Up-cycle · beat & raise
Down-cycle · digestion cut
Earnings-guidance feedback loop and the shared hyperscaler capex-digestion failure path
re-rate up
funds capex
capex cut · order lull
slower conversion
up-cycle loop
NVDA
33x · deepest backlog
guidance is the swing
MRVL
re-rated to ~85x
little room for error
AVGO
pre-de-rated ~13%
confirm-and-raise trigger
hyperscaler capex
orders → backlog · shared digestion gate
backlog converts
AI-semi revenue chain
committed backlog converts
multiple expands
re-rate up holds loop
group de-rating
chain repriced together
watch signals
1
hyperscaler
guidance cuts
2
order cancels
digestion talk
3
margin
compression
4
supply outruns
realized demand