AI infrastructure stocks have just sold off hard even though earnings and backlogs still look solid, and the article argues this indiscriminate selling could open opportunities for patient investors watching Microsoft, Alphabet and Amazon. It profiles three related stocks: Arrow Electronics, with about US$25.4b in Global Components revenue and US$10.5b from Global ECS, ECS billings above US$6.4b in Q1 2026, and a backlog more than 75% higher year over year by Q2 2026. Ciena, an optical networking hardware provider, generates about US$4.8b from Networking Platforms, and the article says its addressable market could roughly double to about US$50–52b by 2029. Dynatrace, an AI-powered observability platform, generates about US$2.1b in revenue, and management says customers moving to its DPS model increase usage and spending by 2x.
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AMZN
• NeutralAmazon
Relevance: low
| Market | US stocks |
|---|---|
| Sector | Consumer Discretionary |
| Industry | Broadline Retail |
| Market cap | $2.7T |
| Close on 10/23/2026 | 248.04 |
| Change that session | -0.93% |
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• NeutralMicrosoft
Relevance: low
| Market | US stocks |
|---|---|
| Sector | Information Technology |
| Industry | Systems Software |
| Market cap | $4.0T |
| Close on 10/23/2026 | 524.53 |
| Change that session | +0.66% |
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