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Where is supply tight but the stocks weak?

Left: our five-part tightness scores. Right: equal-weight stock performance for each bottleneck. Ideas live where the left side is bright and the right side is red — and risks where it's the other way round.

Tightness1M performanceYTDSector
Score 15 −10%+10%
Bottleneck
Supply concentration
Lead time
Capex intensity
Geopolitical exposure
Pricing power
Tightness
1D
1W
1M
3M
YTD
Gas Turbines
5
5
5
3
5
90
+1.9
-6.1
-12.4
-11.2
+12.1
AI Memory (HBM & DRAM)
5
4
5
4
5
88
+0.7
-0.8
-23.4
-12.7
+130.7
Grid Connection & Transmission
3
5
5
2
4
88
+2.2
-2.8
-4.3
-15.7
+11.3
Transformers & Switchgear
4
5
4
3
5
86
+0.5
-6.0
-18.3
-13.8
+15.1
Rare Earths & Magnets
5
5
4
5
4
86
+1.1
-2.8
-20.1
-20.1
-4.7
Leading-Edge Chipmaking (Foundry)
5
5
5
5
5
84
+1.8
-1.6
-16.5
-0.2
+88.9
Laser Chips for Optics (InP)
5
4
4
5
5
82
+5.3
-4.7
-22.8
+8.8
+246.4
Chip Packaging (CoWoS)
5
4
4
5
5
80
-0.5
-7.0
-16.3
-9.5
+40.7
Gallium, Germanium & Antimony
5
4
3
5
4
80
+2.1
-6.5
-24.6
-3.8
+40.9
Hyperscalers & AI Cloud (the buyers)
5
3
5
2
4
80
+0.9
-5.4
-13.5
+4.5
+7.7
Lithography Machines (EUV)
5
5
5
4
5
78
-0.6
-4.9
-6.1
-14.0
+32.1
Electricians & Contractors
2
4
2
1
5
78
+4.4
-9.8
-15.7
-16.7
+12.3
Optical Transceivers (800G / 1.6T)
4
3
3
4
4
76
+3.8
-7.4
-23.7
-18.9
+35.4
Data Center Electrical Gear (UPS, Busway & Distribution)
3
4
3
2
4
76
+2.4
-4.3
-12.6
-8.7
+11.5
Uranium & Enrichment
5
5
4
5
4
76
+0.8
-4.3
-17.8
-20.1
-27.1
High-Voltage & Subsea Cable
5
5
4
3
5
74
+1.4
-5.7
-14.7
-12.4
+8.0
Liquid Cooling
3
3
3
3
4
74
+1.9
-4.7
-13.3
+1.6
+34.5
Copper
3
5
5
4
4
74
+1.4
-6.9
-12.0
-2.2
+14.0
AI Chips (GPUs & Custom ASICs)
5
3
4
3
5
72
+3.0
-2.5
-15.5
+6.6
+82.9
AI Storage (Enterprise SSD & HDD)
5
3
4
3
4
72
+2.0
-3.8
-27.6
-15.4
+234.5
Onsite Power (Fuel Cells & Engines)
3
3
4
2
4
72
+3.6
-2.5
-10.6
-2.7
+40.7
Chip Testing & Burn-in
4
3
3
3
4
70
+2.0
-7.9
-23.7
+3.8
+100.9
AI PCBs & Laminates (CCL)
3
3
3
4
4
70
+2.0
-6.7
-0.4
+3.6
+158.5
Nuclear Plants & Restarts
4
5
5
2
5
70
+1.8
-1.9
+5.1
-2.0
-13.7
Thermal Management (Cold Plates & Vapor Chambers)
3
2
3
4
3
70
+0.0
-5.8
-4.8
+30.0
+52.4
Fiber, Cable & Connectors
4
3
3
2
4
68
+0.1
-8.9
-16.6
-9.1
+27.8
Data Center Land & Buildings
2
4
5
2
4
68
+3.0
-2.9
-22.2
-19.8
-6.5
Chip Equipment (Deposition, Etch, Inspection)
4
3
4
4
4
66
+2.3
-7.2
-18.6
-15.8
+29.9
800V Rack Power (Power Shelves & PSUs)
3
3
3
3
4
66
+2.6
-2.8
-17.3
-6.2
+45.3
Chip Substrates (ABF & Glass)
5
4
4
4
3
64
-1.0
-6.3
+0.1
+2.6
+254.7
Precision Reducers
5
3
3
4
4
64
+1.9
+2.0
-10.6
-17.4
+33.0
AI Networking (Switches & Retimers)
4
2
3
2
4
62
+3.2
-3.3
-12.5
-3.5
+26.6
MLCC & Passive Components
4
2
3
3
3
62
-0.1
-8.7
-7.9
-15.7
+155.7
AI Cybersecurity
3
2
2
3
4
62
+2.1
+14.1
+11.1
+37.3
+81.9
Drones & Defence Autonomy
3
3
3
4
4
60
+2.6
+1.3
-14.5
-20.9
-26.3
Vision, LiDAR & Tactile Sensing
4
2
3
4
3
58
+1.8
+2.9
-5.1
-0.4
+21.1
Launch & Space Access
5
4
5
3
4
58
+2.7
+10.4
-5.0
-1.9
-1.9
Natural Gas & Pipelines
2
4
4
2
3
56
-0.9
+1.3
+5.5
+4.9
+20.5
AI Software & Data Platforms
3
2
2
2
4
55
+1.7
+6.5
+3.3
+32.0
+32.4
800V Power Semis (SiC & GaN)
3
3
4
3
2
54
+1.2
-2.1
-15.4
-14.8
+44.0
Servo Motors & Drives
3
2
3
4
3
54
+0.5
-2.2
-10.1
-17.6
-8.5
AI Server Racks (Taiwan ODMs)
3
2
2
4
2
52
+1.2
+0.1
-12.1
+2.3
+57.8
Autonomy & Robotaxi
3
3
4
4
3
52
+1.2
-2.3
-8.8
-10.6
-28.9
Specialty & Industrial Gases
4
3
4
3
4
52
+0.1
+0.8
+5.1
-0.2
+22.1
Bearings, Screws & Linear Motion
3
2
3
3
3
50
+1.7
-3.6
-7.0
-14.5
+11.8
Satellite Connectivity & EO
3
4
4
3
3
50
+3.9
+2.6
-16.1
-14.9
+46.6
Silicon Wafers & Chemicals
4
3
4
3
2
48
+0.0
-7.3
-11.9
-16.4
+62.4
Robot Brains (Edge Compute)
4
2
3
3
4
48
+2.6
+2.2
-10.1
+0.2
+26.5
AI Drug Discovery & Health AI
2
5
3
2
3
48
+3.2
+6.7
-7.4
+62.4
+96.6
Grid Batteries
4
2
3
5
2
46
+0.6
-5.4
-16.8
-19.5
-40.2
Factory Automation & Integration
3
2
3
2
3
46
+0.9
-0.5
-3.9
+2.5
+15.2
AI Devices & Edge
3
3
3
3
3
45
+2.1
+0.3
-13.0
+0.8
+45.5
Robot Platforms & Humanoids
3
3
4
4
2
44
+0.4
+0.2
-7.4
-9.6
-30.1
Small Modular Reactors
3
5
5
3
2
42
+2.5
-4.7
-22.1
-25.8
-35.5
Quantum Hardware & Cryogenics
3
5
4
3
2
38
+0.0
+2.3
-15.8
-12.1
-27.4
Lithium, Graphite & Cathodes
4
4
4
4
1
34
+2.3
-2.6
-19.8
-21.1
-32.8

Dimension scores 1–5 and tightness 0–100 are editorial. Performance is equal-weight across each theme's names in local currency. Colour scale saturates at ±(3, 6, 12, 20, 35)% for 1D/1W/1M/3M/YTD.

Tightness vs 1-month performance

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