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Penguin Solutions' AI Backlog Grows: Is Future Sales Taking Shape?
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Key Takeaways
PENG enters Q4 FY26 with a strong AI backlog as customer demand continues to outpace reported sales.
Integrated Memory revenues surged 111% to $275 million in Q3 as AI demand exceeded sales growth.
PENG raised the FY26 net sales growth outlook to 22% on strong agentic-AI-driven demand.
Penguin Solutions, Inc. (PENG - Free Report) is entering the fiscal fourth quarter with a strong AI-driven backlog, as customer demand continues to outpace reported sales, creating greater visibility into potential future revenues.
The momentum is particularly strong in Integrated Memory, where third-quarter fiscal 2026 revenues surged 111% year over year to $275 million. Management said robust data-center AI demand continued to exceed sales growth, leaving PENG with a strong backlog entering the fiscal fourth quarter. CXL memory expansion cards also generated new bookings, while the customer pipeline continued to strengthen.
PENG's AI Infrastructure business provides another potential avenue for future revenues, supported by growing demand across enterprise, sovereign AI and neocloud customers. The MemoryAI appliance is gaining traction, generating both revenues and new bookings, while the strengthening pipeline creates opportunities to expand customer relationships and convert AI infrastructure demand into additional sales.
Customer expansion could further support future sales. PENG added four AI Infrastructure customer logos during the fiscal third quarter, while seven of the 13 AI Infrastructure customers added over the preceding four quarters subsequently expanded their business with the company.
Importantly, PENG raised its fiscal 2026 net sales growth outlook to 22% (±2%), citing strong agentic-AI-driven demand across Integrated Memory and AI Infrastructure.
Thus, PENG’s growing backlog, new bookings, expanding customer relationships and higher revenue outlook provide increasing visibility into future sales as AI demand continues to expand.
PENG's AI Backlog Faces Growing Competition
Super Micro Computer (SMCI - Free Report) is building significant AI revenue visibility, with more than $60 billion in fourth-quarter fiscal 2026 orders taking its order book and backlog to record levels entering fiscal 2027. Based on its backlog, SMCI expects more than 80% of future revenues to be AI-related. SMCI’s DCBBS integrates computing, storage, cooling, networking and software, underscoring its expanding AI infrastructure capabilities.
Meanwhile, Dell Technologies (DELL - Free Report) is gaining substantial visibility into future AI revenues as its backlog expands. DELL booked a record $60.9 billion in AI orders and exited the second quarter of fiscal 2027 with $95 billion of AI backlog. The company also emphasizes engineering, deployment and supply-chain capabilities for complex AI infrastructure, which is positioning DELL as a significant competitor to PENG in converting AI demand into future sales.
Shares of Penguin Solutions have surged 179.6% year to date, far outpacing the broader Zacks Computer and Technology sector, which has gained 21.8%.
PENG’s YTD Price Performance
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On the valuation front, PENG’s forward 12-month P/E ratio of 19.06 compares favorably with the 30.8X average for the Internet - Software industry. The company has a Value Score of C.
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The Zacks Consensus Estimate for PENG’s fiscal 2026 and 2027 earnings is pegged at $2.60 and $3.40 per share, respectively. The estimates have remained unchanged over the past 30 days and imply 36.84% and 30.77% year-over-year growth, respectively.
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Penguin Solutions' AI Backlog Grows: Is Future Sales Taking Shape?
Key Takeaways
Penguin Solutions, Inc. (PENG - Free Report) is entering the fiscal fourth quarter with a strong AI-driven backlog, as customer demand continues to outpace reported sales, creating greater visibility into potential future revenues.
The momentum is particularly strong in Integrated Memory, where third-quarter fiscal 2026 revenues surged 111% year over year to $275 million. Management said robust data-center AI demand continued to exceed sales growth, leaving PENG with a strong backlog entering the fiscal fourth quarter. CXL memory expansion cards also generated new bookings, while the customer pipeline continued to strengthen.
PENG's AI Infrastructure business provides another potential avenue for future revenues, supported by growing demand across enterprise, sovereign AI and neocloud customers. The MemoryAI appliance is gaining traction, generating both revenues and new bookings, while the strengthening pipeline creates opportunities to expand customer relationships and convert AI infrastructure demand into additional sales.
Customer expansion could further support future sales. PENG added four AI Infrastructure customer logos during the fiscal third quarter, while seven of the 13 AI Infrastructure customers added over the preceding four quarters subsequently expanded their business with the company.
Importantly, PENG raised its fiscal 2026 net sales growth outlook to 22% (±2%), citing strong agentic-AI-driven demand across Integrated Memory and AI Infrastructure.
Thus, PENG’s growing backlog, new bookings, expanding customer relationships and higher revenue outlook provide increasing visibility into future sales as AI demand continues to expand.
PENG's AI Backlog Faces Growing Competition
Super Micro Computer (SMCI - Free Report) is building significant AI revenue visibility, with more than $60 billion in fourth-quarter fiscal 2026 orders taking its order book and backlog to record levels entering fiscal 2027. Based on its backlog, SMCI expects more than 80% of future revenues to be AI-related. SMCI’s DCBBS integrates computing, storage, cooling, networking and software, underscoring its expanding AI infrastructure capabilities.
Meanwhile, Dell Technologies (DELL - Free Report) is gaining substantial visibility into future AI revenues as its backlog expands. DELL booked a record $60.9 billion in AI orders and exited the second quarter of fiscal 2027 with $95 billion of AI backlog. The company also emphasizes engineering, deployment and supply-chain capabilities for complex AI infrastructure, which is positioning DELL as a significant competitor to PENG in converting AI demand into future sales.
PENG’s Share Price Performance, Valuation & Estimates
Shares of Penguin Solutions have surged 179.6% year to date, far outpacing the broader Zacks Computer and Technology sector, which has gained 21.8%.
PENG’s YTD Price Performance
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On the valuation front, PENG’s forward 12-month P/E ratio of 19.06 compares favorably with the 30.8X average for the Internet - Software industry. The company has a Value Score of C.
Image Source: Zacks Investment Research
The Zacks Consensus Estimate for PENG’s fiscal 2026 and 2027 earnings is pegged at $2.60 and $3.40 per share, respectively. The estimates have remained unchanged over the past 30 days and imply 36.84% and 30.77% year-over-year growth, respectively.
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PENG stock currently carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.