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Technology · ·
$25.59
▲ $1.85 (+7.8%)
Market data updated: 09/19 10:12 PM
Fundamentals updated: 09/19/2026
News analyzed: 09/19/2026
Market Cap
$1.36B
Day Range
$24.09 - $25.72
52-Week Range
$8.05 - $80.82
Beta
—
Next Earnings
27.10.2026
Support
$19.98
Resistance
$37.50
WOLF is a stock from the Technology sector — Software, hardware, chip, and computing-services companies — revenue tied to the pace of innovation and upgrade cycles.
+15.8% (1Y)
Strengths: 6/29 factors positiveRisk: High
This score and all analysis on this page are for informational and educational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice. Read the full disclaimer
Weighted: Technical 25% · Fundamental 20% · Growth 15% · Valuation 15% · News 10% · Quality 10% · Risk 5%
Overall Score
🔴 Bearish
Technical Trend
🔴 Bearish
Computed directly from the same signals behind the score above — not AI-generated.
Biggest positive driver
Free cash flow growth
Free cash flow growth: 33.9%
Growth
Biggest negative driver
Operating margin
Operating margin: -175.4% (negative)
Fundamental
What to watch next
When today echoes the past.
NO RELIABLE ECHO FOUND
Only 0 historical analog(s) found after removing overlapping dates — too few for a statistically meaningful comparison.
Historical matches considered: 0
TIME ECHO identifies historical situations that resemble the current market state. Historical outcomes are not guarantees of future performance. Similarity does not imply causation, and results may change as new data becomes available.
🗓️ What Changed This Week
🌱 Building History
We don't have a real data point from a week ago for this stock yet. The weekly comparison will appear once enough history has accumulated.
📊 Score History
39
Today
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30D
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90D
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1Y
🐂🐻 Investment Thesis
🐂 Bull Case
🐻 Bear Case
🔍 What Could Prove This Wrong
This isn't a price-direction forecast — just a synthesis of real, already-computed data, and future conditions that could change the picture.
🧬 STOCK DNA
This stock's profile across 8 real dimensions — a research tool, not a recommendation
Growth
40
Quality
47
Value
50
Momentum
24
Risk
40
Sentiment
62
Fundamental
34
Institutional
No data available
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Not enough comparably-scored stocks yet to show similar matches.
This stock hasn't been analyzed by StockIQAI's movement engine yet — coverage is still expanding. Check back soon.
Recent media coverage of Wolfspeed, Inc. has focused on its fiscal fourth-quarter financial performance, highlighting a **$145.4 million GAAP net loss** despite **AI data center revenue more than doubling** in fiscal 2026. Analysts debated whether the company can restore **positive gross margins** amid **high leverage and debt risks**, while its stock declined sharply following the results. The shift toward **800-volt AI rack architectures** was also noted as a potential growth driver in the semiconductor sector.
AI summary based on English-language news sources only — not investment advice.
Everyone's writing about Wolfspeed, Inc. Common Stock New. News trend score: 62. Reason: 7 of the last 20 articles are positive, versus 5 negative.
News trend analysis is based on article sentiment only, and is not investment advice or financial counsel. Read the full disclaimer
🌡️ Emotional Temperature
6
🎯 Conviction (vs. Emotion)
31
Psychology
81
Fundamentals
34
Technical
24
Valuation
50
A significant decline over time, but on unusually low trading volume — holders unwilling to accept the loss.
Price, sentiment, and valuation keep confirming each other upward while the actual fundamentals deteriorate.
A sharp drop, unusual volume, and negative news sentiment all at once — selling pressure that looks emotional.
Extreme momentum, price far above its moving average, and a large premium over fair value.
Price, volume, and sentiment accelerating together — a sign investors are chasing the price, not just following it.
Price (3M)
-55%
Market Narrative
46
Fundamental Reality
31
Narrative Gap
+15
🔀 Psychology Acceleration
News attention/sentiment is running well ahead of the price move itself.
🧠 StockIQ Psychologist
The market’s dominant **Loss Aversion** (97) reflects deep-rooted reluctance to accept further losses after a 33.4% drop, despite muted volume suggesting hesitation rather than panic. **Confirmation Bias** (35) and **Herding** (66) coexist, as traders cling to narratives despite deteriorating fundamentals (revenue stagnation, shrinking margins). **Overconfidence** (26) hints at selective optimism—price momentum outstrips EPS growth—but this may stem from anchoring to past highs rather than fundamentals. The key question: *Will traders exit to lock in gains, or double down on fading narratives?*
Updated: 09/08/2026, 03:53 PM
What could change this?
👥 What the crowd believes
"Wolfspeed said AI data center revenue more than doubled in fiscal 2026 compared with [...]"
"reported a $145.4 million GAAP net loss and a $62.4 million company-defined adjusted EBITDA loss"
"The shift to 800-volt AI rack architectures is quietly creating winners in a corner of the chip market"
"Wolfspeed is rated a Sell with a $20.84 price target, reflecting high valuation risk"
📈 10D Investor Psychology
Signal classification confidence: High (confidence in the behavioral read, not a price prediction). Describes observable market behavior, not what any individual investor thinks, and is not a buy/sell signal.
🏛️ Investor DNA — Historical Investors
A Historical Strategy Simulation: assuming each investor follows their documented principles, how would they rate this stock today? This is not a prediction of what they would actually do.
🟢 Best match
Charles Mackay — 94/100
🔴 Weakest match
Jesse Livermore — 13/100
🗣️ Why do they disagree?
This stock sparks a sharp divide among methodologies, with some frameworks seeing cautious opportunity while others flag it as a high-risk or unattractive bet. Charles Mackay and Howard Marks (Market Cycle) rate it highly—Mackay detects no crowd-driven mania, while Marks’ cycle analysis suggests it’s still in an early-to-mid phase, not yet overextended. However, other value-oriented investors like Benjamin Graham and Peter Lynch dismiss it outright, with Graham’s Enterprising Investor model scoring zero due to insufficient valuation data and Lynch’s growth-at-a-reasonable-price test failing. Meanwhile, behavioral economists like Thorstein Veblen and Gerald Loeb warn of speculative excess or unsustainable risk, while trend-followers like Jesse Livermore and Jack Schwager’s disciplined wizards would avoid it entirely, seeing either a negative trend or no clear setup. The middle ground—represented by Morgan Housel and Samuel Nelson—acknowledges it’s holdable but not effortless, reflecting a lukewarm, mid-cycle assessment.
Charles Mackay
Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds (1841)
🟢 94
No obvious signs of crowd mania
Key question
Am I being swept along with the crowd, or thinking for myself?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Howard Marks (Market Cycle)
Mastering the Market Cycle (2018)
🟢 87
Looks early-to-mid cycle, not overextended
Key question
Where are we in the cycle right now — near a hot extreme, or a cold one?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Howard Marks
The Most Important Thing (2011) / Mastering the Market Cycle (2018)
🟢 70
Risk appears reasonably priced — no obvious cycle-timing red flag
Key question
What is the market probably misunderstanding about the risk here?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Samuel Armstrong Nelson
The ABC of Stock Speculation (1903)
🟢 70
Cycle position looks favorable — closer to oversold than overbought
Key question
Is the price overextended, or is there still room to move?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Morgan Housel
The Psychology of Money (2020)
🟡 63
Moderate — holdable, but not effortless
Key question
Could I live with this volatility long enough for compounding to actually work?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Benjamin Graham
Security Analysis (1934) / The Intelligent Investor (1949)
🟡 50
Mixed — doesn't clearly pass Graham's tests
Key question
Where is my margin of safety?
⚠️ Partial data for this stock — score is less reliable — Data availability: 30%
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Jack Schwager
Market Wizards (1989)
🟡 42
No clear edge either way
Key question
What's the risk/reward here, and where is my exit point?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Burton Malkiel & John Bogle
A Random Walk Down Wall Street (1973) / The Little Book of Common Sense Investing (2007)
🟡 39
Mixed case — the evidence for picking this stock over an index is not strong
Key question
Do I actually have an edge here, or do I just think I do?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Edgar Lawrence Smith
Common Stocks as Long-Term Investments (1924)
🟡 38
Doesn't show the stability Smith's long-term case requires
Key question
Is this a stock I'd be happy to hold and forget about for a decade?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Thorstein Veblen
The Theory of Business Enterprise (1904)
🟡 36
Pattern Veblen would flag as growth pursued for its own sake
Key question
Is management building real value, or just building itself?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Gerald M. Loeb
The Battle for Investment Survival (1935)
🟡 36
Risk profile Loeb would flag as a real threat to capital
Key question
How much capital could I lose here if I'm wrong?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Philip Fisher
Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits (1958)
🔴 33
Doesn't show the quality/growth signature Fisher required
Key question
How exceptional is this business, really?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Walter Bagehot
Lombard Street (1873)
🔴 31
Liquidity position Bagehot would flag as a real risk
Key question
Does this company have enough liquidity to survive real stress?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Peter Lynch
One Up on Wall Street (1989)
🔴 22
Doesn't clear Lynch's growth-at-a-reasonable-price bar
Key question
Is the growth worth the price?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Jesse Livermore
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator (1923) / How to Trade in Stocks (1940)
🔴 13
Negative trend — against Livermore's core rule of trading with the trend
Key question
What is the price telling me right now?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Benjamin Graham (Enterprising Investor)
The Intelligent Investor (1949) — the Enterprising Investor chapters
🔴 0
Not enough valuation data for a real Enterprising-Graham read
Key question
Is the stock statistically cheap enough to justify the extra risk?
⚠️ Partial data for this stock — score is less reliable — Data availability: 20%
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Based on the last 245 trading days, calculated from real price data. Click an indicator for details and a chart.
🔴 Most indicators support a downtrend (1 bullish · 7 bearish · 2 neutral)
A market-structure read based purely on real price and volume data — not full classic Wyckoff schematic identification (Phase A-E), but a quantitative analysis of what can reliably be computed: trading ranges, "effort vs. result", volume within the range, and Spring/Upthrust detection.
The stock is in a clear downtrend with no defined trading range in the period examined.
Low confidence
The Wyckoff Method, developed by Richard Wyckoff in the early 20th century, reads the balance of supply and demand through price and volume, based on the premise that large investors ("smart money") quietly accumulate shares before rallies and quietly distribute them before declines. The read here is based solely on real price and volume data — full, precise identification of classic Wyckoff patterns (such as Phases A-E) requires human chart-reading experience and judgment, so this is an approximate algorithmic read, not a substitute for professional analysis. This should not be considered investment advice.
Gross Margin
-16.1%
Operating Margin
-175.4%
Net Margin
-212.4%
EBITDA Margin
-142.2%
ROE
359.9%
ROA
-23.5%
ROIC
—
EPS
-$11.39
Cash
$467.20M
Total Debt
$13.08B
Current Ratio
0.36
Debt/Equity
-29.25
How is Fair Value calculated? →
Current Price
$25.59
Estimated Fair Value (DCF)
-$356.50
Model estimate — not a price target. Highly sensitive to growth/discount-rate assumptions.
Gap
⚠️ Extreme
Model output is extreme — likely a data/model limitation for this stock, not a reliable fair-value read.
Year 1 Growth Rate
11.0%
Discount Rate (WACC)
9.0%
Terminal Growth Rate
2.5%
Projection Years
5
| Year | Growth Rate | Projected FCF | Present Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11.0% | $-2.20B | $-2.02B |
| 2 | 8.8% | $-2.39B | $-2.02B |
| 3 | 6.7% | $-2.56B | $-1.97B |
| 4 | 4.6% | $-2.67B | $-1.89B |
| 5 | 2.5% | $-2.74B | $-1.78B |
Base FCF (last actual year)
$-1.98B
Terminal Value
$-43.22B
Present Value of Terminal Value
$-28.09B
Enterprise Value
$-37.77B
Net Debt
$12.61B
Equity Value
$-50.38B
*The DCF model is an estimate based on assumptions — not a guaranteed forecast. You can change the assumptions to examine different scenarios.
Book Value per Share
-$3.16
Tangible Book Value per Share (Tangible NAV)
-$3.33
Sentiment based on basic keywords (not AI) — 7 positive, 8 neutral, 5 negative out of the last 20 articles.
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Wolfspeed, Inc. Common Stock New (WOLF) currently has a StockIQ AI score of 39/100, rated "Weak". The score is a weighted average across up to 7 categories (technical, fundamental, growth, fair value, news, quality, risk), based on real data only.
WOLF currently scores 39/100 (Weak) across the categories we measure. StockIQ doesn't give buy/sell recommendations — use this as one data point in your own research, not as investment advice.
WOLF's technical score is 24/100, which currently reads as bearish — based on real price/volume signals (moving averages, RSI, MACD, and more), not a prediction of what happens next.
Based on the real signals StockIQ computed: Free cash flow growth: 33.9%; Return on equity (ROE): 359.9% — strong; Debt/equity: -29.25.
Based on the real signals StockIQ computed: Operating margin: -175.4% (negative); Net margin: -212.4% (negative); Operating margin is eroding over time.
StockIQ has no recorded dividend payment history for WOLF.
Real transactions by officers and insiders, as reported to the SEC on Form 4 — 0 purchases and 0 sales out of the last 25 filings.
| Name | Transaction Type | Date | Shares | Change | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| van Issum Gregor | Tax Withholding in Shares | 1.9.2026 | 19,693 | -19,693 | $26.31 |
| Emerson David Todd | Grant/Award from Employer | 1.9.2026 | 33,059 | +33,059 | — |
| van Issum Gregor | Grant/Award from Employer | 1.9.2026 | 33,555 | +33,555 | — |
| Mattes Andreas W | Grant/Award from Employer | 1.9.2026 | 16,529 | +16,529 | — |
| Feurle Robert A. | Grant/Award from Employer | 1.9.2026 | 76,037 | +76,037 | — |
| KOHN BRADLEY D | Grant/Award from Employer | 1.9.2026 | 19,835 | +19,835 | — |
| Emerson David Todd | Gift | 31.8.2026 | 718 | -718 | — |
| Feurle Robert A. | Tax Withholding in Shares | 15.7.2026 | 8,247 | -8,247 | $35.10 |
| Emerson David Todd | Tax Withholding in Shares | 15.7.2026 | 3,299 | -3,299 | $35.10 |
| Emerson David Todd | Tax Withholding in Shares | 15.7.2026 | 123,810 | -3,299 | $35.10 |
| Feurle Robert A. | Tax Withholding in Shares | 15.7.2026 | 279,773 | -8,247 | $35.10 |
| KOHN BRADLEY D | Grant/Award from Employer | 1.7.2026 | 38,775 | +38,775 | — |
| KOHN BRADLEY D | Grant/Award from Employer | 1.7.2026 | 38,929 | +38,775 | — |
| Feurle Robert A. | Tax Withholding in Shares | 1.5.2026 | 29,307 | -29,307 | $36.76 |
| Feurle Robert A. | Tax Withholding in Shares | 1.5.2026 | 288,020 | -29,307 | $36.76 |
| Musser Eric S | Grant/Award from Employer | 17.12.2025 | 31,732 | +31,732 | — |
| Jensen Mark Edwin | Grant/Award from Employer | 17.12.2025 | 31,732 | +31,732 | — |
| Bokan Michael W | Grant/Award from Employer | 17.12.2025 | 31,732 | +31,732 | — |
| Walsh Paul V Jr | Grant/Award from Employer | 17.12.2025 | 31,732 | +31,732 | — |
| HOU HONG Q | Grant/Award from Employer | 17.12.2025 | 31,732 | +31,732 | — |
| ABATE ANTHONY | Grant/Award from Employer | 17.12.2025 | 31,732 | +31,732 | — |
| HOU HONG Q | Grant/Award from Employer | 17.12.2025 | 31,732 | +31,732 | — |
| ABATE ANTHONY | Grant/Award from Employer | 17.12.2025 | 31,732 | +31,732 | — |
| Musser Eric S | Grant/Award from Employer | 17.12.2025 | 31,732 | +31,732 | — |
| Walsh Paul V Jr | Grant/Award from Employer | 17.12.2025 | 31,732 | +31,732 | — |
Official FINRA data — the number of shares open in short positions, plus daily short-sale activity.
24,640,211 shares short as of 2026-08-31 · vs. 23,675,830 on 2026-07-31
Official biweekly report (FINRA Rule 4560) — no real higher-frequency data exists for this metric.
46.7% of trading volume this week was short selling, vs. 45.1% the prior week
Based on daily short-sale volume (Reg SHO) — a different metric from the open short interest above: this is daily trading volume, not an open position, so it updates weekly rather than biweekly.
Full breakdown of every data type and its source: Data Sources · Methodology