Daily Briefs

• Bloomberg reports that Blackstone (BX US) has agreed to acquire Teijin Ltd (3401 JP)’s 55% stake in Infocom Corp (4348 JP) at a rumoured valuation of JPY260 billion. 
• The potential minority offer price depends on whether the rumoured valuation refers to market cap or enterprise value and whether Teijin will share TOB tax benefits. 
• The most likely scenario is that the valuation refers to the market cap, with Teijin sharing TOB tax benefits, resulting in a minority offer of around JPY5,720 per share. 

• After CaiNiao halted IPO in late March, company reported lower Q4 margins
• What drove Q4 margin deterioration, retention payments or weaker X-border?
• With IPO off the table, supporting AliExpress becomes CaiNiao’s main role

• Automotive revenues for Q1CY24 amounted to $603 million, up 35% YoY. This compares to MobilEye’s revenue of $239 million, down 48% YoY
• Automotive design-win pipeline is now $45 billion, up from $30 billion less than two years ago
• CEO Amon said “Every time we enter a new market, we end up building a very strong position”. That’s a shot across the bows for Intel and AMD…

• Market Largely Influenced by Macro Trends and Nvidia Movements This Past Week
• Key Events: Computex, Apple WDC, Key Taiwan May Revenue Releases
• Apple (AAPL US) Is Overhauling Siri In Order to Create a Beautiful Voice-based AI Interface for the iPhone

• Zoom reported total Q1 revenue of $1.141 billion, a 3% year-on-year increase.
• Enterprise revenue, which represented 58% of total revenue, grew 5% year-on-year.
• Gross margin was 79.3%, slightly lower than the 80.5% recorded in the same quarter last year due to investments in AI innovation.

• NVIDIA Corporation is on track to become the largest company in the world, purely on the basis of its leadership in the artificial intelligence (AI) and graphics processing units (GPU).
• The company, reported its first quarter earnings of the fiscal year 2025.
• The company generated record revenue of $26 billion which is sequentially up by 18% and YoY up by 262%, significantly surpassing its estimated outlook of $24 billion.

• Founded in 1881, Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. manufactures electrical and communications equipment, ICT equipment, and systems that utilize these products.
• In FY03/24, OKI reported full-year consolidated sales of JPY421.9bn, operating profit of JPY18.7bn, recurring profit of JPY18.3bn, and net income of JPY25.6bn.
• OKI Electric Industry Co., Ltd. announced that it expects to record income taxes–deferred in its consolidated and non-consolidated financial results for FY03/24.

• Global MSCI indexes (MSCI ACWI, ACWI ex-US, EAFE, and EM) are pulling back following recent breakouts to multi-year highs. Europe, Japan also pulling back to uptrend supports.
• Short-Term supports to watch-discussed in our May 23, 2024 Int’l Compass-include $110.50 on ACWI-US, $53.50 on ACWX-US, $80 on EFA-US, and $41-42 on EEM-US; buy this pullback. 
• As long as these supports hold, we anticipate significantly higher prices ahead. Combination of supports holding and healthy market dynamics continues to validate our bullish outlook on global equities.

• Company previously written up by starfox02 has doubled in price since August 2022
• Author sees potential for stock price to double again and provides a refresher on investment thesis
• Company specializes in manufacturing reliable and high-quality fuses, connectors, and power components for industries; trading at a low earnings multiple with opportunities for growth and margin expansion

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• Palo Alto Networks, a cybersecurity company, has reported a strong fiscal third quarter 2024.
• The company continues to observe robust cyberattack activities, with an increasing focus on software supply chain and hardware vulnerabilities.
• Notably, the adoption and experimentation of artificial intelligence (AI) by their customers have introduced a new set of threats, leading to the development of security products designed specifically to secure AI usage.