All Reports


December 2, 2022

CHPT: Superb Growth Continues

By Steven Fox

We think FQ3 (Oct) results and FQ4E (Jan) guidance from ChargePoint (CHPT; $12.19; O/P) generally lived up to expectations, albeit with a relatively small interim issue related to “getting product out the door”. This was…

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December 1, 2022

DASH: Revisits Headcount Needs

By Steven Fox

Yesterday (11/30), DoorDash (DASH; $56.87; E/W) announced it is reducing global headcount by ~1,250 people or ~7% of total employees, which we think is weighted toward eliminating redundancies and management layers amongst more expensive jobs…

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November 30, 2022

Tip of the EMS Re-Shoring Iceberg?

By Steven Fox

We continue to see evidence that our well-established investment theme around global manufacturing re-shoring is still early stages when it comes to the electronics manufacturing service (EMS) providers we follow (“In Unchartered Territory; Launch on…

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November 30, 2022

GLW: Another Round of Cover Glass Advancement

By Steven Fox

This morning, Corning (GLW; $33.21; E/W) announced its latest cover glass advancement with the launch of Gorilla Glass Victus 2, which is based on a new glass composition that offers better drop performance vs. its…

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November 30, 2022

NTAP: Beat and Lower as Expected

By Steven Fox

We are reducing our F2023E (Apr) EPS from $5.50 to $5.40 (+2% YoY) and F2024E EPS from $6.05 to $5.70 (+5% YoY) for NetApp (NTAP; $71.79; E/W) after the company delivered a “beat and lower”…

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November 29, 2022

NTAP: First Look at FQ2 (Oct) Results and Outlook

By Steven Fox

NetApp (NTAP; $71.79; E/W) reported FQ2 (Oct) non-GAAP EPS of $1.48, which was ahead of our $1.34 and the Street’s $1.33, albeit helped along by ~$0.10 of benefits from non-operating items relative to our modeling…

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November 28, 2022

DELL: Upon Further Review

By Steven Fox

We are making some further cuts to our F2024E (Jan) EPS for Dell Technologies (DELL; $43.58; E/W), from $6.50 to $6.10 (-19% YoY), to better consider ongoing competitive pressures we expect to continue across the…

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November 28, 2022

CHPT: Buying Opportunity into Earnings

By Steven Fox

We expect FQ3 (Oct) results and outlook from ChargePoint (CHPT; $11.51; O/P), which are scheduled for Thursday (12/1 after the close), to provide healthy fundamental support for a stock price that has been under pressure…

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November 28, 2022

Fox Tracks: Retail LCD TV Pricing Survey

By Steven Fox

Our pricing checks on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving (11/23) of popular full-HD (1080p) and 4K Ultra High Definition (UHD 2160p) LCD TV models provided some evidence that promotional activity during the holiday selling season could…

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November 28, 2022

Fox Tracks: Retail Storage Pricing Survey

By Steven Fox

We checked retail prices last week (11/23) on hard disk drives (HDDs) and solid-state drives (SSDs) for the first time since May. Based on our latest survey work, we believe HDD retail prices are down…

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November 22, 2022

NTAP: Expect Some Moderation in Outlook

By Steven Fox

We assume some sort of moderate “beat and lower” from NetApp (NTAP; $73.88; E/W) reports its FQ2 (Oct) results and outlook next Tuesday (11/29 after market). We expect another gradual realization from management that macro…

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November 22, 2022

DELL: Manages FQ3 Well but Warns Further on Outlook

By Steven Fox

We raise F2023E (Jan) EPS from $6.80 to $7.50 (+21% YoY) as we also reduce F2024E EPS from $6.85 to $6.50 (-13% YoY) for Dell Technologies (DELL; $41.07; E/W) after the company produced a big…

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November 21, 2022

DELL: First Look at FQ3 (Oct) Results

By Steven Fox

Dell Technologies (DELL; $41.07; E/W) reported FQ3 (Oct) non-GAAP EPS of $2.30, which was well ahead of our $1.63 and the Street’s $1.60. Sales were somewhat better than forecasts ($24.72B vs. our $24.5B and consensus…

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November 17, 2022

LYFT: Lyft-ing Up Its Subscriber Benefits Further

By Steven Fox

This week, Lyft (LYFT; $11.35; O/P) announced further updates to its Lyft Pink subscriber benefits for Chase Sapphire Reserve cardmembers, which should make its program more attractive to potential users that in turn usually become…

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November 17, 2022

The Devil is Now in the Details for New Mobility

By Steven Fox

This week, we spent a couple of days at CoMotion 2022 in Los Angeles where we had the opportunity to meet with and hear presentations from a range of participants, including government policymakers, operating in…

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