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Palo Alto Networks Must Prove Its Platform Can Outrun the AI Labs
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Coherent's Sold-Out Optics Business Is Now a Bet on the Cost of Capital
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Broadcom Backstops the Buildout as Capital Replaces Silicon as AI's Bottleneck
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Oklo Funds Its Reactor Buildout by Selling Stock at Falling Prices
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Key Metrics (TTM)
| Metric | MU | NVDA | GOOGL | META | PLTR | CEG | NFLX | GEV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue (TTM) | $133.19B | $302.97B | $445.87B | $228.25B | $6.16B | $31.27B | $48.37B | $41.37B |
| Rev Growth (YoY) | +48.9% | +65.5% | +15.1% | +22.2% | +56.2% | +8.3% | +15.9% | +9.0% |
| Net Income | $84.97B | $192.88B | $244.12B | $68.10B | $3.02B | $3.46B | $13.65B | $9.53B |
| P/E Ratio | 11.8x | 27.1x | 17.1x | 26.7x | 160.4x | 26.5x | 22.2x | 26.4x |
| Price/Sales | 7.5x | 17.1x | 9.3x | 7.9x | 72.6x | 3.1x | 6.1x | 5.9x |
| Target Upside | +76.4% | +47.1% | +26.3% | +17.0% | +16.9% | +27.3% | +27.6% | +34.1% |
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