January 17, 2024
Last night, Plexus (PLXS; $101.52; E/W) negatively pre-announced FQ1E (Dec) results. Specifically, PLXS now sees FQ1E sales of $980-985mm (-4% QoQ and -10% YoY at the mid-point), which is just 3% below the original guidance…
January 16, 2024
Yesterday (1/15), Uber Technologies’ (UBER; $63.51; O/P) Drizly on-demand alcohol marketplace in the U.S. sent out an email to customers, which disclosed its plans to cease operations at the end of March. Recall, Uber acquired…
January 16, 2024
Last week, Sensata (ST; $34.26; O/P) highlighted its electrification portfolio at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, which we think has not been the case in previous years, at least to this extent…
January 16, 2024
Last week, Corning (GLW; $30.60; E/W) announced at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) that it collaborated with BOE Technology Group to develop a 44.6” ultra-large oxide panel for automotive cockpit display designs. Importantly, GLW is…
January 16, 2024
Last week, we hosted an investor meeting with Dell Technologies’ (DELL; $79.31; E/W) Paul Frantz, VP of IR, at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. Our conversation highlighted a broadening range of reasons…
January 16, 2024
Last week, we met with Jabil (JBL; $128.14; O/P) management, including CEO Kenny Wilson and Chad Morley, SVP, Auto & Transportation, from the company’s transportation product exhibit at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las…
January 16, 2024
Last week, we attended an Aptiv (APTV; $80.88; O/P) investor event at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas where we heard from CEO Kevin Clark, CTO Benjamin Lyon, plus Paul Miller, CTO for…
January 16, 2024
Last week, we had the opportunity to dig deeper into the Mobileye Global (MBLY; $30.07; E/W) investment story, at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), which is obviously under more scrutiny after management cut deep into…
January 16, 2024
Last week, we hosted an investor meeting for Micron’s (MU; $82.39; E/W) CFO Mark Murphy and the IR team during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. The meeting largely focused on Micron’s DRAM…
January 16, 2024
Last Thursday (1/11), DoorDash (DASH; $104.13; E/W) announced several new retail on-demand delivery partnerships to its Marketplace platform, including well-known retail brands such as Camping World, Golf Galaxy, JD Sports, and The Vitamin Shoppe. As…
January 16, 2024
We think a just announced Maplebear, d/b/a Instacart (CART; $23.09; O/P), tie-up with Google Shopping ads plus presentations from Uber Technologies’ (UBER; $63.20; O/P) Megan Ramm, Global Director, Head of Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) Partnerships,…
January 12, 2024
Last night, Polestar (PSNY; $1.84; E/W) announced Q4 vehicle deliveries were approximately 12,800 (-15% QoQ and -39% YoY) or well below our estimate of 18,183 and the company’s own guidance of ~18,200, which it blamed…
January 11, 2024
This morning, Lucid Group (LCID; $3.19; E/W) announced it delivered 1,734 vehicles (+19% QoQ) while producing 2,391 vehicles (+54% QoQ) during Q4. By comparison, our model called for Q4 vehicle deliveries of 1,983 or basically…
January 11, 2024
Last night, ChargePoint (CHPT; $1.94; E/W) announced a “strategic reorganization”, including another reduction in the company’s headcount by 12% (vs. ~1,800 employees at the end of October), which new CEO Rick Wilmer believes will result…
January 9, 2024
This morning, Hyzon Motors (HYZN; $0.73) provided a positive business update, disclosing it is hitting key milestones previously laid out by management, which we think further highlights how the company is making good progress along…