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October 18, 2024

Welcome to the Power Technologies Land Grab

By Steven Fox

Yesterday (10/17), Schneider Electric (SU.FR; €245.65; NR) announced an agreement to acquire a 75% interest in Motivair Corporation, a privately held company that specializes in liquid cooling and advanced thermal management, for $850mm. We think…

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October 17, 2024

BHE: Expect a Solid Q3 Print and Guide

By Steven Fox

We think Benchmark Electronics (BHE; $44.99; E/W) produces Q3 results and guidance on October 30th (after market) that provide solid support for current valuation with upside potential mainly tied to recent bookings and updated production…

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October 17, 2024

LCID: Another Big Dilutive Capital Raise

By Steven Fox

The shares of Lucid Group (LCID; $2.72; E/W) are down 17% today after it completed a major equity capital raise that included another investment by its majority stockholder and affiliate of the Public Investment Fund…

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October 17, 2024

FLEX: Crowns Its Power Solutions with More Opportunity

By Steven Fox

This morning, Flex (FLEX; $34.70; O/P) announced plans to acquire, for $325mm in cash, privately held Crown Technical Systems, which produces power distribution and protection systems used in data centers, as well as by utilities…

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October 16, 2024

CLS: A Recently Raised Bar Looks Manageable

By Steven Fox

The bar has obviously been raised for Celestica (CLS; $58.42; O/P) into its Q3 results and outlook, scheduled for next Wednesday (10/23 after market), given how the shares have rebounded 37% from recent lows set…

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October 16, 2024

FLEX: Still See Offsets to Auto Pressures

By Steven Fox

We believe FQ2 (Sep) results and outlook from Flex (FLEX; $34.33; O/P), scheduled for October 30th (before market), should further highlight its ability to continue to steadily improve margins and cash flows even in the…

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October 15, 2024

WDC: Reiterate Outperform into FQ1 (Sept) Print

By Steven Fox

We expect Western Digital’s (WDC; $66.95; O/P) FQ1 (Sep) results and outlook to at least live up to our slightly above consensus expectations when it reports next Thursday (10/24 after market), led by its HDD…

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October 15, 2024

STX: Expecting More Focus on Margin Potential

By Steven Fox

For the second quarter in a row, Seagate (STX; $111.79; E/W), reporting FQ1 (Sept) results and outlook next Tuesday (10/22 after market), guided up with a month to go in the quarter with the news…

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October 15, 2024

DELL: More Product News on the AI Front

By Steven Fox

This morning, Dell Technologies (DELL; $127.66; O/P) announced several new integrated rack-scalable system, server, storage and data management solutions as part of its Dell AI Factory initiative. Recall, Dell’s AI factory solutions are aimed at…

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October 14, 2024

JBL: Adds to Cloud Tool Kit

By Steven Fox

This morning, Jabil (JBL; $125.80; O/P) announced that it is expanding its white box server portfolio with the addition of two new high-performance servers that feature Advanced Micro Devices’ (AMD; $165.27; NR) fifth-generation EPYC and…

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October 14, 2024

FLEX: Announces Interesting Partnership and New Reference Designs

By Steven Fox

This morning, Flex (FLEX; $35.41; O/P) announced from the Open Compute Project (OCP) Global Summit in San Jose that it was launching several new reference designs for liquid-cooled servers, racks, and power products for GenAI…

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October 14, 2024

Critical EMS Footprint Considerations

By Steven Fox

We think last week’s news that Hon Hai Technology Group (2317.TW; NT$199.00; NR), a/k/a Foxconn, plans to expand in Guadalajara, Mexico should be considered in the context of the decades of experience that North American…

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October 14, 2024

DELL: Further Spells Out Its AI Opportunity

By Steven Fox

Last week, Dell Technologies (DELL; $128.16; O/P) announced some additions to its Dell AI Factory and hosted a “Dell AI for Telecom” Webinar that included a conversation with management from Nvidia (NVDA; $138.75; NR). Recall…

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October 14, 2024

Some Cool Food for Thought

By Steven Fox

We think Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE; $20.67; NR) provided some much needed “food for thought” last Thursday (10/10) during its AI Day about liquid cooling technologies where we have highlighted technical challenges tied to deploying…

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October 11, 2024

CLS: Moves Further on Its 800G Roadmap

By Steven Fox

This morning, Celestica (CLS; $62.92; O/P) announced the launch of its latest 800G data center switch that expands on its Hardware Platform Solutions (HPS) portfolio, which represents the company’s higher margin Original Design Manufacturing (ODM)…

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