Record Quarterly and Fiscal Revenue
Q4 FY2026 revenue of $2.219 billion (7% sequential growth, 22% year-over-year). Fiscal 2026 revenue of $8.195 billion, up 42% year-over-year (approximately 45% YoY excluding the divested automotive Ethernet business).
Data Center Outperformance
Data center revenue surpassed $6 billion in FY2026, growing 46% year-over-year. Q4 data center revenue was $1.65 billion (9% sequential, 21% YoY). Management expects data center revenue to grow ~40% YoY in FY2027 and close to ~50% YoY in FY2028.
Raised Outlook and Strong Forward Guidance
Company raised FY2027 revenue outlook to approach $11 billion (more than 30% YoY growth) vs. prior ~$10 billion, and projects FY2028 revenue near $15 billion (~40% YoY). Q1 FY2027 revenue guidance of $2.4 billion (±5%) implies ~8% sequential growth at midpoint.
Non-GAAP Profitability and Margin Expansion
FY2026 non-GAAP gross margin 59.5% and non-GAAP operating margin 35.3%, expanding by 640 basis points year-over-year. Q4 non-GAAP gross margin 59% and non-GAAP operating margin 35.7%.
Earnings Growth and Strong EPS
FY2026 non-GAAP diluted EPS of $2.84, up 81% year-over-year. Q4 non-GAAP EPS of $0.80 beat the midpoint of guidance by $0.01.
Custom Business Acceleration
Custom business scaled from zero to $1.5 billion in FY2026 and doubled year-over-year. Management expects custom revenue to grow more than 20% YoY in FY2027 and to at least double YoY in FY2028, with line-of-sight to >$2 billion annual revenue by FY2029 from NIC and CXL use cases.
Product and Technology Leadership
Leadership in interconnect technologies with 1.6T products in production and demonstrations of 400-gig-per-lane capability; announced 2-nanometer coherent DSPs for Secure 1.6T ZR/ZR+ DCI modules and 2-nm 800G DSPs. Switching roadmap includes ramping 51.2T and sampling 100T platforms.
Strategic M&A to Address AI Scale-Up
Completed acquisitions of Celestial AI and XConn to strengthen scale-up interconnect, silicon photonics (CPO) and PCIe/CXL switching capabilities. Celestial CPO expected to reach $500 million annualized run rate by Q4 FY2028 and $1 billion by Q4 FY2029. Celestial and XConn projected to contribute ~ $250 million aggregate revenue in FY2028.
Capital Returns and Balance Sheet Metrics
Returned $2.245 billion to shareholders in FY2026 (repurchases + dividends). Q4 repurchases of $200 million and dividends of $51 million. Total debt $4.47 billion with gross debt/EBITDA 1.38x and net debt/EBITDA 0.57x, and improving debt ratios driven by EBITDA growth.
Strong Bookings and Supply Planning
Management reports accelerating bookings across the data center portfolio and detailed multi-year supply alignment. Operations team states supply secured for growth needs across advanced wafer nodes and packaging to support current and planned ramps.