JBL: At Peak Pre-Earnings Hand Wringing

We assume Street forecasts are set appropriately for Jabil (JBL; $107.85; O/P) ahead of the company’s FQ4 (Aug) results and outlook next Thursday (9/26 before market), which will include a Seventh Annual Investor Briefing and…

TEL: Announces Some Segment Reorganization

Yesterday after the close (9/17), TE Connectivity (TEL; $145.77; O/P) disclosed in an 8-K that it is reorganizing its management and reporting segment structure, beginning with its upcoming FQ1E (Dec), to better align with the…

FLEX: Plant Tour Highlights Hard to Match Cloud Offering

We reiterate our Outperform and $40 target on the shares of Flex (FLEX; $30.85) after visiting its facilities in Guadalajara, Mexico with investors yesterday (9/17). The plant tours and discussion with management, including Interim CFO…

HYZN: Crossing Major Production Threshold

This morning, Hyzon Motors’ (HYZN; $2.36) announced the start of production of its Class 8 200kW fuel cell electric truck. At the same time, Hyzon also disclosed that it expects to announce that its proprietary,…

UBER: Expanding on Autonomous Trials

This morning, Uber Technologies (UBER; $71.40; O/P) announced it is expanding on its partnership with Alphabet’s (GOOGL; $157.41; NR) Waymo to deploy autonomous vehicles (AVs) powered by Waymo’s autonomous driving system (Waymo Driver) on Uber’s…

BDC: Meeting Emphasizes Solution Sales Potential

Yesterday (9/12), we attended Belden’s (BDC; $100.93; E/W) Investor Day, which was held in Chicago, at one of its Customer Innovation Centers (CIC), to further highlight the company’s thoughtful focus on expanding its mix of…

LCID: Meeting and Plant Tour Highlight Long Term Potential

On Tuesday (9/10), we attended Lucid Motors’ (LCID; $3.98; E/W) Technology & Manufacturing Day in Casa Grande, AZ, which included a presentation by CEO and CTO Peter Rawlinson that provided further support around the company’s…

CLS: CFO Meetings Suggest Big Buying Opportunity

We reiterate our Outperform and $75 target on the shares of Celestica (CLS; $45.32) after hosting investor meetings on Tuesday (9/10) in New York for CFO Mandeep Chawla and Craig Oberg, VP of IR and…

MBLY: Ends Internal LiDAR Development

This morning, Mobileye Global (MBLY; $11.50; E/W) announced, following a “regular review” of the company’s long-term technology roadmap, that it is no longer internally developing next-generation frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) LiDAR sensors for use…

STX: More Gross Margin Tailwinds

We are raising our F2025E (Jun) EPS for Seagate (STX; $100.81; E/W) from $7.00 to $7.18 after CFO Gianluca Romano offered up a positive FQ1E (Sept) update at an investor conference earlier this week. Specifically,…

UBER: Partnering with Carsharing Leader

This morning, Uber Technologies (UBER; $71.67; O/P) announced a multi-year partnership with Turo, the world’s largest peer-to-peer carsharing marketplace, which will allow consumers located in Australia, Canada, France, the U.K. and the U.S. to rent…

CHPT: Revenue Challenges Continue; Taking Out More Costs

ChargePoint (CHPT; $1.69; E/W) reported FQ2 (Jul) adjusted EBITDA that basically lived up to Street expectations, albeit on some moderately lower than expected sales. However, the company offered up disappointing FQ3E (Oct) guidance as it…

UBER: More Initiatives in Asia

Last week, Uber Technologies’ (UBER; $71.58; O/P) CEO Dara Khosrowshahi traveled to South Korea in another highly publicized overseas business trip, which we think provided some more support for the idea that underpenetrated geographies are…

LYFT: Tightening Up Micromobility Business

Earlier today, Lyft (LYFT; $11.47; O/P) filed an 8-K, disclosing plans to restructure its bikes and scooters business unit, now organized under the moniker of Lyft Urban Solutions (LUS), with an aim of better optimizing…

ST: Finalizes Insights Divestiture Plans

Last night, Sensata (ST; $36.66; E/W) disclosed in an 8-K that it signed an agreement last month to divest its Insights business to private equity firm Balmoral Funds for $165mm in cash. Recall, this data…