NTAP: Expecting Some Solid Upside

We think NetApp (NTAP; $114.11; E/W) produces some solid upside with its FQ4 (Apr) results and outlook, which are scheduled for Thursday, May 30th (after market), vs. our and Street estimates. At the same time,…

DELL: Playing the Expectations Game into FQ1 Print

We think the Street is looking for another healthy beat from Dell Technologies (DELL; $147.78; E/W) with its FQ1 (Apr) results and outlook next Thursday (5/30 after market) since guidance of the past six quarters…

Solid Auto Demand Indicators from Europe

This morning, the European Automobile Manufacturers Association released car registration data from the region for the month of April, which were somewhat above seasonal trends including a bit healthier battery electric and hybrid electric vehicle…

DELL: Some More from Dell World

Yesterday, we sat in on the second day of keynotes at Dell Technologies World, which was led by Dell’s (DELL; $146.68; E/W) Chief Operating Officer Jeff Clarke and included presentations from Arthur Lewis (President, Infrastructure…

DELL: An AI Edition of Dell World

Yesterday, we sat in on the Dell Technologies World keynote from Dell’s (DELL; $145.45; E/W) CEO Michael Dell in Las Vegas where the company put forward seven different product advancements, discussed below, aimed at better…

JBL: Relieving News for Investors

This morning, Jabil (JBL; $121.25; O/P) announced several senior leadership changes, most importantly, the appointment of CFO Mike Dastoor to CEO, which is not unexpected given the recent investigation into former CEO Kenny Wilson that…

UBER: Go-Get the Stock; Reiterate Outperform

The shares of Uber Technologies (UBER; $65.67; O/P) continue to languish relative to mid-February highs, which seems to generally go against recent news flow from the company, a still healthy travel backdrop, especially since Mobility…

NTAP: More Product Development Aimed at Supporting AI

Last week, NetApp (NTAP; $110.47; E/W) announced a new AFF A-Series all-flash array (AFA) storage system aimed at increasing enterprise needs to “re-think” storage infrastructure strategies for the accelerated development of artificial intelligence (AI) applications….

NXT: Demonstrating Its Differentiation; Raise Rating to Outperform

We raise our rating on the shares of Nextracker (NXT; $43.01) from Equal-Weight to Outperform and establish a $60 target after its big FQ4 (Mar) adjusted EBITDA “beat and raise”, which came on further backlog…

CLS: When Stars Align with the Cloud; Initiate with Outperform

We initiate coverage with an Outperform and $60 target on the shares of Celestica (CLS; $48.00), an electronics manufacturing services (EMS) provider, which after completing a portfolio transformation in 2021 is now well focused on…

BHE: Reduce Rating to Equal-Weight After Big Stock Move

We are reducing our rating on the shares of Benchmark Electronics (BHE; $41.09) from Outperform to Equal-Weight after the stock price has now well exceeded our prior target and is now trading at valuation levels…

UBER: Makes a Move to Expand in Taiwan

Last night, Uber Technologies (UBER; $64.99; O/P) announced it signed an agreement to acquire Delivery Hero’s (DHER.DE; €31.92; NR) foodpanda delivery business in Taiwan (foodpanda Taiwan) for $950mm in cash. We think this announcement further…

HYZN: Making More Commercial Progress

Hyzon Motors (HYZN; $0.54) reported Q1 results and offered up a range of conference call commentary that suggests it remains on a solid commercial path, including a more efficient use of cash. Specifically, Hyzon recognized…

More YoY Supply Chain Inventory Progress

Our latest look at aggregate inventories up and down the supply chain suggested some more YoY improvements towards a return of more normalized inventories, albeit in the context of some typical seasonal increases in March…

COMM: Suspending Rating Pending Balance Sheet Resolution

We are suspending our investment opinion on the shares of CommScope (COMM; $1.19) since a looming $1.3B debt maturity in June of 2025E has still yet to be resolved, as part of its highly leveraged…