Skyworks Solutions Inc. (NASDAQ:SWKS) is surging as investors price in improving odds that its merger with Qorvo Inc. (NASDAQ:QRVO) will close this year as regulatory reviews advance and management turns more optimistic.

Skyworks shares are up 28% over the past five days and on track to be the S&P 500’s best weekly performer after the deal cleared U.S. antitrust review in early August and China’s SAMR review moved to Phase III.

CEO Phil Brace highlighted merger synergies and an "AI edge" at Goldman Sachs’ Communacopia + Technology Conference on Thursday even as he flagged near-term cost pressures.

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