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December 23, 2025

Some Basically as Expected European Vehicle Demand Trends

By Steven Fox

This morning, the European Automobile Manufacturers Association released car registration data from the region for the month of November, which was more or less in line with MoM seasonal patterns, albeit with some positive trends…

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December 22, 2025

CART: Further Addressing FTC Concerns

By Steven Fox

This morning, Maplebear d/b/a Instacart (CART; $44.86; E/W) announced in a blog post that it is ceasing all item price tests on its platform. As a result, CART’s retail partners will no longer be able…

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December 22, 2025

Thinking About Autonomous Rideshare S-Curves

By Steven Fox

We think investor “hand wringing” has basically reached peak levels towards Lyft (LYFT; $20.20; O/P) and Uber Technologies (UBER; $81.47; E/W) when it comes to the threat of autonomous rideshare disrupting their own network growth…

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December 18, 2025

CART: More FTC News to Consider

By Steven Fox

This afternoon, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that Maplebear d/b/a Instacart (CART; $44.95; E/W) has agreed to pay $60mm in refunds to consumers to settle allegations that the company deceived its customers with…

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December 18, 2025

UBER: Some Regulatory Headlines to Consider

By Steven Fox

We have recently seen more examples of regulatory headlines that bear watching around Uber Technologies (UBER; $79.83; E/W), while keeping in mind that such news does seem to more generally “come and go” in terms…

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December 18, 2025

APTV: Discloses an Interesting Diversification Play

By Steven Fox

This morning, Aptiv (APTV; $77.33; E/W) announced a partnership with Vecna Robotics, a logistics automation company, to co-develop next-generation autonomous mobile robots for use in warehouses and factories, as illustrated below. We think this announcement…

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December 18, 2025

CART: Reduce Rating to Equal-Weight on Brand Damage Concerns

By Steven Fox

We are reducing our rating on the shares of Maplebear d/b/a Instacart (CART; $45.06) from Outperform to Equal-Weight. The stock is now up ~20% since we our upgrade back on 10/3 to a still reasonable…

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December 18, 2025

MU: Extreme Shortages Drive Extreme Upside

By Steven Fox

We are raising our F2026/F2027E (Aug) EPS for Micron (MU; $225.71; O/P) from $17.75/$21.50 to a remarkable $34.00/$50.00 after its FQ1 (Nov) print produced the biggest “beat and raise” we have ever seen from the company…

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December 17, 2025

MU: First Look at FQ1 (Nov) Results and Outlook

By Steven Fox

Micron Technology (MU; $225.52; O/P) reported FQ1 (Nov) non-GAAP EPS of $4.78, which more than comfortably beat our recently raised $3.80 and the Street’s $3.96 on much better than expected sales ($13,643mm vs. our $12,775mm…

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December 17, 2025

JBL: Delivers Healthy Upside Surprises Despite Capacity Constraints

By Steven Fox

We bump up our target from $255 to $265 on the shares of Jabil (JBL; $214.95; O/P) and raise our F2026/F2027E (Aug) EPS from $11.00/$12.40 to $11.55/$13.00, for 15%+ average growth, after its healthy FQ1…

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December 17, 2025

JBL: First Look at FQ1 (Nov) Results and Outlook

By Steven Fox

Jabil (JBL; $212.56; O/P) reported FQ1 (Nov) “core” non-GAAP EPS of $2.85, which beat our $2.67 and the Street’s $2.70 with some healthy sales upside ($8,305mm vs. our $8,000mm and the Street’s $8,031mm). Recall, JBL’s…

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December 16, 2025

SANM: Let’s Make an Energy Deal; Buy the Big Dip

By Steven Fox

This morning, Sanmina (SANM; $146.01; O/P) announced plans to open a new manufacturing facility in Houston, TX, as part of the company’s ambitions to expand further into energy markets that are currently ~5% of total…

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December 15, 2025

FLEX: More Support for Its Powerful Content Story

By Steven Fox

We think a series of recent supply chain data points further highlight how the Power Solutions business at Flex (FLEX; $68.27; O/P) should prove especially critical to several of the world’s largest cloud service providers…

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December 12, 2025

BDC: CFO Meeting Further Supports a Winning Strategic Focus

By Steven Fox

Yesterday (12/11), we hosted a virtual investor meeting for Belden’s (BDC; $124.89; E/W) CFO Jeremy Parks and VP of IR, Aaron Reddington, which highlighted ongoing progress towards increasing the company’s mix of higher margin full…

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December 11, 2025

MU: Catching Up on Pricing Tailwinds Ahead of FQ1 Print

By Steven Fox

We raise our F2026/F2027E (Aug) EPS for Micron (MU; $263.71; O/P) from $16.50/$18.00 to $17.75/$21.50 ahead of its FQ1 (Nov) print, scheduled for next Wednesday (12/17 after market), predominantly to reflect its much more favorable…

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