JBL: First Look at F2024 Should Not Disappoint

We reiterate our Outperform on Jabil shares (JBL; $107.33) ahead of its FQ4 (Aug) results and Annual Investor Briefing next Thursday (9/28 before market) when we expect a first view on F2024E (Aug) sales and…

MU: Finally Looking for End to EPS Cuts

After reducing our generally below consensus estimates for Micron (MU; $69.68; E/W) on five different occasions over the course of the past year, we think this may finally be the quarterly call where Street projections…

Some Above Seasonal European Auto Registrations

This morning, the European Automobile Manufacturers Association released car registration data from the region for the month of August, which was well ahead of seasonal trends. Specifically, European vehicle registrations (~20% of global demand) in…

APTV: Supporting Its Software Confidence Game

We sat in on Aptiv’s (APTV; $102.57; O/P) Software Teach-In yesterday. The presentation and Q&A suggested to us that management has increased confidence in its ability to leverage last year’s $3.5B acquisition of Wind River’s…

NXT: More Signs of Momentum

We followed up with Nextracker (NXT; $41.89; E/W) after it introduced a suite of next-gen solar tracker hardware, software, and services at the RE+ 2023 conference in Las Vegas. We think these recent announcements highlight…

DASH: Some More Grocery Announcements

This morning, DoorDash (DASH; $83.00; E/W) announced a series of new grocery and alcohol delivery partnerships, ironically just as Maplebear, doing business as Instacart, plans its IPO for tonight under the ticker CART. We note…

JBL: Connecting Some More EV Dots

Yesterday (9/15), Rivian’s (RIVN; $24.06; E/W) CEO RJ Scaringe presented at an investor conference, where among other things, the company highlighted plans to update its electronic and electrical vehicle architecture, for integration into its next-generation…

CART: Raises IPO Range

This morning, Maplebear, which is doing business as Instacart, raised its proposed IPO price range from $26-28 to $28-30. The company still plans to issue 22.0mm shares (14.1mm in a primary offering and 7.9mm in…

UBER: Announces Some New Grocery Engagements

This week, Uber Technologies (UBER; $48.32; O/P) announced two new grocery partnerships, ironically well timed with the upcoming IPO of Maplebear (d/b/a Instacart), which we evaluated in a note yesterday (“Insta Analysis of CART”; 9/14)….

Insta Analysis of CART

We reviewed S-1 filings of Maplebear, which is doing business as Instacart, and assembled a financial model, including a “first stab” at forecasts ahead of a proposed IPO under the ticker CART. Instacart, the largest…

STX: Adjusting Estimates for Further Headwinds

We reduce our F2024E (Jun) EPS for Seagate (STX; $65.37; E/W) from a profit of $0.13 to a loss of ($0.03) to catch up with the management warnings last week at an investor conference that…

CHPT: Reduce Rating to Equal-Weight

We lower our rating on ChargePoint (CHPT; $7.06) from Outperform to Equal-Weight after FQ2 (July) results disappointed even if we exclude an unexpected inventory write-down. CHPT also provided weaker than expected top and bottom-line targets…

MBLY: Some Interesting SuperVision News

This morning, Mobileye Global (MBLY; $37.23; E/W) announced that a set of autonomous driving features based on the company’s SuperVision platform have now been added to 110,000 ZEEKR 001 electric vehicles (EVs) in Hangzhou and…

DELL: Big Beat to Guidance Again

Dell Technologies (DELL; $56.24; E/W) easily cleared its FQ2 (July) guidance bar on EPS of $1.74 (+4% YoY), beating our consensus matching $1.14 and its own $1.00-1.20. The beat was driven by much better-than-expected sales…

PSNY: Facing a Critical 18 Month Period Post Q2 Print

Polestar (PSNY; $3.33; O/P) announced full Q2 results this morning that were generally around our expectations outside of some noticeable gross margin disappointment. At the same time, the company shipped 15,765 vehicles during Q2, which…