Company Notes


January 26, 2024

HYZN: Announces Interesting Delivery Milestone

By Steven Fox

Yesterday (1/25), Hyzon Motors (HYZN; $0.75) announced it delivered four heavy-duty hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) to Performance Food Group (PFGC; $70.89; NR), which is a large U.S. based food distributor and supplier with…

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January 26, 2024

MBLY: Ready to Drive Up the Wall of Worry; Raise to Outperform

By Steven Fox

We raise our rating on the shares of Mobileye Global (MBLY; $28.13) from Equal-Weight to Outperform. Our recent meeting with management at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) along with yesterday’s Q4 call supported the idea…

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January 26, 2024

WDC: Demonstrates Pricing Power Inflection Point

By Steven Fox

Western Digital (WDC; $60.33; O/P) produced healthy upside to Street thinking with its FQ2 (Dec) results and outlook, which highlighted further supply discipline, incremental positives across most markets, including surprising growth in China, and solid…

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January 25, 2024

WDC: First Look at FQ2 (Dec) Results and Outlook

By Steven Fox

Western Digital (WDC; $60.33; O/P) reported FQ2 (Dec) non-GAAP EPS losses of ($0.69) ex-“one time” net charges of $0.18 per share, which compares to our ($1.15) and the Street’s ($1.12). Sales of $3.03B were above…

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January 25, 2024

PLXS: Fleshes Out Disappointing FQ1

By Steven Fox

Plexus (PLXS; $94.23; E/W) posted FQ1 (Dec) results in line with its recent negative pre-announcement (“Slow End to Quarter Leads to FQ1 Miss”; 1/17) as it fleshed out details behind the cut to prior sales,…

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January 25, 2024

STX: Recovery Gains Further Traction

By Steven Fox

Seagate’s (STX; $89.17; E/W) FQ2 (Dec) results and outlook provided further confirmation for the idea that the company is now on a consistent recovery track, discussed below, per the expected improvement in key FQ2 metrics…

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January 25, 2024

APH: Margins Impress as M&A Helps

By Steven Fox

Amphenol (APH; $100.66; E/W) produced another Q4 “beat and meet”, albeit influenced by a surge in M&A during November and December as it acquired four companies with a combined ~$325mm in annual sales for $678mm….

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January 24, 2024

TEL: Raise Rating to Outperform; Entering New Margin Era

By Steven Fox

We raise our rating on TE Connectivity (TEL; $143.63) from Equal-Weight to Outperform. We believe the stock is now breaking out of its trading range of the past two years on a path to new…

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January 24, 2024

STX: First Look at FQ2 (Dec) Results and Outlook

By Steven Fox

Seagate (STX; $89.17; E/W) reported FQ2 (Dec) non-GAAP EPS of a profit of $0.12, which comfortably beat our estimate of a ($0.03) loss and the Street’s ($0.06) on sales of $1,555mm (vs. our $1,582mm and…

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January 24, 2024

APH: First Look at Q4 Results and Outlook

By Steven Fox

Amphenol (APH; $101.25; E/W) reported Q4 non-GAAP EPS of $0.82, which beat our $0.76 and the Street’s $0.77 on sales of $3,328mm that were ahead of our $3,148mm and the Street’s $3,157mm. The company also…

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January 24, 2024

TEL: First Look at FQ1 (Dec) Results and Outlook

By Steven Fox

TE Connectivity (TEL; $134.65; E/W) reported FQ1 (Dec) non-GAAP EPS of $1.84, which comfortably beat our $1.70 and the Street’s $1.71 despite some moderately lower than expected sales ($3,831mm vs. our $3,850mm and consensus of…

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January 23, 2024

HYZN: Another Proof Point on Stationary Power Opportunity

By Steven Fox

Last Friday (1/19), Ballard Power Systems (BLDP; $3.34; NR) announced it successfully used “large format” hydrogen fuel cells to supply backup power to a data center through a partnership with Caterpillar (CAT; $288.35; NR) and…

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January 19, 2024

BDC: Expanding in India

By Steven Fox

Over the past several days, Belden (BDC; $72.71; E/W) announced it expanded its existing manufacturing facility in Pune, India, as well as opened a new Customer Innovation Center (CIC) in Bengaluru, India, as per plan….

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January 18, 2024

GLW: Rolls Out Next Gen Gorilla Glass

By Steven Fox

Yesterday (1/17), Corning (GLW; $30.22; E/W) announced that Samsung Electronics’ just introduced Galaxy S24 Ultra smartphone will feature GLW’s new Gorilla Armor cover glass. As per a press release from GLW, Gorilla Armor is the…

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January 17, 2024

STX: Bumping Up Estimates

By Steven Fox

We are bumping up our FQ2E (Dec) EPS for Seagate (STX; $83.33; E/W) from ($0.13) to ($0.03) to account for management commentary in recent weeks that suggested some better HDD shipments in the quarter (measured…

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