Company Notes


April 2, 2025

CLS: Entering EMS Market for Transceivers

By Steven Fox

Yesterday, we attended the Optical Networking and Communications Conference (OFC) in San Francisco where China-based Accelink Technologies (002281.SHE; Y45.84; NR) and Celestica (CLS; $79.06; O/P) showcased Accelink’s 800G optical transceiver family in conjunction with a…

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April 1, 2025

FLEX: A Powerful Time to Invest

By Steven Fox

We think the 26% plunge in the shares of Flex (FLEX; $33.08; O/P) over the past 2+ months offers an excellent buying opportunity for investors willing to look out to the end of this year….

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April 1, 2025

UBER: Working Further on Its Platform Reach

By Steven Fox

We think recent news flow out of Uber Technologies (UBER; $72.86; E/W) highlights how the company continues to build out its platform reach with an aim towards driving better consumer and merchant engagement over time….

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March 28, 2025

CRWV: Reduces Initial Public Offering

By Steven Fox

Last night, CoreWeave, priced its closely watched IPO at $40 per share, which was below the originally proposed range of $47-55, The company also issued 37.5mm shares under the ticker CRWV (36.59mm in a primary…

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March 27, 2025

CART: More Advancements on the AI Front

By Steven Fox

There has been a flurry of announcements out of Maplebear, d/b/a Instacart (CART; $40.17; E/W) in recent weeks, that highlight how it continues to deploy new large language models (LLMs), AI and machine learning (ML)…

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March 26, 2025

GLW: Advances Gorilla Glass Roadmap Further

By Steven Fox

This morning, Corning (GLW; $47.60; O/P) added to its track record of regularly innovating around its cover glass solutions with the announcement of a new cover glass material, as per the introduction of Gorilla Glass…

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March 26, 2025

LYFT: Not Very Surprised By Activist Investor Interest

By Steven Fox

Yesterday, Bloomberg reported that an activist investor had taken an investment position in Lyft (LYFT; $12.49; O/P) and was engaging with the company in recent weeks to “express concerns” about the stock price, strategic positioning,…

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March 25, 2025

MBLY: Advances the Surround ADAS Ball in a Big Way

By Steven Fox

This morning, Mobileye Global (MBLY; $16.33; E/W) disclosed its first new win of 2025 when Volkswagen (VOW.DE; €102.15; NR) announced it is partnering with MBLY and Valeo (FR.FR; €10.19; NR) to enhance its advanced driver…

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March 24, 2025

MU: Expectations Game Misses the Point on Key Underlying Drivers

By Steven Fox

The shares of Micron Technology (MU; $94.72; O/P) dropped a somewhat surprising 8% on Friday after the company produced some upside with FQ2 (Feb) results and signaled that its FQ3 (May) outlook was marginally better…

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March 20, 2025

JBL: More Cloud Momentum More Than Supports Outperform Rating

By Steven Fox

We reiterate our Outperform and $180 target on the shares of Jabil (JBL; $145.58; O/P) after the company produced a healthy “beat and raise” with its FQ2 (Feb) results that also seemed to fairly recognize…

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March 20, 2025

JBL: First Look at FQ2 (Feb) Results and Outlook

By Steven Fox

Jabil (JBL; $139.48; O/P) reported FQ2 (Feb) “core” non-GAAP EPS of $1.94, which beat our $1.82 and the Street’s $1.83 on better-than-expected sales of $6,728mm (vs. our $6,425mm and the Street’s $6,408mm). Recall, JBL’s FQ2…

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March 20, 2025

PLXS: Meetings Lay Out a Road for Further Long-Term Success

By Steven Fox

Yesterday (3/19), we hosted investor meetings for Plexus (PLXS; $127.26; E/W) that included CEO Todd Kelsey plus Mike Running, President, Americas and Shawn Harrison, VP of IR. Overall, management seems to still be basing its…

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March 19, 2025

GLW: Meeting Highlights Expanding Set of Valuation Drivers

By Steven Fox

We reiterate our Outperform on the shares of Corning (GLW; $47.27) after attending its Investor Event at the New York Stock Exchange yesterday where we heard presentations from and chatted offline with senior management, led…

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March 13, 2025

FN: Adds an Exclamation Point to Sales Growth Diversification Story

By Steven Fox

This morning, Fabrinet (FN; $224.91; O/P) announced it entered into a transaction agreement with Amazon (AMZN; $198.89; NR), which, among other things, includes the issuance of a warrant by Fabrinet to Amazon. More importantly, we…

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March 13, 2025

GLW: Looking for Investor Day Catalysts

By Steven Fox

We think Corning’s (GLW; $45.40; O/P) Investor Day, which is in New York next Tuesday (3/18), can prove a positive catalyst for the stock, especially with it still down 16% since 1/22. We think the…

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