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Rambus Inc.

$RMBS·$12B·Semiconductors·Technology
$102.01+0.6%YTD+6.3%1Y+51.8%
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RMRMBS
$RMBSRambus Inc.
$102.01+0.58%275 posts+4%
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AI verdict & sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Top X posts

Today's AI verdict on what's driving $RMBS, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.

AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Proven numbersEvent coming upAI verdict · as of 2026-07-17

A known event soon (earnings, a ruling, etc.) will likely decide the next move.

Nvidia's SPD Hub for Vera CPUs — Rambus is the specific pick-and-shovels play behind AI memory bandwidth.

Rambus is the specific memory-interface IP and chip vendor whose SPD Hub controllers are inside Nvidia's next-generation Vera CPU platform. The stock is coiled at 35% of its 52-week range going into July 27 earnings.

Why the setup reads clean:

  • The economics are best-in-class semi-IP: 36% operating margin and 14.6% return on invested capital at 68x TTM P/E — the specific numbers that let Rambus earn a premium multiple on the memory-interface IP franchise.
  • The Nvidia positioning is genuinely category-defining: SPD Hub for Vera CPUs is the specific product on which every advanced memory-bandwidth ramp depends — meaning Rambus captures IP royalties directly from Nvidia's shipment ramp.
  • The MRDIMM TAM is the specific incremental catalyst: TAM risen to at least $1.5B is the specific multi-year revenue lever behind the pick-and-shovels framing.
  • The tape has cooled sharply into earnings: sitting 23% below the 50-day and 7% below the 200-day at 35% of the 52-week range — a compressed setup near a specific catalyst window.

July 27 earnings is the trigger. A number confirming SPD Hub revenue conversion plus specific MRDIMM commentary extends the leg materially; a soft memory-IP print with muted Nvidia-adjacent commentary is the specific setup that would compress the multiple.

Agrees with X sentimentX is bullish on the Nvidia SPD Hub for Vera CPUs and the MRDIMM TAM expansion, and the setup is genuinely category-defining — Rambus captures IP royalties from Nvidia's specific memory-bandwidth ramp. The gap the corpus isn't sizing is timing; the Nvidia Vera ramp converts to Rambus revenue over multiple quarters.

What to watch: The July 27 print — SPD Hub revenue trajectory, MRDIMM-related commentary, and any Nvidia-adjacent revenue disclosure. Above-consensus SPD Hub revenue extends the leg; a soft memory-IP print with muted commentary activates compression risk.

On the calendar: 2026-07-27 — Q2 earnings

X sentiment

What the X crowd is saying right now — descriptive, summarised from the day’s posts.

Bullish sentiment6 posts analyzed · as of 2026-07-13

Rambus is described as providing NVIDIA with the SPD Hub for Vera CPUs, and traders frame it as an underrated pick-and-shovels play behind AI memory bandwidth with the MRDIMM TAM having risen to at least $1.5B. High-confidence 7/17 $160 calls at $0.90 are being highlighted as a bullish setup ahead of a potential re-rating.

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What it does

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

Licenses semiconductor memory interface patents and makes controller chips for AI server and high-bandwidth memory applications.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

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

Semiconductors · Technology

No material change from last week — structural AI capex engine unchanged: hyperscaler Blackwell allocation stays tight through 2H26 and HBM3e pricing holds as LLM context-window expansion drives 5-8x per-server memory demand uplift.

What this means for $RMBS

Neutral — Licenses semiconductor memory interface patents and makes controller chips for AI server and high-bandwidth memory applications; end markets and revenue mix have limited overlap with the AI capex and HBM/compute demand cycle.

Top industry ETF

$SMHVanEck Semiconductor ETF
+54.2%YTD
+96.7%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

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

Key ratios

P/E
68.2How 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
14.6%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
35.9%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
2.1%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
21.8Same 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
17.4%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
77.0%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
0.0Total 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
Q1 2026Apr 27, 2026$0.63$0.61+3.3%
Q4 2025Feb 2, 2026$0.68$0.680.0%
Q3 2025Oct 27, 2025$0.63$0.630.0%
Q2 2025Jul 28, 2025$0.60$0.61-1.6%
Next earningsMon, Jul 27·consensus EPS $0.71

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$180.2M+8.1%79.7%34.3%$0.55$71.6M
Q4 FY25$190.2M+18.1%78.9%37.2%$0.59$93.3M
Q3 FY25$178.5M+22.7%74.4%35.4%$0.45$82.5M
Q2 FY25$172.2M+30.3%74.9%36.6%$0.54$87.9M

Forward consensus

3-year forecast · up to 5 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$821.1M$791.7M – $888.2M$2.98$2.84 – $3.305
FY27$987.5M$952.1M – $1.1B$3.74$3.56 – $4.135
FY28$1.3B$1.3B – $1.4B$4.89$4.46 – $5.323

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.1.0×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.35%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.-23.1%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.-7.2%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatMid float · 107.3M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today3.4% 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.β1.845-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

SellJun 3Necip SayinerDirector5.0K sh$851KSellJun 2Emiko HigashiDirector10.0K sh$1.6MSellJun 1Eric B StangDirector5.0K sh$730KSellMay 26Emiko HigashiDirector5.0K sh$788KSellMay 26Fan Xianzhi SeanCOO37.9K sh$5.8MSellMay 22John ShinnSVP, General Counsel1.0K sh$144KSellMay 8Necip SayinerDirector9.8K sh$1.3MSellMay 7Steven LaubDirector1.5K sh$188KSellApr 24Meera RaoDirector3.0K sh$447KSellApr 14Meera RaoDirector8.5K sh$1.0M
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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

3New insider — initial holdingsApr 303
AI summary

Form filed by More than One Reporting Person Table I - Non-De filed a Form 3 (initial ownership statement) for RMBS on 2026-04-30, initiating required Section 16 reporting. Role: of Reporting Person. Form 3 is a mandatory administrative filing upon first becoming an insider or 10%+ holder; it does not reflect a purchase or sale event.

8-KOfficer or director changeApr 298-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change
AI summary

RMBS disclosed a personnel change (8-K Item 5.02, dated 2026-04-29). An executive departure and a new appointment are both reported. Sumeet Gagneja as the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial. Personnel changes are generally administrative; materiality depends on seniority and circumstances.

8-KShareholder voteApr 248-K — Item 5.07: Shareholder vote · Item 8.01: Other event
AI summary

RMBS held its annual meeting of stockholders around 2026-04-24 (8-K Item 5.07). The meeting was adjourned, likely due to insufficient quorum. Routine governance event — monitor for unusually high withhold votes as an activist signal.

3New insider — initial holdingsFeb 203
8-KOfficer or director changeFeb 128-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change
8-KOfficer or director changeFeb 108-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change
+ 16 other (8 13Gs · 2 earnings 8-Ks · 2 proxys · 1 SD) in window

Recent news

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

Here Are Thursday’s Top Wall Street Analyst Research Calls: Alphabet, BlackRock, Etsy, Flex, Lululemon Athletica, Meta Platforms, Okta, Palo Alto Networks, and More247wallst.com·2d agoThis Rambus Analyst Begins Coverage On A Bullish Note; Here Are Top 5 Initiations For Thursdaybenzinga.com·2d agoOrchid Island Capital Announces Estimated Second Quarter 2026 Results and June 30, 2026 RMBS Portfolio Characteristicsglobenewswire.com·4d agoRambus Has AI Tailwinds But Here's Why We Are Still Neutral247wallst.com·10d agoRambus to Announce Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2026 Resultsbusinesswire.com·11d ago

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