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Vicor Corporation

$VICR·$9.4B·Hardware, Equipment & Parts·Technology
$234.74+3.6%YTD+64.0%1Y+396.8%
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VIVICR
$VICRVicor Corporation
$234.74+3.57%27 posts+40%
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Today's AI verdict on what's driving $VICR, 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 numbersCooling offAI verdict · as of 2026-08-15

Catching its breath after a run — could pick back up or fade from here.

Vicor is up 397% in twelve months on the AI-power-density thesis — the recent pullback from $230 is testing whether patient-bulls hold.

Vicor Corporation designs and manufactures modular power components (isolated power modules, factorized power architecture) — the specific niche that supplies power-delivery hardware for AI accelerators (GPU power-supply modules) and high-density compute. It's up 397% over twelve months on the AI-power-density thesis and now consolidating after a run to $230.

Where it stands:

  • The recent print pattern is strong — Q2 EPS of $1.04 beat the $0.65 estimate by 60%, Q1 EPS beat by 18%, Q1 revenue grew 20% year-over-year to $113M, and 21% operating margin plus 59% gross margin confirm the power-module economics are working at scale.
  • The AI-power-density thesis is the whole story — the community view that we need Vector Power Delivery (VPD) as processors approach 'panel-sized around 2029' captures why Vicor's factorized-power-architecture patents position it against a decade-long AI-accelerator power ramp, and Seeking Alpha's 'From Miles To A Few Millimeters Away From AI Accelerators' framing captures the specific product-vs-competitor gap.
  • The setup is stretched by any conventional measure — 90x trailing earnings, 91x EV/EBITDA, and a beta of 2.38 mean the stock will amplify both directions on any AI-CapEx wobble; the recent pullback from $230 to $235 with a 12% below-50-day position says short-term momentum has cooled, and the $180 area with a gap around $160 is the technical retest bulls are willing to sit for.

Q3 earnings Oct 20 is the read — a print holding 20%+ revenue growth plus specific hyperscaler-adoption-signal commentary extends the run and the 90x multiple defends itself; a decel to sub-15% revenue growth or specific customer-concentration disclosure and the multiple compresses fast against the 56%-of-52w-range setup. Vector Power Delivery adoption timing is the underappreciated multi-year swing factor.

Agrees with X sentimentX captured the Vector Power Delivery thesis, the 'panel-sized processors around 2029' framing, and the technical retest zones ($180 gap around $160) correctly — those are the load-bearing drivers. The patient-bull framing matches what the tape is actually doing (consolidation after a big run); the CBRS-news-driven pullback is a specific event worth carrying.

What to watch: Q3 earnings Oct 20 — a print holding 20%+ revenue growth plus hyperscaler-adoption-signal commentary extends the run and defends the 90x multiple; a decel to sub-15% revenue growth or customer-concentration disclosure and the multiple compresses fast. Vector Power Delivery adoption timing is the underappreciated multi-year swing factor.

On the calendar: 2026-10-20 — Q3 earnings

X sentiment

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

Bullish sentiment6 posts analyzed · as of 2026-08-04

Vicor posters are patient-bull on the power-density thesis. Posters cite Vicor 'far ahead of the competition,' used power modules in high demand in China, and a technical view that we need Vector Power Delivery (VPD) as we get to 'panel-sized processors around 2029.' VICR ran to $230 on CBRS news then pulled back to $180 with a gap around $160 (15% lower) as a possible retest. Bulls describe expected mean-reversion; little bearish thread.

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What it does

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

Designs high-efficiency modular DC-DC power converter components for AI servers, defense systems, and automotive electrification.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Hardware, Equipment & Parts sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $VICR.

Hardware, Equipment & Parts · Technology

No material change from last week — structural AI data center buildout is intact but rotation from early YTD winners (SNDK +100%) compresses near-term premiums in the rack-to-server supply layer.

What this means for $VICR

Partial — Designs high-efficiency modular DC-DC power converter components for AI servers, defense systems, and automotive electrification; partial earnings exposure to hardware, equipment & parts demand dynamics through its product portfolio.

Top industry ETF

$SOXXiShares Semiconductor ETF
+75.7%YTD
+116.6%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

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

Key ratios

P/E
90.2How 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
12.9%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
21.0%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
0.7%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
25.9Same 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
20.2%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
58.8%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
Q2 2026Jul 21, 2026$1.04$0.65+59.5%
Q1 2026Apr 21, 2026$0.44$0.37+17.7%
Q4 2025Feb 19, 2026$1.01$0.38+165.8%
Q3 2025Oct 21, 2025$0.63$0.48+32.2%
Next earningsTue, Oct 20·consensus EPS $0.85

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$113.0M+20.2%55.2%14.9%$0.45$-16.3M
Q4 FY25$107.3M+11.5%55.4%14.6%$1.03$10.2M
Q3 FY25$110.4M+18.5%57.5%18.9%$0.63$34.5M
Q2 FY25$141.0M+64.3%65.3%32.2%$0.92$59.0M

Forward consensus

3-year forecast · up to 4 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$603.1M$597.0M – $609.3M$3.44$3.40 – $3.463
FY27$938.7M$934.8M – $942.5M$5.95$5.43 – $6.473
FY28$1.1B$1.1B – $1.3B$7.92$7.45 – $8.154

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.0.8×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.56%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.-12.0%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.+21.5%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatLow float · 31.2M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today2.2% 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.β2.385-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

SellAug 3Philip D DaviesCorp. VP-Global Sales & Mktg.3.1K sh$650KSellJul 23Zmira LavieDirector1.2K sh$273KSellJul 6Patrizio VinciarelliCEO700 sh$212KSellJul 2Patrizio VinciarelliCEO20.0K sh$6.4MSellJul 1Philip D DaviesCorp. VP-Global Sales & Mktg.3.0K sh$1.1MSellJul 1Patrizio VinciarelliCEO4.7K sh$1.6MSellJun 30Patrizio VinciarelliCEO20.0K sh$7.5MSellJun 29Patrizio VinciarelliCEO20.0K sh$7.1MSellJun 26Andrew D'amicoDirector331 sh$106KSellJun 26Patrizio VinciarelliCEO20.0K sh$6.5M
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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

8-KShareholder voteJun 238-K — Item 5.07: Shareholder vote
AI summary

Vicor Corporation held its 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders on June 19, 2026, and fixed the number of directors at eleven; all eleven nominees including CEO Patrizio Vinciarelli (134.8M for, 8.6M withheld) were elected by wide margins. Vicor's Class B share structure concentrates voting power with the Vinciarelli family, making director elections procedurally certain; routine outcome with no contested matters.

+ 17 other (8 13Gs · 3 earnings 8-Ks · 2 10-Qs · 1 SD) in window

Recent news

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

Vicor: The Dip Is Not The Opportunity - The Evidence Isseekingalpha.com·1d agoVicor: From Miles To A Few Millimeters Away From AI Acceleratorsseekingalpha.com·2d agoAnalyzing Vicor (NASDAQ:VICR) & Novanta (NASDAQ:NOVT)defenseworld.net·17d agoVicor (VICR) May Find a Bottom Soon, Here's Why You Should Buy the Stock Nowzacks.com·18d agoThis Tiny AI Supplier Could Be More Important Than the Chipmakersmarketbeat.com·20d ago

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