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Cerebras Systems Inc.

Builds wafer-scale AI chips and sells high-speed AI inference through its own cloud. Listed in May 2026 at $185.

Rating: Hold
Price: $169.52
Price target: $180.00
Implied return: +6%
Market value: $40.3bn
Last results: Oct 20, 2026

CBRSHold$180.00+6%

Our view

Vishal Bhargava, CFA · updated Oct 20, 2026

HoldTarget $180.00Implied return +6%Bear to bull $71.00 to $299.00

Demand is signed and the speed edge is real: RPO was $25.4bn at 30 Jun 2026, mostly a 750MW OpenAI agreement. Converting that backlog is the swing factor, because the build-out, not demand, limits revenue. At $169.52 the shares already price our base case.

What could prove us wrong

Customer concentration: OpenAI is about 79% of RPO, a risk worth about $57 a share
Capacity execution: a two-quarter build slip costs about $32 a share
Margin, foundry, geopolitics, competition and insider supply, each worth $8 to $25 a share

Latest report How we value it

Recent research

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Earnings reviewOct 20, 2026

Cerebras 3Q26: the build stayed on schedule, which is what our target already assumes

Core cloud revenue of $223m was 4% above our estimate and 205MW was energised, with the 330MW target for 1Q27 intact. Backlog rose to $26.1bn. Hold and $180 target unchanged. Sample update with illustrative figures and sources.

InitiationOct 7, 2026

Cerebras Systems: the contract is signed, the build is the risk

Demand is signed and the speed edge is real, but turning a $25.4bn backlog into revenue depends on the build-out. At $169.52 the shares already price our base case, so we initiate at Hold with a $180 target.

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