JBL: CES Meeting Highlights Expanding Opportunities

We reiterate our Outperform on the shares of Jabil (JBL; $226.99) after hosting an investor meeting for the company in Las Vegas during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) where we met with CEO Mike Dastoor,…

LYFT: Reiterates Billion Dollar Plans

Earlier today, Lyft’s (LYFT; $19.30; O/P) CEO David Risher reiterated in a LinkedIn post that the company continues to fully target 2027E gross bookings (GB) and adjusted EBITDA targets of ~$25B and ~$1B (4% of…

UBER: Some CES Autonomous Developments to Consider

On Monday (1/5), at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Uber Technologies (UBER; $86.90; E/W) introduced, with its partners Lucid Group (LCID; $11.30; NR) and Nuro, the production intent autonomous vehicle (AV) that…

MBLY: Making Moves to Attack All Aspects of Physical AI

Yesterday (1/6), in what we assume was a surprising move to the Street, Mobileye Global (MBLY; $12.18; E/W) announced a definitive agreement to acquire Mentee Robotics, which is a humanoid robotics technology provider. Broadly speaking,…

SNDK: Raise Target to $350 After CES Meeting

We reiterate our Outperform and raise our target from $280 to $350 on the shares of Sandisk (SNDK; $308.44) after hosting an investor meeting yesterday with the company’s VP of IR, Ivan Donaldson, in Las…

Some Basically as Expected European Vehicle Demand Trends

This morning, the European Automobile Manufacturers Association released car registration data from the region for the month of November, which was more or less in line with MoM seasonal patterns, albeit with some positive trends…

CART: Further Addressing FTC Concerns

This morning, Maplebear d/b/a Instacart (CART; $44.86; E/W) announced in a blog post that it is ceasing all item price tests on its platform. As a result, CART’s retail partners will no longer be able…

Thinking About Autonomous Rideshare S-Curves

We think investor “hand wringing” has basically reached peak levels towards Lyft (LYFT; $20.20; O/P) and Uber Technologies (UBER; $81.47; E/W) when it comes to the threat of autonomous rideshare disrupting their own network growth…

CART: More FTC News to Consider

This afternoon, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that Maplebear d/b/a Instacart (CART; $44.95; E/W) has agreed to pay $60mm in refunds to consumers to settle allegations that the company deceived its customers with…

UBER: Some Regulatory Headlines to Consider

We have recently seen more examples of regulatory headlines that bear watching around Uber Technologies (UBER; $79.83; E/W), while keeping in mind that such news does seem to more generally “come and go” in terms…

APTV: Discloses an Interesting Diversification Play

This morning, Aptiv (APTV; $77.33; E/W) announced a partnership with Vecna Robotics, a logistics automation company, to co-develop next-generation autonomous mobile robots for use in warehouses and factories, as illustrated below. We think this announcement…

CART: Reduce Rating to Equal-Weight on Brand Damage Concerns

We are reducing our rating on the shares of Maplebear d/b/a Instacart (CART; $45.06) from Outperform to Equal-Weight. The stock is now up ~20% since we our upgrade back on 10/3 to a still reasonable…

MU: Extreme Shortages Drive Extreme Upside

We are raising our F2026/F2027E (Aug) EPS for Micron (MU; $225.71; O/P) from $17.75/$21.50 to a remarkable $34.00/$50.00 after its FQ1 (Nov) print produced the biggest “beat and raise” we have ever seen from the company…

MU: First Look at FQ1 (Nov) Results and Outlook

Micron Technology (MU; $225.52; O/P) reported FQ1 (Nov) non-GAAP EPS of $4.78, which more than comfortably beat our recently raised $3.80 and the Street’s $3.96 on much better than expected sales ($13,643mm vs. our $12,775mm…

JBL: Delivers Healthy Upside Surprises Despite Capacity Constraints

We bump up our target from $255 to $265 on the shares of Jabil (JBL; $214.95; O/P) and raise our F2026/F2027E (Aug) EPS from $11.00/$12.40 to $11.55/$13.00, for 15%+ average growth, after its healthy FQ1…