ຮຸ້ນ Semiconductor ຫຼຸດລົງ, ຜູ້ອອກແບບຊິບໄດ້ຍົກລະດັບ

A Wall Street firm on Wednesday downgraded several semiconductor stocks as the outlook for chip sales ebbs. But it sees chip design firms ລະບົບການອອກແບບ Cadence (CDNS) ແລະ Synopsys (SNPS) holding up amid a possible industry downturn.

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BofA Securities lowered its forecast for semiconductor sales growth to 9.5% this year from 13% previously. It sees semiconductor sales falling 1% in 2023, vs. its prior target for 7% growth.

“Semi downturns happen every 3-4 years, and we could be due for another one,” BofA analyst Vivek Arya said in a note to clients. “Tighter global monetary policy, geopolitical turmoil and consumer weakness is likely to pressure second-half 2022 and 2023 chip demand.”

On the plus side, constrained supply and pricing strength could help cushion a cyclical downturn in the semiconductor industry, Arya said.

Semiconductor Stocks Downgraded

Data center, cloud computing and automotive chip demand should help offset softening sales of smartphones and personal computers, he said.

Among semiconductor stocks, he downgraded wireless chipmakers Skyworks Solutions (ສສ) ແລະ Qorvo (QRVO) to underperform from neutral on the maturing 5G smartphone upgrade cycle. He also pointed to rising competition from Qualcomm (QCOM).

Plus, Arya downgraded Texas Instruments (TXN) to neutral from buy as TI increases its capital spending on new U.S. chip fabrication plants, commonly called fabs.

He rates Nvidia (NVDA) as his top pick in semiconductor stocks because of its exposure to cloud computing and artificial intelligence markets. In the same segment, he has buy ratings on Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Broadcom (AVGO) ແລະ ເຕັກໂນໂລຢີ Marvell (MRVL).

He also likes semiconductor stocks that play in the automotive market, especially electric vehicles and advanced driver-assistance systems. Those stocks include ອຸປະກອນການປຽບທຽບ (ADI), NXP Semiconductors (NXPI) ແລະ Onsemi (ON).

Cadence, Synopsys Called Resilient

Meanwhile, Arya upgraded Cadence and Synopsys to neutral from underperform on their resiliency in the current market.

“We expect demand for chip design software/verification (electronic design automation or EDA) to grow unabated on secular growth in R&D intensity,” he said.

Cadence and Synopsys are both on the ຜູ້ນໍາ IBD Tech list. Cadence stock has an ການຈັດອັນດັບ IBD Composite of 92 out of 99. Synopsys stock has a CR of 93.

ບໍລິສັດ IBD's Composite Rating ລວມເອົາ 90 ອັດຕາການເປັນເຈົ້າຂອງແຍກຕ່າງຫາກເຂົ້າໃນອັນດັບ ໜຶ່ງ ທີ່ງ່າຍຕໍ່ການໃຊ້ ບັນດາຮຸ້ນທີ່ເຕີບໃຫຍ່ທີ່ດີທີ່ສຸດມີການໃຫ້ຄະແນນການປຽບທຽບຂອງ XNUMX ຫລືດີກວ່າ.

ກ່ຽວກັບ ຕະຫຼາດຫຸ້ນມື້ນີ້, Cadence stock rose 0.5% to 150.92 and Synopsys stock advanced 0.8% to 306.06. Both stocks are in ຮູບ​ແບບ​ການ​ລວມ​, ອີງ​ຕາມ IBD MarketSmith ຕາຕະລາງ.

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