Infineon Clinches 200mm Silicon Carbide Supply Deal With Wolfspeed as Investors Eye November 10 Results
Published on 10/18/2026 at 14:50 | Editorial boerse-global.de
Infineon's management spent the past week locking down the raw materials it will need for years to come, even as the share price took a hit from forces well beyond the company's control. The Munich chipmaker signed a multi-year agreement with Wolfspeed on October 15 covering 200-millimeter silicon carbide wafers, shifting its existing supply relationship up from the 150mm format. The larger substrates widen Infineon's sourcing base for a material that sits at the heart of energy-efficient power electronics used in electric vehicles and industrial equipment, and they underpin the ramp-up of its own production lines.
That operational progress contrasted sharply with the trading floor. On Friday the stock fell 2.9% to close at EUR 51.54, caught in a worldwide selloff across the semiconductor sector. The trigger, according to Reuters and dpa-AFX, was unexpectedly hot US inflation data for September, which revived fears that interest rates will stay higher for longer. Growth-heavy industries tend to absorb that kind of news badly, since future earnings get discounted more heavily. Technology benchmarks in Japan and South Korea, along with Wall Street, posted steep losses that soon washed into European chip names.
Mounting uncertainty over how the global build-out of artificial intelligence infrastructure will be financed added to the gloom. Earlier weakness at Asian memory makers SK Hynix and Samsung, plus a slump at US provider CoreWeave, had already rattled market participants, as the Handelsblatt reported. Reports of powerful AI chips from a Chinese company, carried by Reuters, prompted profit-taking in chip stocks and deepened the retreat.
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mwb research Sticks to Its Target
Against that unsettled backdrop, attention turns to Infineon's underlying health. On Thursday, research house mwb research reaffirmed its "Hold" rating and left its price target at EUR 60. The analysts see little room for major surprises in the upcoming quarterly report, which puts the outlook for fiscal 2026/2027 at the center of how the stock will be valued over the medium term.
Investors will get hard numbers soon. Infineon plans to publish preliminary figures for the fourth quarter and for the full 2026 fiscal year on November 10. Before that, on October 22, the company hosts its OktoberTech in-house event in Silicon Valley.
Physical AI Takes the Stage
The company's next industry appearance is also on the calendar. On October 14, Infineon announced it will exhibit at electronica, running from November 10 to 13, where it will showcase semiconductor solutions built around "Physical AI" for robotics, mobility, edge devices and data centers.
None of the recent turbulence has erased the year's gains. Since the start of 2026, the DAX-listed stock has climbed 37%, leaving shareholders to weigh whether the macroeconomic crosswinds can do lasting damage to the operating story.
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