WDC: Way Oversold Post Sandisk Separation

We think the 27% decline in the shares of Westen Digital (WDC; $49.02; O/P) over the past 11 days has more than accounts for the long-awaited separation of Sandisk (SNDK; $48.60; NR) into a now…

GLW: Frees Up Some More Capital to Drive Margins

Last Thursday (2/20), Airspan Networks announced it entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Corning’s (GLW; $51.49; O/P) wireless business, which consists of the company’s distributed antenna systems (DAS) and its SpiderCloud 4G and 5G…

FLEX: CEO Meetings Highlight Long Margin Expansion Runway

We reiterate our Outperform and $50 target on the shares of Flex (FLEX; $40.36) after hosting investor meetings in New York last Thursday (2/20) for CEO Revathi Advaithi, CFO Kevin Krumm, as well as David…

NTAP: Positioned to Demonstrate Some More Share Gains

We think NetApp (NTAP; $124.55; E/W) is well positioned to demonstrate some further share gains within the mid-range storage market, led by all flash array (AFA) demand, when it reports FQ3 (Jan) results and outlook…

DELL: Looking for a Generally Positive Set of Indicators

We continue with our Outperform on the shares of Dell Technologies (DELL; $119.89) ahead of its FQ4 (Jan) results and outlook, scheduled for next Thursday (2/27 after market). Overall, we expect incremental support for the…

GLW: 10-K Further Highlights Operating Leverage Potential

We reiterate our Outperform on the shares of Corning (GLW; $52.89) after our review of its recently filed 10-K, which highlighted to us a range of conservatism in our model. Importantly, this includes profit and…

FN: The EMS Pure Play on Bandwidth Demand; Initiate with Outperform

We initiate coverage with an Outperform rating and $270 target on the shares of Fabrinet (FN; $223.04), which has proven to be the most consistent electronics manufacturing services (EMS) provider in the industry through an…

More Progress on the Supply Chain Inventory Front

Our latest look at aggregate inventories up and down the supply chain suggested more progress towards “normalizing” inventories, led again by electronics manufacturing service (EMS) providers with some help from the distribution channel. It also…

DASH: Demonstrating Broadening Strength

We raise our 2025E EBITDA for DoorDash (DASH; $205.64; E/W) from $2,375mm to $2,600mm (+37% YoY vs. +60% in 2024) after the company produced basically as expected Q4 results with Q1E guidance that was ahead…

ST: Solid Execution Under the Circumstances

We are lowering our 2025E EPS for Sensata (ST; $28.85; E/W) after it delivered a bit of a Q4 beat, albeit with Q1E guidance that was slightly below our and consensus thinking at the mid-point….

VRT: Continues to Target Healthy Growth

We adjust 2025/2026E EPS for Vertiv Holdings (VRT; $109.09; E/W) from $3.50/$4.30 to $3.55/$4.25 after the company produced a healthy Q4 beat and updated its full 2025E outlook for some additional currency headwinds and other…

STX: Internalizes Key Portion of Supply Chain

This morning, Seagate (STX; $101.40; O/P) announced it reached an agreement to acquire Intevac (IVAC; $4.04; NR), which is a supplier of thin-film processing technology and manufacturing systems that are utilized in the production of…

WDC: Investor Day by The Numbers

Yesterday (2/12), we attended Western Digital (WDC; $67.28; O/P) Investor Day in New York ahead of its pending spin of Sandisk as a publicly traded company under the stock symbol SNDK. Keep in mind, SNDK…

TEL: Expands Reach into Accelerating Utility Markets

This morning, TE Connectivity (TEL; $146.49; O/P) announced it signed a definitive agreement to acquire privately held Richards Manufacturing, a producer of a range of components, mainly for utility grids as well as certain industrial…

VRT: First Look at Q4 Results and Outlook

Vertiv Holdings (VRT; $123.25; E/W) reported Q4 non-GAAP EPS of $0.99, which beat our $0.81 and the Street’s $0.82 on sales of $2,346mm (vs. our $2,147mm and the Street’s $2,155mm). Recall, VRT’s Q4 outlook called…