CART: Piloting More In-Store Tech

This morning, Maplebear, doing business as Instacart (CART; $23.20; O/P), announced it is expanding its advertising solutions to Caper Carts, which are AI-powered smart carts equipped with scales, sensors, touchscreens, and computer vision for proprietary…

MBLY: Looking at Massive Inventory Correction

The shares of Mobileye Global (MBLY; $29.97; E/W) plunged 25% yesterday after the company revealed a highly disappointing sales outlook for the upcoming year, which basically reflected a realization of excess inventories of its EyeQ…

JBL: Exits Mobility a Month Earlier Than in Guidance

Jabil (JBL; $127.40; O/P) announced on Friday (12/29/23) that it completed the divestiture of its Mobility business to BYD Electronic for $2.2B or $1.7B after transaction fees, taxes, and restructuring for resulting stranded costs and…

CART: Ahead of the Grocery Game; Establish Outperform Rating

We establish an Outperform rating and $30 target on the shares of Maplebear (CART; $23.47) d/b/a Instacart. We think the 22% decline in CART shares since its $750mm+ IPO on 9/18/23 at $30 per share,…

UBER: Further Expanding Its Opportunity Set; Raise Target to $75

We think recent news flow related to Uber Technologies (UBER; $61.71; O/P) further highlights a range of global secular drivers that can continue to enhance the company’s business model over time. Most importantly, Japanese regulators…

GLW: More Auto Glass Innovation

Corning (GLW; $30.00; E/W) recently unveiled its Fusion5 Glass, which is the company’s latest automotive exterior glass for windshields, and part of its Auto Glass Solutions business that has been building a market position over…

MU: More Confidence in Price Recovery Curve

We raise F2024/F2025E (Aug) EPS for Micron (MU; $78.69; E/W), after the full release of FQ1 (Nov) results and FQ2E (Feb) guidance, from ($1.60)/$3.60 to ($0.45)/$6.00 to better reflect its “extreme” supply discipline, which is…

European Vehicle Registrations Holding Up Well

This morning, the European Automobile Manufacturers Association released car registration data from the region for the month of November, which was again somewhat above seasonal trends for a second consecutive month. Specifically, European vehicle registrations…

FLEX: NXT Spin Coming Much Sooner Than Expected

After today’s market close, Flex (FLEX; $28.69; O/P) announced it received approval from the High Court of Singapore to complete the last stage of its divestiture of Nextracker (NXT; $47.46; E/W) through a tax-free spin…

DCFC: Discontinuing Coverage

Due to a reallocation of resources, Fox Advisors is discontinuing coverage of Tritium (DCFC – $0.20 – Last Rating: Not Rated – Price Target: NA). Effective immediately, our rating, price target, disclosures and estimates are…

MU: What’s the Bar into Earnings?

The shares of Micron (MU; $81.79; E/W) are now up 20% since the company reported basically as-expected FQ4 (Aug) results on 9/27, including +12% over the past nine days, ahead of its full release of…

JBL: Fleshes Out Pre-Announce; Damn the Buyback Torpedoes

Jabil (JBL; $136.42; O/P) posted full FQ1 (Nov) results and guidance that not surprisingly were very consistent with its recent negative pre-announcement, per the table below (“Guide Down Highlights Silver Lining Playbook”; 11/29). Admittedly, questions…

FLEX: Even More Recent Valuation Support

The 29% rally in the shares of Nextracker (NXT; $42.76; E/W) over the past two months has “on paper” created more value for the shares of Flex (FLEX; $26.26; O/P) that has basically gone unrecognized…

MBLY: The SuperVision Ties That Bind With ZEEKR

We think a potential IPO from ZEEKR Intelligent Technology Holding can prove an incremental positive for the shares of Mobileye Global (MBLY; $40.35; E/W) in coming months, based on our review of the company’s recent…

JBL: Announces Interesting AI Partnership

Yesterday, Supplyframe, which has developed a Design-to-Source Intelligence (DSI) platform for the global electronics market, announced an interesting partnership with Jabil (JBL; $120.15; O/P) to better utilize artificial intelligence (AI) and automation technologies to enable…