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September 26, 2024

JBL: Sets the Bar Well for Success

By Steven Fox

We reiterate our Outperform on the shares of Jabil (JBL; $126.65) after it provided a solid F2025E (Aug) outlook on the back of beating FQ4 (Aug) expectations, where the common threads were further free cash…

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September 26, 2024

JBL: First Look at FQ4 (Aug) Results and Outlook

By Steven Fox

Jabil (JBL; $113.43; O/P) reported FQ4 (Aug) “core” non-GAAP EPS of $2.30, which was ahead of our $2.23 and the Street’s $2.22 on better-than-expected sales ($6,964mm vs. our $6,631mm and the Street’s $6,586mm). As illustrated…

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September 26, 2024

MU: Supply Concerns Prove Overblown; Reiterate Outperform

By Steven Fox

We raise F2025E (Aug) EPS for Micron (MU; $95.77; O/P) from $8.00 to $8.40 after the company produced solid FQ4 (Aug) EPS upside ($1.18 vs. our $1.12 and the Street’s $1.11) combined with an FQ1E…

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September 25, 2024

DELL: Adds to Telecom Offering Set

By Steven Fox

This morning (9/25), Dell Technologies (DELL; $119.69; O/P) introduced Dell AI for Telecom, which is a program focused on simplifying and accelerating artificial intelligence (AI) deployments for communications service providers. We think this announcement provides…

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September 25, 2024

UBER: Adds Further to List of Autonomy Partnerships

By Steven Fox

This morning, Uber Technologies (UBER; $77.44; O/P) added yet another in a recent series of technology partnerships that seem aimed at accelerating a path to commercializing the deployment of autonomous vehicles (AVs) on its network,…

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September 24, 2024

NTAP: Formally Rolls Out Some New Offerings

By Steven Fox

This morning, NetApp (NTAP; $122.64; E/W) posted a series of new product and partnership announcements that followed up nicely on yesterday’s CEO keynote from its Insight user conference and were consistent with prior “hints”. Importantly,…

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September 24, 2024

NTAP: Insight Highlights NTAP’s GenAI Path Forward

By Steven Fox

Yesterday, we attended NetApp’s (NTAP; $122.92; E/W) Insight user conference in Las Vegas where we joined the company’s Financial Analysts Session before listening in on a keynote from CEO George Kurian, who was joined on…

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September 23, 2024

CHPT: Announces Partner Awards

By Steven Fox

On Friday (9/20), ChargePoint (CHPT; $1.37; E/W) disclosed it received $19mm+ in awards, through its partners, to deploy 248 direct current fast charging (DCFC) ports at 45 sites along certain highways in California. These awards…

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September 23, 2024

CART: Some Technology Driven News to Consider

By Steven Fox

We think recent news out of Maplebear, doing business as Instacart (CART; $42.14; E/W), provides further support for longer term operating leverage available to the company from its advertising offering ($910mm of LTM sales or…

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September 20, 2024

MU: Oversold Into Earnings

By Steven Fox

We think the shares of Micron (MU; $89.40; O/P) will prove oversold when the company reports FQ4 (Aug) results and outlook on Wednesday (9/25 after market). Admittedly, Micron is now seeing inventory builds in the…

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September 20, 2024

GLW: Getting at the Heart of the Springboard Matter

By Steven Fox

We reiterate our Outperform on the shares of Corning (GLW; $44.43) after visiting its largest optical fiber manufacturing facility yesterday (9/19) in Concord, NC. During our visit we heard presentations from and had offline discussions…

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September 20, 2024

Summer Auto Data Points Raise Questions

By Steven Fox

Yesterday, the European Automobile Manufacturers Association released new car registration data from the region for the month of August, which was basically in line with typically weak MoM seasonal trends. At the same time, registrations…

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September 18, 2024

JBL: At Peak Pre-Earnings Hand Wringing

By Steven Fox

We assume Street forecasts are set appropriately for Jabil (JBL; $107.85; O/P) ahead of the company’s FQ4 (Aug) results and outlook next Thursday (9/26 before market), which will include a Seventh Annual Investor Briefing and…

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September 18, 2024

TEL: Announces Some Segment Reorganization

By Steven Fox

Yesterday after the close (9/17), TE Connectivity (TEL; $145.77; O/P) disclosed in an 8-K that it is reorganizing its management and reporting segment structure, beginning with its upcoming FQ1E (Dec), to better align with the…

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September 18, 2024

FLEX: Plant Tour Highlights Hard to Match Cloud Offering

By Steven Fox

We reiterate our Outperform and $40 target on the shares of Flex (FLEX; $30.85) after visiting its facilities in Guadalajara, Mexico with investors yesterday (9/17). The plant tours and discussion with management, including Interim CFO…

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