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April 22, 2024

More Powerful Takeaways from Data Center World

By Steven Fox

As per our prior report (“A Powerful Data Center Conference”; 4/17), we spent a few days last week at Data Center World in Washington DC, where the wild level of bullishness we highlighted from our…

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April 19, 2024

JBL: CEO Placed on Paid Leave

By Steven Fox

Last night, Jabil (JBL; $129.59) announced in an 8-K filing that CEO Kenny Wilson was placed on paid leave pending completion of “an investigation related to corporate policies”. Effective as of today (4/19), the company’s…

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April 18, 2024

Mixed March European Registrations

By Steven Fox

This morning, the European Automobile Manufacturers Association released car registration data from the region for the month of March, which was somewhat below seasonal trends including weaker electric vehicle registration trends that should be measured…

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April 18, 2024

BHE: Favorable Risk/Reward into Earnings

By Steven Fox

The risk/reward on the shares of Benchmark Electronics’ (BHE; $30.04; O/P) still looks attractive to us ahead of the company’s Q1 results and Q2E outlook in coming weeks, especially with the stock trading at only…

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April 18, 2024

AMKR: Do H1 Results Matter Much for the Stock?

By Steven Fox

We continue to wonder if Amkor Technology’s (AMKR; $30.10; E/W) Q1 results and Q2E outlook, scheduled for April 29th (after market), are limited more than originally expected by a generally high exposure to still challenging…

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April 17, 2024

SANM: Still Oversold Ahead of Earnings

By Steven Fox

Sanmina shares (SANM; $58.35; O/P) are -16% from 52-week highs and -10% since we launched coverage (“Still Attractively Priced EMS Play; Initiate with Outperform”; 3/5). We think this is likely on concerns that sales from…

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April 17, 2024

A Powerful Data Center Conference

By Steven Fox

This week, we are spending time at what appears to be a very well attended Data Center World in Washington D.C. where we had the opportunity already to hear from and chat with managers representing…

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April 15, 2024

APH: A Pretty High Bar for Q1 Print

By Steven Fox

We assume Amphenol (APH; $113.32; E/W) highlights a still “mixed bag” of end markets when it reports Q1 results and offers up Q2E guidance on April 24th (before market). However, we believe management was appropriately…

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April 15, 2024

TEL: Favorable Setup into FQ2 (Mar) Print

By Steven Fox

We think TE Connectivity (TEL; $142.98; O/P) can produce a solid “beat and raise” with its FQ2E (Mar) when it reports on April 24th (before market). More to the point, we think TEL is well…

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April 15, 2024

STX: Some Worries into FQ3 (Mar) Print?

By Steven Fox

The shares of Seagate (STX; $85.19; E/W) are -10% since it “only” reiterated FQ3E (Mar) sales and EPS guidance of $1.5-1.8B (+6% QoQ and -11% YoY at the mid-point) and $0.05-0.45 back on March 6th….

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April 15, 2024

WDC: More EPS Upside Likely Coming from Pricing

By Steven Fox

We reiterate our Outperform on Western Digital (WDC; $72.06) and raise our target from $80 to $85 ahead of its FQ3E (Mar) results, scheduled for April 25th (after market). We recently raised our F2024/F2025E (Jun)…

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April 15, 2024

GLW: Assuming a Balanced Set of Q1E Puts and Takes

By Steven Fox

At 16.1X our slightly above consensus 2024E EPS, we see the risk/reward on the shares of Corning (GLW; $31.49; E/W) to be fairly balanced ahead of its Q1 results and guidance on Tuesday, April 30th…

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April 11, 2024

MU: Some Earthquake Related Supply Constraints

By Steven Fox

This morning, Micron (MU; $123.04; O/P) disclosed in an 8-K that last week’s 7.4 magnitude earthquake in Taiwan will limit the company’s DRAM supply during CQ2E by a “mid-single digit percentage” as wafer capacity at…

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April 10, 2024

Lots of Moving Pieces into CQ1 EPS Season

By Steven Fox

Stocks in our tech supply chain coverage are +7% YTD and +35% YoY on average as a broadening set of cyclical recoveries were further priced in for H2. Along those lines, we expect CQ1 EPS season…

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April 9, 2024

LCID: Q1 Deliveries Ahead of Modeling

By Steven Fox

This morning, Lucid Group (LCID; $2.73; E/W) announced it delivered 1,967 vehicles (+13% QoQ and +40% YoY), while producing 1,728 vehicles (-28% QoQ and -25% YoY) during Q1. By comparison, our model called for Q1…

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