1) Industry: The storage industry has bottomed out. The Gross margin of the company in this quarter was negative. Even excluding the impact of inventory write down of $400 million, the Gross margin was still negative. The current price of storage products has broken the breakeven line, and there is not much room for further decline. At the same time, by product, the market price decline of DRAM in this quarter has significantly narrowed, while the market price of NAND has shown signs of recovery;
2) Company profile: The inventory situation has significantly improved. Although the company still has inventory reduction in this quarter, the amount has significantly decreased compared to the previous quarter. With the decrease of inventory write down, the company's Gross margin is expected to continue to increase, which will help the company turn losses into profits as soon as possible on the performance side.
Overall, this financial report continues to signal that the company has bottomed out and improved. From an investment perspective, the company's stock price has risen by 34.46% since the beginning of the year. This is partly due to the impact of the overall valuation rise of NASDAQ, and also includes some market expectations for the company to improve. The continued rise in stock prices requires a performance that exceeds expectations to stimulate. The progress of inventory clearance in this financial report is also one of them.
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