All Reports


March 8, 2023

GLW: A Dense Fiber Conversation

By Steven Fox

Yesterday, we attended the Optical Networking and Communications Conference (OFC) in San Diego, where we toured Corning’s (GLW; $34.44; E/W) trade show booth and sat in on CEO Wendell Weeks’ Plenary Session. Our meetings highlighted…

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March 7, 2023

BHE: HQ Visit Reaffirms Long Term Targets

By Steven Fox

On Monday (3/6), we hosted an investor meeting in Tempe, AZ with Benchmark Electronics (BHE; $23.82; O/P) CEO Jeff Benck at its headquarters, after which we toured one of its newest electronics manufacturing services (EMS)…

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March 6, 2023

More Moves on Newer Delivery Categories

By Steven Fox

We think recent news flow further highlights how Uber Technologies (UBER; $34.57; O/P), as well as DoorDash (DASH; $57.34; E/W), continue to build out commercial partnerships within increasingly important non-restaurant categories to drive revenues, including…

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March 3, 2023

More Auto Tech Proof Points for EMS

By Steven Fox

We think Tesla’s (TSLA; $199.25; NR) Investor Day on Wednesday (3/1) provided further support for the idea that electronics manufacturing service (EMS) providers, especially Flex (FLEX; $23.03; O/P) and Jabil (JBL; $85.47; O/P), as well…

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March 3, 2023

HYZN: Announces an Interesting Partnership

By Steven Fox

Earlier this week, Hyliion (HYLN; $2.80; NR) announced a new partnership with Hyzon Motors (HYZN; $1.25) to develop a prototype of a heavy-duty hydrogen-based fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV). We think this news further highlights…

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March 3, 2023

DELL: Making Some Major Cuts to Outlook

By Steven Fox

We cut F2024E (Jan) EPS for Dell Technologies (DELL; $40.17; E/W) from $6.10 to $5.15 after the company’s FQ1E (Apr) and full F2024E outlook disappointed, as we warned was likely. Dell pointed to weakening demand…

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March 3, 2023

CHPT: Big Picture Says Ignore Slight Growth Disappointment

By Steven Fox

ChargePoint (CHPT; $11.26; O/P) produced another quarter of robust sales growth in FQ4 (Jan), albeit somewhat below Street expectations, with further gross margin improvements and opex discipline that led to better than expected operating losses….

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March 2, 2023

MU: More Bad News

By Steven Fox

Micron (MU; $54.87; E/W) provided an incrementally bearish update when CFO Mark Murphy, along with Manish Bhatia (EVP, Global Operations) presented at an investor conference earlier this morning. Basically, the detailed commentary provided yet another…

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March 1, 2023

LYFT: 10-K Tidbits

By Steven Fox

We reviewed Lyft’s (LYFT; $9.94; E/W) 10-K, which was filed on Monday (2/27). The document further highlighted how rising insurance costs and newly required reserve adjustments pressured the company’s cost of revenue and thus adjusted…

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March 1, 2023

STX: Lightens the Opex Load a Bit More

By Steven Fox

Yesterday, Luminar Technologies (LAZR; $8.95; NR) announced it acquired Seagate’s (STX; $64.56; E/W) LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) program back in January. Terms of the transaction were not announced and this agreement was not previously…

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February 28, 2023

UBER: 10-K Tidbits

By Steven Fox

We reiterate our Outperform on the shares of Uber Technologies (UBER; $33.55) after reviewing the company’s 10-K, filed last Tuesday (2/21). The 10-K further highlighted the sizeable synergies between Mobility and Delivery, which was also…

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February 27, 2023

DASH: A Range of Implications to the Aldi Partnership

By Steven Fox

Last Thursday (2/23), DoorDash (DASH; $55.09; E/W) announced a new partnership with ALDI to offer on-demand same-day grocery delivery from 2,100+ ALDI stores across 38 U.S. states, which we think has a number of ongoing…

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February 24, 2023

DELL: Preparing for Some Bad News

By Steven Fox

We think Dell Technologies’ (DELL; $42.03; E/W) “early” F2024 (Jan) sales outlook from a few months ago proves optimistic with FQ4 (Jan) results on Thursday (3/2 after market). Recall, Dell’s initial F2024E sales thinking called…

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February 23, 2023

CHPT: Adds Another EV Partner

By Steven Fox

This morning, Fisker (FSR; $6.20; NR) announced that it selected ChargePoint (CHPT; $11.42; O/P) as its North American partner for electric vehicle (EV) public charging stations. Specifically, CHPT’s EV charging network can be used by…

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February 23, 2023

COMM: Delivering on Some NEXT Promises

By Steven Fox

We stick with our Outperform on CommScope shares (COMM; $8.68) after the company reiterated 2023E “core” EBITDA targets of $1.35-1.50B (ex-Home Networks) and delivered Q4 EBITDA upside while demonstrating healthy free cash flows (FCF) we…

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