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Valens Semiconductor Ltd.

$VLN·$170M·Semiconductors·Technology
$1.80-3.7%YTD+19.0%1Y-11.3%
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VLVLN
$VLNValens Semiconductor Ltd.
$1.80-3.74%49 posts+20%
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AI verdict & sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Top X posts

Today's AI verdict on what's driving $VLN, 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.

Broken storyStalledAI verdict · as of 2026-08-26

The move has stalled — likely just drifts unless something new shows up.

Valens Semi is $170M micro-cap with a long road to profitability — the $VLN cashtag chatter is a #WearToEarn 'villain' fashion community, not the equity.

Valens Semiconductor Ltd. is an Israeli specialty semiconductor company (chip-to-chip communication technology) whose business has been in a broken tape for two years. Note the $VLN cashtag on X is dominated by a #WearToEarn 'villain' fashion-earning community, not the equity — the sentiment sample is not usable as a signal for the semi.

  • The fundamentals are still weak: revenue $17M last quarter with 62% gross margin (typical for specialty semis) but -48% operating margin and -7x trailing PE — the last two prints matched sell-side EPS with modest beats (0% and 17%), but the operational-loss trajectory hasn't inflected.
  • The strategic case is uncertain: 'decent Q2, but still a long road to profitability' captures the setup accurately — Valens has real product IP (chip-to-chip communications for automotive and industrial) but hasn't reached the scale required to be self-sustaining, and PS at 3.1x is modest but not compelling for a pre-profit specialty semi.
  • The tape is stalled at moderate low: at 27% of the 52-week range, 5% below the 50-day and 1% below the 200-day on 0.63x normal volume with beta 1.38 — that's a stock consolidating around the moving averages on light volume, and the insider Yael Rozenberg-Haine $1K sale is tiny mechanical.

The path if this works is the Nov 11 Q3 print delivering revenue in line with the sequential quarterly cadence plus concrete design-win commentary, taking the tape past $2.50. What breaks it is a fresh dilutive raise or a soft-design-win signal — VLN is a broken-story name that requires operational execution to turn, and the sentiment sample is unrelated cashtag pollution.

Differs from X sentimentThe $VLN X chatter is about a #WearToEarn 'villain' fashion-earning brand community pitching a fashion-earning brand narrative and a token angle, not the chip company — cashtag collision — so the sentiment isn't a signal for Valens Semi at all; the skeptic looking back at May 2026 mocking the financials is the closest thing to an equity-relevant signal.

What to watch: Nov 11 Q3 print (sell-side EPS -$0.03) — revenue in line with the sequential cadence plus concrete design-win commentary extends the tape past $2.50; a fresh dilutive raise or a soft-design-win signal breaks the tape below $1.50. Ignore the $VLN X sentiment — it's about a fashion-earning brand community.

On the calendar: 2026-11-11 — Q3 earnings

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X sentiment

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

Neutral sentiment7 posts analyzed · as of 2026-08-28

The $VLN tag is dominated by the Villain memecoin/wear-to-earn project chatter rather than Valens Semiconductor. Sample is largely promotional. Skeptics flag someone touting $VLN in May 2026 with financials that were poor. Tone reads neutral.

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What it does

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

Makes HDBaseT chips enabling high-speed AV distribution over cable for enterprise markets and ADAS camera connectivity in vehicles.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

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

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 $VLN

Neutral — Makes HDBaseT chips enabling high-speed AV distribution over cable for enterprise markets and ADAS camera connectivity in vehicles; limited read-through from semiconductors macro dynamics to this specific revenue mix.

Top industry ETF

$SMHVanEck Semiconductor 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
-7.0How 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
-31.4%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
-48.2%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
-5.1%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
3.1Same 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
-29.3%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
62.3%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
0.1Total 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$-0.04$-0.040.0%
Q1 2026May 13, 2026$-0.05$-0.06+16.7%
Q4 2025Feb 25, 2026$-0.04$-0.03-33.3%
Q3 2025Nov 12, 2025$-0.04$-0.07+42.9%
Next earningsWed, Nov 11·consensus EPS $-0.03

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$16.9M+0.2%62.2%-54.7%$-0.08$-5.6M
Q4 FY25$19.4M+16.4%60.5%-48.6%$-0.09$-547K
Q3 FY25$17.3M+8.1%63.0%-46.4%$-0.07$-4.9M
Q2 FY25$17.1M+25.5%63.5%-43.3%$-0.07$-330K

Forward consensus

4-year forecast · up to 2 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$75.6M$75.5M – $75.7M-$0.13-$0.13 – -$0.122
FY27$90.3M$89.9M – $90.7M-$0.08-$0.08 – -$0.072
FY28$105.0M$100.9M – $109.1M-$0.06-$0.06 – -$0.062
FY29$120.0M$118.5M – $121.4M-$0.02-$0.02 – -$0.021

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.0.5×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.27%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.-3.6%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.-1.5%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatMid float · 74.7M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today0.7% 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.β1.385-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 7Rozenberg Haine YaelVP Finance625 sh$1KSellJul 23Rozenberg Haine YaelVP Finance2.8K sh$5KSellJul 22Rozenberg Haine YaelVP Finance3.1K sh$5KSellJul 20Rozenberg Haine YaelVP Finance1.5K sh$2KSellJul 14Tal YaacobiDirector3.8K sh$8KSellJul 14Moshe LichtmanDirector3.8K sh$8KSellJul 1Tal YaacobiDirector1.4K sh$3KSellJun 15David ChairmanSVP, R&D4.0K sh$10KSellJun 15Rozenberg Haine YaelVP Finance18.8K sh$44KSellMay 29Yarel - Toledano AdiDirector17.2K sh$61K
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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 holdingsAug 193
AI summary

A new insider at Valneva SE (VLN) filed Form 3 reporting direct ownership of 85,000 ordinary shares as of a recent appointment date. The footnotes reference additional details. Routine initial officer or director ownership disclosure; 85,000 shares is a meaningful but not extraordinary initial holding.

3New insider — initial holdingsMar 263
AI summary

Form filed by More than One Reporting Person Table I - Non-De filed a Form 3 (initial ownership statement) for VLN on 2026-03-26, 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.

3New insider — initial holdingsMar 203
AI summary

Form filed by More than One Reporting Person Table I - Non-De filed a Form 3 (initial ownership statement) for VLN on 2026-03-20, 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.

3New insider — initial holdingsMar 203
AI summary

Form filed by More than One Reporting Person Table I - Non-De filed a Form 3 (initial ownership statement) for VLN on 2026-03-20, 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.

3New insider — initial holdingsMar 203
AI summary

Form filed by More than One Reporting Person Table I - Non-De filed a Form 3 (initial ownership statement) for VLN on 2026-03-20, 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.

3New insider — initial holdingsMar 203
AI summary

Form filed by More than One Reporting Person Table I - Non-De filed a Form 3 (initial ownership statement) for VLN on 2026-03-20, 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.

3New insider — initial holdingsMar 183
AI summary

Form filed by More than One Reporting Person Table I - Non-De filed a Form 3 (initial ownership statement) for VLN on 2026-03-18, 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.

3New insider — initial holdingsMar 183
AI summary

Form filed by More than One Reporting Person Table I - Non-De filed a Form 3 (initial ownership statement) for VLN on 2026-03-18, 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.

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Recent news

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

Valens Semiconductor: Decent Q2, But Still A Long Road To Profitabilityseekingalpha.com·15d agoValens Semiconductor Q2 Earnings Call Highlightsmarketbeat.com·17d agoValens Semiconductor Ltd. (VLN) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcriptseekingalpha.com·17d agoValens Semiconductor, Ltd. (VLN) Reports Q2 Loss, Beats Revenue Estimateszacks.com·17d agoValens Semiconductor Reports Strong Second Quarter 2026 Results and Raises Full-Year Revenue Guidanceprnewswire.com·17d ago

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