Daily Alpha Report: Friday, May 22, 2026

Generated at 2026-05-22T15:17:34.806Z

Executive Summary

QCOM leads the alpha ranking at 76.6.
ADI saw the biggest surge (+13.2 alpha).

Alpha Leaderboard

Rank	Ticker	Alpha	Change
#1 (+2)	QCOM	76.6	+7.2
#2 (-1)	ARM	72.6	-1.4
#3 (+3)	AMD	72.6	+5.7
#4 (—)	ASML	67.7	-1.1
#5 (—)	LRCX	67.6	-0.7
#6 (+7)	AMZN	66.2	+2.5
#7 (+8)	INTC	65.3	+4.4
#8 (+4)	AMAT	65.2	+1.0
#9 (-1)	KLAC	64.4	-1.9
#10 (-1)	TSM	63.9	-1.6

Notable Movers

• QCOM: 2 positions up (alpha +7.2)
• AMD: 3 positions up (alpha +5.7)
• AMZN: 7 positions up (alpha +2.5)
• INTC: 8 positions up (alpha +4.4)
• AMAT: 4 positions up (alpha +1.0)

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.

QCOM — Alpha 76.6 (Δ +7.2)

Component breakdown (only components with Δ ≥ 0.5):

Component	Prior → Current	Δ	What it tracks
alphaMomentum	76.0 → 96.2	+20.2	price momentum component (trailing return)
alphaDivergence	-17.0 → -39.0	-21.9	alpha vs price divergence signal

Price: last $240.79 · 24h +12.83% · 5d +19.49%

AMD — Alpha 72.6 (Δ +5.7)

Component breakdown (only components with Δ ≥ 0.5):

Component	Prior → Current	Δ	What it tracks
alphaNews	67.8 → 69.5	+1.6	news-flow contribution (sentiment × impact × recency)
alphaMomentum	61.5 → 75.3	+13.8	price momentum component (trailing return)
alphaDivergence	-25.3 → -19.6	+5.7	alpha vs price divergence signal

Price: last $472.63 · 24h +5.12% · 5d +11.44%

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)

AMZN — Alpha 66.2 (Δ +2.5)

Component breakdown (only components with Δ ≥ 0.5):

Component	Prior → Current	Δ	What it tracks
alphaNews	66.7 → 67.6	+0.9	news-flow contribution (sentiment × impact × recency)
alphaMomentum	54.3 → 59.9	+5.6	price momentum component (trailing return)
alphaDivergence	-12.1 → -7.5	+4.7	alpha vs price divergence signal

Price: last $268.92 · 24h +0.17% · 5d +1.80%

Active thesis: "AWS AI Infrastructure Dominance Drives 25% Cloud Revenue Growth Through 2025" (75% confidence)

INTC — Alpha 65.3 (Δ +4.4)

Component breakdown (only components with Δ ≥ 0.5):

Component	Prior → Current	Δ	What it tracks
alphaMomentum	49.5 → 61.5	+11.9	price momentum component (trailing return)
alphaDivergence	-22.9 → -7.1	+15.9	alpha vs price divergence signal

Price: last $121.91 · 24h +2.88% · 5d +12.06%

Active thesis: "Intel's Foundry Turnaround: $15B Revenue Target by 2030 Driven by Government Support and AI Infrastructure Demand" (60% confidence)

AMAT — Alpha 65.2 (Δ +1.0)

Component breakdown (only components with Δ ≥ 0.5):

Component	Prior → Current	Δ	What it tracks
alphaNews	63.5 → 65.5	+2.0	news-flow contribution (sentiment × impact × recency)
alphaDivergence	-21.8 → -9.6	+12.3	alpha vs price divergence signal

Price: last $433.65 · 24h +1.47% · 5d -0.68%

Divergence Radar

Stocks where alpha signal diverges significantly from price action.

• ARM [FROTH RISK]: Divergence -39.6, Alpha 72.6
• QCOM [FROTH RISK]: Divergence -39.0, Alpha 76.6
• ASML [FROTH RISK]: Divergence -20.2, Alpha 67.7
• LRCX [FROTH RISK]: Divergence -19.7, Alpha 67.6
• AMD [FROTH RISK]: Divergence -19.6, Alpha 72.6

Active Alerts

• DIVERGENCE (20x) (ASML, QCOM, LRCX...)
• ALPHA_SPIKE (11x) (ADI, MU, NXPI...)
• RANK_JUMP (88x) (CRWD, PANW, AI...)
• DEAL_WIN (6x) (OPENAI, NVDA, MSFT...)

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Signal Health

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