40 signals across 13 companies
The findings that mark a change of direction, a shortfall, or a first, pulled from every company we cover and led by the newest analysis. Each one links to its place in the full analysis, where the rest of the call sits around it.
Updated 08 August 2026
LLY Eli Lilly and Company · 2026Q1
U.S. price declined 7% (10% excluding a one-time rebate/discount estimate adjustment), reflecting new direct-to-patient pricing and negotiated government outcomes, a shift from prior pricing stability.
Per Lucas Montarce, Chief Financial Officer
LLY Eli Lilly and Company · 2026Q1
With Lilly already holding market leadership outside the U.S. since Q4 2025 and share above 53%, management signaled incremental share gains are getting harder and future growth will increasingly depend on patient activation rather than share capture.
“with share leadership already established, increased patient activation will be key to drive sustainable growth”— Patrik Jonsson, President, Lilly International
LLY Eli Lilly and Company · 2026Q1
Gross margin declined roughly one percentage point year over year to 82.6%, driven primarily by lower net prices, reversing from margin stability in prior periods.
Per Lucas Montarce, Chief Financial Officer
LLY Eli Lilly and Company · 2026Q1
Loss of Medicaid access in certain states newly weighed on Zepbound prescription growth, cutting Q1 growth by a high single-digit percentage.
Per Lucas Montarce, Chief Financial Officer
AVGO Broadcom Inc. · 2026Q2
Non-AI semiconductor bookings exceeded $6 billion, which management called clear evidence the segment is now on a path to full cyclical recovery after prior weakness.
“Bookings during the same period exceeded $6 billion, which is a clear indication we are on the path towards a full cyclical recovery”— Hock E. Tan, President and CEO
AVGO Broadcom Inc. · 2026Q2
Management characterized current demand for XPUs and networking as unprecedented, describing it as insatiable, a stronger characterization than prior quarters' demand commentary.
“Demand for XPUs and networking is simply insatiable.”— Hock E. Tan, President and CEO
AVGO Broadcom Inc. · 2026Q2
Q3 consolidated gross margin is guided down further to approximately 74%, from 77.1% in Q2, as AI semiconductor mix continues to grow, though management stresses this is a mix effect rather than a structural margin change.
“we expect Q3 consolidated gross margin to be down to approximately 74%. This decline in gross margin does not represent a structural change in semiconductor margin”— Kirsten Spears, Chief Financial Officer
TSM TSMC · 2026Q1
Q2 gross margin guided to improve only 30 basis points to 66.5% at midpoint, a much smaller sequential gain than Q1's 390bp jump, as overseas fab dilution offsets utilization gains.
Per Wendell Huang, CFO
TSM TSMC · 2026Q1
Breaking from historical practice of not adding capacity to a node once it reaches target capacity, TSMC is stepping up CapEx to add new 3-nanometer capacity across Taiwan, Arizona, and Japan to meet AI-driven demand.
“Historically, we do not add additional capacity to a node once it has reached its target capacity...we are now executing a global capacity plan to support the robust multiyear pipeline of demand for 3-nanometer technologies”— C.C. Wei, Chairman and CEO
TSM TSMC · 2026Q1
Management has become more cautious in business planning due to rising component prices in price-sensitive markets and new macroeconomic uncertainty stemming from the Middle East situation.
“the recent situation in the Middle East also brings further macroeconomic uncertainties. As such, we are being prudent in our business planning”— C.C. Wei, Chairman and CEO
TSLA Tesla · 2026Q2
Energy gross margin fell sharply from 39.5% to 20.4% due to a warranty true-up, non-repeating tariff benefits, and declining industrial storage ASPs from rising competition; long-term margins are expected to normalize in the mid-to-low 20% range.
“Long term, we believe the energy business should normalize at a gross margin rate in the mid- to low-20% range.”— Vaibhav Taneja, CFO
Tesla Q2 earnings: revenue up 26% YoY but margins fell. Despite strong sales, gross margin contracted to 16.83%. See more on TSLA stock here. Tesla Stock: Premium Valuation, Compelling Long-Term Upside (NASDAQ:TSLA) — seekingalpha.com · 06 August 2026
TSLA Tesla · 2026Q2
Operating expenses increased sequentially due to R&D ramp costs for Semi, Optimus, Cybercab, and AI compute depreciation plus litigation charges, and management expects opex, largely R&D-driven, to keep growing through 2026 and beyond.
“we expect our operating expenses largely driven by R&D to continue to grow in 2026 and beyond.”— Vaibhav Taneja, CFO
TSLA Tesla · 2026Q2
Rising interest rates increased the cost of interest rate subvention, which is recognized upfront as a revenue offset, creating a new negative drag on automotive margins versus prior periods.
“as interest rates have risen this year, the cost of subvention has risen along with them, which had a negative impact on automotive margins.”— Vaibhav Taneja, CFO
NFLX Netflix · 2026Q2
Q3 guidance implies FX-neutral revenue growth of 11%, down from Q2's 12%, which the CFO attributed mainly to prior-year comparison timing (2025 was more back-half weighted) rather than a genuine trend change.
“there is a little bit of quarter-to-quarter chop in growth because last year was more back half weighted”— Spencer Adam Neumann, CFO
NFLX Netflix · 2026Q2
Countering analyst concern about declining Season 2 viewership, management said Season 2 fall-off actually improved slightly this year versus last year across the portfolio.
“our Season 2 fall-off has actually slightly improved this year relative to last year”— Theodore A. Sarandos, Co-CEO / Chief Content Officer
NFLX Netflix · 2026Q2
Netflix Playground kids' games app saw 3x growth in daily players since launch, driving kids' mobile games engagement up 600% year over year.
“kids' mobile games, which is up 600% year over year”— Gregory K. Peters, Co-CEO / Chief Product Officer
MSFT Microsoft Corporation · 2026Q2
Windows OEM revenue is guided to decline roughly 10% next quarter as the Windows 10 end-of-support benefit normalizes and elevated inventory levels come down, a reversal from recent growth.
Per Amy Hood, CFO
MSFT Microsoft Corporation · 2026Q2
Microsoft Cloud gross margin is guided to decline further to roughly 65% next quarter, down year over year, as AI investment continues to outweigh efficiency gains.
“Microsoft cloud gross margin percentage should be roughly 65%, down year over year driven by continued investments in AI”— Amy Hood, CFO
MSFT Microsoft Corporation · 2026Q2
Q3 operating margins are guided to be down slightly year over year, a reversal from the current quarter's margin expansion, due to continued R&D and AI compute investment.
Per Amy Hood, CFO
V Visa · 2026Q2
CEMEA payments volume growth stepped down about 2.5 points from Q1, primarily due to the conflict in the Middle East, though CEMEA is only about 6% of total payments volume.
“a step down of about 2.5 points in payments volume growth in constant dollars from Q1, primarily due to the conflict in the Middle East”— Christopher Suh, Chief Financial Officer
V Visa · 2026Q2
April cross-border volume growth ticked down one point to 9% year-over-year due to the Middle East conflict and Ramadan timing; normalized for Ramadan, growth was in line with February levels.
Per Christopher Suh, Chief Financial Officer
V Visa · 2026Q2
Full-year operating expense growth guidance raised to low double-digit to low teens, primarily due to increased client demand for FIFA-related marketing services investment expected to generate incremental high-margin revenue.
Per Christopher Suh, Chief Financial Officer
AMZN Amazon.com · 2026Q2
Q3 guidance implies sequential deceleration in net sales growth versus Q2, driven mainly by Prime Day shifting entirely into Q2 this year and an FX headwind, though underlying stores trends are said to remain strong.
“third quarter 2026 year-over-year growth would have been nearly 400 basis points higher”— Brian Olsavsky, CFO
AMZN Amazon.com · 2026Q2
Management now expects the linkage between AI spend and core AWS consumption to strengthen further as more AI workloads move into full-scale production, a firming of a previously more tentative relationship.
“We expect this relationship to strengthen over time as more AI workloads move into full-scale production”— Brian Olsavsky, CFO
AMZN Amazon.com · 2026Q2
Management now sees AI segment margins tracking the core AWS business's historical margin trajectory but running slightly ahead of that pace at the same stage of evolution.
“it's a little bit ahead of that pace that we saw”— Andy Jassy, CEO
META Meta Platforms, Inc. · 2026Q1
Total family daily active people declined slightly quarter over quarter for the first time noted, due to internet outages in Iran and a WhatsApp access restriction in Russia, though underlying growth would have been positive absent these disruptions.
“declined slightly from December due to Internet disruptions in Iran and a restriction on access to WhatsApp in Russia”— Susan Li, Chief Financial Officer
META Meta Platforms, Inc. · 2026Q1
Reality Labs revenue declined 2% year over year as Quest headset sales fell, though this was partially offset by continued strong growth in AI glasses revenue, marking a shift in product mix within the segment.
“Q1 revenue was $402 million, down 2% year over year due to lower Quest headset sales”— Susan Li, Chief Financial Officer
META Meta Platforms, Inc. · 2026Q1
Management cited better macro conditions in Q1 2026 versus Q1 2025 as a contributor to the 12% year-over-year increase in average ad pricing, indicating an improved macro backdrop compared to the prior year.
“better macro conditions versus Q1 of last year”— Susan Li, Chief Financial Officer
GOOGL Alphabet Inc. · 2026Q2
Management now expects a slight FX headwind to consolidated revenue in Q3, reversing from the 1-percentage-point FX tailwind experienced in Q2, primarily affecting Search and YouTube ads.
“we would expect a slight FX headwind to our consolidated revenue in Q3 compared to a 1 percentage point FX tailwind in Q2”— Anat Ashkenazi, CFO
GOOGL Alphabet Inc. · 2026Q2
CEO acknowledged Google is not currently at the frontier in agentic coding relative to competitors and is directing significant effort, including a larger Gemini 4 base model, to close that gap.
“There are many attributes on which we are still at the frontier and there are areas where we have acknowledged we need to improve”— Sundar Pichai, CEO
GOOGL Alphabet Inc. · 2026Q2
Alphabet raised its full-year 2026 CapEx guidance to $195-205 billion from a prior $180-190 billion range, citing an acceleration in the delivery of capacity to meet growing AI demand.
“updating our full year 2026 CapEx guidance range to $195 billion to $205 billion, up from our previous estimate of $180 billion to $190 billion”— Anat Ashkenazi, CFO
AAPL Apple Inc. · 2026Q2
Management flagged a difficult year-over-year comparison for iPad in the June quarter due to the prior-year launch of the A16-powered iPad, signaling a likely growth headwind ahead.
“On iPad, keep in mind we face a difficult compare driven by the launch of the A16-powered iPad in the prior year.”— Kevan Parekh, CFO
AAPL Apple Inc. · 2026Q2
Products gross margin fell 200 basis points sequentially to 38.7%, driven by seasonal loss of leverage and rising memory costs, a reversal from prior margin stability.
“product gross margin decreased by 200 basis points sequentially, driven by seasonal loss of leverage and higher memory costs”— Kevan Parekh, CFO
AAPL Apple Inc. · 2026Q2
Management now expects memory costs to have an increasing negative impact on the business beyond the June quarter, a worsening trend versus the more limited impact seen in December.
“beyond the June quarter, we believe memory costs will drive an increasing impact on our business”— Timothy D. Cook, CEO (outgoing); Executive Chairman-designate
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation · 2026Q2
Hopper H100/H200 shipments increased sequentially in the quarter, a notable uptick that management said reflects broadening demand across AI workloads rather than the expected wind-down as Blackwell ramps.
“Notably in the quarter was an increase in Hopper 100 and H200 shipments.”— Colette Kress, CFO
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation · 2026Q2
China data center revenue declined sequentially to low single digits of total data center revenue, and the Q3 outlook excludes any H20 shipments to China customers pending resolution of licensing and geopolitical issues.
“China declined on a sequential basis to low single digits percentage of data center revenue.”— Colette Kress, CFO
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation · 2026Q2
Full-year operating expense growth guidance was raised to the high-thirties percent range year over year, up from the prior mid-thirties expectation, as management accelerates investment to capture growth opportunities.
“For the full year, we expect operating expenses to grow in the high thirties range year over year, up from our prior expectations of the mid-thirties.”— Colette Kress, CFO
IBM IBM · 2026Q2
Infrastructure full-year growth guidance was raised to low single digits from a prior guide of down low-to-mid single digits, reflecting stronger-than-expected Distributed Infrastructure demand and continued mainframe program-to-program strength.
“That infrastructure guide 90 days ago, we said was going to be down low to mid-single digit\u2026guide to guide, we're up about two points there.”— James Kavanaugh, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
IBM IBM · 2026Q2
Software full-year growth guidance was lowered to a 6%-8% range from prior expectations after the Q2 shortfall, with the low end assuming recent CapEx-driven buying dynamics persist through the second half.
“we are revising our software growth expectation to a range of 6% to 8% for the full year”— Arvind Krishna, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
IBM IBM · 2026Q2
IBM has held its own hardware and software prices flat through July, declining to match the aggressive price increases some competitors are pushing into the market amid supply constraints.
“we have actually held our price so far in the month of July. We have not taken increases.”— Arvind Krishna, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
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