Optical Networking Add on AI Tape Weakness

Conviction: 70% · Horizon: 6M · 2026-08-18

Optical components remain a buy on weakness as AI and telecom photonics demand stays intact.

Weakness in AI and semiconductor stocks is an opportunity to add optical-networking exposure. Data-center interconnect and fiber-access upgrades are a more durable way to own AI infrastructure than crowded chip trades, with Fabrinet and Adtran as direct beneficiaries of that buildout.

Instrument	Side	Target	Reason
FN	Long		We believe Fabrinet is a core way to own AI data-center optics, manufacturing high-speed transceivers and photonic modules whose volumes scale with 800G and 1.6T deployments. A weak AI-semiconductor tape can improve the entry without changing the optical-interconnect buildout.
ADTN	Long		We believe Adtran offers leveraged exposure to fiber-access and optical-networking upgrades. Telco and enterprise fiber spend is a multi-year cycle less tied to a single AI-chip leader, so optics weakness tied to the semiconductor tape can be a buying opportunity.

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