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Cerebras Systems Inc.

$CBRS·$40B·Semiconductors·Technology
$167.92-4.1%1Y-46.0%
Price updated 4h ago·X counts updated 4d ago
CBCBRS
$CBRSCerebras Systems Inc.
$167.92-4.07%1.4k posts1.7×
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On X

The complete picture of $CBRS on X — how loud the conversation is right now, how it has trended over the last two weeks, and which way the crowd is leaning.

1,379X posts · last 7 days
Sep 21Oct 4
Chatter Meter
1.7×
QuietNormal · 1×Loud

How loud $CBRS's conversation on X is versus its own normal — 1× is typical, higher means busier. Right now it's running louder than usual, louder than 96% of tracked names.

Bullish sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data9 posts analyzed · as of 2026-10-02

The Cerebras crowd is bullish on an OpenAI DevDay catalyst — leaks suggest deeper Ultrafast integration into OpenAI's personal-assistant vision, with the "4-7 minute dinner reservation finished in 22 seconds" demo passed around as proof-of-value. Holders argue businesses save real money when ultrafast makes employees stop waiting. One accumulator is at 1,000 shares and framing Cerebras as the NVDA/AVGO/AMD-sized winner nobody is pricing yet.

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AI verdictAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

TickerTalks' own read on what's driving $CBRS — fundamentals, momentum, or an event — and whether it agrees with the X crowd.

Driven by hypeSelling offAI verdict · as of 2026-10-03

Falling on heavy selling — points lower unless it turns around.

Lockup expiration meets Nvidia pressure — the fundamentals are growing but the equity structure is winning the week.

Cerebras makes wafer-scale AI accelerators pitched as the ultrafast alternative to Nvidia GPUs for inference. The product story — a 22-second generation that takes a GPU 4-7 minutes — is credible and quantifiable; the equity story is being overwhelmed by the IPO-lockup expiration.

  • The underlying business is firing: last quarter revenue grew 110% YoY to $171M and operating margin improved to -20% (from much worse) with EPS beats of 77% and 76% — triple-digit growth paired with sharply improving margin is a legitimate hot-momentum profile.
  • The capital-markets setup is the problem right now: shares slipped below the IPO price just as insiders filed to sell, the stock dropped 20% in the week on lockup pressure, and volume is running 1.8x average — classic forced-selling tape, not fundamentals.

The breaking-down trajectory holds as long as the lockup supply works through. Nov 12 earnings is the structural reset — another 100%+ growth print with evidence of OpenAI-DevDay-related wins is what finally outruns the sell pressure; silence on named enterprise customers plus more insider sales keeps the chart stuck below IPO.

Agrees with X sentimentThe bull read on ultrafast-inference monetization and OpenAI DevDay catalyst is grounded, and the thread does flag the lockup risk and Nvidia pressure correctly. The real question is timing — the fundamentals are ahead of the chart until the lockup clears.

What to watch: Nov 12 Q1 earnings — revenue growth rate, operating margin, named enterprise customer disclosures, and remaining lockup supply timeline. A triple-digit growth print with named customers plus a cleaner insider overhang is what trips the reversal.

On the calendar: 2026-11-12 — Q1 earnings

event ahead 30dlockup overhang

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Makes wafer-scale AI chips and systems for large language model training and inference, targeting hyperscalers and government customers.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Semiconductors sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $CBRS.

Semiconductors · Technology

No material change from last week — hyperscaler AI capex remains the structural driver with Blackwell supply still packaging-constrained. Jensen Huang publicly named memory bandwidth as AI's next bottleneck, reinforcing HBM3e pricing power. AVGO custom ASIC demand broadens AI beneficiaries beyond NVDA's GPU allocation.

What this means for $CBRS

Direct beneficiary — Makes wafer-scale AI chips and systems for large language model training and inference, targeting hyperscalers and government customers.; core silicon directly in the AI training/inference supply chain pulling hyperscaler capex.

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Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
181.9How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
-8.8%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
-28.6%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
0.0%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
86.6Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
123%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
39.0%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
0.2Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q2 2026Aug 12, 2026$-0.04$-0.17+76.7%
Q1 2026Jun 23, 2026$-0.04$-0.16+75.6%
Next earningsThu, Nov 12·consensus EPS $-0.15

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q4 FY25$171.4M+110.3%41.0%-19.7%$-0.12—
Q3 FY25$135.7M+87.7%40.6%-19.5%$-0.10—
Q2 FY25$103.3M+51.5%31.1%-55.3%$1.44—
Q1 FY25$99.5M+45.9%41.8%-28.6%$-0.11—

Forward consensus

3-year forecast · up to 10 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$885.3M$885.0M – $885.6M-$0.52-$1.00 – -$0.167
FY27$2.9B$2.6B – $3.0B$1.24$1.00 – $1.508
FY28$7.5B$6.7B – $9.9B$7.97$4.55 – $14.8110

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.0.7×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.—Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.-12.5%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.—Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatMid float · 60.9M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today8.8% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β1.855-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

SellSep 29Dhiraj MallickCOO396.0K sh$80.8MSellSep 29Komin Robert Patrick Jr.CFO32.5K sh$6.6MSellSep 28Yagnesh PatelChief Accounting Officer1.3K sh$270KSellSep 25Sean LieCTO500 sh$106KSellSep 4Sean LieCTO53.5K sh$11.2MSellSep 4Steven VassalloDirector50.0K sh$10.5MSellSep 4Andrew D. FeldmanCEO35.3K sh$7.4MSellAug 21Andrew D. FeldmanCEO237.6K sh$47.3MSellAug 21Sean LieCTO16.3K sh$3.4MSellAug 20Sean LieCTO710.2K sh$147.6M
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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

SC 13D/AActivist amendmentAug 18SC 13D/A
AI summary

Eclipse Continuity GP I LLC, affiliated with Eclipse Ventures (managed by Lior Susan), filed an amended Schedule 13D (Amendment No. 2) reporting its beneficial ownership stake in Cerebras Systems (CBRS). The triggering event occurred on August 14, 2026. The source of funds is listed as affiliated funds (AF). Eclipse Ventures is a deep-tech focused VC firm with a significant investment in the AI chip startup.

SC 13D/AActivist amendmentJun 26SC 13D/A
AI summary

Eclipse Ventures holds 680,305 Class A shares (approximately 0.3%) of Cerebras Systems as of June 25, 2026. Routine minor update to Eclipse's Schedule 13D for its small position in this high-profile AI chip company; the sub-1% stake reflects a modest early-stage VC position.

SC 13DActivist position (5%+)May 22SC 13D
AI summary

Eclipse Ventures (via Eclipse Continuity GP I, LLC; managing member Lior Susan, a Cerebras board director) filed a Schedule 13D for Cerebras Systems Inc. (CBRS) following the company's IPO on May 15, 2026, disclosing beneficial ownership of 800,358 shares of Class B common stock (0.4% of 219,610,345 total shares outstanding). The Class B shares are convertible into Class A on a one-for-one basis at the holder's option. This is a routine post-IPO beneficial ownership disclosure by a pre-IPO venture investor with board representation, not an activist position given the sub-1% stake.

8-KCharter amendmentMay 158-K — Item 5.03: Charter amendment · Item 8.01: Other event
AI summary

Cerebras Systems Inc. (CBRS) filed its amended and restated certificate of incorporation and bylaws effective May 15, 2026, in connection with the closing of its IPO of Class A Common Stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market. The amended charter establishes a three-class structure (Class A: 1 vote, Class B: 20 votes, Class N: non-voting), with Class B holders controlling approximately 99.2% of voting power post-IPO. Routine IPO closing filing, though the extreme voting concentration in insider Class B shares is a material governance consideration for new public investors.

424B4Prospectus supplement (offering)May 14424B4
AI summary

Cerebras Systems Inc. (CBRS) priced its IPO at $185.00/share for 30,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock, raising $5.55 billion gross ($5.42 billion net to company after underwriting discounts), to be listed on Nasdaq as 'CBRS.' Class B shares (20 votes/share) represent approximately 99.2% of voting power post-IPO, leaving public shareholders with minimal governance rights. At $5.55B raised, Cerebras's IPO ranks among the largest AI-related public offerings on record, validating massive investor appetite for wafer-scale AI processor technology.

3New insider — initial holdingsMay 133
AI summary

Foundation Capital Management Co. VIII, L.L.C. filed Form 3 as a 10%+ owner of Cerebras Systems Inc. (CBRS) effective May 13, 2026, in connection with the company's IPO, holding large Class A Common Stock positions through Foundation Capital VIII, L.P. and its Principals Fund across Series A–E preferred stock rounds. All preferred shares converted to Class A at IPO. Routine post-IPO disclosure for a major pre-IPO VC backer; no new shares acquired in connection with this filing.

3New insider — initial holdingsMay 133
AI summary

Steven Vassallo (Director, CBRS) filed Form 3 initial beneficial ownership statement effective May 13, 2026, holding large indirect Class A Common Stock positions through Foundation Capital funds across Series A–E preferred rounds converting at IPO. He is a Foundation Capital partner with board representation. Routine post-IPO director disclosure; no new shares acquired in connection with this filing.

3New insider — initial holdingsMay 133
AI summary

Benchmark AI Infrastructure Management Co., L.L.C. and its affiliated fund entities (Benchmark AI Infrastructure Fund, L.P. and Benchmark AI Infrastructure Fund B, L.P.) filed Form 3 as a 10%+ owner of Cerebras Systems Inc. (CBRS) effective May 13, 2026, holding 2,527,646 Class B Common Stock shares (converted from Series H Preferred Stock). Routine post-IPO disclosure of a pre-IPO VC investor's stake; no new shares acquired in connection with this filing.

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Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

Cathie Wood Says Follow the AI Agents. Her Own Filings Show Where ARK Was Looking247wallst.com·8h agoFront-Running the AI Hardware Shift with Cerebrasmarketbeat.com·17h agoCerebras: Back At Its IPO Price, With A Much Bigger Storyseekingalpha.com·2d agoCerebras Stock Surges After OpenAI CEO Calls Chipmaker a ‘Close Partner'investopedia.com·4d agoCerebras shares rise after OpenAI's Altman calls chipmaker a “close partner”proactiveinvestors.com·4d ago

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