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AI Optical communications have recently significantly underperformed other technology stocks, with losses continuing in premarket trading.
BlockBeats reports that October 15,AI the optical communications industry chain continued its sharp correction. According to TradingBeats monitoring, as of publication, on Hyperliquid,AAOI contracts 24 hours fell by approximately 14.90%,Lumentum(LITE)、Coherent(COHR) fell by 11.71%and 11.66%, currently quoted at 82.70、861.24 and 253.90 USD, with losses continuing in premarket trading.
The sell-off spread to the high-speed interconnect and optical networking industry chains, which also significantly underperformed other popular individual stocks and sectors after CPI. Credo (CRDO) fell 12.28%,Ciena(CIEN) fell 9.83%, while Corning (GLW) fell 7.71%.
Among them, the LITE contract with relatively high trading volume traded approximately 24 hours, with turnover of approximately 23320000 USD,OI approximately 7110000 USD;AAOI with turnover of approximately 5080000 USD,OI approximately 2780000 USD.
According to MarketWatch, the Magnificent Seven ETF have outperformed semiconductors for 8 consecutive trading days. Market attention on ETF is shifting from simple growth in hardware demand to whether companies can continue to raise financing, fulfill orders, and generate profits. The market is beginning to worry about whether funding can support such enormous long-term procurement plans.AI; Broadcom October 12; Chen Fuyang pointed out that CEO the primary constraint on AI infrastructure expansion is shifting from hardware supply to access to capital. Subsequently, U.S.CPI came in above expectations, further reinforcing market concerns about high interest rates and the sustainability of AI capital expenditure.
Optical communications vendors are a key supply link in AI data center construction, and future growth depends heavily on continued expansion of computing infrastructure by large cloud service providers. As the market begins to reassess customers’ financing capacity and investment returns, companies that previously enjoyed a higher growth premium due to tight orders may also face more pronounced share-price adjustments.
Morningstar analyst Martin Szumski also noted that optical communications companies are highly dependent on capital expenditures by large cloud service providers; any slowdown in downstream investment would directly affect suppliers’ revenue growth.
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