Company Notes
June 21, 2023
We hosted a “fireside chat” yesterday at our Transportation Technology Conference with Tritium’s (DCFC; $1.02; O/P) CFO Rob Topol. The conversation emphasized some highly underappreciated aspects to the company’s business model and its robust future…
June 21, 2023
We hosted a “fireside chat” yesterday with ChargePoint’s (CHPT; $7.93; O/P) CEO Pasquale Romano, as part of our Transportation Technology Conference, which we think highlighted a range of significant investor misconceptions around the business we…
June 20, 2023
We reduce our below consensus F2023/F2024E (Aug) EPS for Micron (MU; $67.66; E/W), ahead of its FQ3E (May) results and outlook, scheduled for June 28th (after market). Our model changes primarily begin to consider a…
June 16, 2023
This week, Uber Technologies (UBER; $43.36; O/P) added further to a lengthy list of strategic actions taken Q2-to-date, which we see adding further confidence to its ability to continue to generate healthy operating leverage and…
June 15, 2023
We bump up our F2023E (Aug) EPS for Jabil (JBL; $104.64; O/P) after another solid “beat and raise”, driven by its profitable focus on healthy secular trends and working capital benefits from reducing inventories, which…
June 15, 2023
Jabil (JBL; $99.69; O/P) reported FQ3 (May) “core” or non-GAAP EPS of $1.99, which beat our $1.93 and the Street’s $1.87 on better than expected sales of $8,475mm (vs. our $8,225mm and the Street’s $8,199mm)….
June 14, 2023
We are adjusting our model for Polestar (PSNY; $3.81; O/P) to better incorporate our expectations around vehicle model mix, which as we have previously highlighted, can be worth ~800bps towards longer term gross margin targets…
June 12, 2023
Last Thursday (6/8), Corning (GLW; $32.83; E/W) announced a joint venture (JV) with SGD Pharma that we think aims to add to the company’s potential “optionality” over the next 2-3 years from commercializing core innovation…
June 12, 2023
Last week, Uber Technologies (UBER; $40.99; O/P) announced, at its Go/Get Zero event in London, a range of “green” focused initiatives and features for both Mobility and Delivery businesses (50% and 45% of 2023E gross…
June 12, 2023
Last week, we toured two Plexus’ (PLXS; $95.04; E/W) facilities in Appleton and Neenah, Wisconsin where we also spent time with CEO Todd Kelsey, Chief Strategy Officer Steve Frisch, along with Andy Hyatt (Senior VP,…
June 8, 2023
We expect Jabil (JBL; $94.18; O/P) to offer up more support for its secular margin story with FQ3 (May) results and outlook next Thursday (6/15 before market) even in the context of a mixed demand…
June 6, 2023
Last Thursday (6/1), we hosted an investor meeting at Seagate’s (STX; $60.86; E/W) offices in San Jose, CA where we met with Rod Cooper, VP Finance, and IR, along with Jingjing Chen from the IR…
June 6, 2023
Last Thursday (6/1), we hosted an investor meeting at NetApp’s (NTAP; $70.28; E/W) headquarters in San Jose, CA where we had the opportunity to follow up with the company’s CFO Mike Berry following its FQ4…
June 5, 2023
We reiterate our Outperform and raise our target on the shares of Flex (FLEX; $26.13) from $30 to $32 after hosting an investor meeting with CEO Revathi Advaithi and David Rubin, VP of IR at…
June 5, 2023
Last week, a series of announcements out of Uber Technologies (UBER; $39.73; O/P) further highlighted all the “levers it can still pull” to drive an even more attractive mix of bookings and thus further operating…