STX: Some Worries into FQ3 (Mar) Print?
The shares of Seagate (STX; $85.19; E/W) are -10% since it “only” reiterated FQ3E (Mar) sales and EPS guidance of $1.5-1.8B (+6% QoQ and -11% YoY at the mid-point) and $0.05-0.45 back on March 6th….
The shares of Seagate (STX; $85.19; E/W) are -10% since it “only” reiterated FQ3E (Mar) sales and EPS guidance of $1.5-1.8B (+6% QoQ and -11% YoY at the mid-point) and $0.05-0.45 back on March 6th….
We reiterate our Outperform on Western Digital (WDC; $72.06) and raise our target from $80 to $85 ahead of its FQ3E (Mar) results, scheduled for April 25th (after market). We recently raised our F2024/F2025E (Jun)…
At 16.1X our slightly above consensus 2024E EPS, we see the risk/reward on the shares of Corning (GLW; $31.49; E/W) to be fairly balanced ahead of its Q1 results and guidance on Tuesday, April 30th…
This morning, Micron (MU; $123.04; O/P) disclosed in an 8-K that last week’s 7.4 magnitude earthquake in Taiwan will limit the company’s DRAM supply during CQ2E by a “mid-single digit percentage” as wafer capacity at…
Stocks in our tech supply chain coverage are +7% YTD and +35% YoY on average as a broadening set of cyclical recoveries were further priced in for H2. Along those lines, we expect CQ1 EPS season…
This morning, Lucid Group (LCID; $2.73; E/W) announced it delivered 1,967 vehicles (+13% QoQ and +40% YoY), while producing 1,728 vehicles (-28% QoQ and -25% YoY) during Q1. By comparison, our model called for Q1…
This morning, Infineon Technologies (IFX.DE; €32.18; NR) announced a new multi-year strategic partnership with Amkor Technology (AMKR; $31.45; E/W) that further expands Infineon’s use of outsourced backend manufacturing in Europe. The two companies will operate…
We see Flex’s (FLEX; $29.11; O/P) cloud data center portfolio, led by its in-house power solutions, as still well underrepresented in current valuations (12X F2025E EPS). To that end, we note an ongoing rally in…
Last week, we sat in on a Reuters virtual panel on “Navigating the Future of Software Defined Vehicles in Automotive Innovation” with senior managers from Amazon Web Services (AMZN; $184.27; NR), Stellantis (STLA; $27.24; NR),…
This morning, DoorDash (DASH; $138.93; E/W) announced the launch of a new benefits program in Pennsylvania for its couriers (aka Dashers). The program will offer a range of new benefits to Dashers including options around…
The shares of Aptiv (APTV; $78.79; O/P) continue to languish despite solid support in recent weeks from a range of supply chain sources for the company’s 2024E financial targets, which include the potential for record…
We recently spent a couple of days at the EV Charging Summit & Expo in Las Vegas, which was very well attended by both electric vehicle (EV) OEMs and manufacturers of charging equipment as well…
We lower our rating from Outperform to Equal-Weight on the shares of Maplebear, which is doing business as Instacart (CART; $37.29; O/P). The stock is now up 59% in just the three months since our…
Yesterday, Lucid Group (LCID; $2.86; E/W) announced another major investment from its majority stockholder and affiliate of the Public Investment Fund (PIF), Ayar Third Investment Company, which did not come as a major surprise to…
On Friday (3/22), Hyzon Motors (HYZN; $0.67) posted Q4 results and guidance, with a commercial roadmap update, that all seemed basically “status quo” with our prior thinking. Most importantly, Hyzon’s Q4 free cash flow (FCF)…