Company Notes

This morning, Maplebear, doing business as Instacart (CART; $23.20; O/P), announced it is expanding its advertising solutions to Caper Carts, which are AI-powered smart carts equipped with scales, sensors, touchscreens, and computer vision for proprietary…

The shares of Mobileye Global (MBLY; $29.97; E/W) plunged 25% yesterday after the company revealed a highly disappointing sales outlook for the upcoming year, which basically reflected a realization of excess inventories of its EyeQ…

Jabil (JBL; $127.40; O/P) announced on Friday (12/29/23) that it completed the divestiture of its Mobility business to BYD Electronic for $2.2B or $1.7B after transaction fees, taxes, and restructuring for resulting stranded costs and…

We establish an Outperform rating and $30 target on the shares of Maplebear (CART; $23.47) d/b/a Instacart. We think the 22% decline in CART shares since its $750mm+ IPO on 9/18/23 at $30 per share,…

We think recent news flow related to Uber Technologies (UBER; $61.71; O/P) further highlights a range of global secular drivers that can continue to enhance the company’s business model over time. Most importantly, Japanese regulators…

Corning (GLW; $30.00; E/W) recently unveiled its Fusion5 Glass, which is the company’s latest automotive exterior glass for windshields, and part of its Auto Glass Solutions business that has been building a market position over…

We raise F2024/F2025E (Aug) EPS for Micron (MU; $78.69; E/W), after the full release of FQ1 (Nov) results and FQ2E (Feb) guidance, from ($1.60)/$3.60 to ($0.45)/$6.00 to better reflect its “extreme” supply discipline, which is…

After today’s market close, Flex (FLEX; $28.69; O/P) announced it received approval from the High Court of Singapore to complete the last stage of its divestiture of Nextracker (NXT; $47.46; E/W) through a tax-free spin…

Due to a reallocation of resources, Fox Advisors is discontinuing coverage of Tritium (DCFC – $0.20 – Last Rating: Not Rated – Price Target: NA). Effective immediately, our rating, price target, disclosures and estimates are…

The shares of Micron (MU; $81.79; E/W) are now up 20% since the company reported basically as-expected FQ4 (Aug) results on 9/27, including +12% over the past nine days, ahead of its full release of…

Jabil (JBL; $136.42; O/P) posted full FQ1 (Nov) results and guidance that not surprisingly were very consistent with its recent negative pre-announcement, per the table below (“Guide Down Highlights Silver Lining Playbook”; 11/29). Admittedly, questions…

The 29% rally in the shares of Nextracker (NXT; $42.76; E/W) over the past two months has “on paper” created more value for the shares of Flex (FLEX; $26.26; O/P) that has basically gone unrecognized…

We think a potential IPO from ZEEKR Intelligent Technology Holding can prove an incremental positive for the shares of Mobileye Global (MBLY; $40.35; E/W) in coming months, based on our review of the company’s recent…

Yesterday, Supplyframe, which has developed a Design-to-Source Intelligence (DSI) platform for the global electronics market, announced an interesting partnership with Jabil (JBL; $120.15; O/P) to better utilize artificial intelligence (AI) and automation technologies to enable…

Last night, TE Connectivity (TEL; $135.50; E/W) announced that its Board authorized a $1.5B increase in its share repurchase program. By comparison, TEL’s market cap is $43B and the company had $735mm remaining on its…