Qorvo - Earnings Call - Q2 2026
November 3, 2025
Executive Summary
- Q2 FY26 revenue $1.06B grew 1% YoY and 29% QoQ, with non-GAAP gross margin expanding 270 bps YoY to 49.7% and non-GAAP EPS of $2.22; all exceeded guidance midpoints, aided by premium mobile content gains and margin mix shift away from low-tier Android.
- Guidance for Q3 FY26: revenue ~$985M ± $50M, non-GAAP GM 47–49%, non-GAAP EPS $1.85 ± $0.20; OpEx guided down to $255–$260M on restructuring savings; tax rate ~15%.
- Segment highlights: ACG up 36% QoQ on largest customer’s seasonal ramp and >10% YoY content growth; HPA up 18% QoQ and 18% YoY; CSG declined 3% QoQ and 27% YoY amid portfolio refocus and program timing.
- Key catalyst and stock narrative: structural margin expansion (cost/productivity initiatives, factory consolidation, mix to HPA and premium Android/Apple), plus visibility to continued HPA momentum; partial offset from Android exit headwind (~$200M this year and >$200M next year) and seasonal step-down into March quarter.
What Went Well and What Went Wrong
What Went Well
- Non-GAAP execution beats: Q2 revenue, non-GAAP GM (49.7%) and EPS ($2.22) all exceeded guidance midpoints; GM +270 bps YoY on mix and cost/productivity actions.
- Mobile content and mix: Supported largest customer’s seasonal ramp with >10% YoY content growth on the ramping platform; disciplined exit from low-margin Android improving ACG profitability.
- HPA strength: Double-digit YoY growth across defense & aerospace and infrastructure; bookings/backlog robust with tailwinds from defense spending and DOCSIS 4.0 broadband upgrades.
What Went Wrong
- CSG softness: Revenue down 27% YoY on portfolio refocus and UWB program timing; organizational consolidation intended to prioritize higher-ROI verticals (auto/industrial/enterprise).
- Android exit headwind: Management now expects ~$200M decline this fiscal year and >$200M next year from exiting mass-tier Android, weighted to back half and March quarter.
- Seasonal and utilization pressure near term: December/March seasonality at largest customer and Android exit will pressure revenue and utilization vs September; management emphasized YoY GM expansion still intact.
Transcript
Speaker 9
Good day and welcome to the Qorvo Second Quarter 2026 Earnings Conference Call. All participants will be in the listen-only mode. Should you need assistance, please signal a conference specialist by pressing the star key followed by zero. After today's presentation, there will be an opportunity to ask questions. To ask a question, you press star and then one on your touch-tone phone. To withdraw your question, please press star and then two. Please note that this conference is being recorded. I would now like to turn the conference over to Doug DeLieto, Vice President, Investor Relations. Thank you, and over to you.
Speaker 2
Thanks very much. Hello everyone and welcome to Qorvo's Fiscal 2026 Second Quarter Earnings Call. This call will include forward-looking statements that involve risk factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from management's current expectations. We encourage you to review the safe harbor statement contained in the earnings release published today, as well as the risk factors associated with our business and our annual report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC, because these risk factors may affect our operations and financial results. In today's release and on today's call, we provide both GAAP and non-GAAP financial results. We provide this supplemental information to enable investors to perform additional comparisons of operating results and to analyze financial performance without the impact of certain non-cash expenses or other items that may obscure trends in our underlying performance.
During our call, our comments and comparisons to income statement items will be based primarily on non-GAAP results. For a complete reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP financial measures, please refer to our earnings release issued earlier today, available on our Investor Relations website at ir.qorvo.com under Financial Releases. Lastly, for detailed information regarding the Skyworks and Qorvo combination announced on October 28, I encourage you to review the press release, investor presentation, and related materials available on our Investor Relations website at ir.qorvo.com under Events and Presentations. Today's call, however, will focus on our fiscal second quarter results as well as our outlook for the December quarter. Joining us today are Bob Bruggeworth, President and CEO; Grant Brown, CFO; Dave Fullwood, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing; and other members of Qorvo's management team. With that, I'll turn the call over to Bob.
Speaker 6
Thanks, Doug, and welcome everyone to our call. Qorvo delivered solid operating performance during our fiscal second quarter. I will cover the business strategy driving these results, as well as restructuring actions we are taking to enhance profitability and quarterly strategic achievements. After that, Grant will discuss the financials. Qorvo is sharply focused on our highest performing businesses, and we regularly evaluate each of our investment areas. We have divested or exited businesses that do not meet our financial or strategic objectives, and we continue to do so. We are restructuring CSG to increase our focus on our top opportunities and improve profitability. We are narrowing our focus in ultra-wideband opportunities to automotive, industrial, and enterprise markets, where customer pull for our technologies is increasing, and we are reducing our spend related to mobile and consumer applications, which are more fragmented today.
We have consolidated our CSG organizational structure to reflect this increased focus. These actions, coupled with associated cuts in corporate support functions, are expected to reduce operating expenses by approximately $70 million per year in fiscal 2027. In ACG, we're driving a richer mix toward premium and flagship smartphone tiers as we reduce exposure to lower margin mass-tier Android. Our pricing and portfolio actions are ahead of expectations, and now we anticipate lower margin Android revenue to decline by roughly $200 million this fiscal year and by more than $200 million next year. This disciplined approach is improving ACG's profitability as we concentrate on higher value 5G RF content for premium and flagship smartphones that demand more advanced RF performance. Within our factory network, we are also executing on cost and productivity initiatives to reduce capital intensity and structurally enhance gross margin.
Our manufacturing strategy is to internally produce the most differentiated elements of our products, geographically align production with customer and suppliers, and leverage the scale, capabilities, and cost-effectiveness of our outsourced partners. Over two-thirds of Qorvo's production costs are external. This includes procured raw materials, wafers purchased from external foundries, as well as packaging, assembly, and test operations. Prior actions to optimize our global operations include the sale of our factories in Beijing and Dazhou, China, and the transition of our GaN wafer production from North Carolina to Oregon. We are on track to close our facility in Costa Rica and transition to external partners. We have begun the process of transferring SAW filter production to our Richardson, Texas. We are on track to shut down the North Carolina facility once the transfer is complete.
This positions our factory footprint strategically to manufacture GaN, BAW, SAW, and advanced multi-chip modules, all onshore in the United States. This is critical to U.S. government customers and increasingly a strategic differentiator to customers in other markets. Turning to our quarterly highlights, in ACG, we supported a seasonal ramp during the quarter at our largest customer. We are benefiting from strong unit volumes across existing platforms and greater than 10% year-over-year content growth on the ramping platform. We grew across each of our four primary product categories we supply to our largest customer. They include antenna tuners, high-performance filters and switches, integrated modules, and envelope tracking power management. Within the Android ecosystem, revenue declined sequentially as expected. At our largest Android customer, we supported their second-half flagship launch with a broad set of solutions.
In China, ACG sales to China-based Android OEMs were approximately $65 million versus just under $100 million in the prior quarter. In HPA, we supported a broad range of mission-critical defense and aerospace applications, including land, sea, air, and space radar systems, drones, electronic warfare, missile defense, and military and commercial satellite communications. Our leading-edge beamforming technology is helping to modernize defense platforms and satellite terminals, and we are leveraging our advanced capabilities and scale in filtering and RF power to counter evolving enemy jamming capabilities. We expect double-digit year-over-year growth in defense and aerospace markets driven by new platforms, upgrade cycles, RF content, and increases in U.S. and allied defense spending. Qorvo is a strategic supplier to the U.S. government and to U.S. primes, and we enjoy broad exposure to RF content growth opportunities and critical programs such as the proposed Golden Dome multi-layer defense system.
Outside the U.S., Qorvo is also a beneficiary of increased EU and allied defense spending. In power management, we supported the launch of a popular smartwatch that earned media coverage for its broad set of features, including superior fast charging capabilities. We are also a market leader in PMICs for the solid-state drive market and see increasing tailwinds in the data spend portion of our business. We are leveraging the performance advantages of our PMIC and motor control portfolio to expand content in AESA radars, drones, enterprise and AI data centers, smartphones, and wearables. In infrastructure markets, Qorvo is benefiting with the industry's transition to DOCSIS 4.0, where Qorvo is a leading supplier of broadband amplifiers. There also continues to be solid demand for our base station small signal devices.
In CSG, we're collaborating with a large automotive tier one to scale ultra-wideband use cases, and our lead program is on track to ramp early next year. We are also supplying ultra-wideband solutions to tier one equipment manufacturers for Wi-Fi 7 network access points. With ultra-wideband integrated into network access points, high-density venues can achieve ultra-precision location awareness. Locations include factories, warehouses, corporate campuses, hospitals, stadiums, and transportation centers. Key applications include indoor navigation, occupancy sensing, asset tracking, and touchless fare transactions. In addition to ultra-wideband, the content opportunity for Qorvo in these access points also includes Wi-Fi front-end and filtering solutions. Wi-Fi 7 is being adopted broadly, given its performance advantages in throughput, latency, efficiency, and network capacity, and Qorvo is supporting broad adoption across routers, mesh networks, and client devices.
We are also collaborating with market-leading chipset providers to support the development of Wi-Fi 8 and delivered first samples in the September quarter. Looking across our operating segments, in ACG, we're investing to expand our content opportunity with our largest customer while continuing to serve Android's premium and flagship tiers. In HPA, we're investing to grow our satellite communications, defense and aerospace, and power management businesses, and maintain leadership in infrastructure markets. In CSG, we're targeting growth in network access points and diversification in markets including automotive, enterprise, and industrial. With that, I'll turn it over to Grant.
Speaker 2
Thank you, Bob, and good afternoon, everyone. Qorvo's fiscal second quarter revenue of $1,059 million, non-GAAP gross margin of 49.7%, and non-GAAP diluted earnings of $2.22 per share all compared favorably to guidance. During the quarter, our largest customer represented approximately 55% of revenue. On the balance sheet, as of quarter end, we held approximately $1.1 billion in cash and equivalents. We currently have approximately $1.5 billion of long-term debt outstanding and no near-term maturities. We ended the quarter with a net inventory balance of $605 million. This represents a sequential reduction of $33 million and a decrease of $89 million on a year-over-year basis. During the quarter, we generated operating cash flow of approximately $84 million and incurred $42 million of capital expenditures, which resulted in free cash flow of $42 million. Regarding our outlook for fiscal Q3, our guidance reflects strong execution and demand across multiple end markets.
We are seeing continued momentum in HPA, offset by our exit from lower margin entry-tier Android and the normal seasonal decline at our largest customer heading into December. Our expectations for the December quarter are as follows: revenue of $985 million, plus or minus $50 million. Non-GAAP gross margin between 47-49%. And non-GAAP diluted EPS of $1.85, plus or minus $0.20. Gross margin continues to improve on a year-over-year basis. Q2 non-GAAP gross margin increased approximately 270 basis points versus last fiscal year, and Q3 non-GAAP gross margin is expected to increase 150 basis points versus last. At the midpoint. This improvement is a direct result of multiple initiatives. We've actively managed our product portfolio and pricing strategies to reduce exposure to mass-tier Android 5G. We have positioned the company to benefit from growth in DNA, which is margin accretive given the high mix, low-volume nature of the business.
We have divested or exited margin-diluted businesses. And we continue to manage factory costs aggressively while consolidating our manufacturing footprint. We project non-GAAP operating expenses in the December quarter to be between $255-$260 million. The sequential decrease in OpEx reflects lower incentive-based compensation, continued OpEx discipline, and our restructuring efforts within CSG and associated corporate support functions. These actions are included in our December quarter OpEx guidance. Below the operating income line, non-operating expense is expected to be approximately $10 million, reflecting interest paid on our fixed-rate debt, offset by interest income earned on our cash balances, FX gains or losses, along with other items. Our non-GAAP tax rate for fiscal 2026 is expected to be approximately 15%. We continue to monitor the situation as the specific implementation of the new tax bill in the U.S., as well as changes to international tax policy, may evolve over time.
We are confident the steps we are taking today across our product portfolio, business segments, and manufacturing footprint position the company to expand profitability. The benefits of these strategic initiatives will continue to become evident as we advance through fiscal 2026 and into fiscal 2027. Before we open the call for questions, I'd like to reiterate that the purpose of today's call is to discuss our quarterly results and outlook, and we appreciate you keeping your questions focused on these topics. At this time, please open the line for questions. Thank you.
Speaker 6
Thank you. We will now begin the question-and-answer session. To ask a question, you may press star and one on your touch-tone phone. If you're using a speakerphone, please pick up your handset before pressing the keys. If at any time your question has been addressed and you would like to withdraw your question, please press star and two. Participants are requested to kindly restrict their questions to one per person, followed by a follow-up question. At this time, we will pause momentarily to assemble our roster. We have the first question from the line of Karl Ackerman from BNP Paribas. Please go ahead.
Speaker 5
Yes, thank you. It seems like you're now assuming a $200 million headwind from exiting the low end of the China Android market. I think that's a bit more than you previously envisioned of $150-$200 million. Could you address why that is the case for this year and next year, and if there's anything else that's happening with respect to the mid-tier market, or if it's just something else? Thank you.
Speaker 1
Hey, Karl. This is Dave. I can answer that one. Yeah, so the $200 million decline that Bob mentioned is going to be more weighted towards the back half of the year and even more so in March for a couple of reasons. If you recall, last time we said we gained content in our largest Android customer in their second-half flagship. We will be on the other side of that when we get into March. We also mentioned that we would have lower content this year on their first-half flagship ramp next year. Those two are factors, but the bigger factor is really just the timing of those mass-tier models that we continue to support as we made this pivot in our Android business. Those are now ramping down, and we are not obviously replacing them with new designs heading into next year.
That is probably the bigger impact that you are seeing driving that.
Speaker 5
Got it. Thanks for that. For my follow-up, how would you rank or the December quarter outlook across HPA, CSG, and ACG? I appreciate some of the initial commentary you gave with respect to the decline of Android and the seasonal decline of Apple. I guess as we look out into HPA from December quarter and into next year, just click on that and see if that, in fact, will be the best-performing segment for December and next year. Thank you.
Speaker 2
Sure, Carl. Let me take a stab at it, and then Philip can jump in. Over the course of the year, we do expect our DNA business to continue to increase quarter over quarter, just given the seasonal nature of customer order patterns there. We are still expecting that to be the case. We had some very strong growth in that business. On a year-over-year basis, it was over 25%. HPA was up 25% on a year-over-year basis in the last quarter. We feel very strongly that that is a very high-performing area from a growth perspective.
Speaker 1
Yeah, I would add, so outside of DNA, we're also seeing quite a bit of strength in our infrastructure business. In our broadband business, as we've talked about, DOCSIS 4.0 continues to roll out. Really, really strong ramp that we see continuing throughout this year and into next year as well. In our base station business, kind of our core base station business that goes into kind of the radios and stuff, that's doing well. We're really seeing a proliferation of those products into some new markets that we're excited about. The first is drones. Both two-way and one-way drones are using both 4G and 5G products as one of their communication paths. We're seeing strength this year, this quarter, next quarter, and into next year for that. Also, if you think about it, as you look at these direct-to-cell satellites, really, they're base stations in the sky.
We're seeing the same products that we use here, terrestrial, going up into space into these applications. We expect that to continue, and that's why we're pretty optimistic about double-digit growth going into next year as well.
Speaker 5
Thank you.
Speaker 6
Thank you. We have the next question from the line of Chris Caso from Wolf Research. Please go ahead.
Speaker 11
Yes, thanks. Good evening. I guess the first question is, in light of some of what you're saying about some of the Android decline weighted through the March quarter, what should we think with regard to March quarter seasonality? What do you consider normal seasonality to be, and what are the factors that we should consider when comparing to normal seasonality this year?
Speaker 2
Sure. Hey, Chris. This is Grant. Let me take that one. We're not guiding Q4 or the full year at this time, but we're encouraged by the strength that we saw in the first half. We're mindful of the typical seasonality, as you mentioned, in the back half, where we see our largest customer ramping down typically in the March and June periods. As we pivot away from some of the lower-margin Android business, as Dave pointed out earlier, it would be especially impactful in fiscal Q4. That said, we are executing on our strategy to focus on driving meaningful productivity improvements. From our standpoint, we're executing that strategy. We're focusing on the premium flagship tiers, and this is something you're starting to see in our gross margin profile. I mean, we've committed to hitting high 40s, and we're doing just that.
We're getting very close to 50 points of gross margin in a seasonally strong quarter. We're hard at work executing on profitability and executing to our strategy to pivot away from Android. Low-tier Android, excuse me.
Speaker 5
Right. You mentioned gross margins, and that was going to be my follow-up. There are a lot of moving parts as we go into next year. There are still some things you're doing with the factories in order to drive efficiency, but you said that I imagine the mix gets better as you exit some of the low-tier Android. How does that result in gross margins? What are the puts and takes we should think about for gross margins next year?
Speaker 2
I'm sorry, you're breaking up. Can you repeat the end of your question?
Speaker 5
Oh, just in terms of what we should expect, the puts and takes on gross margins for next year.
Speaker 2
Sure. The business mix is one of them. It'll be meaningfully helpful for us as we see HPA and defense aerospace and other areas grow as a percentage of our total top line. That's very impactful. Then product mix within the segments, especially ACG, where we have already communicated our exit from the low-tier Android area, so the premium and flagship products there. In terms of that portfolio, we'll be helping from a mix standpoint. The factory actions that we're executing on, bringing more volume to our other locations, also helps significantly. We've talked through Costa Rica, and the closure there is on track. The transfer of our SAW capacity from Greensboro to Texas is also on track, and we would expect that to be beyond fiscal 2027.
I think all the other cost reduction efforts that we're doing, the standard blocking and tackling, yield improvements, cost downs, and all the other things are more standard activities, are all on target.
Speaker 5
Thank you.
Speaker 6
Thank you. We have the next question from the line of Harsh Kumar from Piper Sandler. Please go ahead.
Speaker 8
Yeah, hey, guys. First of all, really good results. Maybe Grant, one for you. In your guidance, I'm looking at your margins versus what you just delivered for the September quarter. I would have thought that your margins would not be down quite the way they're guiding to. I guess I'm curious if it's just revenues that are driving this, or is there other factors in play? Because you've got a lot of positives going on in the margin structure as well that fundamentally that you're driving to. I just want to understand the factors driving the margin for the December quarter guidance.
Speaker 2
Sure. It's generally the case that as we're ramping down and as we start to see that happen in the December quarter, as we head into March, the utilization tends to lead the revenue there. We're seeing some of that. It's not untypical or atypical. I would say that the margin performance is still substantially improved on a year-over-year basis. Even on the revenue basis that we've been guiding to, you can see that impact. My view is it's strong improvement, and we'd expect that to continue as we move through fiscal 2026 and into 2027. I wouldn't read anything too meaningful into any of the subtle variation from a quarter-to-quarter basis other than generally the mix.
Speaker 8
Okay. And then maybe one for Bob. Bob, on aerospace and defense, you have got some pretty large goals, but you are also doing really well. We know the market is healthy. Maybe help us understand two things. One, what is the scale right now? How big is this business right now? You mentioned it is up 25% year on year, but just in absolute dollars, if you can. And then specifically right now, what kind of technologies and applications are working for Qorvo to drive that revenue growth?
Speaker 12
Thanks, Harsh. It is hard for me to contain Philip when it comes to this. I am just going to let him go ahead and talk and find that little color. I appreciate the question on the defense business. As you said, it is doing fantastic, and they are producing great products and really doing an extremely good job. Philip.
Speaker 1
Yeah. Harsh, I would say that we've sized it publicly before. I would say kind of mid-400s and growing. I think we had commented in our last call that we had a funnel, and it is continuing to grow. It actually grew another $2 billion in the funnel over this quarter alone. Really, where we're seeing the applications, they're pretty broad-based. It is maybe a long answer to your question, but I'll try to kind of hit some of the highlights. One of the areas that we're really seeing is the U.S. is looking at how do you build new capabilities both in drones, which require a lot of different kinds of technologies, both radar and comms. There is a whole lot of more and better RF that's needed to scale that up.
The other area is in electronic warfare, where we're looking to come up with new ways to drive spectrum dominance in that area. In electronic warfare, one area that is really growing rapidly is the use of solid-state PAs to be able to do more direct-energy-type defensive and offensive applications. That is a sweet spot for our technology. There is just a tremendous amount of opportunity there. In addition to that, I would say in our core markets, core markets in defense and aerospace is really the radar-based platforms. Whether that's land, sea, air, we are seeing a whole new set of capability needs that are what the U.S. government calls an urgent need. It really fits into the sweet spot of what we do. You add a layer on top of that.
If you look at Golden Dome and what they're trying to do in any kind of missile defense system, you're going to need land-based assets. You're going to need air-based assets. You're going to need space-based assets. All of those platforms that they're looking at, we are in those platforms. That will be a tailwind for us as well. It is really broad-based. I can't just pick one that is driving it. We're seeing a lot of tailwinds. Especially because I think I would add, as the administration has really started to become very clear on what their priorities are. Those priorities really do fit with what we're doing. That doesn't even include what's happening on the NATO side in Europe as they increase their defense budgets up to 3.5% of GDP. Again, lots of positive things that are happening.
Speaker 8
Thank you so much.
Speaker 6
Thank you. We have the next question from the line of Christopher Roland from Susquehanna. Please go ahead.
Speaker 3
Hi. Thanks so much for the question. I guess as we think about 2027, are we still thinking about mid-single digit or are we thinking about growth overall for ACG? Additionally, you have talked increasingly about integrated modules. Would love an update there on your capabilities, your differentiation, and the likelihood you think you get some new sockets here. That'd be great.
Speaker 2
Yeah, sure, Chris. Let me take the first part, and then Frank can jump in. Obviously really excited about our technology, but it's too early to comment on fiscal 2027 at this point. We won't be making any commentary there at this point in the game. We'll have more to talk about probably as the year advances. Frank, comment on integrated modules.
Speaker 4
Yeah. Hey, Chris. Similar feedback with respect to things that are already discussed. We're too early to say at this time. We're working very hard on product development, not just for next year, but for the next three years. I do want to say I'm really proud of the ACG team and all the work they're doing.
Speaker 3
Great. Thanks for that. As we talk about the merger, are there still any opportunities? Would you consider any merger opportunities, even tuck-ins, any acquisitions from that standpoint, any divestitures, any buybacks, any OpEx changes, or any footprint consolidation beyond what you've already announced? Should we just kind of think steady state Qorvo until all the approvals and the merger is done?
Speaker 12
Yeah. Appreciate the question. I think what's most important is we also have to keep in mind that we are going to be running separate and independent companies. There is latitude in our agreements for us to make changes and do things that we want to be able to do. You got to remember, we're running these as separate companies.
Speaker 3
Yep. Okay. I think that answers it. Thanks, Bob.
Speaker 6
Thank you. We have the next question from the line of Christian Garth from Covenant Company. Please go ahead.
Yeah, thanks for taking my question. I have two of them on mobile. First one for Bob. Can you give an update on your progress with your biggest customer on the mid-to-high band path? It seems like that's a big opportunity. Is there any way to figure out how that's progressing and when we should start seeing some results or any timeline for that? I had a follow-up.
Speaker 12
Yeah. Appreciate the question. You can imagine that's a topic that we just can't cover and comment about where we're at. I think Frank's already said how proud he is of the team and how well they're executing. Time will tell and patience, please.
Fair enough. Fair enough. All right. Then a follow-up. Post-exiting the lower-tier Android, how should we think about your Android and China exposure? Are you still chasing 15%-20% of the Android market today? How to think about how it is still sitting China and your big non-China Android customer? I think you kind of commented a little bit on March quarter. I am just wondering, besides the lower-tier Android in March and seasonality, are there any idiosyncratic things you had to worry about in March quarter? Thank you.
Speaker 2
Sure. We still feel very strongly about our strategy to pursue the premium and flagship tiers of Android, right? They're going to have a product portfolio, and they're going to compete against other devices in that segment. They're going to need to use premium-performing parts. That is where the majority of the TAM and SAM is for us in the ACG side. We feel very well positioned. We're going to continue to support our Android customers. We have been very successful at exiting some of the less attractive areas there, as Bob commented on in his prepared remarks. It is a little bit difficult to comment on share specific to one quarter, given the ramp timing of all the different models in the Android ecosystem.
Got it. Thank you.
Speaker 6
Thank you. We have the next question from the line of Edward Snyder from Goldman Sachs. Please go ahead.
Speaker 7
Good evening. Thanks for taking my question. On the HPA business, I'm wondering if you're seeing any kind of cyclical effects outside of the normal kind of secular growth in those product lines. What are your customers telling you in terms of inventory levels, willingness to restock, or anything else from a supply chain or cyclical point of view? Thank you.
Speaker 1
This is Philip. I would say channel inventory is healthy. We're not seeing any kind of unusual order patterns. I would say more on the we're starting to get requests for, "Hey, we need delivery sooner," rather than.
Speaker 6
Can the management hear us? Hello? Ladies and gentlemen, there seems to be a challenge with the management line. Please stay connected as we reconnect the management. Who is answering? Over to the management.
Speaker 1
Sorry. We're back. Thank you. All right. The question, I think, was around HPA and channel inventory. What I was saying was we don't see any kind of excessive channel inventory. In fact, we see more kind of expedite ask than we do channel or push outs or anything like that. I'd say the channel is healthy. One area I would also maybe highlight is we are seeing really strong bookings and backlog in our power management business surrounded around the data center side for solid-state drives. That would be one area where also don't see any inventory challenges, but we're seeing expedite requests.
Speaker 7
That's helpful. Thanks. Maybe as a quick follow-up, as a housekeeping question, maybe color on your guidance by segment, your expectations heading into the December quarter. Thank you.
Speaker 2
Yeah. Thanks for the question. We don't judge by segment.
Speaker 6
Thank you. We have the next question from the line of Edward Snyder from Charter Equity Research. Please go ahead.
Speaker 2
Thanks a lot. Hey, guys. Just a couple of housekeeping questions. Were there any underutilization charges, especially regarding Oregon? What's your feeling on those for, obviously, if you're going to be seasonally down in the next couple of quarters because your largest customers, you're probably going to be burdened more. Just as a starting point, can we get color on that?
Speaker 6
Yeah. Hey, Ed. This is Grant. No period-related charges associated with underutilization. It's just the normal loadings are generating factory variances within the normal bands, and that applies to product costing. Nothing from a period charge perspective that would create an abnormal utilization charge.
Speaker 2
Okay. I'm just trying to get a feel for how much capacity you have both in GaN in Oregon and then BAW in Texas. I know you haven't been notified yet on anything that would occur next week, your largest customer next week, next year at your largest customer. I know it depends on share if you do win, etc., but I'm just trying to get a feel for what kind of CapEx you might be facing, if any, especially regarding GaN. Because most of your product wins aren't really GaN-intensive. You've got a lot of antenna tuners. You've got less SOI, etc. I'm just trying to get a feel for where you sit in capacity in GaN and BAW.
Speaker 12
Yeah. Thanks for the question, Ed. I think first I want to say the team's done a fantastic job in both GaN as well as in the filters, BAW filters in particular, in shrinking sizes. As we ramp new technologies, typically we're reducing the size so we don't have to add a lot of capacity to meet the same demand. The team's done a fantastic job there. I think as we look at the outlook for next year, we do expect we'll spend money for expanding capacities and bringing in new technologies. I think it's going to be less than what we spent this year. Again, I think people underestimate the tremendous work the team has done in reducing die sizes as we release new process technologies. I think we're in good shape to support a lot of business.
Speaker 2
Yeah. Maybe, Ed, I would just further Bob's comments. Obviously, you know, I mean, in order to compete for business, you have to have an ample amount of capacity in place in advance. We wouldn't be targeting business we don't think we could support with our existing capacity.
Speaker 12
We also have to ramp down to the Android business as well, which frees up capacity. So we're in a pretty good place.
Speaker 2
Very good. That's what I was looking for. Thanks, guys.
Speaker 6
Thank you. We have the next question from the line of Peter Peng from JP Morgan. Please go ahead.
Speaker 0
Hey, guys. Thanks for taking my question. Just on the content growth of about 10% plus for the last, for the most recent generation, you mentioned that all of your four major products grew on a content-wise year-over-year. Maybe if you can just give us a sense of contribution from these product groups.
Speaker 2
Hey, Peter. Thanks for the question. We have not actually commented, I mean, on each of the four different categories of revenue at our largest customer and which was contributing to the growth, other than to say that we are seeing growth in all categories.
Speaker 0
Got it. Okay. For my follow-up, I think last quarter, you guys talked about the CSG being able to grow low single digits. Just given some of the restructuring initiatives, what's the current expectation for this business group?
Speaker 2
Sure. CSG, as we commented last quarter, had experienced the push-out of a large award in our ultra-wideband business. That is still the case. There's no change there. In terms of growth, there would be some impact, but relatively marginal due to the restructuring activities. You could see a roughly flat, perhaps, year for CSG, plus or minus.
Speaker 0
Thank you, guys.
Speaker 6
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Speaker 12
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