Brian Lichtor

VP of Marketing @DefianceInvest • Masters of Law @USC ✌🏼 • #ChiefsKingdom • UFC Fan 💪🏽 • Former @GopherFootball QB Manager 🏈

[Defiance Investments @defianceinvest]

🚀 SpaceX has filed for what would be the largest IPO in history.

Shares offered: 555.56M
Pricing: $135 per share
Total raise: ~$75B
Market value: ~$1.77 trillion

$SPCX is scheduled to price on June 11 and begin trading on Nasdaq June 12.

https://t.co/BHTK7Y24lo

[Defiance Investments @defianceinvest]

Our CIO Sylvia Jablonski @Sylvushka joins @BloombergAsia tonight to break down her market outlook and the themes she's watching into the second half of 2026.

📅 Wednesday, June 3
⏰ 7:30 PM ET

Tune in on @BloombergTV!

[Defiance Investments @defianceinvest]

🇺🇦 The latest on Ukraine: developments, market impact, and opportunities.

@WOLF_Financial x @hanetf x @Brendan_ETF

🎙️Brendan Cavanaugh, CFA (CSO, Defiance ETFs)
🗓️ Today, 12PM ET
📍X Spaces

Join us live!

https://t.co/GZp7Ent9wD

[Defiance Investments @defianceinvest]

*QUANTINUUM IPO IS SAID TO BE MORE THAN 20 TIMES OVERSUBSCRIBED

$QNT

[Defiance Investments @defianceinvest]

🇦🇺 $IREN just announced its first Australian data center campus — 800MW in Bundey, South Australia, one of APAC’s largest to date.

⚡️ Grid connection secured
🔋 Powered by SA’s near-100% renewable grid
🌏 Subsea fiber into Singapore, Japan & Korea
👷 700+ jobs

https://t.co/Bht7Z2F9mw

[Brian Lichtor @blichtor]

@EricBalchunas Me looking at Artists for Greenpoint:

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@citrini @SamRo Boulder Canyon…great choice.

[Wall St Engine @wallstengine]

$HPE Q2’26 EARNINGS HIGHLIGHTS

🔹 Revenue: $10.68B (Est. $9.76B) 🟢; +40% YoY
🔹 Adj. EPS: $0.79 (Est. $0.53) 🟢

FY Guide:
🔹 Adj. EPS: $3.35-$3.45 (Est. $2.42) 🟢, up from $2.30-$2.50
🔹 Revenue Growth: +29% to +33%
🔹 Networking Revenue Growth: +72% to +75%
🔹 Non-GAAP Operating Profit Growth: +80% to +85%
🔹 FCF: At least $3.5B

Q3 Guide:
🔹 Revenue: $11.5B-$12.1B (Est. $10.9B) 🟢
🔹 Adj. EPS: $0.88-$0.93 (Est. $0.58) 🟢

FY27 Framework:
🔹 Revenue Growth: +8% to +12%
🔹 Adj. EPS Growth: +12% to +16%
🔹 Non-GAAP Operating Margin: 12% to 16%
🔹 FCF: At least $4.5B

Segment Performance:
🔹 Networking Revenue: $2.7B; +148.2% YoY
🔹 Campus & Branch Revenue: $1.3B; +50.2% YoY
🔹 Data Center Networking Revenue: $320M; +233.3% YoY
🔹 Security Revenue: $273M; +155.1% YoY
🔹 Routing Revenue: $775M
🔹 Cloud & AI Revenue: $7.7B; +22.9% YoY
🔹 Server Revenue: $5.5B; +32.7% YoY
🔹 Storage Revenue: $1.2B; +2.4% YoY
🔹 Financial Services Revenue: $0.9B; +5.6% YoY

Other Metrics:
🔹 H3C Sale: Completed May 28
🔹 H3C Cash Proceeds: ~$1.357B
🔹 H3C Total Pretax Consideration: ~$3.5B
🔹 Board Appointment: Elliott Investment partner Chris Hsu

Financials:
🔹 Net Income: $624M
🔹 Operating Cash Flow: $1.4B
🔹 FCF: $0.9B
🔹 Non-GAAP Gross Margin: 36.9%; +750 bps YoY
🔹 Non-GAAP Operating Income: $1.423B
🔹 Non-GAAP Operating Margin: 13.3%
🔹 Cash & Cash Equivalents: $5.292B

Capital Return:
🔹 Shareholder Returns: $343M through dividends and share repurchases
🔹 Dividend: $0.1425/share payable around July 15, 2026

Commentary:
🔸 “HPE delivered an exceptional quarter with record-breaking revenue, higher-than-anticipated profitability, and increased free cash flow, reflecting strong execution and healthy demand across the business.”

🔸 “Customers continue to invest in modernizing their infrastructure and scaling AI, and our performance shows the strength of our combined networking portfolio and the value we are delivering to our shareholders.”

🔸 “Based on our performance, we are raising our fiscal 2026 guidance and introducing a fiscal 2027 financial growth framework.”

🔸 “The updated FY26 outlook ranges for non-GAAP diluted net EPS and free cash flow are higher than what HPE projected the company would achieve by FY28.”

[Defiance Investments @defianceinvest]

Quantinuum $QNT upsized its Thursday IPO on the Nasdaq to as much as $1.46B.

The Honeywell-backed quantum computing company is set to receive $100M of the $2B federal quantum funding announced May 21, with the government taking a stake.

https://t.co/g1INV6DAaT

[Brian Lichtor @blichtor]

Let’s go Knicks!!! 🏀

[Defiance Investments @defianceinvest]

🇺🇸 The Trump administration is pursuing funding deals with U.S. drone makers to increase domestic production and lower the cost of the weapons.

Drone stocks this morning:

🟢 $UMAC +45%
🟢 $RCAT +24%
🟢 $DPRO +15%
🟢 $KTOS +12%
🟢 $AVAV +11%

https://t.co/sZua98lk1l

[Brian Lichtor @blichtor]

Love to see it 🏀

[Ian Begley @IanBegley]

MSG says the Knicks will donate at least 500 free tickets for NBA Finals home games to underprivileged Garden of Dreams Foundation youth. Underserved New York families affiliated with GDF will receive from the team 250 tickets per home game – totaling at least 500 tickets across Games 3 and 4 – and 750 tickets if there is a Game 6.

[Brian Lichtor @blichtor]

@EricBalchunas How’d the new 2x in South Korea trade yesterday compared to similar ones?

[Defiance Investments @defianceinvest]

"Quantum computing has gone from science experiment to commercialization."

• IonQ: +755% YoY revenue $IONQ
• D-Wave: +2,000% product growth $QBTS
• TAM: $1-2B today → $10-20B in 4-5 yrs

@Sylvushka breaking it down on @SquawkCNBC this morning 👇

https://t.co/xPeEswt1jx

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[Brian Lichtor @blichtor]

Memory stocks are surging tonight as South Korea launches 2x ETFs on SK Hynix and Samsung.

$MU

[Brian Lichtor @blichtor]

@defianceinvest @Sylvushka @SquawkCNBC @JoeSquawk @BeckyQuick @andrewrsorkin Can’t wait!

[Defiance Investments @defianceinvest]

Defiance's CIO @Sylvushka joins @SquawkCNBC at 6:10am ET tomorrow to talk markets, thematic plays, and what she's watching right now.

Set your alarm ☕

@JoeSquawk @BeckyQuick @andrewrsorkin

[Defiance Investments @defianceinvest]

Quantinuum filed to raise $1.05B at a $12.7B valuation, poised to be the largest pure-play quantum IPO ever.

Listing on the Nasdaq, $QNT makes powerful quantum computers capable of solving complex tasks beyond the abilities of traditional processors.

https://t.co/GDfZY3EKzM

[Brian Lichtor @blichtor]

@volvoshine Wow!