This morning, Aptiv (APTV; $62.72; E/W) announced plans to separate its Electrical Distribution Systems (EDS) business from the rest of the company (RemainCo) and create two independent, publicly traded companies in a tax-free transaction. This…
Amphenol (APH; $74.98; E/W) reported Q4 non-GAAP EPS of $0.55, which beat our consensus matching $0.50 led by better than expected sales ($4,318mm vs. our $4,020mm and the Street’s $4,061mm). As per the table below,…
We reiterate our Outperform and $130 target on the shares of Seagate (STX; $101.25) after it reported a better-than-expected FQ2 (Dec) EPS, which importantly was driven by much better-than-expected gross margins. STX also provided FQ3E…
The risk/reward looks favorable to us around the shares of Sanmina (SANM; $84.18; O/P) into its FQ1 (Dec) results and guidance, scheduled for Monday (1/27 after market). Specifically, we look for no worse than as…
We are raising our target on the shares of Celestica (CLS; $118.10; O/P) from $100 to $135 ahead of its Q4 results and guidance, which are scheduled for Thursday, January 30th (before market). The stock…
TE Connectivity (TEL; $148.30; O/P) reported FQ1 (Dec) non-GAAP EPS of $1.95, which was ahead of our $1.88 and the Street’s $1.89 despite somewhat lower-than-expected sales ($3,836mm vs. our $3,900mm and consensus of $3,905mm). By…
Seagate (STX; $101.25; O/P) reported FQ2 (Dec) non-GAAP EPS of $2.03, which beat our $1.87 and the Street’s $1.88 on the back of much better-than-expected gross margins as sales of $2,325mm compared to our $2,313mm…
This morning, the European Automobile Manufacturers Association released car registration data from the region for the month of December, which exceeded typical seasonal trends, including ongoing healthy trends of hybrid electric vehicle registrations. Specifically, European…
We reiterate our Outperform on the shares of Flex (FLEX; $42.72) ahead of its FQ3 (Dec) print and guidance, scheduled for Wednesday, January 29th (before market), which we think can come with some operating margin…
We assume the shares of Amphenol (APH; $69.86; E/W) continue to trade within the range we have seen from the stock for the past 10 months or so after the company offers up its Q4…
Last night, Western Digital (WDC; $64.25; O/P) filed an 8-K in which it disclosed that it expected FQ2 (Dec) sales to be at mid-point of its original guidance range of $4.2-4.4B but that adjusted EPS…
We reiterate our Outperform on the shares of TE Connectivity (TEL; $143.47) ahead of FQ1 (Dec) results and outlook, scheduled for next Wednesday (1/22 before market). Most importantly, we think TEL can at least live…
We think the shares of Seagate (STX; $94.34; O/P), which are down 16% since mid-October (vs. +2% for the S&P 500), remain oversold ahead of FQ2 (Dec) results and outlook, scheduled for Tuesday (1/21 after…
We expect the companies in our tech supply chain universe to point to a somewhat more volatile start to the New Year than is typically the case with the upcoming Q4 EPS season. More to…
We reiterate our Outperform on the shares of Jabil (JBL; $152.76) and bump up our price target from $175 to $180 after meeting with several of the company’s senior management team during the Consumer Electronics…