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 (-3,85 %) ARM (UK) - CPU-IP, energy-efficient processors

$SNPS (-3,03 %) Synopsys (US) - EDA software, chip design

$CDNS (-3,21 %) Cadence (US) - EDA & Simulation

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

$DSY (+0,86 %) Dassault Systèmes (FR) - 3D Design & Digital Twin

$SIE (-0,45 %) Siemens (DE) - Industrial Software & Lifecycle Mgmt

$ADBE (-3,59 %) Adobe (US) - Design, AR/UX

ANSYS (US) - multiphysical simulation - acquisition by Synopsis

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

$HXGBY (-1,01 %)
Hexagon (SE) - Metrology & Simulation

$AWE (-0,12 %) 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 (+0,7 %) ASML (NL) - Lithography (EUV)

$AMAT (-0,38 %) Applied Materials (US) - Semiconductor equipment

$8035 (+4,12 %) Tokyo Electron (JP) - wafer fabrication

$KEYS (-1,44 %) Keysight Technologies (US) - Metrology

$6857 (-1,15 %) Advantest (JP) - Chip test systems

$TER (-3,75 %) Teradyne (US) - test systems + cobots

$6954 (-0,22 %) Fanuc (JP) - Industrial robots, CNC

$CAT (+0,27 %) 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 (-0,16 %) Jabil (US) - contract manufacturing (EMS/ODM)

$KIT (+0,19 %) Kitron (NO) - European EMS/ODM manufacturer

$AIXA (+0,31 %) Aixtron (DE) - deposition equipment for compound semiconductors

$LRCX (+0,77 %)
Lam Research (US) - Etch/deposition systems

$MKSI (-0,47 %)
MKS Instruments (US) - Plasma/vacuum technology

$ASM (-0,7 %)
ASM International (NL) - Deposition systems

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

3. chip manufacturing (foundries)

$TSM (+0,23 %) TSMC (TW) - leading foundry

$005930 Samsung Electronics (KR) - foundry + memory

$GFS (-0,73 %) GlobalFoundries (US) - specialty chips

$INTC (-1,81 %)
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 (+0,45 %) Nvidia (US) - GPUs, AI chips

$INTC (-1,81 %) Intel (US) - CPUs, FPGAs

$AMD (+2,52 %) AMD (US) - CPUs, GPUs

$MRVL (+0,57 %) Marvell (US) - Network Chips

$MU (+4,06 %) Micron (US) - Memory

$DELL (+0,76 %) 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 (+0,93 %) Sony (JP) - image sensors

$6861 (-0,34 %) Keyence (JP) - Industrial sensors

$STM (-0,9 %) STMicroelectronics (FR/IT) - Sensors, MCUs

$TDY Teledyne (US) - optical/infrared sensors

$CGNX (-1,37 %) Cognex (US) - Machine Vision

$HON (-1,15 %) Honeywell (US) - sensor technology, security

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

$AMBA (-2,84 %) Ambarella (US) - video & computer vision SoCs for real-time image recognition

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

$AMS (-0,85 %)
-OSRAM (AT/DE) - optical sensors

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

6. actuators & power electronics ("muscles")

$IFX (-0,99 %) Infineon (DE) - Power Electronics

$ON (-1,03 %) onsemi (US) - Power & Sensors

$TXN (-0,54 %) Texas Instruments (US) - Mixed-Signal Chips

$ADI (-1,19 %) Analog Devices (US) - Signal Processing

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

$MP (-0,74 %) MP Materials (US) - Magnets

$APH (-0,35 %) Amphenol (US) - Connectors

$6481 (-0,42 %) THK (JP) - Linear guides & actuators

$6324 (-0,69 %)
Harmonic Drive (JP) - Precision gears & servo drives for robotics

$6594 (+3,8 %)
Nidec (JP) - Electric motors

$6506 (-0,91 %)
Yaskawa (JP) - Drives & Robotics

$SU (+1,12 %)
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 (-0,07 %) Qualcomm (US) - mobile communications, edge AI

$ANET (-6,61 %) Arista Networks (US) - Networks

$CSCO (-1,88 %) Cisco (US) - Networks, Security

$EQIX (-0,85 %) 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 (-1,92 %)
Ericsson (SE) - 5G/IoT infrastructure

$NOKIA (-2,38 %)
Nokia (FI) - 5G/6G for industry

$HPE (+0,41 %)
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 (+0,53 %) CATL (CN) - Batteries

$6752 (+0,76 %) Panasonic (JP) - Batteries

$373220 LG Energy (KR) - Batteries

$ALB (-0,24 %) Albemarle (US) - Lithium

$LYC (-0,45 %) Lynas (AU) - Rare earths

$UMICY (+1,26 %) Umicore (BE) - Recycling

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

$ABBN (+0,1 %) 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 (-0,57 %) Amazon AWS (US) - Cloud, AI

$MSFT (+2,15 %) Microsoft Azure (US) - Cloud, AI

$GOOG (+0,48 %) Alphabet Google Cloud (US) - Cloud, ML

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

$ORCL (-4,52 %)
Oracle Cloud (US) - ERP + Cloud

$IBM (-0,99 %)
IBM Cloud (US) - Hybrid cloud + AI

$OVH (+3,68 %)
OVHcloud (FR) - European cloud

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

10. software & data platforms

$PLTR (+3,06 %) Palantir (US) - Data integration

$DDOG (-0,85 %) Datadog (US) - Monitoring

$SNOW (-1,52 %) Snowflake (US) - Data Cloud

$ORCL (-4,52 %) Oracle (US) - Databases, ERP

$SAP (+0,48 %) SAP (DE) - ERP systems

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

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

$NVDA (+0,45 %) NVIDIA Isaac (US) - robotics development - part of Nvidia

$INOD (+5,72 %) Innodata (US) - data annotation & AI training data

$PATH (-2,51 %)
UiPath (RO/US) - Robotic process automation

$AI (+0,29 %)
C3.ai (US) - AI platform

$ESTC (-0,96 %)
(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 (-0,22 %) Fanuc (JP) - Industrial robots

$TSLA (+6,55 %) Tesla Optimus (US) - humanoid robot

$9618 (-1,5 %) JD.com (CN) - logistics robot

$AAPL (+1,54 %) Apple (US) - Platform & UX

$700 (+0,45 %) Tencent (CN) - Platform & AI

$9988 (+0,15 %) Alibaba (CN) - logistics & platform

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

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

$TER (-3,75 %) Universal Robots (DK) - cobots - belongs to the Teradyne Corporation

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

$ISRG (-1,98 %) Intuitive Surgical (US) - surgical robotics

$GMED (-0,99 %)
Globus Medical (US) - surgical robotics (ExcelsiusGPS platform)

$7012 (-1,81 %) Kawasaki Heavy Industries (JP) - industrial robots, automation

$CPNG (+0,95 %) Coupang (KR) - Logistics end user

$IRBT (-3,83 %)
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 (+4,19 %)
Iluka Resources (AU) - Rare earths

$ARR (+1,36 %)
American Rare Earths (US/AU) - New supply chains

my number 1 in the sector is Albemarle

manufacturing technology

ASML - Applied Materials - Tokyo Electron

$LRCX (+0,77 %)
Lam Research (US) - Plasma/etching processes

$ASM (-0,7 %)
ASM International (NL) - ALD equipment

$MKSI (-0,47 %)
MKS Instruments (US) - Plasma/vacuum technology

my number 1 in the sector is ASML

Quality assurance

Keysight - Advantest - Teradyne

$EMR (-1,1 %)
National Instruments (US) - Measurement technology - from Emerson Electric adopted

$300567
ATE Test Systems (CN) - test systems

$FORM (-0,77 %)
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 (-0,42 %)
THK (JP) - Linear guides

my number 1 in the sector is Parker-Hannifin

Sensors/Imaging

$TDY Teledyne

$BSL (+3,16 %) 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 (-2,91 %)
Hitachi Metals (JP) - Magnetic materials

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

$4063 (-0,87 %)
Shin-Etsu Chemical (JP) - Specialty materials

my number 1 in the sector is MP Materials

Chip Design & Simulation

Synopsys - Cadence - ARM

$SIE (-0,45 %)
Siemens EDA (DE/US)-Mentor Graphics-strategic business unit of Siemens AG

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

$CEVA (-1,23 %)
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 (-1,01 %)
Hexagon (SE) - Metrology

$SNPS (-3,03 %)
ANSYS (US) - Simulation - takeover by Synopsys

my number 1 in the sector is Siemens

Networks & Data Centers

Arista - Cisco - Equinix

$HPE (+0,41 %)
Juniper (US) - Networks - Acquisition of HPE

$DTE (-0,15 %)
T-Systems (DE) - Industry cloud

$OVH (+3,68 %)
OVHcloud (FR) - European cloud

my number 1 in the sector is Arista

Cloud infrastructure

AWS - Azure - Google Cloud

$ORCL (-4,52 %)
Oracle Cloud (US) - ERP & databases

$IBM (-0,99 %)
IBM Cloud (US) - Hybrid Cloud

$9988 (+0,15 %)
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 (-1,32 %)
MSCI (US) - Indices

$MORN
Morningstar (US) - Investment Research

my number 1 in the sector is S&P Global

Creative/Experience Infra

Adobe

$ADSK (-0,98 %)
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 (+0,54 %)
Meta (US) - AR/VR, Social Robotics

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

$9888 (+1,98 %)
Baidu (CN) - AI & Cloud

my number 1 in the sector is Tencent

Infrastructure/Edge

Dell

$HPE (+0,41 %)
HPE (US) - Edge Computing

$SMCI
Supermicro (US) - AI servers

$6702 (-0,77 %)
Fujitsu (JP) - Edge & HPC

my number 1 in the sector is Dell

storage solutions

Micron

$000660
SK Hynix (KR) - Memory

$285A (+5,39 %)
Kioxia (JP) - NAND

$WDC
Western Digital (US) - Storage solutions

my number 1 in the sector is Micron

🏛 3. secondary key sectors with hidden champions

Financing & Capital

$GS (-0,42 %) Goldman Sachs (US) - investment bank; ECM/DCM, M&A, growth financing

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

$BLK (-1,13 %) BlackRock (US) - asset manager; capital allocation, ETFs/index funds

$9984 (+0,84 %) 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 (-0,45 %) Siemens (DE) - Industrial Service, Lifecycle & Retrofit

$ABBN (+0,1 %) ABB (CH/SE) - Robotics Service, Spare Parts, Field Support

$GEHC (-1,49 %) 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 (-0,22 %) 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 (-0,22 %) WPP (UK) - global advertising group; branding/communications

$OMC Omnicom (US) - marketing/PR network

$PUB (+1,02 %) Publicis (FR) - communications/advertising group

$META (+0,54 %) Meta (US) - Digital Ads (Facebook/Instagram)

$GOOG (+0,48 %) Google Ads (US) - search & display advertising

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

$AAPL (+1,54 %) Apple (US) - Branding/UX; Acceptance & Platform Marketing

$WPP (-0,22 %)
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 (+0,45 %) Nvidia (US) - AI GPUs & Isaac platform, foundation for robotic AI

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

$ASML (+0,7 %) 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 (+4,06 %) 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 (-0,34 %) Keyence (JP) - Industrial sensors & vision systems

$CGNX (-1,37 %) Cognex (US) - Machine Vision, precise image processing

my number 1 in the sector is Keyence

Actuators & motion (muscles of robots)

$IFX (-0,99 %) Infineon (DE) - power electronics, motor control

$6594 (+3,8 %) Nidec (JP) - World market leader for electric motors

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

$6481 (-0,42 %) THK (JP) - Linear guides & actuators

my number 1 in the sector is Parker-Hannifin

Communication, cloud & infrastructure (nerves & data flow)

$QCOM (-0,07 %) Qualcomm (US) - Mobile & Edge Chips

$AMZN (-0,57 %) Amazon AWS (US) - Cloud & AI infrastructure

$MSFT (+2,15 %) Microsoft Azure (US) - Cloud, AI services

$CSCO (-1,88 %) 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 (+6,55 %) Tesla (US) - humanoid robot Optimus

$ABBN (+0,1 %) ABB (CH/SE) - Robotics & Automation

$6954 (-0,22 %) Fanuc (JP) - industrial robots & CNC systems

$7012 (-1,81 %) 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 (+0,7 %)
ASML (NL)

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

$IFX (-0,99 %) Infineon (DE)

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

$STM (-0,9 %)
STMicroelectronics (FR/IT)

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

$SAP (+0,48 %)
SAP (DE)

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

$SIE (-0,45 %)
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 (-0,34 %)
Keyence (Japan)

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

$6954 (-0,22 %)
Fanuc (Japan)

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

$6506 (-0,91 %)
Yaskawa Electric (Japan)

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

$6594 (+3,8 %)
Nidec (Japan)

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

$7012 (-1,81 %)
Kawasaki Heavy Industries (JP) - Industrial robots

$9618 (-1,5 %)
JD.com (China)

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

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The hype is all about humanoid robots, but the constant winners are in the background.

I have divided the analysis into two perspectives. 1. the complete value chain of humanoid robots, which shows all the players from the chip to the finished robot, and 2. the blade manufacturers in the background, who always earn money as enablers, regardless of which manufacturer wins the race.

ASML, Applied Materials and Tokyo Electron dominate in manufacturing technology. Quality assurance comes from Keysight, Advantest and Teradyne. Chip design is supported by Synopsys, Cadence and ARM. Data streams are secured by Arista Networks, Cisco and Equinix. The computing basis is created in the cloud by Amazon, Microsoft and Alphabet. Albemarle, Lynas and Umicore play a central role in raw materials and battery materials. These companies monetize their customers' investment waves, have high barriers to entry, service revenues and pricing power, but remain cyclical with risks from export rules, capex cuts and currency movements.

🌐 Value chain of humanoid robots Sector overview

1. research & chip design (IP / EDA)

$ARM (-3,85 %)
ARM Holdings (ARM, UK/USA) - CPU architectures

$SNPS (-3,03 %)
Synopsys (SNPS, USA) - Chip design software

$CDNS (-3,21 %)
Cadence Design Systems (CDNS, USA) - EDA & Simulation

2. manufacturing technology & equipment

$ASML (+0,7 %)
ASML (ASML, NL) - EUV lithography, key monopoly

$AMAT (-0,38 %)
Applied Materials (AMAT, USA) - Process equipment

$8035 (+4,12 %)
Tokyo Electron (8035.T, JP) - Wafer equipment

$KEYS (-1,44 %)
Keysight Technologies (KEYS, USA) - Test & RF measurement technology

$6857 (-1,15 %)
Advantest (6857.T, JP) - Semiconductor test systems

$TER (-3,75 %)
Teradyne (TER, USA) - Test systems + robotics (Universal Robots)

3. chip production (Foundries)

$TSM (+0,23 %)
TSMC (TSM, TW) - Largest contract manufacturer

$005930
Samsung Electronics (005930.KQ, KR) - Memory + Foundry

$GFS (-0,73 %)
GlobalFoundries (GFS, USA) - Specialized production

4. computing & control unit ("brain")

$NVDA (+0,45 %)
Nvidia (NVDA, USA) - GPUs, AI accelerators

$INTC (-1,81 %)
Intel (INTC, USA) - CPUs, FPGAs

$AMD (+2,52 %)
AMD (AMD, USA) - CPUs/GPUs

$MRVL (+0,57 %)
Marvell Technology (MRVL, USA) - Network/data center chips

5. sensors ("senses")

$6758 (+0,93 %)
Sony (6758.T, JP) - CMOS image sensors

$6861 (-0,34 %)
Keyence (6861.T, JP) - Vision systems, sensors

$STM (-0,9 %)
STMicroelectronics (STM, CH/FR) - MEMS sensors

6. actuators & power electronics ("muscles")

$IFX (-0,99 %)
Infineon (IFX, DE) - Power semiconductors, SiC

$ON (-1,03 %)
N Semiconductor (ON, USA) - SiC/Power Chips

$STM (-0,9 %)
STMicroelectronics (STM, CH/FR) - Motor control & power

$TXN (-0,54 %)
Texas Instruments (TXN, USA) - Motor control, power ICs

$ADI (-1,19 %)
Analog Devices (ADI, USA) - Energy & BMS chips

7. communication & networking ("nerves")

$QCOM (-0,07 %)
Qualcomm (QCOM, USA) - 5G/SoCs

$AVGO (+1,01 %)
Broadcom (AVGO, USA) - Network & radio chips

$SWKS (-0,69 %)
Skyworks Solutions (SWKS, USA) - RF components

8. energy supply

$300750
CATL (300750.SZ, CN) - Batteries

$6752 (+0,76 %)
Panasonic (6752.T, JP) - Batteries for automotive/robotics

$373220
LG Energy Solution (373220.KQ, KR) - Batteries

9. cloud & infrastructure

$AMZN (-0,57 %)
Amazon (AMZN, USA) - AWS

$MSFT (+2,15 %)
Microsoft (MSFT, USA) - Azure

$GOOG (+0,48 %)
Alphabet (GOOGL, USA) - Google Cloud

$EQIX (-0,85 %)
Equinix (EQIX, USA) - Data center operator

$ANET (-6,61 %)
Arista Networks (ANET, USA) - Network infrastructure

$CSCO (-1,88 %)
Cisco Systems (CSCO, USA) - Edge & Data Center Networks

10. software & data platforms

$PLTR (+3,06 %)
Palantir (PLTR, USA) - Data integration, decision software

$DDOG (-0,85 %)
Datadog (DDOG, USA) - Cloud monitoring / observability

$SNOW (-1,52 %)
Snowflake (SNOW, USA) - Cloud-native data platform

$ORCL (-4,52 %)
Oracle (ORCL, USA) - Databases, ERP

$SAP (+0,48 %)
SAP (SAP, DE) - ERP/cloud systems

$PATH (-2,51 %)
UiPath (PATH, USA) - Automation software (RPA)

$AI (+0,29 %)
C3.ai (AI, USA) - Enterprise AI platform

11. end applications / robots

$ABB
ABB (ABB, CH) - Industrial robots

$6954 (-0,22 %)
Fanuc (6954.T, JP) - Industrial robots, CNC

$TSLA (+6,55 %)
Tesla (TSLA, USA) - Optimus" humanoid robot

$9618 (-1,5 %)
JD.com (JD, CN) - E-commerce & automated logistics

🛠️ Shovel manufacturer for humanoid robots

🔹 Hardtech (physical "shovels")

These companies provide the material basis: manufacturing machines, raw materials, semiconductor base.

Semiconductor Equipment & Manufacturing

$ASML (+0,7 %)
ASML (ASML, NL) - EUV lithography (monopoly).

$AMAT (-0,38 %)
Applied Materials (AMAT, USA) - Wafer equipment.

$8035 (+4,12 %)
Tokyo Electron (8035.T, JP) - Process equipment.

Test systems (hardware-side)

$6857 (-1,15 %)
Advantest (6857.T, JP) - Semiconductor test.

$TER (-3,75 %)
Teradyne (TER, USA) - Test systems + industrial robots.

Materials & raw materials

$ALB (-0,24 %)
Albemarle (ALB, USA) - Lithium (batteries).

$LYC (-0,45 %)
Lynas Rare Earths (LYC.AX, AUS) - Rare earths for magnets.

$UMICY (+1,26 %)
Umicore (UMI.BR, BE) - Cathode materials, recycling.

🔹 Soft/infra (digital "shovels")

These companies supply the infrastructure & toolswithout which development, training and operation would be impossible.

Design Software & IP

$SNPS (-3,03 %)
Synopsys (SNPS, USA) - EDA software.

$CDNS (-3,21 %)
Cadence Design Systems (CDNS, USA) - Chip design & simulation.

$ARM (-3,85 %)
ARM Holdings (ARM, UK/USA) - CPU architectures (license model).

Test & Measurement (software/signal level)

$KEYS (-1,44 %)
Keysight Technologies (KEYS, USA) - Electronics & RF test systems.

Network & data center backbone

$ANET (-6,61 %)
Arista Networks (ANET, USA) - High-speed networks.

$CSCO (-1,88 %)
Cisco Systems (CSCO, USA) - Data center/edge networks.

$EQIX (-0,85 %)
Equinix (EQIX, USA) - Data centers (colocation).

Cloud infrastructure

$AMZN (-0,57 %)
Amazon (AMZN, USA) - AWS (cloud, AI training).

$MSFT (+2,15 %)
Microsoft (MSFT, USA) - Azure.

$GOOG (+0,48 %)
Alphabet (GOOGL, USA) - Google Cloud.

Takeaway: Investing in the infrastructure stack allows you to participate in the robotics trend regardless of the subsequent product winner and reduces the individual product risk, but you have to live with cycles. In your opinion, which stage of the chain offers the best risk/return combination and fits into a disciplined portfolio?

Source: Own analysis based on publicly available company information and IR materials of the companies mentioned.

Image material: Techa Tungateja/iStockphoto

In the second quarter UnitedHealth Group ($UNH (+0,97 %) ) was the stock most bought by hedge funds!

Insiders, regulators, hedge funds, etc., are apparently all buying.

However, the stock is still at an all-time low, having corrected 57% in 1 year. Could this be an opportunity?

$UNH
$UNH
$TSM (+0,23 %)
$GOOGL (+0,48 %)
$META (+0,54 %)
$TMO (-1,56 %)
$TXN (-0,54 %)
$AMAT (-0,38 %)
$ICON
$ADBE (-3,59 %)
$BAC (-0,15 %)
$WBD (+16,14 %)
$AVGO (+1,01 %)
$MCHP (-0,64 %)

Hello everyone and have a nice Sunday. I would like to hear your opinion, hard-hitting and honest, on my current portfolio.

I would like to emphasize up front that I have only been investing money since the beginning of 2023. My journey started directly with the tough crypto market. But good thing... As a result, I am very much in the plus with BTC and some altcoins... and very much in the minus with others... that's life 😁

I got into the stock market and my ETF savings plan in May 2024.

Since then, I've been investing in these 3 ETFs every month:

1) $IWDA (-0,12 %) 50% - currently + 6.1%

2) $EIMI (-0,06 %) 30% - currently + 6.6%

3) $RBOT (-0,63 %) 20% - currently + 8.6%

Also bought some individual stocks such as $MSTR (+1,66 %) , $COIN (+0,05 %) , $PLTR (+3,06 %) , $RIOT (-0,26 %) and many more. I am also strongly up on the majority of them.

I monitor the markets on a daily basis and am increasingly looking for opportunities to pick up good and interesting ETFs or, in some cases, individual stocks (focus on dividends)

I have now made the following adjustments or added stocks (ETFs) in recent months:

4) $JEPQ (+0,76 %)

5) $JEGP (+0,28 %)

6) $TDIV (-0,29 %)

I have included the two from jpmorgan as distributing etfs to generate additional cash flow. Getting money every month is just a good feeling and I thought I'd rather do it with these etfs than look for additional individual stocks.

The $TDIV (-0,29 %) I have read a lot here and then decided to include it because it is doing really well and looks very interesting 🔥😎

So I now own 6 Etf's and sometimes I have the feeling it would be better to only have 2-3. But I find the 3 new distributing etfs really appealing due to the monthly or quarterly cash flow.

Individual stocks with a focus on dividends and which I have bought heavily in the last few months are :

1) $PEP (-1,05 %)

2) $O (+0,23 %)

3) $MAIN (-0,32 %)

4) $RIO (+0,08 %)

And brand new since last week

5) $ALV (+0,55 %)

I would like to say goodbye to the following values in the near future:

$STAG (-0,68 %)

$JNJ (-0,26 %)

$TXN (-0,54 %)

So there would be 11 stocks or securities in my long-term portfolio that I would like to save monthly or via DCA over the next 20-30 years.

I'm still new to the world of investing. Just under 2.5 years is nothing I would say. I would therefore be grateful for any tips on what I should possibly change or improve.

The dividends from the individual shares and ETFs always go into the $IWDA (-0,12 %) because I want to increase its share, which alone should make up at least 50% I would say!

Unfortunately, I currently only have €350 to invest each month. But I currently have almost 100k in the markets. Most of it is in cryptos... but at the end of the year everything will be completely liquidated and then I'll have some cash to invest again!

Now it's your turn.

Thanks in advance.

Best regards

Chris 👋🤝😎

Half of the year is now over. Incidentally, since July 2, we are closer to the year 2050 than to the year 2000 - just saying.

How could it be otherwise, June was also quite volatile in the middle, but the S&P500 regained everything and closed June with +2.12%. YTD, however, it is still at -7.36%.

In June, I recorded a loss of 0.32%. This corresponds to a value of around €380. It has to be said that I received fewer dividends, as getquin does not deduct withholding tax. But more about the dividends later.

The Dax (-1.11%) was finally worse than my portfolio this month. However, the HSBC MSCI World (+0.68%) beat me this time. Well, the DAX still has a bit of a head start. However, the MSCI is catching up considerably over the year. Nevertheless, I still have a slight lead of around 4%.

My high and low performers in June were (top 3):

Nintendo ($7974 (-1,63 %) ) +14,96%

Airbus ($AIR (-0,01 %) ) +9,91%

Texas Instruments ($TXN (-0,54 %) ) +9,63%

McDonald's ($MCD (-0,22 %) ) -9,24%

Procter & Gamble ($PG (-0,37 %) ) -9,63%

Nestle ($NESN (-1,16 %) ) -10,17%

Texas Instruments $TXN (-0,54 %) is among the top 3 stocks again. But still only just over 0% for the year. The customs hullabaloo has simply taken its toll.

Airbus $AIR (-0,01 %) is of course benefiting from the Boeing disaster and the defense division is also doing quite well.

Nintendo $7974 (-1,63 %) has finally released the Switch 2 and is rising and rising and rising. I would have bought more six months ago... You're always smarter afterwards.

Dividends:

In June, I received €277.64 net from a total of 26 distributions.

Compared to June 2024 (€130.83), this was an increase of 112.21%.

Now comes July. The announcement of the distribution from the Global Dividend Growth ETF is not quite as bad as expected. The worst month of the year has thus changed to October.

Investments:

I still haven't finished building up my nest egg. I still haven't received the bill for the car repairs, so I still have a lot to put aside for that. In the meantime, it could come slowly so that I can finally get it off my plate. Apart from that, my nest egg is growing but it will take some time before it is at a satisfactory level. However, it should reach €10,000 by the end of December, provided nothing serious unforeseen happens.

Purchases and sales:

There were no sales in June.

I bought or increased Hershey (2 shares) and Pepsi (2 shares)

savings plans (125€ in total):

• Cintas $CTAS (-1,32 %)
• LVMH $MC (+0,57 %)
• Microsoft $MSFT (+2,15 %)

Goals 2025:

My goal is still to have €130,000 in my portfolio at the end of the year. This target is to be achieved by reinvesting the dividend, making payments and, of course, increasing the share price. The share price increase is of course impossible to predict in any way, so the motto is: if the share price falls or does not rise enough, more cash is needed.

This comes from selling useless stuff on eBay, additional income from e.g. "neighborhood help" etc.

The worse the share price, the more additional cash has to be raised.

Target achievement at the end of June 2025: 44.44%

Who would have thought that I should actually be at least 50%. I'm not, which means I'm lagging a little behind the optimal path again. But what can't be done, can still be done.

How was your June?

Do you have any particular goals for the second half of the year?

If you're interested in a mid-year review from me, please let me know in the comments.

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Hello my dears...

There have been adjustments to the Sina 40

Out:

$JNJ (-0,26 %)
$ALV (+0,55 %)
$CS (-0,53 %)
$NVDA (+0,45 %)
$7974 (-1,63 %)
$ULVR (-0,22 %)
$NFLX (-1,27 %)

NVIDIA only 50%

apart from j+J, there was considerable profit-taking in some cases (I think 25% is comparatively high for a company like Unilever)

In:

$ANET (-6,61 %)
$ORCL (-4,52 %)
$6857 (-1,15 %)
$AVGO (+1,01 %)
$TXN (-0,54 %)
$COST (+0,04 %)

Stocked up:

$AAPL (+1,54 %)

$QCOM (-0,07 %)

The remaining cash is € 2330, which will remain there for the time being. Currently the Sinas is 40, therefore only one Sinas 39. Let's see where the cash will then go in number 40

PS: the chart has been completely messed up by the adjustments. We were actually at 2.71 % 1 Y

The fifth month is now over. Somehow just as volatile as the other months, but this time at least in positive territory. The S&P500 has made up some ground, although it is still down YTD.

In May, I recorded a gain of 2.12%. This corresponds to a value of almost 2500€.

The Dax (+5.06%) has beaten me again. This is already becoming the norm. In May, the HSBC MSCI World (+3.26%) also beat me. However, I am still ahead for the year.

Over the year as a whole (YTD), I have again lost ground to the DAX, which has risen sharply again. This time the MSCI World was also able to catch up strongly. Nevertheless, as you can see above, I am still ahead of the MSCI World this year.

My high and low performers in May were (top 3):

Tesla ($TSLA (+6,55 %) ) +22,79%

Microsoft ($MSFT (+2,15 %) ) +17,31%

Texas Instruments ($TXN (-0,54 %) ) +16,57%

Imperial Brands ($IMB (+0,1 %) ) -7,06%

Eli Lilly ($LLY (-0,39 %) ) -17,69%

UnitedHealth ($UNH (+0,97 %) ) -28,08%

United Health is again among the worst performers. Eli Lilly is now also among them. The pharmaceutical stock has now also fallen quite a bit for me. Nevertheless, I am still well up. Imperial Brands also did very well this year and can therefore correct a little again. Tesla is doing Tesla things again and Microsoft is generally on the up anyway. It is pleasing that Texas Instruments has risen again. This stock is quite volatile due to all the customs issues.

Dividends:

In May, I received €413.70 net from a total of 15 distributions.

Compared to May 2024 (€358.98), this was an increase of 15.24%.

There are now some more dividends in June, before July is by far the worst dividend month.

Investments:

The build-up of the nest egg is still not complete. I haven't received the bill for the car repairs yet, so I still have to set aside some money for that. Apart from that, the nest egg is growing, but it will take some time before it is at a satisfactory level. I'm currently tending to keep it at least €10,000 (because 5 figures is cooler).

Purchases and sales:

There were no sales in May.

I bought or increased United Health (2x)

savings plans (€125 in total):

• Cintas ($CTAS (-1,32 %) )
• LVMH ($MC (+0,57 %) )
• Microsoft ($MSFT (+2,15 %) )

Goals 2025:

My goal is still to have €130,000 in my portfolio at the end of the year. The goal is to be achieved by reinvesting the dividend, making payments and, of course, increasing the share price. The share price increase is of course impossible to predict in any way, so the motto is: if the share price falls or does not rise enough, more cash is needed.

This comes from selling useless stuff on eBay, additional income from e.g. "neighborhood help" etc.

The worse the share price, the more additional cash has to be raised.

Target achievement at the end of May 2025: 38.88%

Thanks to the good May, I have come a good deal closer to the average. Nevertheless, the year could still go a little better for me. But the feel-good factor is still 100%.

How was your May? The Rewind for May is already available. It looks quite nice too.

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