March 28, 2023
Last night, Lyft (LYFT; $9.60; E/W) surprisingly announced that co-founders Logan Green (CEO) and John Zimmer (President) are stepping down from full-time executive management positions into non-executive roles as Chair and Vice Chair of the…
March 27, 2023
We initiate on Lucid Group (LCID: $8.19) with an Outperform and a $11 target. We believe Lucid is at a critical juncture in its ambitious commercial development plans for a luxury branded electric vehicle based…
March 21, 2023
We are adjusting our F2023/F2024E (Aug) EPS for Micron (MU; $58.63; E/W), scheduled to post FQ2E (Feb) results next Tuesday (3/28 after market), from losses of ($2.30)/($1.55) to ($2.35)/($1.75) to “catch up” with management’s most…
March 20, 2023
Proterra (PTRA; $1.32; O/P) shares are still down 47% since releasing Q4 results on 3/15 and some guidance for 2023E, reflecting a combination of concerns that the company would breach its convertible debt covenants, resolved…
March 16, 2023
Jabil (JBL; $78.37; O/P) produced a healthy FQ2 (Feb) sales, margin and EPS beat, held back somewhat by higher interest costs related mainly to some higher than expected inventories that we see proving highly transitory….
March 16, 2023
Jabil (JBL; $80.33; O/P) reported FQ2 (Feb) “core” non-GAAP EPS of $1.88, which beat our $1.84 and the Street’s $1.85 on sales of $8,134mm (vs. our $8,000mm and the Street’s $8,089mm) and despite ~$0.05 of…
March 15, 2023
We refined our “bottoms up” work around our Mobileye Global (MBLY; $40.93; E/W) forecasts after reviewing the company’s recent 10-K filing. Although, there is no change to our 2023/2024E sales, gross margin, and EPS forecasts,…
March 14, 2023
Last night, Hyzon Motors (HYZN; $1.00) announced that Parker Meeks was appointed to CEO on a permanent basis, effective immediately, after taking charge as interim CEO back in August of last year (“CEO Transition Announced”;…
March 9, 2023
This morning, Tritium (DCFC; $1.66; O/P) provided full disclosure on its H2 of C2022 results and outlook, much of which was already discussed at its Analyst Day in January (“Analyst Day Highlights Manufacturing Progress”; 1/23)….
March 9, 2023
We reiterate our Outperform on Jabil shares (JBL; $84.84; O/P) ahead of its FQ2 (Feb) results and outlook, scheduled for next Thursday (3/16 before market). We are comfortable with our FQ2E sales, operating margin, and…
March 8, 2023
Yesterday, we attended Visteon’s (VC; $168.55; NR) Investor Day in New York, which among other things, provided further support for the idea that Corning’s (GLW; $34.42; E/W) Automotive Glass Solutions’ business is well positioned to…
March 8, 2023
We have had some time to reflect on last Tuesday’s (2/28) Luminar Day in Orlando, Florida, which we attended in-person. The meeting provided us an opportunity to catch up on the quickly expanding investment story…
March 8, 2023
Yesterday, we attended the Optical Networking and Communications Conference (OFC) in San Diego, where we toured Corning’s (GLW; $34.44; E/W) trade show booth and sat in on CEO Wendell Weeks’ Plenary Session. Our meetings highlighted…
March 7, 2023
On Monday (3/6), we hosted an investor meeting in Tempe, AZ with Benchmark Electronics (BHE; $23.82; O/P) CEO Jeff Benck at its headquarters, after which we toured one of its newest electronics manufacturing services (EMS)…
March 3, 2023
Earlier this week, Hyliion (HYLN; $2.80; NR) announced a new partnership with Hyzon Motors (HYZN; $1.25) to develop a prototype of a heavy-duty hydrogen-based fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV). We think this news further highlights…