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George Wang

Barclays · covers Technology

Period: Reporting periods mapped to calendar 2024 Q3 – 2025 Q1 (3 quarters).

Questions
22on tracked calls
Challenge rate
0%none of 22 questions
Companies
5questioned at least once
Reporting periods
3with questions

These figures cover the whole profile: every tracked question, all reporting periods.

How to read these numbers

Challenge rate is the share of questions that pushed back, pressed for specifics or questioned management’s assumptions. It describes how questions were asked on the calls tracked here; it does not measure whether any view turned out to be right.

Rounding. Rates are rounded to whole percentages, so a small share can show as 0% even when some questions were challenging. The count beside each rate is exact; “none of N questions” means no question was challenging.

No questions recorded. “—” means there is nothing to calculate: no questions were recorded for that period on the calls tracked here. It does not mean there was no activity.

Fewer than 3 questions. A company-level rate is withheld when fewer than 3 questions were recorded for that company; the questions are still counted everywhere else.

Small samples. Profiles with fewer than 10 questions are marked Limited sample.

Reporting periods. Questions are grouped by the calendar quarter each company’s fiscal reporting period maps to, not by the date of the call. Periods without a calendar mapping are listed separately under their fiscal label.

Questions asked

Grouped by company, most questions first. Open a company to read its questions, newest reporting period first.

Showing 22 of 22 questions from 5 companies

GRMNGarmin5 questions · 2 reporting periods · 0 of 5 challenging
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Calendar 2025 Q1

how you think about the pricing power for government products, given pretty strong following

PricingTrade TariffsTranscript · FY2025 Q1 →
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Cliff noted pricing is evaluated case by case, room for different pricing in some markets, more competitive pressure in others. Focus on maintaining market share while optimizing profit dollars.

are you guys sticking to the medium-term model for Auto OEM in terms of the gross margin or OPM margin

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Cliff confirmed still targeting high-teens to 20% gross margin for auto OEM. Working with partners on cost recoveries for tariff-related costs. Believe there are additional levers to manage.

how do you think about consumer demand backdrop in the second half, kind of puts and takes with the fluidity of the situation

DemandMacroeconomicTranscript · FY2025 Q1 →
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Cliff said no crystal ball but no behavior change observed yet. Including modest conservatism around possible softening. Garmin offers unique products that customers will still step up to buy.

Calendar 2024 Q4

is there anything kind of you would like to call out kind of with maybe, you know, different versus kind of last quarter

DemandCompetitive DynamicsTranscript · FY2024 Q4 →
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Cliff noted sell-in and sell-through well matched in Q4. Retail channel not overstocked. Near real-time registration data confirms strong demand. Acknowledged consumer pressure exists broadly.

Just curious whether you expect to turn profitable kind of in the next, you know, couple quarters

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Cliff deflected the timeline question and instead emphasized that GRMN reports pure GAAP segment results without cost allocation tricks. Noted auto OEM provides meaningful margin contributions to corporate costs.

JBLJabil5 questions · 2 reporting periods · 0 of 5 challenging
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Calendar 2025 Q1

curious about timing for the ramp. Earlier, you guys talked about the more FY 2026 in terms of the ramp

Cloud & AIRevenue GrowthTranscript · FY2025 Q2 →
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Market share gains already materializing with consolidation benefiting Jabil. FY2026 expected to see more meaningful ramp, but current trajectory already exceeding expectations.

I thought Jabil could be beneficiary on the CPO assembly, just based on leverage of your optics assets

Cloud & AICompetitive DynamicsTranscript · FY2025 Q2 →
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Confirmed strong CPO positioning. Clarified that industry CPO discussion centers on switching gear rather than GPU side. Jabil's photonics capabilities position it well for both.

if there's any progress or development in that front? Or are you guys making incremental progress

Cloud & AIInnovation & R&DTranscript · FY2025 Q2 →
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Silicon photonics described as about to take off considerably. Multiple customer engagements progressing from 400G to 800G with 1.6T on the roadmap. Few competitors as well-positioned.

Calendar 2024 Q4

can you kind of pass out ATE versus WFE? It seems ATE should still have relatively better performance this year

DemandInnovation & R&DTranscript · FY2025 Q1 →
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ATE is the primary growth driver in semi cap, shifting from roughly 55% of the mix to a larger percentage. WFE AI-related business strong but other segments weak.

you guys alluded to some share gains in the medium term just because of silicon photonics on the eventually go to CPO

Cloud & AIInnovation & R&DTranscript · FY2025 Q1 →
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Silicon photonics business now in $300-400M range from small Intel acquisition base. Roadmap to 800G and 1.60G with design engineering capabilities acquired.

SMCISupermicro5 questions · 3 reporting periods · 0 of 5 challenging
SMCI company page →

Calendar 2025 Q1

Any differences in terms of value add from Supermicro, just in terms of customization and potentially more services attached

Innovation & R&DMarginTranscript · FY2025 Q3 →
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Charles expects GB300/B300 to further amplify Supermicro's technology advantage, especially with DLC-2. Summer launch anticipated.

Calendar 2024 Q4

can you talk about your current pipeline just in terms of the mix of sovereign AI, just especially versus 3 months ago

Geographic ExpansionDemandTranscript · FY2025 Q2 →
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Charles confirmed increasing sovereign AI demand worldwide beyond just the U.S. and large countries.

can you talk about the implication to Supermicro, especially for the margin? Do you think that you can add a bit of more customization

MarginInnovation & R&DTranscript · FY2025 Q2 →
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Charles emphasized unlimited engineering differentiation opportunity through vertical optimization and DCBBS expansion.

Calendar 2024 Q3

how to think about gross margin in the area of Blackwell versus Hopper. Just curious if you can talk about puts and takes on the gross margin for the GB 200

MarginCompetitive DynamicsTranscript · FY2025 Q1 →
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Charles acknowledged more competition with Blackwell but pointed to DCBBS and deployment services as differentiators. No specific margin guidance.

which quarter do you think that you will start booking the Blackwell revenue revenue? Last time you guys alluded to sometime in the June quarter

Product LaunchRevenue GrowthTranscript · FY2025 Q1 →
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Charles could not give a specific timeline, saying it depends entirely on NVIDIA's chip availability. No commitment on quarter.

CDWCDW4 questions · 2 reporting periods · 0 of 4 challenging
CDW company page →

Calendar 2025 Q1

Just curious if you have any refresh thoughts in terms of given the dynamic and macro and the tariff backdrop

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Chris said refresh activity is still primarily driven by aging devices and Win10 expiration. AIPCs are being sold with more conversations, but not yet the primary driver.

I'm just curious if you can double click on this partnership and kind of what's the value-added from CDW

Competitive DynamicsCloud & AITranscript · FY2025 Q1 →
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Chris declined to discuss specific partners but noted CDW is front and center in partner conversations to ensure appropriate value proposition across all ecosystems.

Calendar 2024 Q4

I just want to make sure of the transitory in nature kind of completely went away in the December quarter

Competitive DynamicsPricingTranscript · FY2024 Q4 →
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Al said competitive dynamics reflect the broader two-year hardware downcycle rather than Q3-specific issues. Not having meaningful margin impact despite fierce competition.

can you give more color in terms of the full year outlook on the net comp

DemandRevenue GrowthTranscript · FY2024 Q4 →
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Al expects mid-single-digit client growth to continue, modest solutions hardware growth with some NetComm contribution, while servers remain challenging.

FLEXFlex Ltd.3 questions · 3 reporting periods · 0 of 3 challenging
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Calendar 2025 Q1

Is this just due to typical seasonality or kind of startup cost with the program ramping.

MarginCost PressureTranscript · FY2025 Q4 →
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Kevin attributed the sequential margin step-down to lower fixed-cost absorption and an automotive step-down in Q1.

Calendar 2024 Q4

whether you're already seeing share gains just because of vertical approach through JetCool

Competitive DynamicsCloud & AIInnovation & R&DTranscript · FY2025 Q3 →
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Revathi pointed to 45% growth as evidence of share gains but said JetCool's impact is not yet in results.

Calendar 2024 Q3

Just how to think about the cadence for the double-digit growth for the next couple of quarters

Revenue GrowthCloud & AITranscript · FY2025 Q2 →
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Revathi said growth comes from expanding wallet share with existing hyperscaler and colo customers plus acquisitions, not new logos.

Challenge rate by company

Every company this analyst questioned, most questions first. A company-level rate is shown from 3 questions; below that it is withheld.

CompanyQuestionsChallenge rate
GRMN Garmin50%none of 5 questions
JBL Jabil50%none of 5 questions
SMCI Supermicro50%none of 5 questions
CDW CDW40%none of 4 questions
FLEX Flex Ltd.30%none of 3 questions
  • GRMN
    Garmin · 5 questions
    0%none of 5 questions
  • JBL
    Jabil · 5 questions
    0%none of 5 questions
  • SMCI
    Supermicro · 5 questions
    0%none of 5 questions
  • CDW
    CDW · 4 questions
    0%none of 4 questions
  • FLEX
    Flex Ltd. · 3 questions
    0%none of 3 questions

Activity by reporting period

Questions recorded for each calendar quarter that companies’ reporting periods map to (not the call date), with the challenge rate for that period. Periods inside the range with no questions are shown as “No questions recorded”.

Questions by calendar reporting period
Calendar periodQuestionsChallenge rateCompanies
2024 Q330%none of 3 questions2
2024 Q490%none of 9 questions5
2025 Q1100%none of 10 questions5
  1. 2024 Q33 questions · challenge rate 0% (none of 3 questions) · 2 companies
  2. 2024 Q49 questions · challenge rate 0% (none of 9 questions) · 5 companies
  3. 2025 Q110 questions · challenge rate 0% (none of 10 questions) · 5 companies

Topics

Topics tagged on this analyst’s questions.

  • Cloud & AI8
  • Margin6
  • Competitive Dynamics6
  • Innovation & R&D6
  • Demand6
  • Revenue Growth4
  • Pricing2
  • Cost Pressure1
  • Geographic Expansion1
  • Trade Tariffs1
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  • Macroeconomic1
  • Product Launch1