) - Power/RF/Embedded chips

1.TSMC, 2.Intel, 3.Samsung Electronics are my top 3 in this sector

4. computing & control unit ("brain")

$NVDA (-3.33%) Nvidia (US) - GPUs, AI chips

$INTC (-1.19%) Intel (US) - CPUs, FPGAs

$AMD (-7.23%) AMD (US) - CPUs, GPUs

$MRVL (-1.39%) Marvell (US) - Network Chips

$MU (+4.95%) Micron (US) - Memory

$DELL (-1.85%) Dell Technologies (US) - Edge & Infrastructure

Graphcore (UK) - AI chips (IPU) - not a listed company

Cerebras (US) - Wafer-scale engine - not a listed company

SiPearl (FR) - European HPC chip - not a listed company

1.Nvidia, 2.Marvell, 3.Micron are my top 3 in this sector

5. sensors ("senses")

$6758 (-1.43%) Sony (JP) - image sensors

$6861 (-1.13%) Keyence (JP) - Industrial sensors

$STM (+0.88%) STMicroelectronics (FR/IT) - Sensors, MCUs

$TDY Teledyne (US) - optical/infrared sensors

$CGNX (+0.92%) Cognex (US) - Machine Vision

$HON (-0.54%) Honeywell (US) - sensor technology, security

ANYbotics (CH) - autonomous sensor fusion - not a listed company

$AMBA (+1.76%) Ambarella (US) - video & computer vision SoCs for real-time image recognition

$OUST
Velodyne Lidar (US) - Lidar sensors - acquisition by Ouster

$AMS (+1.46%)
-OSRAM (AT/DE) - optical sensors

1.Teledyne, 2.Keyence, 3.Ouster are my top 3 in this sector

6. actuators & power electronics ("muscles")

$IFX (+1.42%) Infineon (DE) - Power Electronics

$ON (+1.31%) onsemi (US) - Power & Sensors

$TXN (-0.63%) Texas Instruments (US) - Mixed-Signal Chips

$ADI (+0.27%) Analog Devices (US) - Signal Processing

$PH Parker-Hannifin (US) - Hydraulics/Pneumatics

$MP (-2.36%) MP Materials (US) - Magnets

$APH (-2.64%) Amphenol (US) - Connectors

$6481 (+0.86%) THK (JP) - Linear guides & actuators

$6324 (+3.69%)
Harmonic Drive (JP) - Precision gears & servo drives for robotics

$6594 (+4.71%)
Nidec (JP) - Electric motors

$6506 (+1.14%)
Yaskawa (JP) - Drives & Robotics

$SU (+0.39%)
Schneider Electric (FR) - Energy & control solutions

$ZIL2 (+0.11%)
ElringKlinger (DE) - Battery & fuel cell technology, lightweight construction

1.Parker-Hannifin, 2.MP Materials, 3.Infinion are my top 3 in this sector

7. communication & networking ("nerves")

$QCOM (-0.6%) Qualcomm (US) - mobile communications, edge AI

$ANET (+0.36%) Arista Networks (US) - Networks

$CSCO (-2.53%) Cisco (US) - Networks, Security

$EQIX (+0.2%) Equinix (US) - Data centers

NTT Docomo (JP) - 5G/6G carrier - not a listed company

$VZ Verizon (US) - Telecommunications

$SFTBY SoftBank (JP) - Carrier + Robotics

$ERIC B (+0.61%)
Ericsson (SE) - 5G/IoT infrastructure

$NOKIA (-1.35%)
Nokia (FI) - 5G/6G for industry

$HPE (+0.55%)
Juniper Networks (US) - Network technology - acquisition by HP

1.Arista Networks, 2.SoftBank, 3.Cisco are my top 3 in this sector

8. energy supply

$3750 (+2.16%) CATL (CN) - Batteries

$6752 (+1.91%) Panasonic (JP) - Batteries

$373220 LG Energy (KR) - Batteries

$ALB (+1.38%) Albemarle (US) - Lithium

$LYC (-3.02%) Lynas (AU) - Rare earths

$UMICY (+0.63%) Umicore (BE) - Recycling

WiTricity (US) - inductive charging - not a listed company

$ABBN (+0.56%) Charging (CH) - charging infrastructure

$SLDP
Solid Power (US) - Solid state batteries

Northvolt (SE) - European batteries - not a listed company

$PLUG
Plug Power (US) - fuel cells

1.Albemarle, 2.CATL, 3.Panasonic are my top 3 in this sector

9. cloud & infrastructure

$AMZN (-1.95%) Amazon AWS (US) - Cloud, AI

$MSFT (-3.17%) Microsoft Azure (US) - Cloud, AI

$GOOG (+0.47%) Alphabet Google Cloud (US) - Cloud, ML

$VRT
Vertiv Holdings (US) - Data center infrastructure (UPS, cooling, edge)

$ORCL (+3.74%)
Oracle Cloud (US) - ERP + Cloud

$IBM (-0.15%)
IBM Cloud (US) - Hybrid cloud + AI

$OVH (+0.58%)
OVHcloud (FR) - European cloud

1.Alphabet, 2.Microsoft, 3.Oracle are my top 3 in this sector

10. software & data platforms

$PLTR (-2.66%) Palantir (US) - Data integration

$DDOG (+2.57%) Datadog (US) - Monitoring

$SNOW (+0.91%) Snowflake (US) - Data Cloud

$ORCL (+3.74%) Oracle (US) - Databases, ERP

$SAP (-1.81%) SAP (DE) - ERP systems

$SPGI S&P Global (US) - financial/market data

ROS2 Foundation - robotics middleware - not listed on the stock exchange

$NVDA (-3.33%) NVIDIA Isaac (US) - robotics development - part of Nvidia

$INOD (+5.4%) Innodata (US) - data annotation & AI training data

$PATH (+1.98%)
UiPath (RO/US) - Robotic process automation

$AI (+0.38%)
C3.ai (US) - AI platform

$ESTC (+1.43%)
(NL/US) - Search & data analysis

1.S&P Global, 2.Palantir, 3.Datadog are my top 3 in this sector

11. end applications / robots

$ABB ABB (CH/SE) - Industrial Robots

$6954 (-0.72%) Fanuc (JP) - Industrial robots

$TSLA (+2.79%) Tesla Optimus (US) - humanoid robot

$9618 (+1.04%) JD.com (CN) - logistics robot

$AAPL (-0.66%) Apple (US) - Platform & UX

$700 (+1.37%) Tencent (CN) - Platform & AI

$9988 (+2.55%) Alibaba (CN) - logistics & platform

PAL Robotics (ES) - humanoid robots - not a listed company

Neura Robotics (DE) - cognitive humanoid robots - not a listed company

$TER (-0.57%) Universal Robots (DK) - cobots - belongs to the Teradyne Corporation

Engineered Arts (UK) - humanoid robots - not a listed company

$ISRG (+2.65%) Intuitive Surgical (US) - surgical robotics

$GMED (+0%)
Globus Medical (US) - surgical robotics (ExcelsiusGPS platform)

$7012 (+0%) Kawasaki Heavy Industries (JP) - industrial robots, automation

$CPNG (-0.09%) Coupang (KR) - Logistics end user

$IRBT (+2.97%)
iRobot (US) - consumer robotics (e.g. Roomba), non-humanoid, but navigation/sensor fusion

Boston Dynamics (US) - humanoid & mobile robots-no listed company

Hanson Robotics (HK) - humanoid robots (Sophia) - not a listed company

Agility Robotics (US) - humanoid robot "Digit" - not a listed company

1.Apple, 2.Tencent, 3.Alibaba are my top 3 in this sector

🛠 2. cross enablers (shovel manufacturers) - with hidden champions

Raw materials & battery materials

Albemarle - Lynas - Umicore

$SQM
SQM (CL) - Lithium

$ILU (-0.55%)
Iluka Resources (AU) - Rare earths

$ARR (+0%)
American Rare Earths (US/AU) - New supply chains

my number 1 in the sector is Albemarle

manufacturing technology

ASML - Applied Materials - Tokyo Electron

$LRCX (+1.77%)
Lam Research (US) - Plasma/etching processes

$ASM (+2.05%)
ASM International (NL) - ALD equipment

$MKSI (+2.13%)
MKS Instruments (US) - Plasma/vacuum technology

my number 1 in the sector is ASML

Quality assurance

Keysight - Advantest - Teradyne

$EMR (-0.97%)
National Instruments (US) - Measurement technology - from Emerson Electric adopted

$300567
ATE Test Systems (CN) - test systems

$FORM (+0.8%)
FormFactor (US) - Wafer probing

my number 1 in the sector is Keysight

Motion & Drive

Parker-Hannifin

Festo (DE) - Pneumatics, Soft Robotics - not a listed company

Bosch Rexroth (DE) - Drives, Controls - not a listed company

$6481 (+0.86%)
THK (JP) - Linear guides

my number 1 in the sector is Parker-Hannifin

Sensors/Imaging

$TDY Teledyne

$BSL (-0.7%) Basler (DE) - Industrial cameras

FLIR (US) - Thermal imaging sensors - acquisition by Teledyne

ISRA Vision (DE) - Machine Vision - not a listed company

my number 1 in the sector is Teledyne

Magnets & Materials

MP Materials

$6501 (+0.44%)
Hitachi Metals (JP) - Magnetic materials

VacuumSchmelze (DE) - Magnetic materials - not a listed company

$4063 (-0.47%)
Shin-Etsu Chemical (JP) - Specialty materials

my number 1 in the sector is MP Materials

Chip Design & Simulation

Synopsys - Cadence - ARM

$SIE (-1.85%)
Siemens EDA (DE/US)-Mentor Graphics-strategic business unit of Siemens AG

Imagination Tech (UK) - GPU-IP - not a listed company

$CEVA (+1.04%)
CEVA (IL) - Signal Processor IP

my number 1 in the sector is Synopsys

Engineering & Lifecycle

PTC - Dassault - Siemens

Altair (US) - Simulation - no longer a listed company

$HXGBY (+8.09%)
Hexagon (SE) - Metrology

$SNPS (-2.02%)
ANSYS (US) - Simulation - takeover by Synopsys

my number 1 in the sector is Siemens

Networks & Data Centers

Arista - Cisco - Equinix

$HPE (+0.55%)
Juniper (US) - Networks - Acquisition of HPE

$DTE (-0.27%)
T-Systems (DE) - Industry cloud

$OVH (+0.58%)
OVHcloud (FR) - European cloud

my number 1 in the sector is Arista

Cloud infrastructure

AWS - Azure - Google Cloud

$ORCL (+3.74%)
Oracle Cloud (US) - ERP & databases

$IBM (-0.15%)
IBM Cloud (US) - Hybrid Cloud

$9988 (+2.55%)
Alibaba Cloud (CN) - Asian Cloud

$VRT
Vertiv Holdings (US) - Cloud/Infra

my number 1 in the sector is Alphabet (Google)

finance/information infra

S&P Global

$MCO
Moody's (US) - Ratings

$MSCI (-0.94%)
MSCI (US) - Indices

$MORN
Morningstar (US) - Investment Research

my number 1 in the sector is S&P Global

Creative/Experience Infra

Adobe

$ADSK (+1.04%)
Autodesk (US) - CAD & Design

$U
Unity (US) - 3D/AR simulation

Epic Games (US) - Unreal Engine - not a listed company

my number 1 in the sector is Adobe

Platform & Ecosystem

Apple - Tencent - Alibaba

$META (-0.3%)
Meta (US) - AR/VR, Social Robotics

ByteDance (CN) - AI & platforms - not a listed company

$9888 (+3.21%)
Baidu (CN) - AI & Cloud

my number 1 in the sector is Tencent

Infrastructure/Edge

Dell

$HPE (+0.55%)
HPE (US) - Edge Computing

$SMCI
Supermicro (US) - AI servers

$6702 (-1.5%)
Fujitsu (JP) - Edge & HPC

my number 1 in the sector is Dell

storage solutions

Micron

$000660
SK Hynix (KR) - Memory

$285A (+15.69%)
Kioxia (JP) - NAND

$WDC (+0.91%)
Western Digital (US) - Storage solutions

my number 1 in the sector is Micron

🏛 3. secondary key sectors with hidden champions

Financing & Capital

$GS (-1.94%) Goldman Sachs (US) - investment bank; ECM/DCM, M&A, growth financing

$MS Morgan Stanley (US) - investment bank; tech banking, capital markets

$BLK (-1.37%) BlackRock (US) - asset manager; capital allocation, ETFs/index funds

$9984 (-1.17%) SoftBank Vision Fund (JP) - mega VC; growth equity in robotics/AI

Sequoia Capital (US) - venture capital; early/growth in AI/robotics - this is a classic venture capital fund

DARPA (US) - government R&D funding (robotics/defense) - independent research and development agency

EU Horizon (EU) - research funding/grants for DeepTech - Innovative Europe pillar

China State Funds (CN) - state industry/technology fund

Lux Capital (US) - VC for DeepTech - Uptake (US) - AI-based predictive maintenance

DCVC (US) - Robotics & AI focus - investing exclusively via VC fund investments

Speedinvest (AT) - EU VC for robotics - access to investment only via fund investments

my number 1 in the sector is Softbank

Maintenance & Service

$SIE (-1.85%) Siemens (DE) - Industrial Service, Lifecycle & Retrofit

$ABBN (+0.56%) ABB (CH/SE) - Robotics Service, Spare Parts, Field Support

$GEHC (+1.35%) GE Healthcare (US) - Medtech service incl. robotic systems

Uptake (US) - AI-based predictive maintenance - not a listed company

Augury (US/IL) - condition monitoring, condition diagnostics - not a listed company

$KU2 KUKA Service (DE) - Robotics maintenance

$6954 (-0.72%) Fanuc Service (JP) - global service network

Boston Dynamics AI Institute (US) - Robotics longevity - funded by Hyundai Motor Group

my number 1 in the sector is Siemens

Marketing & Advertising

$WPP (+0.44%) WPP (UK) - global advertising group; branding/communications

$OMC Omnicom (US) - marketing/PR network

$PUB (-0.19%) Publicis (FR) - communications/advertising group

$META (-0.3%) Meta (US) - Digital Ads (Facebook/Instagram)

$GOOG (+0.47%) Google Ads (US) - search & display advertising

TikTok / ByteDance (CN) - social ads & distribution - not a listed company

$AAPL (-0.66%) Apple (US) - Branding/UX; Acceptance & Platform Marketing

$WPP (+0.44%)
AKQA (UK/US) - Tech branding - Since 2012 majority owned by the WPP Groupbut continues to operate as an autonomous operating unit

R/GA (US) - Innovation marketing - not a listed company

Serviceplan (DE) - largest independent EU agency - not a listed company

my number 1 in the sector is Meta

Law, Regulation & Ethics

ISO (CH) - international standards, robotics standards

TÜV (DE) - certification & safety tests

UL (US) - safety/conformity testing

EU AI Act (EU) - legal framework for AI & robotics

UNESCO AI Ethics (UN) - global ethics guidelines

Fraunhofer IPA (DE) - Robotics safety standards

ANSI (US) - standards

IEC (CH) - Electrical engineering standards

Training & Talent

MIT (US) - Robotics/AI Research & Education

ETH Zurich (CH) - autonomous systems & robotics

Stanford (US) - AI/Robotics labs & spin-offs

Tsinghua University (CN) - Robotics/AI in Asia

CMU (US) - Robotics Institute

EPFL (CH) - Robotics research

TU Munich (DE) - humanoid robot "Roboy"

🌍 Top 25 companies for humanoid robotics

These companies are central to the development & production of humanoid robotsbecause without them, crucial parts of the chain would be missing:

Chips & computing power (brain of the robots)

$NVDA (-3.33%) Nvidia (US) - AI GPUs & Isaac platform, foundation for robotic AI

$2330 TSMC (TW) - world's most important foundry, produces the AI chips

$ASML (+1.67%) ASML (NL) - EUV lithography, indispensable for chip production

$005930 Samsung Electronics (KR) - memory, logic, foundry

$000660 SK Hynix (KR) - DRAM & NAND memory for AI

$MU (+4.95%) Micron (US) - Memory solutions for AI workloads

my number 1 in the sector is ASML

Sensors & perception (senses of robots)

$SONY Sony (JP) - image sensors, market leader

$6861 (-1.13%) Keyence (JP) - Industrial sensors & vision systems

$CGNX (+0.92%) Cognex (US) - Machine Vision, precise image processing

my number 1 in the sector is Keyence

Actuators & motion (muscles of robots)

$IFX (+1.42%) Infineon (DE) - power electronics, motor control

$6594 (+4.71%) Nidec (JP) - World market leader for electric motors

$PH Parker-Hannifin (US) - hydraulics/pneumatics, motion technology

$6481 (+0.86%) THK (JP) - Linear guides & actuators

my number 1 in the sector is Parker-Hannifin

Communication, cloud & infrastructure (nerves & data flow)

$QCOM (-0.6%) Qualcomm (US) - Mobile & Edge Chips

$AMZN (-1.95%) Amazon AWS (US) - Cloud & AI infrastructure

$MSFT (-3.17%) Microsoft Azure (US) - Cloud, AI services

$CSCO (-2.53%) Cisco (US) - Networks & Security

$VRT Vertiv Holdings (US) - Data Center Infrastructure

my number 1 in the sector is Microsoft

End Applications & Platforms (robots themselves)

$TSLA (+2.79%) Tesla (US) - humanoid robot Optimus

$ABBN (+0.56%) ABB (CH/SE) - Robotics & Automation

$6954 (-0.72%) Fanuc (JP) - industrial robots & CNC systems

$7012 (+0%) Kawasaki Heavy Industries (JP) - industrial robots

PAL Robotics (ES) - humanoid robots (TALOS, ARI, TIAGo) - not a listed company

Neura Robotics (DE) - cognitive humanoid robots - not a listed company

Universal Robots (DK) - cobots

my number 1 in the sector is Tesla

🇪🇺 Top 10 European key companies for humanoid robotics

$ASML (+1.67%)
ASML (NL)

World market leader in EUV lithography - no modern chips for AI & robotics without ASML.

$IFX (+1.42%) Infineon (DE)

Leading in power electronics & motor control - crucial for actuators of humanoid robots.

$STM (+0.88%)
STMicroelectronics (FR/IT)

Sensors, microcontrollers & power chips - the basis for control & perception.

$SAP (-1.81%)
SAP (DE)

ERP & data platforms, important for integrating humanoid robots into industrial processes.

$SIE (-1.85%)
Siemens (DE)

Industrial software, automation, digital twin - key for engineering & lifecycle management.

$KU2 KUKA (EN)

Robotics pioneer, industrial robots & automation - know-how for humanoid motion mechanics.

PAL Robotics (ES) - not a listed company

Specialist for humanoid robots (TALOS, ARI, TIAGo), internationally used in research & service.

Neura Robotics (DE) - Not a listed company

Young high-tech company, develops cognitive humanoid robots with advanced AI (4NE-1).

Universal Robots (DK) - Not a listed company

Market leader for cobots - platform for safe human-robot collaboration.

Engineered Arts (UK) - not a listed company

Develops humanoid robots such as Amecaknown for realistic facial expressions & gestures - important for HRI (Human-Robot Interaction)

🌏 Top 10 Asian key companies for humanoid robotics

$2330
TSMC (Taiwan)

World's largest semiconductor foundry, produces high-end chips (e.g. Nvidia, AMD, Apple) - no AI hardware without TSMC.

$005930
Samsung Electronics (South Korea)

Foundry, memory, logic chips, image sensors - extremely broadly positioned in robotics components.

$000660
SK Hynix (KR) - Memory

$SONY
Sony (Japan)

Market leader in CMOS image sensors, essential for robotic vision & perception.

$6861 (-1.13%)
Keyence (Japan)

Sensor technology & machine vision for industrial automation, widely used in robotics.

$6954 (-0.72%)
Fanuc (Japan)

Industrial robots & CNC systems, one of the most important manufacturers of robotics hardware worldwide.

$6506 (+1.14%)
Yaskawa Electric (Japan)

Drives, motion control & robot arms - relevant for humanoid motion control.

$6594 (+4.71%)
Nidec (Japan)

World market leader for electric motors (from mini motors to high-performance drives).

$7012 (+0%)
Kawasaki Heavy Industries (JP) - Industrial robots

$9618 (+1.04%)
JD.com (China)

Driver for robotics in e-commerce & logistics, invests in humanoid robotics applications

Stock analysis/share presentation ⬇️

Today we are talking about the company Western Digital: $WDC (+0.91%)

What is Western Digital anyway 🧐

Western Digital Corporation specializes in the design, manufacture and marketing of hard disk drives. Under the names Western Digital and WD, the corporation offers internal and external hard drives for PCs, laptops, servers, workstations, storage networks and consumer electronics.

The products are mainly sold through system manufacturers, resellers and retailers.

How net sales are distributed: ⬇️

Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: United States (28%), Americas (4.5%), China (24.3%), Asia (25.7%), Europe/Middle East/Africa (17.5%).

Market capitalization: 🏦

The company has a current market capitalization of around 10.9 billion euros.

How many employees does the company have: 🙋🏽‍♂️🙋🏻‍♀️

The Western Digital company currently has around 65,000 employees. That is definitely a very strong employee count.

Dividend yield:

The company has not paid its shareholders a dividend since Corona (April 2020). Prior to that, the company had paid dividends to its shareholders on a quarterly basis.

When was the company founded:

On April 23, 1970, the company was founded by Alvin B. Phillips as General Digital and was initially a manufacturer of test equipment for certain semiconductors. General Digital quickly evolved into a specialized semiconductor manufacturer and changed its name to Western Digital in 1971.

In the early years, revenue was generated primarily from the sale of chips for calculators.

Stock Weaknesses:

Estimates of analysts following the company drift widely. The difference between estimates suggests either a difficulty in predicting results or a fundamental difference in interpretation on the part of analysts.

The company's earnings growth prospects are not very dynamic and represent a weakness.

Weaknesses of the share: 📉

• The profitability of the business activity is a major weakness of the company.
• The company has not paid its shareholders a dividend since 2020.
• When viewed through various fundamental criteria and a short to medium-term observation period, the company is rated very poorly.

Strengths of the share: 📈

• The company has a strong employee base.
• The average price target of analysts following the stock has been revised upward significantly in the last four months.

Western Digital Management:

David Goeckeler has been Western Digital's chief executive officer since March 2020 (since Corona). Goeckeler earned his bachelor's degree in computer science and mathematics from the University of Missouri at Columbia. In addition, David Goeckeler holds a master's degree in computer science from the University of Illinois. He also holds master's degrees in business administration from both Columbia University and the University of California at Berkeley.

More about the business model: ⬇️🐵

Western Digital engages in the design, manufacture, marketing and distribution of data storage devices and solutions. The company divides its sales into the following two areas.

Flash-based products:
In this segment, the company offers various flash-based storage products. Flash storage is a technology based on high-speed electrically programmable memory. Flash storage uses a type of non-volatile memory also known as flash memory.

One advantage of this technology is that non-volatile memory does not require power to maintain the integrity of stored data. This means even in the event of a power failure, data is not lost. Flash storage is based on solid-state technology. Compared to hard disk drives (HDD), solid-state drives (SSDs) allow faster loading with fewer delays, higher efficiency, and they are cooler and quieter in operation.

Hard Disk Drives:
In this segment, the company focuses on the production and sale of hard disk drives (HDD= Hard Disk Drives). In this regard, the Western Digital offers both internal and external hard drives.

Internal hard drives offer a low cost per GB or TB of storage space and are based on magnetic disks to store and protect your data. They are one of the most common, reliable ways to store critical applications and content. Internal hard drives are built into the computer.

This is where the advantage of external hard drives comes into play. External HDDs offer similar technology, but are portable devices that can be connected to the computer via USB, for example. They can store large amounts of data, but they can also be slower and less robust than internal HDDs.

Since data storage is relevant in all sectors, Western Digital's products are also used in many industries. For example, numerous companies in the medical technology, telecommunications, aerospace and military sectors work with Western Digital's products and solutions. But technology and cloud companies are also among its customers.

Both segments generate roughly the same amount of revenue. So Western Digital is not dependent on just one segment. Regionally, the most revenue is generated in the Asian region. This is followed at a greater distance by the home market in North America and the Europe, Middle East and Africa block.

Western Digital has thus developed into an industry leader over the past 50 years. With its storage media, the company plays a role in many future trends. With its broad product range, management believes it is ideally positioned to take advantage of the growth opportunities arising from the changes in the storage industry.

Western Digital's goal: 🏁

Western Digital's mission is to unleash the potential of data by pushing the boundaries of what is possible through technical innovation. The company ensures that data is securely and reliably accessible and usable at all times.

Today, the amount of data is enormous. This massive amount of data makes it difficult to efficiently retrieve and process the collected and often very diverse data in order to derive actionable insights from it. This is where Western Digital wants to help its customers with innovative solutions.

How does the stock look from a chart perspective? (US dollars converted into euros) 📈📉

Let's take a look at the most important zones at the moment. The share price is currently at €34.85. We are right at resistance here, but it has not yet been broken through sustainably. Below us is the first support zone at €31.70. After this support zone, there would still be a lot of room down. Here, the next support would be at 27.80€. However, if we now take out the resistance sustainably where we are right now, the next resistance would be at 36.70€. After that, the next zone would be at 38.70€. If this is also actually taken out, it will be exciting whether the high at 41.50€ is approached.

Your opinion: 🧐🤔

Now I'd love to hear your thoughts on this stock in the comments.

What do you think about Western Digital and did you already know this company?

Do you guys have this stock in your portfolio?

Feel free to let me know in the comments.

Of course, this is not an investment advice but just my own opinion that I would like to share with you.

Quarterly figures on 31.01.2023...

The hut is full today. Let's go es⤵️

Mass of figures today, have moved the market today. Let's take a look at summarized,

what there was so nice:

$AMD (-7.23%)
Advanced Micro Devices:

Beat analyst estimates of $0.67 in the fourth quarter with earnings per share of $0.69. Revenue of $5.6 billion beat expectations of $5.52 billion.

$SNAP (+2.13%)
Snap:

Beat analyst estimates of $0.11 in the fourth quarter with earnings per share of $0.14. Revenue of $1.3 billion in line with expectations.

$WDC (+0.91%)
Western Digital:

Missed analyst estimates of -$0.14 in the second quarter with earnings per share of -$0.42. Revenue of $3.11 billion exceeded expectations of $2.99 billion.

Canadian Pacific Railway:

Beat analyst estimates of $1.08 with fourth-quarter earnings per share of $1.14. Revenue of $2.46 billion exceeded expectations of $2.45 billion.

$MDLZ (+0.19%)
Mondelez International:

Beats fourth-quarter analyst estimates of $0.70 with earnings per share of $0.73. Revenue of $8.7 billion beats expectations of $8.33 billion.

$SYK (-1.09%)
Stryker:

Beats fourth-quarter analyst estimates of $2.84 with earnings per share of $3.00. Revenue of $5.2 billion beats expectations of $4.96 billion.

$EA (+0.4%)
Electronic Arts:

Missed analyst estimates of $3.04 in the third quarter with earnings per share of $0.73. Revenue of $1.88 billion below expectations of $2.48 billion.

$AMGN (+0.47%)
Amgen:

Meets analyst estimates in the fourth quarter with earnings per share of $4.09. Revenue of $6.8 billion above expectations of $6.74 billion.

$SYY (-0.68%)
Sysco:

Misses analyst estimates of $0.84 in second quarter with EPS of $0.80.Revenue of $18.6 billion beats expectations of $18.59 billion.Sysco lowers fiscal 2023 EPS guidance to $4.0-4.15 from $4.09-4.39. The consensus estimate is currently $4.14.

$MCD (-1.68%)
McDonald's Corp:

Beat analyst estimates of $2.45 with fourth-quarter EPS of $2.59. Revenue of $5.93 billion beat expectations of $5.71 billion.

$PFE (+0.95%)
Pfizer Inc:

Beats fourth-quarter analyst estimates of $1.07 with earnings per share of $1.14. Revenue of $24.29 billion below expectations of $24.61 billion. In its 2023 outlook, the company expects revenue of $67 billion to $71 billion (analyst forecast: $71.7 billion) and earnings per share (adjusted) of $3.25 to $3.45 (forecast: $4.3).

$MSCI (-0.94%)
MSCI Inc:

Beat analyst estimates of $2.76 in fourth-quarter earnings per share of $2.84. Revenue of $576.21 million beat expectations of $568.58 million.

$GM (+0.2%)
General Motors Co:

fourth-quarter earnings per share of $2.21 beat analyst estimates of $1.68. Revenue of $43.1 billion beat expectations of $40.04 billion.

$XOM (-3.47%)
xxon Mobil Corp:

Beat analyst estimates of $3.29 in fourth-quarter earnings per share of $3.40. Revenue of $95.43 billion below expectations of $97.17 billion.

$CAT (+0.21%)
Caterpillar Inc:

Missed analyst estimates of $4.02 with fourth-quarter earnings per share of $3.86. Sales of $16.6 billion beat expectations of $15.82 billion.

$AOF (+0.7%)
ATOSS Software:

Achieves 2022 sales of €113.9 million (PY: €97.1 million, preliminary: €113 to €114 million), Ebit margin of 27% (PY: 28%, preliminary: 26% to 27%) and net profit of €19.4 million (PY: €19.3 million). Forecasts confirmed. ATOSS Software to increase distribution to €2.83 per share (previous year: €1.82), distribution includes a dividend of €1.83 and a special dividend of €1.00 per share.

$HLAG (-0.88%)
Hapag-Lloyd:

Achieves Q4 2022 sales of $8.0 billion (PY: $8.4 billion), Ebitda of $3.8 billion (PY: $4.7 billion) and Ebit of $3.3 billion (PY: $4.2 billion), according to preliminary figures.

#mcdonalds
#stryker
#sysco
#exxonmobile
#mondelez
#pfizer
#snap
#caterpillar
#atoss
#electronicarts
#amd
#quartalszahlen
#aktien
#börse
#boerse

Quarterly figures from 27.10.2022...

Amazon, Apple 📉🔥💥, T-Mobile US , Intel 📈❤️⤵️

In the post earlier today, yes some numbers were announced:

https://app.getquin.com/activity/PkJeFBqydK?lang=de&utm_source=sharing

Let gladly again a Like there, would be very pleased, as the morning posts also a lot of effort. I currently plan these also further expand with links, etc. But I still need some time for that. But now to the numbers from today:

$INTC (-1.19%)
Intel:

Beats analyst estimates of $0.34 in the third quarter with EPS of $0.59. Revenue of $15.3 billion below expectations of $15.43 billion. Intel with downside guidance for the fourth quarter. Sees EPS of $0.20 (consensus $0.68) and revenue of $14-15 billion (consensus $16.43 billion).

$AMZN (-1.95%)
Amazon:

Beats analyst estimates of $0.22 in the third quarter with EPS of $0.28. Revenue of $127.1 billion below expectations of $127.76 billion. Amazon with downside guidance for the fourth quarter. Sees revenue of $140-148 billion (consensus $155.37 billion).

$AAPL (-0.66%)
Apple:

Apple fourth quarter earnings per share of $1.29 beat analyst estimates of $1.26. Revenue of $90.1 billion beat expectations of $88.76 billion. Apple iPhone sales in fourth quarter at $42.6 billion (consensus estimate $43.4 billion, prior year $38.9 billion). Apple Mac revenue in the fourth quarter at $11.5 billion (consensus estimate $9.4 billion, prior year $9.2 billion). Apple wearables revenue in the fourth quarter at $9.7 billion (consensus estimate 9.0 billion, previous year 8.8 billion). Apple iPad revenue in the fourth quarter at $7.2 billion (consensus estimate $7.8 billion, prior year $8.3 billion). Apple service revenue in the fourth quarter at $19.2 billion (consensus estimate $20.4 billion, prior year $18.3 billion).

$TMUS (+0.09%)
T-Mobile US:

Beat analyst estimates of $0.39 in third quarter with earnings per share of $0.40. Revenue of $19.48 billion below expectations of $20.02 billion.

$S92 (+7.35%)
SMA Solar:

Raises earnings forecast for current year and now expects Ebitda of 60-75 million euros ahead of 10-60 million previously.

Reasons for the forecast increase are the continued high order intake and a gradually improving supply of electronic components. In addition, a special effect in the lower double-digit million euro range from a real estate sale had a positive impact on earnings in the third quarter. (Had just sold at 62€)

$WDC (+0.91%)
Western Digital:

Missed analyst estimates of $0.41 in the first quarter with earnings per share of $0.20. Revenue of $3.74 billion exceeded expectations of $3.64 billion.

$MA (-2.53%)
MasterCard:

Third-quarter earnings per share of $2.68 beat analyst estimates of $2.57. Revenue of $5.8 billion exceeded expectations of $5.65 billion.

$TTE (-1.9%)
TotalEnergies SE:

Missed analyst estimates of $3.99 in the third quarter with earnings per share of $3.83. Revenue of $64.92 billion below expectations of $79.43 billion.

$TROW (-2.65%)
T. Rowe Price Group Inc:

Third-quarter earnings per share of $1.86 beat analyst estimates of $1.85. Revenue of $1.59 billion exceeded expectations of $1.55 billion.

$MO (-0.56%)
Altria Group Inc:

Missed analyst estimates of $1.30 in the third quarter with earnings per share of $1.28. Revenue of $6.55 billion exceeded expectations of $5.6 billion.

$CMCSA (-0.93%)
Comcast Corp. Class A:

Third-quarter earnings per share of $0.96 beat analyst estimates of $0.90. Revenue of $29.85 billion exceeded expectations of $29.75 billion.

$MCD (-1.68%)
McDonald's Corp:

Surpassed analyst estimates of $2.59 in third-quarter earnings per share of $2.68. Revenue of $5.87 billion exceeded expectations of $5.72 billion.

$SWK (+4.52%)
Stanley Black & Decker Inc:

Third-quarter earnings per share of $0.76 beat analyst estimates of $0.72. Revenue of $4.1 billion exceeded expectations of $4 billion.

$CAT (+0.21%)
Caterpillar Inc:

Beats analyst estimates of $3.17 in the third quarter with earnings per share of $3.95. Revenue of $15 billion beats expectations of $14.15 billion.

$MRK (+0%)
Merck & Co. Inc:

Beats analyst estimates of $1.75 in the third quarter with earnings per share of $1.85. Revenue of $15 billion beats expectations of $14.07 billion. Merck & Co raises outlook to 2022 and sees revenue at $58.5 billion to $59.0 billion (previously: $57.5 billion to $58.5 billion) and adjusted earnings per share at $7.32 to $7.37 (previously: $7.25 to $7.35).

$LIN
Linde:

Reports Q3 sales of $8.8 billion (PY: $7.68 billion, analyst forecast: $8.34 billion), operating profit of $1.6 billion (PY: $1.3 billion) and adjusted net profit of $1.55 billion (PY: $1.42 billion, forecast: $1.47 billion). In the 2022 outlook, Linde expects adjusted earnings per share of $11.93 to $12.03 (previous: $11.73 to $11.93).

$BEI (-1%)
Beiersdorf:

Posts Q1-3 sales of €6.7 billion (organic +11.1%), Consumer business segment sales growth to €5.4 billion (organic +11.7%), organic growth across all brands: NIVEA +10.8%, Derma +25.3%, La Prairie +5.5%, Healthcare +12.8%; the tesa business segment achieved sales of €1.3 billion, organic +8.3%. Beiersdorf expects organic sales growth for tesa of between 7% and 9% for the full year 2022. The operating EBIT margin of the current business excluding special items is expected to be only slightly below the previous year, despite high raw material and transport costs.

$KU2
KUKA:

Achieves Q1-3 order intake of €3.68 billion (PY: €2.69 billion), sales of €2.76 billion (PY: €2.35 billion), Ebit of €80.9 million (PY: €45.5 million), Ebitda of €174.3 million (PY: €137.2 million) and profit after tax of €66.7 million (PY: €29.8 million). KUKA is adjusting its guidance for the financial year 2022. Orders received will exceed €3.9 billion (more than 10% above the previous year's figure). Sales will be above €3.6 billion (more than 10% above the previous year's figure). The EBIT margin guidance is substantiated and will be around 3.0%.

$ULVR (-0.67%)
Unilever:

Raises its sales guidance again. Organic growth of more than 8% is now expected for the full year (previously: 4.5 to 6.5%).

$MTX (-1.48%)
MTU:

Reports Q3 revenues of €1.349 billion (PY: €1.004 billion, analyst forecast: €1.315 billion), Ebit (adjusted) of €158 million (PY: €117 million, forecast: €153 million), Ebit margin of 11.7% (PY: 11.7%, forecast: 11.6%) and net profit (adjusted) of €113 million (PY: €85 million, forecast: €111 million). In its outlook for 2022, the company now expects revenue of €5.4 to €5.5 billion (forecast: €5.282 billion) and an increase in EBIT (adjusted) in the low 30 percent range.

$HFG (-0.36%)
HelloFresh:

Achieves Q3 revenues of €1.86 billion (PY: €1.42 billion, analyst forecast: €1.8 billion), Ebitda (adjusted) of €71.8 million (PY: €79.8 million, analyst forecast: €75.6 million) and Ebitda margin (adjusted) of 3.9% (PY: 5.6%). The number of active customers was reported at 7.51 million (previous year: 6.94 million, forecast: 7.5 million), the number of orders at 29.03 million (previous year: 27.59 million).

$NEM (+0.35%)
Nemetschek:

Achieves Q3 revenues of €202.8 million (PY: €169.3 million, analyst forecast: €199 million), Ebitda of €62.9 million (PY: €54.4 million, forecast: €62 million), Ebitda margin of 31.0% (PY: 32.1%, forecast: 31.1%) and net profit of €38.8 million (PY: €34.2 million, forecast: €36.4 million). Outlook for 2022 confirmed.

$KGX (+3.86%)
KION:

Achieves revenue of €8.24 million in 1Q to 3Q. Quarter: revenue of €8.24 billion (PY: €7.5 billion, analyst forecast: €8.1 billion), order backlog of €7.7 billion (end of 2021: €6.66 billion), EBIT margin of 2.6% (PY: 9.2%, forecast: 2.3%), Ebit (adjusted) of €210.6 million (PY: €691.1 million, forecast: €189 million) and net profit of €66.9 million (PY: €430.8 million, forecast: €35 million). Kion intends to withdraw completely from Russian business. Outlook confirmed.

$LHA (+0.95%)
Lufthansa:

Reports Q3 revenue of €10.06 billion (PY: €5.20 billion, preliminary: €10.1 billion), Ebit (adjusted) of €1.132 billion (PY: €251 million), adjusted free cash flow of €410 billion (PY: €43 million, preliminary: €400 million) and net profit of €809 million (PY: -72 million). In the outlook, the company sees itself on track to achieve medium-term targets for 2024.

$SOW
Software AG:

Posts Q3 revenue of €221.4 million (PY: €198 million, analyst forecast: €225 million), Ebita margin of 16.6% (PY: 16.8%, forecast: 13.9%), Ebita (adjusted, organic) of €35.3 million (PY: €33.3 million, forecast: €31.3 million) and net loss of €10.8 million (PY: €16.3 million). Outlook for 2022 confirmed.

$WCH (+4.21%)
Wacker Chemie:

Achieves Q3 sales of €2.13 billion (€1.66 billion, analyst forecast: €2.13 billion), Ebitda of €457 million (PY: €449.6 million, forecast: €499.3 million) and net profit of €258.9 million (PY: €264.5 million, forecast: €291.1 million). In its outlook for 2022, the company now expects Ebitda in the range of €2.1 to €2.3 billion (previous: €1.8 to €2.3 billion) and revenues unchanged in the range of €8.0 to €8.5 billion.

$AIXA (+1.72%)
Aixtron:

Achieves Q3 revenues of €88.9 million (PY: €130.8 million, analyst forecast: €127.7 million), order intake of €142.8 million (PY: €114.2 million), EBIT of €16.2 million (PY: €36.2 million, forecast: €30.8 million) and net income of €19.1 million (PY: €31.4 million). In the outlook for 2022, Aixtron raises its order intake guidance from €540 to €600 million (previously: €520 to €580 million).

#amazon
#intel
#tmobile
#unilever
#lufthansa
#hellofresh
#linde
#quartalszahlen
#news
#newsroom
#aktien
#aktientipps
#community
#communityfeedback
#lernen