ChargePoint Holdings, Inc. (CHPT)


September 23, 2024

CHPT: Announces Partner Awards

By Steven Fox

On Friday (9/20), ChargePoint (CHPT; $1.37; E/W) disclosed it received $19mm+ in awards, through its partners, to deploy 248 direct current fast charging (DCFC) ports at 45 sites along certain highways in California. These awards…

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September 5, 2024

CHPT: Revenue Challenges Continue; Taking Out More Costs

By Steven Fox

ChargePoint (CHPT; $1.69; E/W) reported FQ2 (Jul) adjusted EBITDA that basically lived up to Street expectations, albeit on some moderately lower than expected sales. However, the company offered up disappointing FQ3E (Oct) guidance as it…

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August 26, 2024

CHPT: Looking for Further Operating Improvements

By Steven Fox

We think FQ2 (Jul) results and outlook from ChargePoint (CHPT; $1.84; E/W), scheduled for Wednesday, September 4th (after market), come with a relatively high degree of difficulty given all the moving pieces in recent months…

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June 6, 2024

CHPT: Demonstrates Meaningful Progress

By Steven Fox

We think the FQ1 (Apr) print and guidance from ChargePoint (CHPT; $1.73; E/W) demonstrated meaningful financial progress off the company’s revamped strategy and enhanced focus on resource management, which was established under CEO Rick Wilmer…

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May 23, 2024

CHPT: Highlights from CEO Chat

By Steven Fox

Yesterday (5/22), we met with ChargePoint’s (CHPT; $1.73; E/W) CEO Rick Wilmer and Patrick Hamer, VP of Capital Markets, and IR, at the Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo in Las Vegas. Our conversations highlighted how…

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April 1, 2024

CHPT: Thoughts Out of EV Charging Summit

By Steven Fox

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…

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March 6, 2024

CHPT: Demand Struggles Generally Continue

By Steven Fox

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…

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February 28, 2024

CHPT: Looking for Signs of Stability with FQ4 Print

By Steven Fox

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…

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January 11, 2024

CHPT: Announces Additional Cost Actions

By Steven Fox

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…

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December 7, 2023

CHPT: Provides Details of Recent Pre-Announce

By Steven Fox

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…

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November 17, 2023

CHPT: Big Miss Leads to CEO & CFO Changes

By Steven Fox

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….

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October 11, 2023

CHPT: Announces Dilutive Equity Raise

By Steven Fox

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…

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September 7, 2023

CHPT: Reduce Rating to Equal-Weight

By Steven Fox

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…

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August 25, 2023

CHPT: Time to Catch That Falling Knife?

By Steven Fox

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…

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August 9, 2023

CHPT: Adding Preventative Software to Its Solution Set

By Steven Fox

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…

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