PTRA: Makes a Gross Margin Enhancing Move

Last night, Proterra (PTRA; $4.87; O/P) announced plans to concentrate its electric bus and battery manufacturing at its facilities in South Carolina, leading the company to exit its plant in City of Industry, CA, which…

Expecting Another EPS Season “Reset”

We see Q4 EPS season for the technology supply chain proving fairly dour when it comes to management guidance, mainly around Q1E thinking. Specifically, we are concerned about the potential for exaggerated post-holiday seasonal declines…

Charging Network Competition; It’s on Like Donkey Kong

This morning, Volta (VLTA; $0.85; NR) announced it signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by Shell (SHEL; $58.64; NR) for $169mm in cash. VLTA is a Level 2 AC and DC fast charger network…

DCFC: Another Positive Business Update

This morning, Tritium (DCFC; $1.76; O/P) provided a business update ahead of its Analyst Day on Thursday (1/19), which will be hosted at its new manufacturing facility in Lebanon, TN. The press release highlighted continued…

GLW: Reducing Estimates

We reduce our 2023E EPS for Corning (GLW; $36.07; E/W) from $2.20 to $1.95 (vs. consensus of $2.28) to better account for ongoing seasonal pressures facing the company in most of its businesses during Q1E,…

EMS and the India Growth Vector

We continue to envision a meaningful growth vector from global re-shoring for a range of electronics manufacturing service (EMS) providers. In fact, based on our most recent industry conversations, we think EMS opportunities in India…

FLEX: Files Nextracker S-1; Raise Target to $30

We raise our target on the shares of Flex (FLEX; $24.03; O/P) to $30 after the company announced on Friday (1/13 after the close) that its Nextracker subsidiary filed an S-1 as part of plans…

SWVL: Discontinuing Coverage

Due to a reallocation of resources, Fox Advisors is discontinuing coverage of Swvl Holdings (SWVL – $0.24 – Last Rating: Not Rated – Price Target: NA). Effective immediately, our rating, price target, disclosures and estimates…

UBER: Continues to Electrify Fleet

We think some recent “proof points” out of Uber Technologies (UBER; $28.92; O/P) further support the idea that the company is making progress towards achieving its goal to fully electrify its global rideshare and delivery…

APTV: Competitive Questions Out of CES

Our trip to the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) raised more questions in our minds about Aptiv’s (APTV; $99.49; E/W) just completed acquisition of Wind River and the company’s need to “own” so many sub-system pieces…

HYZN: More Details on Hydrogen Production Partnership

This morning, Raven SR offered up in a press release some additional details on its previously announced plans to partner with Chevron New Energies, a subsidiary of Chevron (CVX; $175.46; NR) and Hyzon Motors (HYZN;…

DELL: CES Meeting Highlights Ongoing Uncertainties

Last Thursday (1/5), we hosted an investor meeting at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas with members of Dell Technologies’ (DELL; $42.42; E/W) IR team, including Paul Frantz, VP of IR, and Christopher…

Jabil: CES Meetings Highlight Winning Formula

We reiterate our Outperform on the shares of Jabil (JBL; $67.98) after hosting an investor meeting at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas with Kenny Wilson, who takes over as CEO in May,…

GLW: CES Highlights Auto Display Possibilities

We see recent news flow tied to new auto display innovations out of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, along with our own checks at the tradeshow, boding well for Corning’s (GLW; $35.38;…

CHPT: Adds Premium Brand to Premium Growth Story

Our visit last week to the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas added to our belief that ChargePoint shares (CHPT; $9.01; O/P) are significantly oversold. We think this is especially the case after CHPT…