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Analog Devices (NASDAQ: ADI) — Q3 FY2026 Pre Earnings

Pre earnings note company quarterly analysis

Operations

As of August 18, 2026
Q2 Revenue ↑ 37% YoY $3.62B
Divisions
Industrial 49.7%
Automotive 24.0%
Communications 15.3%
Consumer 11.0%

Key Earnings Driver

Data Center Communications revenue increased 79% year over year to $554.7 million in Q2, with Data Center accounting for more than 75% of Communications revenue and growing more than 90%. Management said Data Center growth was driven by both its optical and power portfolios. Industrial revenue increased 56% to $1.8 billion, Automotive revenue increased 2% to $871.6 million, and Consumer revenue increased 11% to $397.4M.

Key Operating Metrics¹

METRIC

STATUS

Industrial↑ 56%

Automotive↑ 2%

Communications↑ 79%

Data Center

🟢 Scaling

Consumer↑ 11%

Key Operating Metrics¹: Core operating metrics relevant to revenue, sourced from website and/or SEC filings for Q, with status based on reported data.

Kingsoft Cloud (NASDAQ: KC) — Q2 2026 Pre Earnings

Pre earnings note company quarterly analysis

Operations

As of August 18, 2026
Q1 Revenue ↑ 37.2% YoY ¥2.7B
Divisions
Public Cloud Services 73.8%
Enterprise Cloud Services 26.2%

Key Earnings Driver

AI Business Public Cloud Services revenue increased 47.5% year over year to RMB1.9963B, with AI Business gross billing increasing 90% and accounting for more than half of Public Cloud Services revenue for the first time. Enterprise Cloud Services revenue increased 14.7% to RMB707.4M, but declined 17.6% sequentially, mainly due to the Chinese New Year impact and differentiated delivery schedules for various projects.

Key Operating Metrics¹

METRIC

STATUS

Public Cloud Services↑ 47.5%

AI Business

🟢 Scaling

Enterprise Cloud Services↑ 14.7%

Key Operating Metrics¹: Core operating metrics relevant to revenue, sourced from website and/or SEC filings for Q, with status based on reported data.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE: KEYS) — Q3 FY2026 Pre Earnings

Pre earnings note company quarterly analysis

Operations

As of August 17, 2026
Q2 Revenue ↑ 31% YoY $1.71B
Divisions
Communications Solutions Group 71.7%
Electronic Industrial Solutions Group 28.3%

Key Earnings Driver

Commercial Communications Communications Solutions Group revenue increased 35% year over year to $1.23B. Within Communications Solutions Group, Commercial Communications revenue increased 40% to $858M, and Aerospace, Defense and Government revenue increased 24%. Electronic Industrial Solutions Group revenue increased 24% to $486M.

Key Operating Metrics¹

METRIC

STATUS

Communications Solutions Group↑ 35%

Commercial Communications↑ 40%

🟢 Scaling

Aerospace, Defense and Government↑ 24%

Electronic Industrial Solutions Group↑ 24%

Key Operating Metrics¹: Core operating metrics relevant to revenue, sourced from website and/or SEC filings for Q, with status based on reported data.

Mercury Systems (NASDAQ: MRCY) — Q4 FY2026 Pre Earnings

Pre earnings note company quarterly analysis

Operations

August 17, 2026
Q3 Revenue ↑ 11.5% YoY $235.75M
Divisions
Sensor & Effector 48.4%
C4I 38.1%
Other 13.5%

Key Earnings Driver

Sensor & Effector Sensor & Effector revenue increased 43.8% to $114.2M, representing 48.4% of total revenue. Management highlighted significant revenue growth across Space, Radar and other sensors and effectors. C4I revenue declined 7.2% to $89.8M.

Key Operating Metrics¹

METRIC

STATUS

Sensor & Effector↑ 43.8%

🟢 Scaling

C4I↓ 7.2%

🟡 Watch

Key Operating Metrics¹: Core operating metrics relevant to revenue, sourced from website and/or SEC filings for Q, with status based on reported data.

Baidu (NASDAQ: BIDU) — Q2 2026 Pre Earnings

Pre earnings note company quarterly analysis

Operations¹

As of August 17, 2026
Q1 Revenue ↓ 1.16% YoY ¥32.07B
Divisions
Baidu General Business 80.7%
iQIYI 19.3%

Key Earnings Driver

AI Cloud Infra Baidu General Business revenue increased 2% year over year to RMB26.0B. Within Baidu General Business, AI Cloud Infra revenue increased 79% to RMB8.8B, and GPU cloud revenue within AI Cloud Infra increased 184%. Management attributed AI Cloud Infra growth primarily to strong demand from enterprise customers. iQIYI revenue declined 14% to RMB6.2B.

Key Operating Metrics²

METRIC

STATUS

Baidu General Business

AI Cloud Infra

🟢 Scaling

iQIYI

🟡 Watch

Operations¹: Total revenue is after inter-segment elimination. Division revenue percentages are before inter-segment elimination.

Key Operating Metrics²: Core operating metrics relevant to revenue, sourced from website and/or SEC filings for Q, with status based on reported data.

Hesai Group (NASDAQ: HSAI) — Q2 2026 Pre Earnings

Pre earnings note company quarterly analysis

Operations

As of August 16, 2026
Q1 Revenue ↑ 29.6% YoY ¥680.6M
Divisions
LiDAR Business 100.0%
Strategic Growth Initiatives 0.0%

Key Earnings Driver

ADAS and Robotics LiDAR Business revenue increased 29.6% year over year to RMB680.6M, with total LiDAR shipments increasing 140.9% to 471,723 units, including 353,441 ADAS shipments and 118,282 Robotics shipments. Management attributed the revenue growth to strong, broad based demand across both ADAS and Robotics.

Key Operating Metrics¹

METRIC

STATUS

LiDAR Business

ADAS

🟢 Scaling

Robotics

🟢 Scaling

Key Operating Metrics¹: Core operating metrics relevant to revenue, sourced from website and/or SEC filings for Q, with status based on reported data.

Duos Technologies (NASDAQ: DUOT) — Q2 2026 Pre Earnings

Pre earnings note company quarterly analysis

Operations

As of August 16, 2026
Q1 Revenue ↓ 45% YoY $2.72M
Divisions
Technology Systems 1.6%
Technology Solutions 20.7%
Services and Consulting 19.6%
Services and Consulting — Related Parties 57.0%
Hosting Revenue 1.1%

Key Earnings Driver

Hydra Host GPUaaS Technology Solutions generated $562K in Q1 versus $0 in Q1 FY2025. The $176M Hydra Host GPUaaS agreement is expected to contribute approximately $26M of revenue in H2 2026, supporting the company’s expectation for 2026 revenue to exceed $50M, with a significant portion anticipated in the second half. Services and Consulting revenue declined 45%, and Services and Consulting — Related Parties revenue declined 60%.

Key Operating Metrics¹

METRIC

STATUS

Technology Solutions

Hydra Host GPUaaS

🟡 Execution phase

Services and Consulting

🟡 Watch

Services and Consulting — Related Parties

🟡 Watch

Key Operating Metrics¹: Core operating metrics relevant to revenue, sourced from website and/or SEC filings for Q, with status based on reported data.

Forgent Power Solutions (NYSE: FPS) — Company Catalyst

Finance note on company catalyst

Company Catalyst

Infrastructure Deployment Forgent’s vertical integration targets electrical equipment lead times, a constraint in power infrastructure deployment. According to a BCE assessment, FPS lead times were approximately 65% shorter for substation transformers, 34% for eHouses, 43% for medium voltage switchgear and 33% for padmount transformers versus industry averages. This accelerates data center deployment.

HIVE Digital Technologies (NASDAQ: HIVE) — Q1 FY2027 Pre Earnings

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Operations

As of August 14, 2026
Q4 Revenue ↑ 130.5% YoY $71.81M
Divisions
Digital Currency Mining 93.5%
High Performance Computing Hosting 6.5%

Key Earnings Driver

High Performance Computing Hosting High Performance Computing Hosting revenue increased 54% year over year to $4.64M from $3.01M. FY2026 HPC revenue reached a record $19.5M, up 94% from $10.0M in FY2025, driven by deployment of the NVIDIA H200 GPU cluster and strong demand on the GPU marketplace. Digital Currency Mining revenue increased 42.6% year over year, but declined 23.9% sequentially from Q3.

Key Operating Metrics¹

METRIC

STATUS

Digital Currency Mining↑ 42.6%

High Performance Computing Hosting↑ 54%

🟢 Scaling

Key Operating Metrics¹: Core operating metrics relevant to revenue, sourced from website and/or SEC filings for Q, with status based on reported data.

Legence (NASDAQ: LGN) — Q2 2026 Post Earnings

Post earnings note company quarterly analysis

Operations

As of August 14, 2026
Q2 Revenue ↑ 110.7% YoY $1.26B
Divisions
Engineering & Consulting 16.4%
Installation & Maintenance 83.6%

Key Earnings Driver

Installation & Maintenance Engineering & Consulting revenue increased 5.5% year over year to $206.9M and Installation & Maintenance revenue increased 162.0% to $1.06B. Legence’s adjusted gross margin declined to 18.5% from 21.8% a year earlier, with the company citing revenue mix and a slight decline in Engineering & Consulting margins.

Key Operating Metrics¹

METRIC

STATUS

Engineering & Consulting↑ 5.5%

Installation & Maintenance↑ 162%

🟢 Scaling

Key Operating Metrics¹: Core operating metrics relevant to revenue, sourced from website and/or SEC filings for Q, with status based on reported data.