In a Thursday note to clients, analysts at Lynx Equity Strategies said the firm believes semiconductor chip stocks, including NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA), "have ways to go to the downside."
The firm pointed to Taiwan Semi's (TSM) earnings release, which has resulted in the stock declining premarket Thursday.
"As we had previewed, our call was to sit out TSM's earnings event and wait for pull-back in TSM and SOX," Lynx wrote. "SOX's sell-off yesterday, triggered by ASML's (ASML) weak orders/outlook, is a good beginning."
More downside is expected following "TSM's dour outlook."
"We expected a catalyst to tip semis over the edge. And it did. ASML was the catalyst," added the firm. "The TSM call today puts further pressure on the SOX as management lowered Semis outlook."
"The high-multiple names (ARM, NVDA, AMD) fell particularly hard. TSM's positive comments on AI may help them stabilize somewhat, but we think these names, including NVDA, have ways to go to the downside."