Company Notes

This morning, Volkswagen’s (VOW.DE; €153.55; NR) Porsche brand announced it entered into a strategic partnership with Mobileye Global (MBLY; $41.46; E/W) in which Porsche plans to integrate automated assistance and navigate on-pilot functionality into future…

Lucid Group (LCID; $7.11; O/P) delivered 1,406 vehicles in Q1, which generated $149mm of revenues for the company, as it also produced 2,314 vehicles during the quarter. By comparison, we were modeling Lucid Air sales…

We further reduce F2023/F2024E (Jun) EPS for Western Digital (WDC; $34.18; E/W) from losses of ($3.00) and ($1.15) to ($3.65) and ($3.90) after FQ4 (Jun) targets were again below Street thinking, albeit on the heels…

Western Digital (WDC; $34.24; E/W) reported FQ3 (Mar) non-GAAP EPS losses of ($1.37) ex-“one time” net charges of $0.45 per share, which compares to our ($1.60) and the Street’s ($1.57). Sales of $2.803B were above…

DoorDash (DASH; $62.90; E/W) produced some better than expected Gross Order Value (GOV), sales and EBITDA in Q1 while raising 2023E targets across these metrics as it maintains healthy investment rates. Q1 GOV was $15.9B…

The shares of Lyft (LYFT; $8.63; E/W) sunk 19% on Friday after it provided another less than satisfying outlook as part of its first investor call since David Risher took over as CEO (“Founders Step…

We raise our rating on the shares of Belden (BDC; $78.51) from Equal-Weight to Outperform after another much better than expected quarter on Wednesday that did not “skip a beat” for a recent CEO change…

We raise our rating on the shares of Aptiv (APTV; $92.05) from Equal-Weight to Outperform. The stock was -8% yesterday and is 24% lower since mid-February despite a positive Q1 print and reiterated 2023 outlook,…

We think CommScope (COMM; $4.82; O/P) continues to execute extremely well to its “core” 2023E EBITDA targets of $1.35-1.50B (+8-20% YoY ex-Home Networks) on the back of a strategic transformation plan (CommScope NEXT) that is…

CommScope (COMM; $4.77; O/P) reported Q1 non-GAAP EPS of $0.35, which beat the Street’s $0.32 and was well ahead of our more conservative $0.23. Sales were $2,002mm, which compared to the Street’s $2,148mm and our…

Aptiv (APTV; $99.84; E/W) reported adjusted Q1 EPS of $0.91, which was ahead of the Street’s $0.89 and our more conservative $0.78 and on sales of $4,818mm (vs. the Street’s $4,569mm and our $4,500mm). As…

We adjust 2023/2024E EPS from $2.23/$2.70 to $2.15/$2.62 for Benchmark Electronics (BHE; $21.82; O/P) after its Q1 print and Q2E outlook more than lived up to expectations from an operating standpoint. We note our EPS…

Benchmark Electronics (BHE; $21.82; O/P) reported Q1 non-GAAP EPS of $0.42, which was in line with our consensus matching $0.42 on better than expected sales ($695mm vs. our $663mm and the Street’s $661mm) and as…

We think investors in Flex (FLEX; $20.54; O/P) should focus on “core” FQ4E (Mar) operating results and guidance (e.g., ex-Nextracker), scheduled for next Wednesday, (5/10 after market), on the heels of its Nextracker (NXT; $30.19;…

Belden (BDC; $79.49; E/W) reported Q1 non-GAAP EPS of $1.68, which was handily ahead of our consensus matching $1.55 on sales of $642mm (vs. our and the Street’s $625mm). Recall, BDC’s outlook called for Q1…