Overview
- On Thursday STMicro reported Q2 revenue of $3.49 billion, beating the $3.39 billion LSEG consensus, while EBITDA came in at $679 million versus $797.7 million expected.
- The company guided Q3 revenue to $3.70 billion plus or minus 3.5%, a midpoint slightly below the roughly $3.72 billion analyst consensus, and the stock fell about 14% in early trade.
- STMicro said the profit shortfall resulted from impairment, restructuring and phase-out costs plus accounting effects tied to its acquisition of an NXP sensor business.
- Management raised its multi-year data-centre targets to more than $1 billion in 2026 and well above $2 billion in 2027, and said it expects Q4 revenue to exceed $4 billion driven by AI datacentres and LEO satellite programs.
- Analysts said near-term misses could reflect factors such as a slower iPhone 18 ramp and warned investors need to see sustained gross-margin improvement before revising long-term views, with the company’s shift to AI and satellites now central to that case.