{"id":259280,"date":"2026-10-19T11:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T15:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/?p=259280"},"modified":"2026-10-19T11:15:28","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T15:15:28","slug":"are-companies-reducing-ai-spending-chip-orders-say-otherwise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.com\/campus\/traders-insight\/securities\/stocks\/are-companies-reducing-ai-spending-chip-orders-say-otherwise\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Companies Reducing AI Spending? Chip Orders Say Otherwise"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Investors keep selling <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/equities\/26\/10\/62424485\/chip-stocks-endure-longest-losing-streak-since-2006-as-coreweave-credit-concerns-mount-this-week-on-wall-street\">chip stocks.<\/a> The <strong>iShares Semiconductor ETF<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/SOXX\">(NASDAQ:<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/SOXX\">SOXX<\/a>) fell 11.8% last week. It has now declined for nine straight days\u2014its longest losing streak since 2006.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The damage was worse among the companies that build chipmaking machines and memory. <strong>Applied Materials Inc.<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/AMAT\">(NASDAQ:<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/AMAT\">AMAT<\/a>) fell 19.3%, <strong>Lam Research Corp.<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/LRCX\">(NASDAQ:<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/LRCX\">LRCX<\/a>) dropped 17.2% and <strong>Micron Technology Inc.<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/MU\">(NASDAQ:<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/MU\">MU<\/a>) lost 14.6%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The fear behind the selling had a simple shape. The artificial intelligence boom might be running out of buyers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Online, that fear had already found its own words. Searches for &#8220;companies reducing artificial intelligence spending&#8221; surged on Google Trends, after a wave of reports on corporations cutting back on AI tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If companies spend less on AI, the reasoning goes, chipmakers will sell less.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yet research notes that Wall Street analysts in the past few days say the opposite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-bank-of-america-sees-a-cycle-priced-for-a-crash\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Bank Of America Sees A Cycle Priced For A Crash<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bank of America analyst <strong>Vivek Arya<\/strong> said in a Friday note that the chip sector already prices in a collapse he does not expect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AI leaders <strong>Nvidia Corp.<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/NVDA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(NASDAQ:<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/NVDA\">NVDA<\/a>), <strong>Broadcom Inc.<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/AVGO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(NASDAQ:<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/AVGO\">AVGO<\/a>) and Micron trade at about 13 times forward earnings on average, according to Arya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That multiple compares a stock\u2019s price with the profit analysts expect over the next 12 months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It sits within the range <strong>Cisco Systems Inc.<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/CSCO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(NASDAQ:<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/CSCO\">CSCO<\/a>) traded at after the dot-com bubble burst.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Investors are paying post-crash multiples for a cycle that hasn\u2019t crashed,&#8221; Arya said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The comparison with 2000 also breaks down on usage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Back then, telecom companies had laid fiber-optic cable that sat idle. Today\u2019s AI infrastructure runs near full utilization, according to Arya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prices back that up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rental rates for Nvidia\u2019s older graphics processors, launched in 2020, 2022 and 2024, are up between 12% and 37% this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For Arya, that points to scarcity rather than oversupply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bank of America also estimates capital spending by the large cloud providers and specialist AI clouds at about $1.01 trillion in 2026, up 98% from last year. It sees about $1.39 trillion in 2027.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Cantor\u2019s C.J. Muse Says Equipment Is Sold Out<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Monday, Cantor Fitzgerald analyst <strong>C.J. Muse<\/strong> published his team\u2019s takeaways from the SemiconWest trade show in San Francisco.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first point directly addressed last week\u2019s fear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The analysts said chip equipment &#8220;is effectively sold out,&#8221; with customers giving at least eight quarters of visibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>ASML Holding NV<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/ASML\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(NASDAQ:<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/ASML\">ASML<\/a>) is receiving purchase orders for 2029 and 2030, according to the note.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Applied Materials is tracking 110 new chip plants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Micron expects memory supply to be even tighter in 2027 than in 2026, with customers holding little to no inventory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Muse also described frustration among management teams. Most are operating in the strongest backdrop they have ever seen, while their share prices fall, according to the note.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe continue to recommend remaining Overweight Semis, as we view today\u2019s AI Infrastructure buildout as durable and elongated,\u201d the analyst said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why Companies Reducing AI Spending Is The Wrong Signal<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oxford Economics raised its outlook for global business technology spending growth in 2026 to 14.8%, from 11.4%, in an Oct. 6 report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Spending on AI-related products is set to top $510 billion this year, up 54%, as firms move from experimentation towards operational deployment, according to the firm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cGlobal AI-related spending is projected to reach $3.4 trillion by 2035, or 23% of tech spend,\u201d , Oxford Economics said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Real Risk Ahead Is<\/strong> AI Monetization<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">None of this makes the AI trade risk-free. Bank of America\u2019s equity and quant strategy team led by <strong>Savita Subramanian<\/strong> pointed to a different problem in a separate Friday note.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AI capital spending has beaten forecasts by about 50% this year, while AI revenue has beaten them by only about 20%, according to the strategists. 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