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

Jabil (JBL; $133.96; O/P) reported FQ1 (Nov) “core” non-GAAP EPS of $2.00, which beat our $1.87 and the Street’s $1.88 on sales of $6,994mm that were also ahead of our $6,600mm and the Street’s $6,608mm)….

COMM: Cleans Up Balance Sheet

Last night, CommScope (COMM; $5.61; E/W) announced a major refinancing that pushes out upcoming maturities while laying out a specific plan to reduce balance sheet leverage, which we think enables the company’s ongoing businesses to…

ST: Names New CEO

This evening, Sensata (ST; $29.48; E/W) announced that its Board appointed Stephan Von Schuckmann as CEO effective as of January 1st. Recall, Sensata appointed Martha Sullivan as interim CEO back in April after its former…

Following the Money to More HDD Demand

We think recent reports that privately held Verkada, a supplier of security hardware, such as video cameras, access controls, environmental sensors, alarms and intercoms, is set to raise $200mm in funding at a $4.5B valuation,…

CART: Adds To Business Offering

Yesterday (12/16), Maplebear, d/b/a Instacart (CART; $42.18; E/W), announced it is now offering several new supplier and merchant solutions to Instacart Business users on its platform. Recall, CART’s higher margin Instacart Business offering allows customers…

LYFT: Another Buying Opportunity on Autonomous Overreach

The shares of Lyft (LYFT; $14.09; O/P) are down 23% since 11/12, including a more recent -13% since 12/10, which came on the heels of a report out of data analysis provider Yipit on Alphabet’s…

WDC: Calls Out Some More NAND Pricing Pressure

Yesterday, the shares of Western Digital (WDC; $65.99; O/P) declined 6% on the heels of CEO Dave Goeckeler and CFO Wissam Jabre presenting at an investor conference where the company called out that it is…

MU: Still Looks Oversold into FQ1 (Nov) Print

We continue to see the shares of Micron (MU; $99.43; O/P) as undervalued into its FQ1 (Nov) results and outlook, scheduled for next Wednesday (12/18 after market). We note the stock is +4% since an…

JBL: See FQ1 Providing Solid Set Up for Future Growth

We think Jabil’s (JBL; $132.75; O/P) FQ1 (Nov) results and outlook, scheduled for next Wednesday (12/18 before market), should comfortably support the company’s full F2025E sales, operating margin and EPS outlook of $27.0B (+2% YoY…

MBLY: Meeting Makes an Excellent Autonomous Case

On Tuesday (12/10), we attended Mobileye Global’s (MBLY; $16.98; E/W) Innovation Day in Munich, Germany, where we heard detailed presentations from CEO Amnon Shashua, CFO Moran Shemesh Rojansky, CTO Shai Shalev-Shwartz and EVP, Strategy &…

UBER: Announces Its Own Autonomous Progress

This morning (12/6), Uber Technologies (UBER; $65.23; O/P) announced it launched a ride-hailing partnership in Abu Dhabi, UAE with WeRide (WRD; $15.95; NR), an autonomous driving technology company. Interestingly, this announcement comes right on the heels of news yesterday that Alphabet’s (GOOG; $174.31; NR) Waymo One was expanding its autonomous rideshare app into Miami, which added to recent pressure on Uber’s share price (-10% yesterday and -25% since 10/11 vs. +12% YTD). However, keep in mind that …

Autonomous Overhang on Rideshare Stocks Becomes Palpable

On Thursday (12/5), the shares of Lyft (LYFT; $15.50; O/P) and Uber Technologies (UBER; $65.23; O/P) both traded down by ~10% after Waymo, a subsidiary of Alphabet (GOOGL; $174.31; NR), announced its Waymo One autonomous…

STX: Time for Forrest Over Trees Thinking; Buying Opportunity

Earlier this week, executives from Seagate (STX; $98.18; O/P) provided a few meaningful updates ahead of presenting at a couple of investor conferences, including that it: (1) cleared important product qualification hurdles tied to the…

CHPT: Shows Some More Signs of Righting the Ship

We make relatively modest changes to our F2025 and F2026E (Jan) sales and EBITDA forecasts for ChargePoint (CHPT; $1.22; E/W) after the company reported some better-than-expected FQ3 (Oct) results and offered up FQ4E (Jan) sales…

MBLY: Cleaning Up Model Ahead of Capital Markets Day

We are reducing 2025E sales, operating profit, and EPS for Mobileye (MBLY; $17.54; E/W) ahead of the company’s upcoming Capital Markets Day in Munich, Germany on December 9-10th to better consider uncertainty around future shipments…