Company Notes

This evening after the close, we were surprised to see Lucid Group (LCID; $4.61; E/W) announce that Sherry House, is resigning from her position as CFO, effective immediately, to pursue “other opportunities”, especially after recently…

We think Jabil’s (JBL; $121.15; O/P) release of FQ1 (Nov) results and outlook on Thursday (12/14 before market) leaves little room for surprise after its negative pre-announcement. However, we see a lot for Jabil to…

ChargePoint (CHPT; $2.05; E/W) produced FQ3 (Oct) results that were consistent with our recently lowered estimates for the company’s negative pre-announcement (“Big Miss Leads to CEO & CFO Changes”; 11/17). We note consensus was relatively…

On Wednesday (11/29), Uber Technologies (UBER; $56.75; O/P) announced plans to start onboarding black cabs in London to its platform starting in “early 2024”, which further adds to a new product story for its Mobility…

We adjust F2024E (Jan) EPS for Dell Technologies (DELL; $75.87; E/W) from $6.50 to $6.68 after the company produced a solid FQ3 (Oct) EPS beat, despite lower-than-expected revenues, albeit partially offset by FQ4E (Jan) guidance…

We raise F2024/F2025E (Apr) EPS for NetApp (NTAP; $90.15; E/W) from $5.75/$6.25 to $6.18/$6.70 after a solid “beat and raise” in the face of what it still sees as a soft IT spending environment with…

Last night, Jabil (JBL; $130.68; O/P) negatively pre-announced FQ1E (Nov) and guided down full F2024E (Aug) sales and EPS. Specifically, Jabil now sees FQ1E sales of $8.3-8.4B, down from prior thinking of $8.4-9.0B, and EPS…

NetApp (NTAP; $78.11; E/W) reported FQ2 (Oct) non-GAAP EPS of $1.58, which comfortably beat our $1.37 and the Street’s $1.39 on somewhat better than expected sales ($1,562mm vs. our $1,525mm and the Street’s $1,528mm). As…

Micron (MU; $75.10; E/W) bumped up its FQ1 (Nov) non-GAAP outlook in conjunction with CEO Sanjay Mehrotra and CFO Mark Murphy presenting at an investor conference earlier this morning. Micron now expects FQ1E EPS losses…

Recent news flow out of Uber Technologies (UBER; $56.06; O/P) highlights how the company continues to engage in a range of new category and new product opportunities, admittedly as per below more on the “experimental”…

Earlier this month, Maplebear (CART; $25.10), doing business as Instacart, made a series of announcements that we think highlight how the company can continue to “control its own destiny” by expanding its product category reach,…

Last Thursday (11/16), DoorDash (DASH; $94.19; E/W) announced a new partnership with The Save Mart Companies to offer on-demand grocery delivery in under an hour from nearly 200 stores that operate under the banners Save…

Last week, Jabil (JBL; $130.29; O/P) announced it entered into a strategic manufacturing agreement with Power Electronics, which is a scaled OEM provider of a range of energy storage solutions based largely in Valencia, Spain…

We are adjusting our 2023E and 2024E EPS for Benchmark Electronics (BHE; $25.70; O/P) from $2.05/$2.35 to $2.03/$2.15 in order to correct for an error in our prior modeling assumptions around gross margins. Specifically, our…

We think it especially difficult to “game” Dell Technologies (DELL; $73.60; E/W) upcoming FQ3 (Oct) results and outlook, scheduled for November 30th (after market). On one hand, Dell guidance of the past four quarters has…