Due to a reallocation of resources, Fox Advisors is discontinuing coverage of Lucid Group (LCID – $3.15 – Last Rating: Equal-Weight – Price Target: NA). Effective immediately, our rating, price target, disclosures and estimates are…
We reduce our F2025/F2026E (Jun) EPS for Western Digital (WDC; $60.70; O/P) from $7.50/$9.00 to $6.50/$7.60 to incorporate the impact of greater than expected NAND pricing pressures (~50% of sales) during December within its soon…
Last Friday (12/20), the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) proposed a voluntary federal regulatory framework entitled the Autonomous Driving System-Equipped Vehicle Safety, Transparency and Evaluation Program (AV STEP), which aims…
We think recent FQ2 (Oct) results out of NetApp (NTAP; $118.14; E/W) and industry peers provide support for the idea that the stock is now at the low end of its trading range especially given…
Yesterday (12/25), Taiwan’s Fair Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it was blocking Uber Technologies’ (UBER; $61.71; O/P) planned acquisition of Delivery Hero’s (DHER.DE; €28.58; NR) foodpanda delivery business in Taiwan (foodpanda Taiwan) due to its…
This morning, Uber Technologies (UBER; $60.21; O/P) announced plans to acquire TMAP Mobility’s 49% stake in the two companies’ joint venture (JV), named Uber Taxi, in South Korea for $39mm, which would give Uber full…
This morning, the European Automobile Manufacturers Association released new car registration data from the region for the month of November, which was in line with typical MoM seasonal trends. Importantly, the data included ongoing healthy…
We reduce F2025/F2026E (Aug) EPS for Micron (MU; $103.90; O/P) from $8.40/$11.20 to $6.75/$8.80 after FQ2E (Feb) guidance badly disappointed the Street, albeit with FQ1 (Nov) profits that were somewhat better than expected despite a…
Micron Technology (MU; $103.90; O/P) reported FQ1 (Nov) non-GAAP EPS of $1.79, which was ahead of our $1.75 and the Street’s $1.76 despite some lower than expected sales ($8,709mm vs. our $8,750mm and consensus of…
We bump up our F2025/F2026E (Aug) EPS for Jabil (JBL; $144.95; O/P) from $8.65/$9.60 to $8.75/$9.75 after the company produced a solid “beat and raise” on especially healthy free cash flows (FCF), which was led…
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)….
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…
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…
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,…
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…