Company Notes

This morning, Tritium (DCFC; $1.28; O/P) announced plans in a 6-K for a business update in the “latter half” of January, including an Analyst Day. Importantly, the company plans to host the meeting at its…

This morning, TE Connectivity (TEL; $122.86; E/W) announced that its Board approved a 5% increase in its quarterly dividend from $0.56 to $0.59 for the four quarters starting in April of C2023 or the start…

We reduce our Q4E and 2023E EPS for Aptiv (APTV; $93.46; E/W) to better account for recent vehicle production volatility in China, the “long tail” of semiconductor constraints, plus YoY currency headwinds while further de-risking…

We expect FQ1 (Nov) results from Jabil (JBL; $71.72; O/P) at least living up to Street expectations and see management reiterating F2023E (Aug) guidance when it reports next Thursday (12/15 before market). However, we would…

This morning, bp (BP; $34.10; NR), which we believe to be a “top five” customer of Tritium’s (DCFC; $1.07; O/P) announced it signed an exclusive agreement to install and operate direct current (DC) fast chargers…

This morning, Motional, which is Aptiv’s (APTV; $97.79; E/W) joint venture with Hyundai Motor Group (005380.KR; W163,000; NR) announced the launch of its previously disclosed Automated Mobility on Demand (AMoD) service on Uber Technologies’ (UBER;…

This morning, Mobileye Global (MBLY; $32.34; NR) further confirmed that Q3 sales were in line with its pre-IPO outlook as part of releasing a full set of quarterly results that also included adjusted operating profits…

On Friday (12/2), Uber Technologies’ (UBER; $28.50; O/P) Freight business (22% of 2022E sales) announced it is expanding on an existing pilot autonomy program with Aurora Innovation (AUR; $1.36; NR) through a new commercial lane…

We take a “stab” at further reducing sales, gross margin and EPS estimates for Micron (MU; $53.64; E/W) off the latest wave of bad fundamental news, as per the company’s recent decision to cut DRAM…

We think FQ3 (Oct) results and FQ4E (Jan) guidance from ChargePoint (CHPT; $12.19; O/P) generally lived up to expectations, albeit with a relatively small interim issue related to “getting product out the door”. This was…

Yesterday (11/30), DoorDash (DASH; $56.87; E/W) announced it is reducing global headcount by ~1,250 people or ~7% of total employees, which we think is weighted toward eliminating redundancies and management layers amongst more expensive jobs…

This morning, Corning (GLW; $33.21; E/W) announced its latest cover glass advancement with the launch of Gorilla Glass Victus 2, which is based on a new glass composition that offers better drop performance vs. its…

We are reducing our F2023E (Apr) EPS from $5.50 to $5.40 (+2% YoY) and F2024E EPS from $6.05 to $5.70 (+5% YoY) for NetApp (NTAP; $71.79; E/W) after the company delivered a “beat and lower”…

NetApp (NTAP; $71.79; E/W) reported FQ2 (Oct) non-GAAP EPS of $1.48, which was ahead of our $1.34 and the Street’s $1.33, albeit helped along by ~$0.10 of benefits from non-operating items relative to our modeling…

We are making some further cuts to our F2024E (Jan) EPS for Dell Technologies (DELL; $43.58; E/W), from $6.50 to $6.10 (-19% YoY), to better consider ongoing competitive pressures we expect to continue across the…