Back to Reports
Daily Alpha Report: Wednesday, May 20, 2026
DAILY
2026-05-20
Generated 5/20/2026, 3:18:37 PM
Daily Alpha Report: Wednesday, May 20, 2026
Generated at 2026-05-20T15:18:37.734Z
Executive Summary
INTC leads the alpha ranking at 84.3.
INTC saw the biggest surge (+27.2 alpha).
Alpha Leaderboard
| Rank | Ticker | Alpha | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 (+9) | INTC | 84.3 | +27.2 |
| #2 (+5) | AMD | 80.6 | +22.6 |
| #3 (+22) | LRCX | 76.8 | +22.9 |
| #4 (+5) | KLAC | 76.3 | +19.1 |
| #5 (+8) | AMAT | 75.2 | +19.3 |
| #6 (-5) | ARM | 74.1 | +9.6 |
| #7 (+1) | ASML | 72.8 | +15.1 |
| #8 (-5) | NVDA | 72.2 | +9.1 |
| #9 (+14) | AMZN | 71.5 | +16.8 |
| #10 (+5) | GOOGL | 70.0 | +14.4 |
Notable Movers
- INTC: 9 positions up (alpha +27.2)
- AMD: 5 positions up (alpha +22.6)
- LRCX: 22 positions up (alpha +22.9)
- KLAC: 5 positions up (alpha +19.1)
- AMAT: 8 positions up (alpha +19.3)
Score Decomposition
Why each major mover moved — score-component deltas plus the news drivers that fed them. Every row is auditable against the underlying snapshot.
INTC — Alpha 84.3 (Δ +27.2)
Component breakdown (only components with Δ ≥ 0.5):
| Component | Prior → Current | Δ | What it tracks |
|---|---|---|---|
alphaNews | 65.0 → 74.8 | +9.9 | news-flow contribution (sentiment × impact × recency) |
alphaMomentum | 38.2 → 94.7 | +56.5 | price momentum component (trailing return) |
alphaDivergence | 10.4 → -17.2 | -27.6 | alpha vs price divergence signal |
alphaConfidence | 80.0 → 100.0 | +20.0 | data-completeness confidence weight |
Top news drivers (24h):
CONFIRMEDAMD EPYC 8005 is Out with Up to 84 Zen 5 Cores in a 225W TDP Package — servethehome.com · sent 76 · contrib 32.25CONFIRMEDDell overhauls data center portfolio with AI-focused storage, servers and cyber resilience tools — siliconangle.com · sent 71 · contrib 29.17CONFIRMEDDell Bulks Up Hardware As AI Infrastructure Shifts To On-Premises — nextplatform.com · sent 70 · contrib 23.87CONFIRMEDNew Microsoft Surface for Business PCs pair Panther Lake chips with as little as 8GB of RAM — 13-inch Surface Laptop goes light on memory but still starts at $1,299 — tomshardware.com · sent 63 · contrib 22.52- Five takeaways from Michael Dell’s keynote at Dell Technologies World 2026 — siliconangle.com · sent 72 · contrib 21.75
Active thesis: "Intel's Foundry Turnaround: $15B Revenue Target by 2030 Driven by Government Support and AI Infrastructure Demand" (60% confidence)
AMD — Alpha 80.6 (Δ +22.6)
Component breakdown (only components with Δ ≥ 0.5):
| Component | Prior → Current | Δ | What it tracks |
|---|---|---|---|
alphaNews | 69.0 → 79.1 | +10.1 | news-flow contribution (sentiment × impact × recency) |
alphaMomentum | 34.4 → 77.5 | +43.1 | price momentum component (trailing return) |
alphaDivergence | 13.9 → -2.4 | -16.2 | alpha vs price divergence signal |
alphaConfidence | 80.0 → 100.0 | +20.0 | data-completeness confidence weight |
Top news drivers (24h):
CONFIRMEDAMD EPYC 8005 is Out with Up to 84 Zen 5 Cores in a 225W TDP Package — servethehome.com · sent 76 · contrib 32.25CONFIRMEDDell overhauls data center portfolio with AI-focused storage, servers and cyber resilience tools — siliconangle.com · sent 71 · contrib 29.17CONFIRMEDDell Bulks Up Hardware As AI Infrastructure Shifts To On-Premises — nextplatform.com · sent 70 · contrib 23.87- Five takeaways from Michael Dell’s keynote at Dell Technologies World 2026 — siliconangle.com · sent 72 · contrib 21.75
CONFIRMEDBull and Airbus Inaugurate Multi-Year HPC Infrastructure Across Europe — hpcwire.com · sent 70 · contrib 20.66
Active thesis: "AMD's AI accelerator momentum and cloud hyperscaler wins position it to capture 15-20% of the $400B AI chip market by 2026" (65% confidence)
LRCX — Alpha 76.8 (Δ +22.9)
Component breakdown (only components with Δ ≥ 0.5):
| Component | Prior → Current | Δ | What it tracks |
|---|---|---|---|
alphaNews | 64.7 → 75.0 | +10.3 | news-flow contribution (sentiment × impact × recency) |
alphaMomentum | 30.9 → 74.5 | +43.6 | price momentum component (trailing return) |
alphaDivergence | 16.3 → -0.3 | -16.6 | alpha vs price divergence signal |
alphaConfidence | 75.0 → 95.0 | +20.0 | data-completeness confidence weight |
Top news drivers (24h):
- SMIC founder and AMEC CEO urge Chinese fabs to test domestic chipmaking tools on active production lines — equipment makers post record revenue but falling margins — tomshardware.com · sent 42 · contrib 20.20
KLAC — Alpha 76.3 (Δ +19.1)
Component breakdown (only components with Δ ≥ 0.5):
| Component | Prior → Current | Δ | What it tracks |
|---|---|---|---|
alphaNews | 64.8 → 75.0 | +10.2 | news-flow contribution (sentiment × impact × recency) |
alphaMomentum | 38.6 → 71.5 | +32.9 | price momentum component (trailing return) |
alphaDivergence | 11.9 → -0.8 | -12.7 | alpha vs price divergence signal |
alphaConfidence | 80.0 → 100.0 | +20.0 | data-completeness confidence weight |
Top news drivers (24h):
- SMIC founder and AMEC CEO urge Chinese fabs to test domestic chipmaking tools on active production lines — equipment makers post record revenue but falling margins — tomshardware.com · sent 42 · contrib 20.20
AMAT — Alpha 75.2 (Δ +19.3)
Component breakdown (only components with Δ ≥ 0.5):
| Component | Prior → Current | Δ | What it tracks |
|---|---|---|---|
alphaNews | 64.6 → 74.9 | +10.3 | news-flow contribution (sentiment × impact × recency) |
alphaMomentum | 35.5 → 68.5 | +33.1 | price momentum component (trailing return) |
alphaDivergence | 18.7 → 2.9 | -15.8 | alpha vs price divergence signal |
alphaConfidence | 80.0 → 100.0 | +20.0 | data-completeness confidence weight |
Top news drivers (24h):
- SMIC founder and AMEC CEO urge Chinese fabs to test domestic chipmaking tools on active production lines — equipment makers post record revenue but falling margins — tomshardware.com · sent 42 · contrib 20.20
Divergence Radar
Stocks where alpha signal diverges significantly from price action.
- ARM [FROTH RISK]: Divergence -64.5, Alpha 74.1
- MRVL [FROTH RISK]: Divergence -37.3, Alpha 62.4
- GOOGL [SIGNAL LEAD]: Divergence +20.2, Alpha 70.0
- MSFT [SIGNAL LEAD]: Divergence +18.8, Alpha 64.2
- INTC [FROTH RISK]: Divergence -17.2, Alpha 84.3
Top Intel (24h)
- [CONFIRMED] NVIDIA’s Vera CPU Lands at Leading AI Labs as Agentic AI Demand Grows [NVDA] — hpcwire.com
- [CONFIRMED] Google reimagines search with AI agents and generative interfaces [MSFT, GOOGL, META] — siliconangle.com
- [CONFIRMED] Google targets AI agents and video generation with Gemini 3.5 Flash and Omni [MSFT, GOOGL, META] — siliconangle.com
- [CONFIRMED] Google’s new Gemini Spark is an always-on AI agent for daily digital tasks [MSFT, GOOGL] — siliconangle.com
- [CONFIRMED] AMD EPYC 8005 is Out with Up to 84 Zen 5 Cores in a 225W TDP Package [AMD, INTC] — servethehome.com
Active Alerts
- DIVERGENCE (9x) (MRVL, GOOGL, ARM...)
- ALPHA_SPIKE (85x) (ASML, LRCX, GOOGL...)
- RANK_JUMP (102x) (MSFT, ORCL, GOOGL...)
- DEAL_WIN (7x) (NVDA, HPE, PLTR...)
Signal Health
This report was auto-generated by Silicon Analysis. All research sections include citations to primary sources.
Signal health data unavailable