Company Notes

Last Friday (11/8), the U.S. Department of Commerce announced it signed a preliminary memorandum of terms with Corning (GLW; $48.90; O/P) to provide up to $32mm in direct funding under the U.S. CHIPS and Science…

We modify 2024E and 2025E adjusted EBITDA for Lucid Group (LCID; $2.31; E/W) from losses of ($2.54B)/($2.11B) to ($2.44B)/($2.10B) after Q3 EBITDA losses of ($613mm) were less than our estimate of ($658mm), which compared to…

Last night, Aptiv (APTV; $55.64; E/W) announced that Joe Massaro, who has served as CFO since 2016, would move into a senior operations role as Vice Chairman, Engineered Components Group (ECG; interconnect and cable management…

We reinstate our Equal-Weight on the shares of CommScope (COMM; $5.20), after today’s 25% decline in the stock, which seemed to reflect concerns tied to news that negotiations with one group of creditors had ceased…

We reiterate our Outperform and raise our target from $16 to $21 on the shares of Lyft (LYFT; $14.40) after the company beat Q3 expectations and provided some better-than-expected Q4E guidance that reflected well on…

Lyft (LYFT; $14.40; O/P) posted Q3 gross bookings of $4.108B, which was ahead of our $4.07B and the Street’s $4.08B that in turn drove adjusted EBITDA of $107mm (2.6% of gross bookings) vs. our $93mm…

We think yesterday’s Q3 results and guidance from Lumen Technologies (LUMN; $8.87; NR) highlighted the Optical Technologies sales and profits tailwinds (30%+ of 2024E sales and nearly 40% of profits) that Corning (GLW; $48.30; O/P)…

Not surprisingly, the shares of Nextracker (NXT; $40.79; O/P) are trading down 7% today after the U.S. Presidential election raised investor questions around the ongoing availability of various solar industry benefits derived from the Inflation…

This morning, Mobileye Global (MBLY; $15.83; E/W) and Lyft (LYFT; $14.23; O/P) announced a partnership aimed at deploying MBLY’s autonomous driving system (e.g., Drive) as part of autonomous vehicles (AVs) to be engaged on LYFT’s…

We are reducing our 2024/2025E EPS for Sensata (ST; $31.78; E/W) from $3.50/$3.60 to $3.42/$3.40 after the company produced a basically as expected set of Q3 results, albeit with Q4E guidance that was below our…

We stick with our Outperform and bump up our target from $85 to $87 on the shares of Sanmina (SANM; $72.80; O/P) after the company posted solid FQ4 (Sept) results and guidance, especially on the…

Over the past week, Hyzon Motors (HYZN; $1.69) disclosed two separate announcements about completed trials of its Class 8 200kW fuel cell electric truck with TALKE, a logistics solutions provider for the chemical industry, as…

Mobileye Global (MBLY; $15.57; E/W) shares rose 25% last week after it reported Q3 results and provided guidance on Thursday morning (10/31) that offered support for the idea that management has found a stable base…

We adjust our 2024/2025E EBITDA for DoorDash (DASH; $155.82; E/W) from $1,875mm/$2,275mm to $1,900mm/$2,375mm (+60% and +25% YoY) after the company produced better than expected Q3 results with guidance that was basically in line with…

We adjust our 2024/2025E EPS for Belden (BDC; $116.14; E/W) from $5.95/$7.55 to $6.15/$7.55 after it produced solid Q3 results and guidance. Q3 non-GAAP EPS of $1.70 came in comfortably ahead of our $1.60 and…