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Analyst
Hadi Orabi
Period: Reporting periods mapped to calendar 2024 Q4 – 2025 Q4 (5 quarters).
- Questions
- 8on tracked calls
- Challenge rate
- 13%1 of 8 questionsLimited sample
- Companies
- 4questioned at least once
- Reporting periods
- 5with 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 8 of 8 questions from 4 companies
WDCWestern Digital3 questions · 2 reporting periods · 1 of 3 challenging
Calendar 2025 Q4
I do wonder what is the reason these contracts are not locked in price, especially given the very tight supply
Show response
Irving corrected the premise: two CY27 LTAs and one CY28 LTA all include both price AND volume conditions. Analyst had misunderstood the structure as volume-only.
Calendar 2025 Q3
I do wonder if you have fully navigated the risk from the Intevac purchase or it's something that's still in progress today
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Irving confirmed full mitigation of Intevac risk. All HAMR development uses Canon ANELVA system, completely separate from Intevac equipment.
how you balance that discipline on one hand with the risk of pushing customers more towards SSDs because they have no other choice
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Irving argued all storage tiers benefit from AI growth. HDD maintains 80% of data center bits with inherent TCO and reliability advantages over QLC NAND.
STXSeagate Technology Holdings2 questions · 2 reporting periods · 0 of 2 challenging
Calendar 2025 Q2
why would your incremental gross margin not be better than the 50% number you guided at the Analyst Day?
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Romano confirmed the first milestone of $2.6B revenue and 40% gross margin is the near-term priority, after which the 50% incremental margin model kicks in.
Calendar 2025 Q1
if these tariffs were to take place in the September quarter, how should we think about the impact on the financial model?
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Mosley said first response is supply chain optimization, with price passthrough as last resort. Noted the company has dealt with similar issues before and is operationally agile.
SWKSSkyworks Solutions2 questions · 1 reporting period · 0 of 2 challenging
Calendar 2025 Q3
if we exclude the biggest customer, your revenues were up like 50% year-over-year. So I wonder what's driving that?
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Philip Carter attributed broad-based growth across automotive, IoT, and edge markets. Did not break out units versus content contribution specifically.
how you guys think about the China market? And if you're comfortable with the level of exposure there today?
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Phil confirmed China strategy unchanged, focused on premium segment only. Noted presence beyond handsets including automotive with BYD. Choosing not to participate in high-volume, low-ASP handsets that are economically unattractive.
MUMicron Technology, Inc.1 question · 1 reporting period · 0 of 1 challenging
Calendar 2024 Q4
Are these agreements cancelable? If so, I wonder under what conditions can customers cancel?
Show response
Sadana explained HBM agreements lock in volumes and pricing by quarter, with firm purchase orders within lengthy lead times. Beyond that window, cancellation is possible but customers are instead chasing more supply.
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.
| Company | Questions | Challenge rate |
|---|---|---|
| WDC Western Digital | 3 | 33%1 of 3 questions |
| STX Seagate Technology Holdings | 2 | —Rate withheld: fewer than 3 questions |
| SWKS Skyworks Solutions | 2 | —Rate withheld: fewer than 3 questions |
| MU Micron Technology, Inc. | 1 | —Rate withheld: fewer than 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”.
| Calendar period | Questions | Challenge rate | Companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Q4 | 1 | 0%none of 1 question | 1 |
| 2025 Q1 | 1 | 0%none of 1 question | 1 |
| 2025 Q2 | 1 | 0%none of 1 question | 1 |
| 2025 Q3 | 4 | 0%none of 4 questions | 2 |
| 2025 Q4 | 1 | 100%1 of 1 question | 1 |
- 2024 Q41 question · challenge rate 0% (none of 1 question) · 1 company
- 2025 Q11 question · challenge rate 0% (none of 1 question) · 1 company
- 2025 Q21 question · challenge rate 0% (none of 1 question) · 1 company
- 2025 Q34 questions · challenge rate 0% (none of 4 questions) · 2 companies
- 2025 Q41 question · challenge rate 100% (1 of 1 question) · 1 company
Topics
Topics tagged on this analyst’s questions.
- Pricing3
- Demand3
- Supply Chain2
- Competitive Dynamics2
- Innovation & R&D1
- Margin1
- Product Launch1
- Revenue Growth1
- Geographic Expansion1
- Trade Tariffs1
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- Cloud & AI1