
August 28, 2023
Last night, Jabil (JBL; $103.22; O/P) surprised us when it announced a preliminary agreement for the sale of its Mobility business to BYD Electronic or BYDE (285.HK; HK$32.85; NR). Most recently, management estimated its Mobility…

August 25, 2023
Earlier this week, Aptiv’s (APTV; $97.22; O/P) Wind River business unit, acquired late last year for $3.5B, announced that Geely’s (175.HK; HK$9.51; NR) ZEEKR electric vehicle (EV) brand selected the Wind River Linux operating system…

August 25, 2023
This morning, Polestar (PSNY; $3.63; O/P) announced it plans to integrate Mobileye Global’s (MBLY; $35.71; E/W) Chauffeur consumer autonomous driving platform into its Polestar 4 SUV. Recall, MBLY believes Chauffeur enables “eyes-off/hands-free” driving in a…

August 25, 2023
The shares of ChargePoint (CHPT; $6.79; O/P) are now down 30% since its FQ1 (Apr) results in early-June (-22% since July-end) and -57% YoY ahead of its FQ2 (Jul) results and outlook, scheduled for September…

August 24, 2023
We approach the shares of Dell Technologies (DELL; $56.71; E/W) with caution into FQ2 (Jul) results and outlook next Thursday (8/31 after market). The stock is +25% (vs. +4% for the S&P 500) since FQ1…

August 24, 2023
NetApp’s (NTAP; $76.53; E/W) FQ1 (July) EPS was $1.15 (-4% YoY), which beat our $1.05 and the Street’s $1.07, on basically as expected sales and upside from some higher gross margins and tighter opex controls,…

August 23, 2023
NetApp (NTAP; $76.53; E/W) reported FQ1 (Jul) non-GAAP EPS of $1.15, which was ahead of our $1.05 and the Street’s $1.07 on basically as expected sales ($1,432mm vs. our $1,425mm and the Street’s $1,413mm). As…

August 23, 2023
We are fine tuning our 2023/2024E EPS for Corning (GLW; $32.22; E/W) from $1.80/$2.15 to $1.78/$2.13 to better consider likely sales pressures on Environmental Technologies (12% of 2023E sales and 16% of EBIT ex-corporate) for…

August 21, 2023
We think recent news flow continues to point to healthy project activity aimed at emerging needs for a range of hydrogen refueling infrastructure, in turn providing support for the idea that hydrogen fuel cell electric…

August 17, 2023
The shares of NetApp (NTAP; $75.03; E/W) are up 13% (vs. +5% for the S&P 500) post FQ4 (Apr) results on 5/31 despite ongoing top line pressures (e.g., down low-to-mid-single digits in F2024E) and limited…

August 17, 2023
This morning, TE Connectivity (TEL; $129.49; E/W) announced a public tender offer for all outstanding shares of Schaffner (SAHN.CH; CHF493.00; NR), which produces electromagnetic capability (EMC) filters, harmonic filters, and other electromagnetic components for certain…
August 17, 2023
Our latest look at aggregate inventories up and down the supply chain, across OEMs, component makers, electronics manufacturing service (EMS) providers and distributors (27 companies with $82B in annual inventories ex-Apple at the end of…
August 11, 2023
Yesterday (8/10), the California Public Utilities Commission voted in favor of allowing General Motors’ (GM; $33.86; NR) Cruise and Alphabet’s (GOOGL; $129.24; NR) Waymo to offer paid Automated Mobility on Demand (AMoD) rides in autonomous…

August 10, 2023
This morning, Lyft (LYFT; $10.85; E/W) disclosed in a blog post that its Media division (dedicated media and advertising business) is rolling out personalized ads across the Lyft ridershare app through a partnership with Rokt….
August 10, 2023
We think this morning’s news that Serve Robotics is in the process of finalizing an IPO by merging with unlisted special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Patricia Acquisition further highlights Uber Technologies’ (UBER; $44.70; O/P) commitment…