Company Notes


January 13, 2025

JBL: Takeaways from CES Meeting

By Steven Fox

We reiterate our Outperform on the shares of Jabil (JBL; $152.76) and bump up our price target from $175 to $180 after meeting with several of the company’s senior management team during the Consumer Electronics…

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January 13, 2025

APTV: CES Takeaways

By Steven Fox

Last week, during our trip to the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas we attended Aptiv’s (APTV; $59.35; E/W) Investor Event where we heard from a range of senior managers, including CEO Kevin Clark,…

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January 9, 2025

MBLY: No New News Can Still Be Good News

By Steven Fox

This week during our visit to the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, we attended a press conference held by Mobileye Global’s (MBLY; $16.95; E/W) CEO Amnon Shashua, toured the company’s booth, listened in…

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January 9, 2025

DELL: Set Up Well for Some Better Trends in 2025

By Steven Fox

We reiterate our Outperform on the shares of Dell Technologies’ (DELL; $119.31) after meeting this week with members of the IR team during our visit to the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. At…

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January 9, 2025

GLW: Some Positive AutoGrade Glass News from CES

By Steven Fox

Earlier this week, Garmin (GRMN; $211.39; NR) introduced its next-generation auto infotainment system, the Unified Cabin 2025, at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, which includes a new ultra-wide front display that uses…

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January 9, 2025

LYFT: A Partnership Setback That Can Be Overcome

By Steven Fox

The shares of Lyft (LYFT; $13.36; O/P) declined 7% on Wednesday after Uber Technologies (UBER; $64.91; O/P) announced a new and exclusive multi-year partnership with Delta Air Lines (DAL; $61.42; NR) that displaces Lyft’s prior…

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January 8, 2025

UBER: Furthers Its Autonomous Vehicle Network Positioning

By Steven Fox

This week, Uber Technologies (UBER; $64.94; O/P) announced a partnership with NVIDIA (NVDA; $140.17; NR) aimed at accelerating the development of artificial intelligence (AI) based autonomous driving technology. We think news of Uber’s partnership with…

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January 6, 2025

UBER: A Bullish Indicator to Start the New Year

By Steven Fox

This morning, Uber Technologies (UBER; $64.59; O/P) announced it entered into an accelerated share repurchase (ASR) agreement to buy back $1.5B of its stock (vs. the company’s $139B market cap), which it plans to be…

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January 6, 2025

VRT: A Well-Run Cloud Power Play; Initiate at Equal-Weight

By Steven Fox

We formally initiate coverage on Vertiv Holdings (VRT; $125.67) with an Equal-Weight rating. We see VRT continuing to be well positioned to capitalize on the rising power and thermal management complexities of next gen data…

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December 30, 2024

CHPT: Discontinuing Coverage

By Steven Fox

Due to a reallocation of resources, Fox Advisors is discontinuing coverage of ChargePoint (CHPT – $1.11 – Last Rating: Equal-Weight – Price Target: NA). Effective immediately, our rating, price target, disclosures and estimates are discontinued…

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December 30, 2024

LCID: Discontinuing Coverage

By Steven Fox

Due to a reallocation of resources, Fox Advisors is discontinuing coverage of Lucid Group (LCID – $3.15 – Last Rating: Equal-Weight – Price Target: NA). Effective immediately, our rating, price target, disclosures and estimates are…

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December 30, 2024

WDC: Cutting NAND Profit Forecasts Ahead of Split

By Steven Fox

We reduce our F2025/F2026E (Jun) EPS for Western Digital (WDC; $60.70; O/P) from $7.50/$9.00 to $6.50/$7.60 to incorporate the impact of greater than expected NAND pricing pressures (~50% of sales) during December within its soon…

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December 26, 2024

NTAP: Some Recent Outperformance to Consider

By Steven Fox

We think recent FQ2 (Oct) results out of NetApp (NTAP; $118.14; E/W) and industry peers provide support for the idea that the stock is now at the low end of its trading range especially given…

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December 26, 2024

UBER: An M&A Setback in Taiwan

By Steven Fox

Yesterday (12/25), Taiwan’s Fair Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it was blocking Uber Technologies’ (UBER; $61.71; O/P) planned acquisition of Delivery Hero’s (DHER.DE; €28.58; NR) foodpanda delivery business in Taiwan (foodpanda Taiwan) due to its…

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December 20, 2024

UBER: Doubles Down on Taxis in South Korea

By Steven Fox

This morning, Uber Technologies (UBER; $60.21; O/P) announced plans to acquire TMAP Mobility’s 49% stake in the two companies’ joint venture (JV), named Uber Taxi, in South Korea for $39mm, which would give Uber full…

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