GLW: Some New Product News to Consider

Recent news flow out of Corning (GLW; $44.67; O/P) provides further support for the idea that the company is well positioned to continue to re-purpose its glass manufacturing assets towards the production of newer and…

APTV: Reducing Rating to Equal-Weight

We are reducing our rating on the shares of Aptiv (APTV; $72.01) from Outperform to Equal-Weight and cutting 2024/2025E EPS from $6.35/$7.70 to $6.10/$7.00 (vs. consensus of $6.24/$7.80) over our concerns that rising tariffs, particularly…

TEL: Meeting Highlights Its Winning Long-Term Bets

We reiterate our Outperform on the shares of TE Connectivity (TEL; $149.58) after hosting a virtual investor meeting on Wednesday (9/25) with CEO Terrence Curtin, CFO Heath Mitts, and Aaron Stucki, President, Communications Solutions. Most…

JBL: Sets the Bar Well for Success

We reiterate our Outperform on the shares of Jabil (JBL; $126.65) after it provided a solid F2025E (Aug) outlook on the back of beating FQ4 (Aug) expectations, where the common threads were further free cash…

JBL: First Look at FQ4 (Aug) Results and Outlook

Jabil (JBL; $113.43; O/P) reported FQ4 (Aug) “core” non-GAAP EPS of $2.30, which was ahead of our $2.23 and the Street’s $2.22 on better-than-expected sales ($6,964mm vs. our $6,631mm and the Street’s $6,586mm). As illustrated…

MU: Supply Concerns Prove Overblown; Reiterate Outperform

We raise F2025E (Aug) EPS for Micron (MU; $95.77; O/P) from $8.00 to $8.40 after the company produced solid FQ4 (Aug) EPS upside ($1.18 vs. our $1.12 and the Street’s $1.11) combined with an FQ1E…

DELL: Adds to Telecom Offering Set

This morning (9/25), Dell Technologies (DELL; $119.69; O/P) introduced Dell AI for Telecom, which is a program focused on simplifying and accelerating artificial intelligence (AI) deployments for communications service providers. We think this announcement provides…

UBER: Adds Further to List of Autonomy Partnerships

This morning, Uber Technologies (UBER; $77.44; O/P) added yet another in a recent series of technology partnerships that seem aimed at accelerating a path to commercializing the deployment of autonomous vehicles (AVs) on its network,…

NTAP: Formally Rolls Out Some New Offerings

This morning, NetApp (NTAP; $122.64; E/W) posted a series of new product and partnership announcements that followed up nicely on yesterday’s CEO keynote from its Insight user conference and were consistent with prior “hints”. Importantly,…

NTAP: Insight Highlights NTAP’s GenAI Path Forward

Yesterday, we attended NetApp’s (NTAP; $122.92; E/W) Insight user conference in Las Vegas where we joined the company’s Financial Analysts Session before listening in on a keynote from CEO George Kurian, who was joined on…

CHPT: Announces Partner Awards

On Friday (9/20), ChargePoint (CHPT; $1.37; E/W) disclosed it received $19mm+ in awards, through its partners, to deploy 248 direct current fast charging (DCFC) ports at 45 sites along certain highways in California. These awards…

CART: Some Technology Driven News to Consider

We think recent news out of Maplebear, doing business as Instacart (CART; $42.14; E/W), provides further support for longer term operating leverage available to the company from its advertising offering ($910mm of LTM sales or…

MU: Oversold Into Earnings

We think the shares of Micron (MU; $89.40; O/P) will prove oversold when the company reports FQ4 (Aug) results and outlook on Wednesday (9/25 after market). Admittedly, Micron is now seeing inventory builds in the…

GLW: Getting at the Heart of the Springboard Matter

We reiterate our Outperform on the shares of Corning (GLW; $44.43) after visiting its largest optical fiber manufacturing facility yesterday (9/19) in Concord, NC. During our visit we heard presentations from and had offline discussions…

Summer Auto Data Points Raise Questions

Yesterday, the European Automobile Manufacturers Association released new car registration data from the region for the month of August, which was basically in line with typically weak MoM seasonal trends. At the same time, registrations…