JBL: Improving Its Supply Chain for Battery Storage

Earlier this week, Jabil (JBL; $201.25; O/P) announced it is expanding on its strategic partnership with Inno, which is a metal parts manufacturer, to manufacture battery energy storage system (BESS) enclosures from a new facility…

NXT: More Power to Them

Yesterday (11/12), we attended Nextracker’s (NXT; $88.32; E/W) Capital Markets Day at its headquarters in Fremont, CA where management announced a corporate rebrand under an updated name of Nextpower and rolled out a long-term financial…

CART: More Competitive Proof Points and a Big Buyback to Consider

We reiterate our Outperform and $50 target on the shares of Maplebear d/b/a Instacart (CART; $37.33) after Q3 results and guidance comfortably lived up to Street expectations, with robust free cash flows (FCF) that suggest…

JBL: Meetings Highlights Road to Increasingly Profitable Growth

Last week, we hosted investor meetings in Boston for Jabil (JBL; $213.71; O/P), where we were joined by Greg Hebard, CFO as well as Matt Crowley, EVP, Intelligent Infrastructure Global Business Unit (46% of F2026E…

PLXS: Meetings Highlight Reasonable Paths to Some Upside

On Tuesday (11/4), we hosted virtual investor meetings for the management team of Plexus (PLXS; $143.32; E/W), which included participation from CEO Todd Kelsey, CFO Patrick Jermain as well as Mike Running, Regional President, Americas,…

SNDK: A NAND Cycle Unlike Any Other; Raise Rating to Outperform

We are raising our rating on the shares of Sandisk (SNDK; $207.69) from Equal-Weight to Outperform and establishing a $280 target after the company’s FQ1 (Sept) results and guidance suggested a much tighter NAND supply…

LYFT: Moving Fast to Drive Robust Cash Flows; Raise Target to $28

We think Lyft’s (LYFT; $21.25; O/P) healthy Q3 results and guide, including more positive talk into its 2026E and 2027E thinking, emphasized how the company seems poised to accelerate gross bookings (GB) growth, both in…

DASH: Heightened Investment Pace Raises Concerns

The shares of DoorDash (DASH; $196.46; E/W) declined 17% today after the company produced Q3 results and guidance that more than lived up to Street expectations. However, DASH also warned of a much-heightened level of…

BHE: Back on a Healthy Growth Trajectory

We bump up our 2025E EPS for Benchmark Electronics (BHE; $44.21; O/P) from $2.30 to $2.34 (+2% YoY) while maintaining 2026E EPS at $2.55 (+9%), albeit with rising optimism for returning growth, after the company…

JBL: Acquires Scaled, High Margin Power Solutions Business

Last night, Jabil (JBL; $209.22; O/P) announced a definitive agreement to acquire Hanley Energy Group for $725mm plus a contingent consideration of up to $58mm in a transaction that adds a range of power system…

UBER: Investment Mode Picks Up

We are maintaining our 2025/2026E EBITDA for Uber Technologies (UBER; $93.90; E/W) at $8.7B (+33% YoY) and $10.95B (+26%), respectively, after the company posted Q3 results that were basically in line with our and Street expectations…

SANM: Poised for Transformation; Raise Target to $185

We reiterate our Outperform and raise our target from $170 to $185 on the shares of Sanmina (SANM; $140.34) after a healthy FQ4 (Sept) EPS beat from its “legacy” business. SANM also indicated the just…

UBER: First Look at Q3 Results and Outlook

Uber Technologies (UBER; $99.72; E/W) posted Q3 adjusted EBITDA of $2,256mm (4.5% of sales), which was basically in line with our forecast of $2,250mm (4.6% of gross bookings) but slightly below the Street’s $2,267mm (4.6%…

FN: Growth Prospects Accelerate in Big Way; Raise Target to $560

We reiterate our Outperform and raise our outdated price target from $350 to $560 on the shares of Fabrinet (FN; $443.00; O/P) as we up our F2026/F2027E (Jun) EPS from $11.90/$13.20 to $12.90/$14.50 (+27% and…

SANM: First Look at FQ4 (Sep) Results and Outlook

Sanmina (SANM; $140.34; O/P) reported FQ4 (Sep) non-GAAP EPS of $1.67, which was comfortably ahead of our $1.58 and the Street’s $1.57 with some solid sales upside ($2,096mm vs. our $2,068mm and the Street’s $2,057mm)….