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Wolfspeed Inc.

$WOLF·$2.1B·Semiconductors·Technology
$31.19-11.1%YTD+73.8%1Y+41.1%
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WOWOLF
$WOLFWolfspeed Inc.
$31.19-11.14%1.4k posts+3%
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Top X posts

Today's AI verdict on what's driving $WOLF, 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 2026-07-16

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

Silicon carbide leader sued NVTS on patents — 76% short interest and $35 support test give a real setup either direction.

Wolfspeed is the vertically integrated silicon-carbide (SiC) semiconductor leader whose 2026 tape has been extremely volatile as EV-SiC-demand narratives collide with a real cash-burn profile. The stock is coiled at $35 support with 76% short interest and a fresh NVTS patent-infringement suit.

  • The core SiC business remains cash-negative: Q1 2026 revenue fell 19% YoY to $150M, gross margin was -27% and operating margin was -69% — the SiC-EV thesis hasn't yet turned into a working P&L, and FCF yield of -28% is genuinely stressful for the balance sheet.
  • The NVTS lawsuit is a legitimate defensive move: Wolfspeed sued Navitas (NVTS) for patent infringement (CEO framing as defending 'decades of research and investment') — this is real IP-protection action, though it doesn't immediately change the SiC revenue trajectory.
  • The setup is a technical coil: 76% short float creates real squeeze fuel, the stock sits directly on the 200-week MA plus a previous supply zone at $35, and Prospero's upside-breakout scan ranks WOLF #2 — a break above $40 activates the technical bull case toward $50+.

The August 19 Q4 FY26 earnings are the near-term arbiter — Q4 revenue trajectory, gross margin recovery from -27%, and specific SiC-EV volume commentary extend the coiling setup. A revenue miss or continued negative gross margin without a specific customer-ramp story confirms the bear framing and drops the tape below $30.

What to watch: The August 19 Q4 FY26 earnings. Watch Q4 revenue trajectory, gross margin recovery from -27%, and specific SiC-EV volume commentary. Revenue miss or continued negative gross margin without a customer-ramp story confirms bear framing sub-$30; specific ramp + margin trajectory snaps the coil to $50+.

On the calendar: 2026-08-19 — Q4 FY26 earnings

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X sentiment

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

Bullish sentiment37 posts analyzed · as of 2026-07-15

WOLF conversation is a two-track story. On the semiconductor equity side, Wolfspeed sued NVTS for patent infringement (CEO framing as defending 'decades of research and investment'), the stock is down ~54% from May highs, sitting directly on a previous supply zone plus the 200-week MA with 76% short float, and Prospero's upside-breakout scan ranks WOLF #2. Chart bulls call $35 the key support with $50+ back in focus. On the memecoin side, White Wolf on Base is being pushed by MrDegenWolf as a Furie-character coin (following PEPE $10B, BRETT $2B pattern) with active Base-Robinhood-chain trench-culture support. Both threads treat WOLF as underpriced.

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What it does

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

Manufactures silicon carbide wafers and MOSFETs for EV powertrains and industrial power, plus GaN RF devices for 5G and defense.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

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

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 $WOLF

Partial — Manufactures silicon carbide wafers and MOSFETs for EV powertrains and industrial power, plus GaN RF devices for 5G and defense; this segment overlaps with the AI capex and HBM/compute demand cycle 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
-1.8How 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
-34.4%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
-141%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
-28.2%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
3.7Same 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
-52.1%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
-31.0%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
1.8Total 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 2026May 5, 2026$-3.26$-3.78+13.8%
Q4 2025Feb 4, 2026$-6.11$-0.61-893.5%
Q3 2025Oct 29, 2025$-0.55$-0.71+22.9%
Q2 2025Aug 25, 2025$-0.77$-0.72-6.9%
Next earningsWed, Aug 19·consensus EPS $-2.45

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q3 FY26$150.2M-19.0%-26.6%-69.4%$-2.30$-121.6M
Q2 FY26$168.5M-6.6%-46.5%-94.0%$-2.90$-73.2M
Q1 FY26$196.8M+1.1%-39.2%-82.0%$-12.36$-99.7M
Q4 FY25$197.0M-1.8%-13.0%-295%$-12.90$-455.8M

Forward consensus

4-year forecast · up to 2 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$757.8M$672.9M – $842.6M-$12.37-$14.17 – -$10.572
FY27$654.9M$581.5M – $728.3M-$8.50-$9.74 – -$7.261
FY28$819.0M$727.3M – $910.7M-$7.39-$8.47 – -$6.311
FY29$1.4B$1.3B – $1.6B$0.00$0.00 – $0.001

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.32%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.-38.1%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.+9.0%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatTiny float · 6.0M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today65.0% 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.β8.185-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.FilingActive offeringA shelf registration (S-3 / S-3ASR / S-1) or prospectus supplement (424B*) was filed in the last 90 days — the company is registered to (or actively) issuing new shares. Dilution risk.

Insider activity

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

Recent transactions

No open-market buys or sells in the last 180 days.

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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

S-1Initial registrationJun 9S-1
AI summary

Wolfspeed, Inc. (WOLF), a Delaware semiconductor company (SIC 3674), filed a new Form S-1 registration statement on June 9, 2026, to register 24,072,041 shares of common stock for resale by selling stockholders on a delayed or continuous basis under Rule 415. No new capital is being raised by the company — this is a resale registration for existing holders, not a primary offering. The filing is significant given Wolfspeed's ongoing financial pressures; registering ~24M shares for immediate resale by existing holders signals potential near-term secondary market selling pressure.

3New insider — initial holdingsMay 143
AI summary

Form filed by More than One Reporting Person Table I - Non-De filed a Form 3 (initial ownership statement) for WOLF on 2026-05-14, 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-KMaterial agreementMar 268-K — Item 1.01: Material agreement · Item 2.03: Material debt obligation · Item 3.02: Unregistered equity sale · Item 8.01: Other event
AI summary

WOLF entered into a indenture (8-K Item 1.01, dated 2026-03-26). Counterparty: Company, Wolfspeed Texas LLC (“Wolfspeed Texas”). Size: approximately $379,000,000. Rate: 3.5%. Due 2031. Material definitive agreement — investors should review the full exhibit for covenants, conditions, and use of proceeds.

8-KMaterial agreementMar 198-K — Item 1.01: Material agreement · Item 2.03: Material debt obligation · Item 3.02: Unregistered equity sale · Item 8.01: Other event
AI summary

WOLF entered into a purchase agreement (8-K Item 1.01, dated 2026-03-19). Material definitive agreement — investors should review the full exhibit for covenants, conditions, and use of proceeds.

S-1Initial registrationMar 9S-1
3New insider — initial holdingsFeb 93
8-KOfficer or director changeJan 308-K — Item 3.02: Unregistered equity sale · Item 5.02: Officer or director change · Item 8.01: Other event
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Recent news

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

5 Power Chip Stocks Built for the Electrification Surge247wallst.com·5d agoPower Struggle: Wolfspeed Sues Navitas Over AI Chipsmarketbeat.com·6d agoStocks Slowly Gaining, Shrug Off Tech Weaknessschaeffersresearch.com·7d agoWolfspeed in the Spotlight After Filing Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Navitas Semiconductorbenzinga.com·8d agoNavitas Semiconductor Responds to Patent Infringement Complaint Filed by Wolfspeedglobenewswire.com·9d ago

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