Mint Finance

Mint Finance's investment research blends deep fundamental analysis with technical & quant insights. Investment strategies straddle across multiple asset classes with risk management embedded into every trade to deliver an outsized reward-to-risk ratio.

Mint Finance's research is centered around three key themes. First, energy transition and climate change. Second, artificial intelligence. Third, shifting world order with its impact across politics and monetary economics.

Deep Fundamental Analysis

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Intel Earnings Expose the Street's Stealth Upgrade Cycle

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AI | Semiconductors | Commodities, Mint Finance

Raghav Vashisht

AI | Semiconductors | Commodities

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Client margin compression does not indicate demand erosion. Instead, it is the front-loaded, transitory cost of the 18A Panther Lake ramp, which is already reversing on rapid yield improvements.</li>
<li>DCAI revenue surged 59%, supported by a rapidly expanding CPU-anchored Agentic AI market and a $2 billion custom silicon run rate insulated by long-term commitments.</li>
<li>A 35-cent-per-dollar U.S. tax rebate effectively funds one-third of Intel’s domestic capex, adding roughly $1.40 to EPS over five years and neutralising TSMC's geographic cost advantage.</li>
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Client margin compression does not indicate demand erosion. Instead, it is the front-loaded, transitory cost of the 18A Panther Lake ramp, which is already reversing on rapid yield improvements.
DCAI revenue surged 59%, supported by a rapidly expanding CPU-anchored Agentic AI market and a $2 billion custom silicon run rate insulated by long-term commitments.
A 35-cent-per-dollar U.S. tax rebate effectively funds one-third of Intel’s domestic capex, adding roughly $1.40 to EPS over five years and neutralising TSMC's geographic cost advantage.


TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing) (TSM US)

TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing)

Intel Q2: The $1.40 EPS Kicker and the 18A Margin Illusion

Intel Corp

Intel Q2: The $1.40 EPS Kicker and the 18A Margin Illusion