{"id":51005,"date":"2025-07-31T21:57:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T21:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/51005\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T21:57:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T21:57:10","slug":"why-american-superconductor-rocketed-higher-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/51005\/","title":{"rendered":"Why American Superconductor Rocketed Higher Today"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\">Shares of American Superconductor (NASDAQ: AMSC) rallied 27.4% on Thursday as of 12:24 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\">American Superconductor is an interesting company that sells power routing equipment and software, which enables power distributors and customers to control the flow of electrical current as it transmits electricity between the grid and power producers or end customers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\">Last night&#8217;s earnings report shows the company is clearly benefiting from activity related to artificial intelligence (AI) data center growth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\">In its first fiscal quarter, AMSC saw revenue surge 80.9% year-over-year to $72.3 million, while adjusted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fool.com\/investing\/how-to-invest\/stocks\/gaap-vs-non-gaap\/?utm_source=yahoo-host-full&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=article&amp;referring_guid=bc2c03d2-44f5-49cd-9886-e1dea2c02547\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:non-GAAP;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">non-GAAP<\/a> (generally accepted accounting principles) EPS more than tripled to $0.30, with both figures handily beating analyst expectations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\">In the release, AMSC CEO Daniel P. McGahn noted:<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1ba2ufg\">Strength in the semiconductor market &#8212; driven by growing demand for applications such as artificial intelligence and data centers &#8212; contributed to our momentum, while bookings and backlog remained steady. These results highlight our continued progress in scaling the business, diversifying revenue streams, and driving outstanding financial performance.<\/p>\n<p>     <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" alt=\"Power lines over a photo of an illuminated city. \" loading=\"eager\" height=\"640\" width=\"960\" class=\"yf-1gfnohs loader\"\/> Image source: Getty Images.         <\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\">Even though revenue and earnings boomed last quarter, management only guided for $65 million to $70 million in revenue, and adjusted EPS of $0.14, which would be a slight sequential decline. Still, investors appear to be looking through that quarter-to-quarter lumpiness to a larger picture of AI-powered growth over the longer term.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\">While AMSC is a very interesting company with promising technology, investors should be careful chasing AMSC stock, given that the company sells mostly hardware, and its valuation is now over 100 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fool.com\/terms\/f\/forward-pe\/?utm_source=yahoo-host-full&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=article&amp;referring_guid=bc2c03d2-44f5-49cd-9886-e1dea2c02547\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:times this year&#039;s adjusted earnings estimates;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">times this year&#8217;s adjusted earnings estimates<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\">Before you buy stock in American Superconductor, consider this:<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\">The Motley Fool Stock Advisor analyst team just identified what they believe are the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/api.fool.com\/infotron\/infotrack\/click?apikey=35527423-a535-4519-a07f-20014582e03e&amp;impression=a30e9275-6032-4047-9c98-c77c50a6923d&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fool.com%2Fmms%2Fmark%2Fe-sa-bbn-bn%3Faid%3D8867%26source%3Disaeditxt0001088%26ftm_cam%3Dsa-bbn-evergreen%26ftm_veh%3Darticle_pitch_feed_yahoo%26ftm_pit%3D17500&amp;utm_source=yahoo-host-full&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=article&amp;referring_guid=bc2c03d2-44f5-49cd-9886-e1dea2c02547\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:10 best stocks;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">10 best stocks<\/a> for investors to buy now\u2026 and American Superconductor wasn\u2019t one of them. 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The Motley Fool has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fool.com\/legal\/fool-disclosure-policy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:disclosure policy;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">disclosure policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fool.com\/investing\/2025\/07\/31\/why-american-superconductor-rocketed-higher-today\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Why American Superconductor Rocketed Higher Today;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Why American Superconductor Rocketed Higher Today<\/a> was originally published by The Motley Fool<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shares of American Superconductor (NASDAQ: AMSC) rallied 27.4% on Thursday as of 12:24 p.m. ET. 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