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Vicor Corporation

$VICR·$12B·Hardware, Equipment & Parts·Technology
$237.62+3.1%YTD+113.2%1Y+391.1%
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VIVICR
$VICRVicor Corporation
$237.62+3.13%124 posts+31%
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AI verdict & sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Top X posts

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.

Driven by hypeWinding up for a moveAI verdict · as of 2026-07-18

Trading in a tight range and building pressure — a move looks likely soon, but the direction isn't clear yet.

Vicor is up 391% in twelve months — the AI-datacenter power-physics moat is being re-discovered by connected buyers.

Vicor Corporation is the specialized AI-datacenter power-modules and factorized-power-architecture leader whose thesis rests on the specific 'physics' moat around scaling power delivery to AI racks. The tape has done extraordinary work.

  • The tape has done extraordinary work — up about 113% year-to-date and 391% over twelve months at a $12.3B market cap; that shape captures the specific rerating as the AI-datacenter power-scaling story landed on the P&L.
  • The specific bull framing is real — the community frames VICR's moat as 'not just power components' but 'the physics that let AI data centers scale' with 'the father of OpenClaw' plus connected friends loading the dip; that captures the specific expert-buyer signal on the pullback.
  • The mechanics defend the multiple — trailing P/E of about 90, price-to-sales at 25.9, operating margin above 20.9%, gross margin near 58.8%, ROIC of 12.9%, free-cash-flow yield about 0.7%, and reported debt-to-equity of only 0.009; those are best-in-class analog-and-power semi economics.
  • The specific tape has finally gotten a retracement — after the 450%+ twelve-month run, the current dip is being framed as a dip-buying opportunity; the community groups VICR with FPS and WOLF at attractive levels.
  • The dated Q2 print is on deck — 'Vicor's Q2 Earnings Results Loom: Should You Buy the VICR Stock?' captures the specific earnings-into-print positioning event; the capacity-expansion narrative is what the market wants to see land.

This coils until the Q2 print shows continued AI-datacenter power-module revenue plus a firm royalty-and-capacity update — a beat with named hyperscaler customer disclosures restarts the trend; a specific royalty-timing or capacity-ramp disclosure resolves the coil lower against the still-rich multiple.

Agrees with X sentimentThe uniformly bullish X read — 'father of OpenClaw' plus connected buyers loading the dip, 'physics that let AI data centers scale' moat framing, VICR grouped with FPS and WOLF at attractive levels, 450%+ trailing 12m run with dip-buying opportunity — is directly supported by the tape (+391% 12m, +113% YTD) and mechanics (12.9% ROIC, 20.9% op margin).

What to watch: Q2 print for continued AI-datacenter power-module revenue and firm royalty-and-capacity update. A royalty-timing or capacity-ramp disclosure resolves the coil lower against the still-rich multiple.

ai datacenter power scalingextreme ttm moveconnected buyer signalcapacity expansion narrative

X sentiment

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

Bullish sentiment8 posts analyzed · as of 2026-07-15

Vicor chatter is emphatically bullish. VICR is being re-discovered by 'the father of OpenClaw' with rich/connected friends loading the dip. Community frames VICR's moat as 'not just power components' but 'the physics that let AI data centers scale' - a mispriced re-rate opportunity. VICR has run 450%+ over the past year and finally got the retracement - a dip-buying opportunity. Community groups VICR with FPS and WOLF at attractive levels. Community broadly long.

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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; this segment overlaps with the AI data center networking and compute hardware buildout but is not the dominant revenue driver.

Top industry ETF

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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
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
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%
Q2 2025Jul 22, 2025$0.91$0.20+355.0%
Next earningsTue, Jul 21·consensus EPS $0.62

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$596.2M$590.1M – $602.2M$3.04$3.01 – $3.063
FY27$930.7M$926.8M – $934.5M$5.96$5.40 – $6.513
FY28$1.1B$1.1B – $1.1B$7.89$7.52 – $8.144

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.1.2×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.57%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.-20.2%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.+33.8%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatLow float · 31.1M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today3.1% 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.β2.345-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

SellJul 6Patrizio VinciarelliCEO700 sh$212KSellJul 2Patrizio VinciarelliCEO20.0K sh$6.4MSellJul 1Philip D DaviesCorp. VP-Global Sales & Mktg.3.1K sh$1.1MSellJul 1Patrizio VinciarelliCEO8.7K sh$3.1MSellJun 30Patrizio VinciarelliCEO20.0K sh$7.5MSellJun 29Patrizio VinciarelliCEO20.0K sh$7.1MSellJun 26Andrew D'amicoDirector331 sh$106KSellJun 26Patrizio VinciarelliCEO20.0K sh$6.5MSellJun 25James F SchmidtCFO1.0K sh$332KSellJun 25Andrew D'amicoDirector200 sh$67K
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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.

+ 15 other (8 13Gs · 2 earnings 8-Ks · 1 SD · 1 10-Q) in window

Recent news

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

Vicor and the AI Power Trend Reshaping Data Center Hardwarezacks.com·2d agoIs VICR Stock Still Worth Buying After Its Big AI-Fueled Run?zacks.com·2d agoVicor Stock Outlook as AI Demand, Capacity and Royalties Alignzacks.com·2d agoVicor's Q2 Earnings Results Loom: Should You Buy the VICR Stock?zacks.com·2d agoVicor's Capacity Expansion: Can it Unlock the Next Growth Phase?zacks.com·2d ago

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