Company Notes

Ahead of its FQ3 (Oct) print next Monday (11/21 after market), Dell Technologies (DELL; $42.55; E/W) shares are down 25% YTD (vs. -17% for the S&P 500), even after its 26% rally from mid-October lows,…

Yesterday (11/9), Tritium (DCFC; $1.61; O/P) announced it signed a new supply agreement with EasyGo, which currently manages and operates ~2,400 battery electric vehicle charging points that are used by 30K+ drivers, both directly and…

The shares of ChargePoint (CHPT; $11.23; O/P) have now retreated 42% since 9/15, most recently driven by an 20% plunge just since 11/2, which interestingly coincided with CQ3 results and outlook from EVgo (EVGO; $6.47;…

We reiterate our Outperform and raise our target from $35 to $37 on the shares of Benchmark Electronics (BHE; $28.69) as we bump up 2023E EPS from $2.30 to $2.40 after attending the company’s Investor…

We think Lyft’s (LYFT; $14.14; O/P) Q3 results and outlook hit the necessary “marks”, especially in the context of the current share price and recent moves by management to reduce its expense base meaningfully in…

Lyft (LYFT; $14.14; O/P) reported Q3 sales of $1,054mm (+6% QoQ and +22 % YoY), which was basically in line with the Street’s $1,056mm and our $1,050mm, along with adjusted EBITDA of $66.2mm (6.3% of…

Earlier this week, we virtually sat in on the keynote presentation at NetApp’s (NTAP; $68.04; E/W) Insight 2022 user conference, led by CEO George Kurian, which highlighted NTAP’s vision for the “evolved cloud” that aims…

This morning, Jabil (JBL; $65.46; O/P) announced that its Board appointed Kenny Wilson as the company’s next CEO, taking over from current CEO Mark Mondello, who will remain on the Board of Directors as Executive…

We raise 2022E EPS for Aptiv (APTV; $91.62; E/W) from $3.05 to $3.50 while sticking with 2023E EPS at $4.80 after global vehicle production trends in Q3 pulled forward some of its full year shipment…

DoorDash (DASH; $47.61; E/W) produced some better than expected Gross Order Value (GOV), revenues, and EBITDA in Q3, including robust local currency growth from recently acquired Wolt Enterprises in Europe, which continues to go against…

Yesterday, The Wall Street Journal reported that Lyft (LYFT; $13.72; O/P) is reducing its headcount by 13%, which was then confirmed by the company in an 8-K filing. By comparison, the company most recently disclosed…

CommScope (COMM; $9.53; O/P) shares plunged 26% today despite posting better than expected Q3 EBITDA while reiterating all prior EBITDA targets for its “core” business, ex-Home Networks (16% of Q3 sales), which management still plans…

DoorDash (DASH; $47.61; E/W) reported Q3 sales of $1,701mm (+6% QoQ and +33% YoY), which was ahead of our $1,650mm and the Street’s $1,625mm on adjusted EBITDA of $87mm. Gross order value (GOV) was $13,534mm…

Aptiv (APTV; $88.00; E/W) reported adjusted Q3 EPS of $1.28, which was well ahead of the Street’s $0.98 and our much more conservative $0.82 on a healthy sales beat ($4,614mm vs. the Street’s $4,331mm and…

CommScope (COMM; $12.87; O/P) reported Q3 non-GAAP EPS of $0.50, which beat the Street’s $0.45 and was in line with our above consensus $0.50. Sales were $2,381mm, which compared to the Street’s $2,296mm and our…