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June 15, 2023

JBL: Riding a Healthy Set of Secular Drivers

By Steven Fox

We bump up our F2023E (Aug) EPS for Jabil (JBL; $104.64; O/P) after another solid “beat and raise”, driven by its profitable focus on healthy secular trends and working capital benefits from reducing inventories, which…

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June 15, 2023

JBL: First Look at FQ3 (May) Results and Outlook

By Steven Fox

Jabil (JBL; $99.69; O/P) reported FQ3 (May) “core” or non-GAAP EPS of $1.99, which beat our $1.93 and the Street’s $1.87 on better than expected sales of $8,475mm (vs. our $8,225mm and the Street’s $8,199mm)….

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June 14, 2023

PSNY: Model Mix Magic to Consider

By Steven Fox

We are adjusting our model for Polestar (PSNY; $3.81; O/P) to better incorporate our expectations around vehicle model mix, which as we have previously highlighted, can be worth ~800bps towards longer term gross margin targets…

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June 12, 2023

GLW: Time to Talk Optionality?

By Steven Fox

Last Thursday (6/8), Corning (GLW; $32.83; E/W) announced a joint venture (JV) with SGD Pharma that we think aims to add to the company’s potential “optionality” over the next 2-3 years from commercializing core innovation…

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June 12, 2023

Charging Players Flexing to NACS Options

By Steven Fox

This morning, ChargePoint (CHPT; $8.56; O/P) and Tritium (DCFC; $1.12; O/P) both announced plans to offer their respective hardware solutions with connector options for the North America Charging Standard (NACS), which was developed by Tesla…

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June 12, 2023

UBER: Leveraging Network Further to Go Green

By Steven Fox

Last week, Uber Technologies (UBER; $40.99; O/P) announced, at its Go/Get Zero event in London, a range of “green” focused initiatives and features for both Mobility and Delivery businesses (50% and 45% of 2023E gross…

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June 12, 2023

PLXS: Plant Tours Highlight Widening Competitive Moat

By Steven Fox

Last week, we toured two Plexus’ (PLXS; $95.04; E/W) facilities in Appleton and Neenah, Wisconsin where we also spent time with CEO Todd Kelsey, Chief Strategy Officer Steve Frisch, along with Andy Hyatt (Senior VP,…

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June 9, 2023

Oversold Charging Plays on Tesla-GM News

By Steven Fox

We think today’s severe drop in the shares of ChargePoint (CHPT; $8.32; O/P) and Tritium (DCFC; $1.08; O/P) to news that drivers of General Motors’ (GM; $36.53; NR) electric vehicles will be able to charge…

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June 8, 2023

JBL: Expect Solid FQ3 Print on Secular Drivers

By Steven Fox

We expect Jabil (JBL; $94.18; O/P) to offer up more support for its secular margin story with FQ3 (May) results and outlook next Thursday (6/15 before market) even in the context of a mixed demand…

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June 6, 2023

STX: Meeting Highlights Near-Term Caution

By Steven Fox

Last Thursday (6/1), we hosted an investor meeting at Seagate’s (STX; $60.86; E/W) offices in San Jose, CA where we met with Rod Cooper, VP Finance, and IR, along with Jingjing Chen from the IR…

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June 6, 2023

NTAP: CFO Meeting Details Controllables

By Steven Fox

Last Thursday (6/1), we hosted an investor meeting at NetApp’s (NTAP; $70.28; E/W) headquarters in San Jose, CA where we had the opportunity to follow up with the company’s CFO Mike Berry following its FQ4…

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June 5, 2023

FLEX: CEO Meeting Highlights Big Margin Potential

By Steven Fox

We reiterate our Outperform and raise our target on the shares of Flex (FLEX; $26.13) from $30 to $32 after hosting an investor meeting with CEO Revathi Advaithi and David Rubin, VP of IR at…

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June 5, 2023

UBER: Pulling on More Leverage Levers

By Steven Fox

Last week, a series of announcements out of Uber Technologies (UBER; $39.73; O/P) further highlighted all the “levers it can still pull” to drive an even more attractive mix of bookings and thus further operating…

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June 5, 2023

CHPT: Positives Still Outweighing Macro Risks

By Steven Fox

ChargePoint (CHPT; $9.07; O/P) shares dropped 7% on Friday (6/2) after the company posted another quarter of robust sales growth in FQ1 (Apr) with further gross margin improvements and opex discipline that led to some…

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June 2, 2023

DELL: Not Out of The Woods Quite Yet

By Steven Fox

We bump up F2024E (Jan) EPS for Dell Technologies (DELL; $45.46; E/W) from $5.15 to $5.35 after the company raised full year EPS guidance from $5.00-5.60 to $5.25-5.75, albeit after FQ1 EPS (Apr) beat our…

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