April 1, 2024
We recently spent a couple of days at the EV Charging Summit & Expo in Las Vegas, which was very well attended by both electric vehicle (EV) OEMs and manufacturers of charging equipment as well…
March 6, 2024
We lower F2025E (Jan) sales for ChargePoint (CHPT; $2.00; E/W) from $538mm to $500mm after it reported a slightly better FQ4 (Jan) than we expected, albeit with a weaker than anticipated FQ1E (Apr) outlook, more…
February 28, 2024
We think progress on profitability and cash burn should be the key focus when ChargePoint (CHPT; $2.00; E/W) reports FQ4 (Jan) results next Tuesday (3/5 after market) given targets to turn adjusted EBITDA positive by…
January 11, 2024
Last night, ChargePoint (CHPT; $1.94; E/W) announced a “strategic reorganization”, including another reduction in the company’s headcount by 12% (vs. ~1,800 employees at the end of October), which new CEO Rick Wilmer believes will result…
December 7, 2023
ChargePoint (CHPT; $2.05; E/W) produced FQ3 (Oct) results that were consistent with our recently lowered estimates for the company’s negative pre-announcement (“Big Miss Leads to CEO & CFO Changes”; 11/17). We note consensus was relatively…
November 17, 2023
Last night, ChargePoint (CHPT; $3.13; E/W) negatively pre-announced a big top and bottom line miss to its FQ3 (Oct) guidance, which comes after the company just raised $232mm through an at-the-market facility on October 11th….
October 11, 2023
This morning, ChargePoint (CHPT; $4.06; E/W) announced it raised $175mm through its ATM equity facility with the issuance of 41.4mm shares of its common stock. More specifically, CHPT reached a commitment from a consortium of…
September 7, 2023
We lower our rating on ChargePoint (CHPT; $7.06) from Outperform to Equal-Weight after FQ2 (July) results disappointed even if we exclude an unexpected inventory write-down. CHPT also provided weaker than expected top and bottom-line targets…
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 9, 2023
Yesterday (8/8), ChargePoint (CHPT; $7.90; O/P) announced “significant” investments in a range of software and solutions aimed at ensuring nearly 100% battery electric vehicle (BEV) charger uptime. We think this announcement highlights how the company…
July 31, 2023
We reiterate our Outperform on the shares of ChargePoint (CHPT; $8.59; O/P), which have languished YTD (-10% vs. +37% for NASDAQ) despite improving profitability on still robust top line growth prospects. Along those lines, we…
June 27, 2023
This morning, ChargePoint (CHPT; $7.51; O/P) formally announced availability of a North American Charging Standard (NACS) connector option for several of its Level 2 AC and DC fast chargers, including field updates for chargers already…
June 21, 2023
We hosted a “fireside chat” yesterday with ChargePoint’s (CHPT; $7.93; O/P) CEO Pasquale Romano, as part of our Transportation Technology Conference, which we think highlighted a range of significant investor misconceptions around the business we…
June 5, 2023
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…
May 24, 2023
We see favorable risk/reward around the shares of ChargePoint (CHPT; $8.36; O/P) into the company’s FQ1 (Apr) results and outlook, which are scheduled for next Thursday (6/1 after market). The stock is now down 26%…