Flex (FLEX)


April 5, 2024

FLEX: A Powerful Thing Right Now for the Stock

By Steven Fox

We see Flex’s (FLEX; $29.11; O/P) cloud data center portfolio, led by its in-house power solutions, as still well underrepresented in current valuations (12X F2025E EPS). To that end, we note an ongoing rally in…

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February 21, 2024

FLEX: Some Positive Power Data Points

By Steven Fox

We reiterate our Outperform and $32 target on Flex (FLEX; $27.22) after reviewing this morning’s CQ4 results and outlook from Vertiv Holdings (VRT; $56.90; NR), which is a leading producer of uninterruptable power suppliers, power…

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February 12, 2024

FLEX: Meetings Highlight Range of EPS Growth Vectors; Raise Target to $32

By Steven Fox

We reiterate our Outperform and raise our target from $30 to $32 on the shares of Flex (FLEX; $26.65; O/P) after hosting investor meetings last Thursday (2/8) in Boston with CEO Revathi Advaithi, CFO Paul…

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February 1, 2024

FLEX: A Rock Solid FQ3 Print and Guide; Raise Target to $30

By Steven Fox

Flex (FLEX; $23.74; O/P) delivered FQ3 (Dec) results with an FQ4E (Mar) guidance that comfortably lived up to expectations, including its “core” remaining business after the recently completed spin of Nextracker (NXT; $45.27; E/W). Specifically,…

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January 17, 2024

FLEX: Adjusting Model for NXT Divestiture

By Steven Fox

We are updating our financial model for Flex (FLEX; $22.13; O/P) to account for the recently completed divestiture of Nextracker (NXT; $41.89; E/W) on January 2nd (“NXT Spin Coming Much Sooner Than Expected”; 12/18/23). The…

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December 18, 2023

FLEX: NXT Spin Coming Much Sooner Than Expected

By Steven Fox

After today’s market close, Flex (FLEX; $28.69; O/P) announced it received approval from the High Court of Singapore to complete the last stage of its divestiture of Nextracker (NXT; $47.46; E/W) through a tax-free spin…

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December 13, 2023

FLEX: Even More Recent Valuation Support

By Steven Fox

The 29% rally in the shares of Nextracker (NXT; $42.76; E/W) over the past two months has “on paper” created more value for the shares of Flex (FLEX; $26.26; O/P) that has basically gone unrecognized…

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October 26, 2023

FLEX: Margin Story Overwhelms Macro Pressures

By Steven Fox

We reiterate our Outperform and $34 target on the shares of Flex (FLEX; $23.22) after the company delivered further on its operating margin and cash flow potential, despite greater than expected macro headwinds now surfacing…

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October 17, 2023

FLEX: Some Breathing Room into FQ2 Print

By Steven Fox

We think FQ2 (Sept) results and outlook from Flex (FLEX; $25.94; O/P), scheduled for next Wednesday (10/25 after market), prove the 10% retreat in the stock since mid-July to be overdone. We think Nextracker (NXT;…

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August 7, 2023

FLEX: Expanded Buyback Highlights Buying Opportunity

By Steven Fox

This morning, Flex (FLEX; $27.03; O/P) disclosed in an 8-K that it received shareholder approval to purchase up to 20% of its issued and outstanding shares and that its Board authorized a new cap of…

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July 27, 2023

FLEX: Advances Margin Story Further

By Steven Fox

Flex (FLEX; $28.27; O/P) posted FQ1 (Jun) adjusted EPS of $0.57, comfortably beating our consensus matching $0.51, reflecting some better than expected sales, and most importantly margin upside from both its now 51%-owned Nextracker (NXT;…

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July 17, 2023

FLEX: Stock Still Looks Cheap into FQ1 Print

By Steven Fox

We reiterate our Outperform on the shares of Flex (FLEX; $28.21; O/P) ahead of FQ1 (Jun) results and outlook, scheduled for next Wednesday (7/26 after market). We think new program momentum in Flex’s higher margin…

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June 29, 2023

FLEX: Completes Another Round of NXT Sales

By Steven Fox

Last night, Nextracker (NXT; $37.13; E/W), a subsidiary of Flex (FLEX; $26.66; O/P), priced its previously announced Class A common stock offering at $36.50 per share, which delivers another $518mm of proceeds to Flex, albeit…

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June 27, 2023

FLEX: Moves to Add Further to Cash Hoard

By Steven Fox

Last night, Nextracker (NXT; $38.05; E/W), a subsidiary of Flex (FLEX; $26.10; O/P), announced a Class A common stock offering that further monetizes Flex’s stake at a quicker pace than previously assumed due to bank…

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June 5, 2023

FLEX: CEO Meeting Highlights Big Margin Potential

By Steven Fox

We reiterate our Outperform and raise our target on the shares of Flex (FLEX; $26.13) from $30 to $32 after hosting an investor meeting with CEO Revathi Advaithi and David Rubin, VP of IR at…

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