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Spreadtrum Communications: Significant Upside In Light Of Low-End Smartphone Growth
Ashraf Eassa • Tue, Jun 11 • 21 Comments
Spreadtrum Q3 Earnings Preview: Looking For Smartphone Ramp Up
Jiang Zhang • Sun, Nov 4, 2012 • 1 Comment
Spreadtrum Communications Q2 Earnings Preview: Expect Continued Execution
Jiang Zhang • Wed, Aug 1, 2012 • 3 Comments
Spreadtrum: Addressing The Concern Over Custom Chips
Jiang Zhang • Thu, Jul 5, 2012 • 4 Comments
Spreadtrum Q4 Earnings Preview: Expect A Beat, Positive Roadmap For 2012
Jiang Zhang • Sun, Feb 26, 2012 • 2 Comments
Spreadtrum Communications: What To Believe
Morrison Security Research • Wed, Jan 11, 2012 • 10 Comments
Not So Fast Qualcomm Bulls, Spreadtrum Is The Value Play
Takeover Analyst • Wed, Nov 30, 2011 • 18 Comments
Spreadtrum 3Q11 Earnings Preview: Clear Waters Ahead
Jiang Zhang • Tue, Nov 8, 2011 • 36 Comments
Bullish On Spreadtrum
Walter Gault • Wed, Nov 2, 2011 • 19 Comments
Behind Spreadtrum's Improbable Turnaround
Xuan's Global Perspective • Sun, Jul 10, 2011 • 32 Comments
Spreadtrum: Is Muddy Waters Right?
Xuan's Global Perspective • Wed, Jul 6, 2011 • 43 Comments
Spreadtrum: Muddy Waters, Not So Clear
Igor Greenwald • Tue, Jul 5, 2011 • 14 Comments
Spreadtrum Communications: Clear or Muddy Signal?
Chris Ridder • Wed, Jun 29, 2011 • 18 Comments
Spreadtrum Communications Survives Short Attack: Turning Point for the Sector?
Stone Fox Capital • Wed, Jun 29, 2011 • 28 Comments
Spreadtrum Communications: Dives on Analyst Short, Then Rebounds
Market Blog • Wed, Jun 29, 2011 • 2 Comments
Spreadtrum: Compelling Value After Broad Chinese Stock Sell-Off
Treasure Hunter • Thu, Jun 23, 2011 • 21 Comments
Spreadtrum Communications Beats, Boosts Guidance, But Faces No-Man's-Land
TraderMark • Mon, Mar 7, 2011 • 1 Comment
Spreadtrum a Murky Long, With Some Potential for Shorts
Midnight Trader • Fri, Mar 4, 2011
Spreadtrum Communications Remains a Hostage to the Market
TraderMark • Fri, Aug 13, 2010 • 3 Comments
Why I'm Getting Out of Spreadtrum Communications
TraderMark • Fri, Jul 16, 2010

Spreadtrum Communications: Significant Upside In Light Of Low-End Smartphone Growth
Ashraf Eassa • Tue, Jun 11 • 21 Comments

Market Will Likely Challenge Earlier Highs This Week
David Brown • Tue, Jun 18 • 1 Comment
SA Pro Insider's Report, Thursday June 13
SA Pro Insider's Report • Fri, Jun 14
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Wall Street Breakfast • Fri, Jun 14 • 55 Comments
Marvell Technology Group: A Compelling Long-Term Story Tainted By Lawsuit Concerns
Ashraf Eassa • Tue, Jun 4 • 16 Comments
Nvidia - Margins Continue To Defy Gravity
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Declining Margins For Qualcomm - Not A Reason To Worry?
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Spreadtrum Communications Management Discusses Q1 2013 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, May 9
Spreadtrum Communications' CEO Discusses Q4 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Tue, Feb 26
Spreadtrum Communications' CEO Discusses Q3 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Fri, Nov 9, 2012
Spreadtrum Communications' CEO Discusses Q2 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Fri, Aug 10, 2012
Spreadtrum Communications Inc. Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Wed, Aug 19, 2009

Spreadtrum Communications Schedules Annual Shareholder Meeting for July 26, 2013

PR Newswire (Thu, 4:15PM)
Spreadtrum Updates Financial Guidance for Second Quarter 2013

PR Newswire (Wed, 4:15PM)
Spreadtrum Communications, Inc. Announces First Quarter 2013 Financial Results

PR Newswire (May 8, 2013)
Spreadtrum Communications Files Annual Report on Form 20-F

PR Newswire (Apr 29, 2013)
Spreadtrum Announces Departure of Chief Technology Officer

PR Newswire (Apr 25, 2013)
Spreadtrum to Announce First Quarter 2013 Results on Wednesday, May 8, 2013

PR Newswire (Apr 18, 2013)
Spreadtrum Announces Commercial Launch of Dual-Core Smartphone Chipsets for TD-SCDMA and EDGE

PR Newswire (Apr 2, 2013)
Spreadtrum Announces Strategic Partnership with Orange

PR Newswire (Mar 27, 2013)
Spreadtrum Communications Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend

PR Newswire (Mar 20, 2013)
Spreadtrum Communications, Inc. Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2012 Financial Results

PR Newswire (Feb 26, 2013)
Spreadtrum Expands Distribution Partnership with Facebook

PR Newswire (Feb 6, 2013)
Spreadtrum Announces Fourth Quarter 2012 Earnings Call

PR Newswire (Jan 29, 2013)
Spreadtrum Delivers 40nm Single-Chip Mobile Baseband Platform with Integrated Wireless Connectivity

PR Newswire (Jan 28, 2013)
Spreadtrum Communications Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend

PR Newswire (Dec 13, 2012)
World's Top Smartphone Vendor Adopts Spreadtrum Smartphone Chipsets

PR Newswire (Dec 10, 2012)
Spreadtrum TD-LTE Modem to Ship in Hisense Datacard

PR Newswire (Nov 27, 2012)
Spreadtrum Communications, Inc. Announces Third Quarter 2012 Financial Results

PR Newswire (Nov 8, 2012)
Samsung Selects Spreadtrum Baseband for GPRS Feature Phones

PR Newswire (Nov 8, 2012)
Spreadtrum Announces Third Quarter 2012 Earnings Call

PR Newswire (Oct 18, 2012)
Spreadtrum Communications Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend

PR Newswire (Sep 26, 2012)

SPRD vs. ETF Alternatives

Company Description

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Sector: Technology

Industry: Semiconductor - Broad Line

Country: China

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Thursday, June 13, 6:05 PM "We believe affordable smartphone solutions supplied by Spreadtrum (SPRD +10.6%) and other competitors have resulted in extremely strong smartphone sales growth trends in tier-3 to tier-6 cities in China," says Canaccord's Mike Walkley, who upgraded Spreadtrum to Buy in response to its Q2 guidance hike. Unsubsidized prices for low-end Chinese Android phones have tumbled to the $100 range, and while the country's smartphone penetration rate has soared over the last year, it's still well below 50%. Walkley now sees Spreadtrum producing 2014 EPS of $3.24, up from a prior $2.71. 2 Comments [Tech]
Thursday, June 13, 9:11 AM Premarket gainers: BLC +27%. GCI +27%. SWY +21%. SPRD +17%. MY +11%. PVH +9%. TVL +8%. Comment! [On the Move]
Wednesday, June 12, 5:30 PM After-hours top gainers, as of 5:15 p.m.: SWY +30%. SPRD +25%. PVH +7%. PSMI +6%. SVU +6%.
After-hours top losers: SIGM -8%. QCOR -7%. SQNM -5%. ECYT -3%. VLCCF -3%. 3 Comments [On the Move]
Wednesday, June 12, 4:52 PM Spreadtrum (SPRD) +24.3% AH after resuming trading in the wake of its big Q2 guidance hike. Mobile chipmakers with decent Chinese exposure are rallying in sympathy; in addition to the numbers, Spreadtrum's remarks about strong demand for low-end smartphones in China and other emerging markets are likely going over well. RFMD +2% AH. SWKS +3%. QCOM +0.5%. 5 Comments [Tech, On the Move]
Wednesday, June 12, 4:32 PM Spreadtrum (SPRD) raises its Q2 revenue guidance range to $270M-$278M, well above a prior range of $220M-$228M and a $224.1M consensus. The Chinese baseband chipmaker cites "continuing strong demand throughout the quarter for low-cost smartphones" in China and other emerging markets, and says it's "also benefiting from the continuing expansion of our smartphone portfolio." Those were a couple of the positive catalysts SA Pro contributor Ashraf Eassa recently mentioned in a bullish write-up. Shares are halted. Marvell (MRVL), which competes with Spreadtrum in the TD-SCDMA 3G baseband space, is up 1.8% AH. 2 Comments [Tech, Earnings, On the Move, Breaking News]
Monday, June 10, 12:10 PM Spreadtrum (SPRD +3.4%) rallies after SA Pro contributor Ashraf Eassa argues the Chinese baseband chipmaker will benefit from surging low-end smartphone demand. Among his points: Spreadtrum's entry into the W-CDMA 3G baseband space greatly increases its addressable market; a mix shift towards chips with 3G/4G connectivity and more processing power will lead to higher ASPs; and sales of TD-SCDMA 3G chips (used in phones on China Mobile's 3G network) will grow rapidly even if some share is lost (Qualcomm and MediaTek are ramping their efforts here). 2 Comments [Tech, On the Move, Quick Ideas]
Friday, May 31, 6:26 PM Qualcomm (QCOM) held a 97% share of the 4G LTE baseband chip market in Q1, estimates Strategy Analytics. Chalk that up to heavy R&D spend and a big head-start in developing chips with support for both multi-mode (2G/3G/4G) operation and a wide variety of frequency bands. That number is likely to fall going forward as offerings from Nvidia, Broadcom, and Intel arrive, but Qualcomm isn't standing still either. SA also estimates Qualcomm, aided by its Snapdragon baseband/app processor line, had a 59% share of the broader baseband market, up from 52% in 2012. That dwarfs #2 Intel's (INTC) 12% share and #3 MediaTek's 10%. ST-Ericsson and Spreadtrum (SPRD) rounded out the top-5. 3 Comments [Tech]
Thursday, May 30, 4:02 PM Chip stocks close with solid gains (SOXX +1.5%) after Avago beats April quarter estimates and makes encouraging comments about mobile, industrial, and enterprise networking demand. In addition to Avago's rivals and Cirrus Logic (previous), big winners include Fairchild (FCS +3.8%), SanDisk (SNDK +2.7%), Spreadtrum (SPRD +7.2%), and InvenSense (INVN +4.9%), as well as touchscreen controller suppliers Synaptics (SYNA +4.3%), Atmel (ATML +6.3%), and Cypress (CY +2.8%). Comment! [Tech, On the Move]
Wednesday, May 8, 6:12 PM Tech guidance roundup: 1) Millennial Media (MM - earnings) expects Q2 revenue of $58M-$60M, below a consensus of $60.8M. Expects 2013 revenue of $270M-$280M vs. a $275.3M consensus. 2) Spreadtrum (SPRD - earnings) expects Q2 revenue of $220M-$228M, above a $205M consensus. 3) sTec (STEC - earnings) expects Q2 revenue of $23M-$26M and EPS of -$0.41 to -$0.43 vs. a consensus of $25.2M and -$0.39. MM -2.7% AH. SPRD +2.7%. STEC unchanged. (Millennial PR) (Spreadtrum PR) (sTec PR) Comment! [Tech, Earnings, On the Move]
Wednesday, May 8, 4:23 PM Spreadtrum Communications (SPRD): Q1 EPS of $0.50 beats by $0.09. Revenue of $189M (+17.3% Y/Y) beats by $4.58M. Shares +5.5% AH. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Breaking News, Tech, On the Move]
Wednesday, May 8, 12:10 AM Notable earnings after Wednesday’s close: AHT, ALJ, ATLS, ATVI, AVNR, CF, CLNE, CLR, CTL, CTRP, CUZ, CXW, DEPO, DK, ERII, ETE, ETP, GMCR, GRPN, GSS, HALO, HEK, HNSN, JOE, LPSN, MBLX, MDR, MED, MIDD, MM, MNST, MNTX, MWE, NWSA, OSUR, PPO, PVA, QTM, RAX, RGP, RIG, RST, SGMO, SPRD, SSRI, STEC, SXL, SZYM, TCAP, TSLA, WR, XTEX Comment! [Earnings]
Tuesday, May 7, 5:35 PM Notable earnings after Wednesday’s close: AHT, ALJ, ATLS, ATVI, AVNR, CF, CLNE, CLR, CTL, CTRP, CUZ, CXW, DEPO, DK, ERII, ETE, ETP, GMCR, GRPN, GSS, HALO, HEK, HNSN, JOE, LPSN, MBLX, MDR, MED, MIDD, MM, MNST, MNTX, MWE, NWSA, OSUR, PPO, PVA, QTM, RAX, RGP, RIG, RST, SGMO, SPRD, SSRI, STEC, SXL, SZYM, TCAP, TSLA, WR, XTEX Comment! [Earnings]
Friday, May 3, 11:55 AM Spreadtrum (SPRD -5.1%) has a rough day ahead of its May 9 Q1 report thanks to a two-notch downgrade to Underperform from Japan's Daiwa Capital. The firm expects strong Q1 results and Q2 guidance, but sees a 2H pickup in dual-core TD-SCDMA 3G processor shipments (from MediaTek and Qualcomm?) translating into tougher competition. Shares are still up 17% YTD; they trade at 8.9x 2013E EPS. (CTO firing) (price cut report) Comment! [Tech, On the Move]
Saturday, April 27, 11:42 AM More on Qualcomm: Digitimes reports Qualcomm and Spreadtrum (SPRD) have cut prices for Chinese quad-core chips due to competition from MediaTek; Qualcomm has reportedly cut prices below $10 (low by its standards). The report is noteworthy given Qualcomm's growing Chinese presence, and the fact its chip margins (along with chip/royalty mix) had much to do with its disappointing FQ3/FY13 EPS guidance. Thanks to heavy R&D spend and a mix shift to emerging markets, the chip unit's op. margin fell to 17% in FQ2 from the year-ago period's 20%, and is expected to stay at 17% in FQ3; aided by FQ1's 26% margin, FY13 guidance is still for 18.5%-20.5%. 2 Comments [Tech]
Thursday, April 25, 6:28 PM Spreadtrum (SPRD) -3.2% AH after announcing it has fired CTO Qiuzhen (Joe) Zhou, and stating it doesn't intend to field a replacement. No explanation is given for the firing, which comes ahead of the Chinese mobile baseband chipmaker's May 9 Q1 report. (PR) 1 Comment [Tech, On the Move]
Wednesday, April 3, 6:52 PM Qualcomm's (QCOM) reference designs could be doing wonders for its Chinese chip share: an exec says 40+ OEMs have commercialized 170+ devices (typically low-end smartphones) based on Qualcomm reference designs, and that over 90% of the OEMs are from China. Spreadtrum (SPRD) and MediaTek, who have their own reference design programs, are Qualcomm's main rivals here. Also: Susquehanna believes Galaxy S IV units sporting Snapdragon 600 processors (such as the U.S. version) will deliver 2x as much chip revenue to Qualcomm as iPhone units, to go with higher royalties. (previous) 7 Comments [Tech]

Ashraf Eassa
$SPRD http://seekingalpha.com/n/n64o
Jun 12, 5:45 PM
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Ashraf Eassa
Finally submitted my $SPRD piece...it took quite a while to get written.
Jun 10, 1:30 AM
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Sam Liu: Spreadtrum: Canaccord Ups to Buy; Riding the Chinese Smartphone Brand By Tiernan Ray Shares of Spreadtrum Communications (SPRD) are up $1.73
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Sam Liu: Other wireless names are rising this morning, including (RFMD), (SWKS), (TQNT), & (QCOM).
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Ashraf Eassa
Doing some work on $SPRD. Stay tuned.
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Sam Liu: thanks, should have bought more @$0.70 December 2008
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keantat
First Quarter 2013. Great earning for $SPRD
May 9, 10:06 AM
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ltfinger
New Downgrades (5/6/13): $HI, $LINE, $SPRD
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Ryan Mallory
Fuinhaz Setups for March 4 2013 $FB $INTC $YHOO $ZNGA $MLNX $SPRD $SQQQ $SSYS $XONE http://bit.ly/WDqjYQ
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SKS1586
Sold $SPRD to keep profit (10%) & create CASH for better opportunities
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Ryan Mallory
Fuinhaz Trade Setups for $ARMH $GOLD $GRPN $MPEL $SNDK $SPRD $WBMD $ZNGA http://bit.ly/YVa5vM
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ZetaKap
8 High Earning Technology Stocks Trading For A Discount http://bit.ly/KOCdKG $CYOU $GTAT $RDA $SPRD $STX $TEO $VG $GAME @ZetaKap
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Michael Bryant
Spreadtrum Communications (SPRD) rising on earnings but can still head higher http://yhoo.it/INBVUh http://yhoo.it/JYB2e6;c=
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Ashraf Eassa
Finally submitted my $SPRD piece...it took quite a while to get written.
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Sam Liu: Spreadtrum: Canaccord Ups to Buy; Riding the Chinese Smartphone Brand By Tiernan Ray Shares of Spreadtrum Communications (SPRD) are up $1.73
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Sam Liu: Other wireless names are rising this morning, including (RFMD), (SWKS), (TQNT), & (QCOM).
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Ashraf Eassa
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Ashraf Eassa
Doing some work on $SPRD. Stay tuned.
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http://bit.ly/KW1sxj Earnings after hours: $AIG $BEBE, $BODY $CADX $CNQ $CF $DOLE $EXEL $ISTA $MDLZ $KOG $LNKD $SD $SPRD $SQNM $ZAG
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cn_habs: NES is up 12% in AH yet missed earnings...
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DAG1996
SPRD why is it down 15% after beating earnings? bad forward guidance?
2/29/12
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Perkins Cove: Yup, guided down.
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DAG1996: ok, thanks. i'll have to read the details later.
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Rubenov
Chinese stocks BIDU, SOHU, SPRD doing better than the market today.
1/11/12
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briandiplacido: Watching SPRD--wow.
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Ocean Man
See, 1980XLS, I told you today's play was SPRD - up 5%. Now excuse me while I go punch myself in the face for not taking my own advice.
1/9/12
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Rubenov: Ocean Man -- I sold a whole bunch of puts and bought some stock. SPRD at 15 was a steal - still is.
1/9/12
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Ocean Man: Glad somebody did - good job Rube!
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Rubenov
SPRD crashing and getting extremely oversold on no news... might be a good buying op or some bad knife-catching attempt.
12/6/11
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vinyal: insiders know something and are dumping. the news will eventually come out. . a strong momo stock getting clocked= stay far away!!
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Michael Bryant
Spreadtrum Communications (SPRD) is shooting up like a rocket. Looks like it broke out of resistance. http://yhoo.it/ukjMla=
11/12/11
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rmw4.0: Owned that stock at $10 and sold at $15, I sold way to early
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