Assessing Fabrinet (FN) Valuation After Earnings Beat And Growing AI And Data Center Demand

Why Fabrinet (FN) is suddenly back on investors’ radar

Fabrinet (FN) has jumped into focus after a 6.3% single-day move that followed quarterly results beating expectations and guidance that pointed to continued sequential growth supported by AI and data center optical demand.

See our latest analysis for Fabrinet.

That 6.3% 1 day share price move at a latest share price of $546.13 sits on top of a 16.97% 30 day share price return and a very large 5 year total shareholder return. Momentum has been building as investors react to repeated earnings beats and growing attention on Fabrinet’s role in AI driven optical and data center spending.

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After a 1-year total return of 146% and a latest close of $546.13 that now sits above the average analyst target of $517.40, the key question is whether Fabrinet is overextended or if the market is still underestimating its AI driven future.

Most Popular Narrative: 10.9% Overvalued

The most followed Fabrinet narrative puts fair value at $492.67, which sits below the latest $546.13 close and sets up a debate about how much optimism is already priced in.

The decision to accelerate capacity expansion (Building 10) due to robust customer demand and new program ramps positions Fabrinet to capture additional large-scale opportunities in AI infrastructure and next-gen telecom, likely supporting both sustained revenue growth and operating leverage as fixed costs are spread over higher output.

Read the complete narrative.

Curious how a double digit growth profile, fatter margins and a higher future earnings multiple all feed into that $492.67 fair value? The narrative walks through each assumption step by step, including how buybacks factor into the earnings path and why the discount rate stays below double digits. If you want to see exactly which expectations need to hold up for today’s price to make sense, the full story is worth a read.

Result: Fair Value of $492.67 (OVERVALUED)

Have a read of the narrative in full and understand what's behind the forecasts.

However, there are still real swing factors here, including heavy reliance on a few customers and the risk that supply bottlenecks delay expected AI-related orders.

Find out about the key risks to this Fabrinet narrative.

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