Benchmark Electronics (BHE)


May 14, 2024

BHE: Reduce Rating to Equal-Weight After Big Stock Move

By Steven Fox

We are reducing our rating on the shares of Benchmark Electronics (BHE; $41.09) from Outperform to Equal-Weight after the stock price has now well exceeded our prior target and is now trading at valuation levels…

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May 2, 2024

BHE: Healthy Q1 Beat Anyway You Count It

By Steven Fox

Benchmark Electronics (BHE; $30.30; O/P) posted a healthy Q1 beat and inline Q2E guidance when adjusting non-GAAP forecasts to now exclude stock-based compensation (SBC) per its decision to conform to industry peer EPS presentations (discussed…

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April 18, 2024

BHE: Favorable Risk/Reward into Earnings

By Steven Fox

The risk/reward on the shares of Benchmark Electronics’ (BHE; $30.04; O/P) still looks attractive to us ahead of the company’s Q1 results and Q2E outlook in coming weeks, especially with the stock trading at only…

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March 20, 2024

BHE: CFO Takes Job at Larger Company

By Steven Fox

Yesterday after the close (3/19), Benchmark Electronics (BHE; $27.65; O/P) announced CFO Roop Lakkaraju, who has served in his current role for the past six years, is stepping down (effective April 1st) to take over…

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February 1, 2024

BHE: Margin Story Continues in Tough Environment

By Steven Fox

Benchmark Electronics’ (BHE; $28.28; O/P) Q4 results and Q1E guidance lived up to our expectations, further demonstrating potential for operating margins to move even higher in coming years on solid free cash flows (FCF). To…

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November 20, 2023

Correcting Modeling Error; No Change in Buy Thesis

By Steven Fox

We are adjusting our 2023E and 2024E EPS for Benchmark Electronics (BHE; $25.70; O/P) from $2.05/$2.35 to $2.03/$2.15 in order to correct for an error in our prior modeling assumptions around gross margins. Specifically, our…

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October 26, 2023

BHE: Margin Story Continuing Despite Macro Adjustments

By Steven Fox

We adjust 2023E EPS for Benchmark Electronics (BHE; $22.97; O/P) from $2.03 to $2.05 after Q3 results and outlook lived up to our expectations, albeit with some “puts and takes”. Although, we also modify 2024E…

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October 16, 2023

BHE: Some Recent Reasons to Buy

By Steven Fox

The shares of Benchmark Electronics (BHE; $24.34; O/P) continued to “bounce around” the $24-25 level in recent weeks, still down ~10% from mid-July levels and ~15% below where the stock was in mid-January, which is…

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August 1, 2023

BHE: Core Sales and Margin Expansion Story Continues

By Steven Fox

Benchmark Electronics (BHE; $26.51; O/P) produced Q2 results and outlook that demonstrated an ongoing top line growth story, despite macro conditions, that can continue to come with margin expansion, especially when adjusted for the financial…

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July 19, 2023

BHE: Raising Price Target Ahead of Q2 Print

By Steven Fox

The shares of Benchmark Electronics (BHE; $27.19; O/P) are +31% off 2023-lows on 5/9 (vs. +11% for the S&P 500) but still only up 2% YTD (vs. +20% for the S&P 500) ahead of Q2…

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May 4, 2023

BHE: Comfortably Living Up to Recent Targets

By Steven Fox

We adjust 2023/2024E EPS from $2.23/$2.70 to $2.15/$2.62 for Benchmark Electronics (BHE; $21.82; O/P) after its Q1 print and Q2E outlook more than lived up to expectations from an operating standpoint. We note our EPS…

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May 3, 2023

BHE: First Look at Q1 Results and Outlook

By Steven Fox

Benchmark Electronics (BHE; $21.82; O/P) reported Q1 non-GAAP EPS of $0.42, which was in line with our consensus matching $0.42 on better than expected sales ($695mm vs. our $663mm and the Street’s $661mm) and as…

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May 1, 2023

BHE: Stock Can Prove Oversold on Semi-Cap Concerns

By Steven Fox

We stick with our sales, operating margin, and EPS forecasts for Benchmark Electronics (BHE; $21.35; O/P) ahead of its Q1 results on Wednesday (5/3 after market). We think new programs continued to ramp at a…

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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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February 2, 2023

BHE: Semi-Cap Risks Come to Forefront

By Steven Fox

Benchmark Electronics (BHE; $28.66; O/P) produced solid Q4 EPS despite late quarter weakening in higher margin semi-cap equipment program demand (25% of 2022 sales), which is consistent with recent comments from other EMS providers, such…

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