We are updating our financial model for Flex (FLEX; $22.13; O/P) to account for the recently completed divestiture of Nextracker (NXT; $41.89; E/W) on January 2nd (“NXT Spin Coming Much Sooner Than Expected”; 12/18/23). The…
Last night, Plexus (PLXS; $101.52; E/W) negatively pre-announced FQ1E (Dec) results. Specifically, PLXS now sees FQ1E sales of $980-985mm (-4% QoQ and -10% YoY at the mid-point), which is just 3% below the original guidance…
Yesterday (1/15), Uber Technologies’ (UBER; $63.51; O/P) Drizly on-demand alcohol marketplace in the U.S. sent out an email to customers, which disclosed its plans to cease operations at the end of March. Recall, Uber acquired…
Last week, Sensata (ST; $34.26; O/P) highlighted its electrification portfolio at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, which we think has not been the case in previous years, at least to this extent…
Last week, Corning (GLW; $30.60; E/W) announced at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) that it collaborated with BOE Technology Group to develop a 44.6” ultra-large oxide panel for automotive cockpit display designs. Importantly, GLW is…
Last week, we hosted an investor meeting with Dell Technologies’ (DELL; $79.31; E/W) Paul Frantz, VP of IR, at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. Our conversation highlighted a broadening range of reasons…
Last week, we met with Jabil (JBL; $128.14; O/P) management, including CEO Kenny Wilson and Chad Morley, SVP, Auto & Transportation, from the company’s transportation product exhibit at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las…
Last week, we attended an Aptiv (APTV; $80.88; O/P) investor event at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas where we heard from CEO Kevin Clark, CTO Benjamin Lyon, plus Paul Miller, CTO for…
Last week, we had the opportunity to dig deeper into the Mobileye Global (MBLY; $30.07; E/W) investment story, at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), which is obviously under more scrutiny after management cut deep into…
Last week, we hosted an investor meeting for Micron’s (MU; $82.39; E/W) CFO Mark Murphy and the IR team during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. The meeting largely focused on Micron’s DRAM…
Last Thursday (1/11), DoorDash (DASH; $104.13; E/W) announced several new retail on-demand delivery partnerships to its Marketplace platform, including well-known retail brands such as Camping World, Golf Galaxy, JD Sports, and The Vitamin Shoppe. As…
We think a just announced Maplebear, d/b/a Instacart (CART; $23.09; O/P), tie-up with Google Shopping ads plus presentations from Uber Technologies’ (UBER; $63.20; O/P) Megan Ramm, Global Director, Head of Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) Partnerships,…
Last night, Polestar (PSNY; $1.84; E/W) announced Q4 vehicle deliveries were approximately 12,800 (-15% QoQ and -39% YoY) or well below our estimate of 18,183 and the company’s own guidance of ~18,200, which it blamed…
This morning, Lucid Group (LCID; $3.19; E/W) announced it delivered 1,734 vehicles (+19% QoQ) while producing 2,391 vehicles (+54% QoQ) during Q4. By comparison, our model called for Q4 vehicle deliveries of 1,983 or basically…
Last night, ChargePoint (CHPT; $1.94; E/W) announced a “strategic reorganization”, including another reduction in the company’s headcount by 12% (vs. ~1,800 employees at the end of October), which new CEO Rick Wilmer believes will result…