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SolarEdge Technologies  / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>SolarEdge deemed its Q4 2023 and full-year results as clouded by adverse market dynamics and high inventory levels.</li><li>For Q4, SolarEdge reported revenues of about $316 million, split between $282 million in their solar business and $33 million in non-solar activities.</li><li>The company shipped 2.2 million power optimizers and 74,000 inverters during the quarter, along with 133-megawatt hours of batteries.</li></ul>

SolarEdge deemed its Q4 2023 and full-year results as clouded by adverse market dynamics and high inventory levels.For Q4, SolarEdge reported revenues of about $316 million, split between $282 million in their solar business and $33 million in non-solar activities.The company shipped 2.2 million power optimizers and 74,000 inverters during the quarter, along with 133-megawatt hours of batteries.

SolarEdge Technologies Inc.: Expansion of Commercial Segment & Geographical Shift Changing The Game? - Major Drivers

<ul><li>SolarEdge's results were a major disappointment as the company failed to meet Wall Street's revenue and earnings expectations.</li><li>They capped the quarter with revenues reaching approximately $725 million.</li><li>In this report, we have carried out a fundamental analysis of the historical financial statements of the company.</li></ul>

SolarEdge's results were a major disappointment as the company failed to meet Wall Street's revenue and earnings expectations.They capped the quarter with revenues reaching approximately $725 million.In this report, we have carried out a fundamental analysis of the historical financial statements of the company.

SolarEdge Technologies.: Shifting Production Strategies Amidst Market Slowdown – A Wise Decision? - Major Drivers

<ul><li>SolarEdge Technologies delivered mixed results in the quarter, with revenues failing to meet analysts' expectations but above-par earnings.</li><li>SolarEdge's solar business generated $947 million in revenue, while its non-solar businesses generated $44 million.</li><li>Their solar business revenue increased due to significant revenues in Europe.</li></ul>

SolarEdge Technologies delivered mixed results in the quarter, with revenues failing to meet analysts' expectations but above-par earnings.SolarEdge's solar business generated $947 million in revenue, while its non-solar businesses generated $44 million.Their solar business revenue increased due to significant revenues in Europe.

SolarEdge Technologies Inc.: Solar-Attached EV Management Solution & Major Developments

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One, Periscope Analytics

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Periscope Analytics

Periscope Analytics focuses on event-driven trades across Asia Pacific and provides comprehensive, timely and systematic coverage of index changes to major Asia Pacific indices in a structured manner.

The analysis includes forecasted inclusions and exclusions to all major Asian indices that have significant amount of tracking assets, including estimates of passive buy/sell flow on the stocks. The service also provides commentary and impact of market consultations, ground rule changes, and other events (IPOs, spin-offs, M&A) that could lead to index changes and passive flow.

Periscope Analytics works with multi-strategy hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, stat arb trading groups and long-only investors that invest and trade in the Asia Pacific region with the data being used to trade index rebalances, avoid pre-positioning and passive flow, and to time entry into and exit from stocks.

Event-Driven Trades Across Asia Pacific

Event-Driven

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/uber-technologies-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:430:1" rel="noopener">Uber Technologies (UBER US)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/jabil-circuit-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:16674:1" rel="noopener">Jabil Circuit (JBL US)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/builders-firstsource-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:4720:1" rel="noopener">Builders Firstsource (BLDR US)</a> will be added to the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/s-p-500-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22886:1" rel="noopener">S&amp;P 500 INDEX (SPX INDEX)</a> at the close on 15 December.</li>
<li>There are a bunch of inclusions. deletions and migrations across the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/s-p-500-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22886:1" rel="noopener">S&amp;P 500 INDEX (SPX INDEX)</a>, the S&amp;P Midcap 400 Index, and the S&amp;P SmallCap 600 Index.</li>
<li>We estimate passive trackers will need to buy around US$18bn of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/uber-technologies-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:430:1" rel="noopener">Uber Technologies (UBER US)</a>. There has been positioning in the stock for just over a month now. </li>
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Uber Technologies (UBER US), Jabil Circuit (JBL US) and Builders Firstsource (BLDR US) will be added to the S&amp;P 500 INDEX (SPX INDEX) at the close on 15 December.
There are a bunch of inclusions. deletions and migrations across the S&amp;P 500 INDEX (SPX INDEX), the S&amp;P Midcap 400 Index, and the S&amp;P SmallCap 600 Index.
We estimate passive trackers will need to buy around US$18bn of Uber Technologies (UBER US). There has been positioning in the stock for just over a month now. 


Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

Travis Lundy

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

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<li>S&amp;P DJI Global Indices on Friday announced the changes to the S&amp;P500, S&amp;P Midcap 400, and S&amp;P 600 to be implement at the close on 17 December. </li>
<li>There were no surprises and the whole exercise is one of rearranging the deckchairs. Stocks move up an index, or down an index, but nothing moves out of the three.</li>
<li>The proprietary S&amp;P data suggests little opportunity, but empirical data suggests otherwise, and as in most cases, the interesting trades are the smaller ones.</li>
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S&amp;P DJI Global Indices on Friday announced the changes to the S&amp;P500, S&amp;P Midcap 400, and S&amp;P 600 to be implement at the close on 17 December. 
There were no surprises and the whole exercise is one of rearranging the deckchairs. Stocks move up an index, or down an index, but nothing moves out of the three.
The proprietary S&amp;P data suggests little opportunity, but empirical data suggests otherwise, and as in most cases, the interesting trades are the smaller ones.


S&P500 Rebalance for December 2021 - Rearranging the Deckchairs

United States

Photronics, Inc. manufactures photomasks, which are high precision quartz plates that contain microscopic images of electronic circuits.  The Company's products are used to transfer circuit patterns onto semiconductor wafers during the fabrication of integrated circuits.  Photronics operates manufacturing facilities in Asia, Europe, and North America.

Cohu, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells semiconductor test handling equipment to semiconductor manufacturers throughout the world.  The Company also manufactures closed circuit television, metal detection, and microwave equipment.

PDF Solutions, Inc. provides infrastructure technologies and services to optimize performance and improve yield of manufactured integrated circuits.  The Company provides its services and technologies to integrated device manufacturers such as Toshiba Corporation and Texas Instruments Incorporated.

Alpha & Omega Semiconductor Ltd. designs and manufactures semiconductors. The Company produces analog switches, power integrated circuits, and transient voltage suppressors for notebook computers, battery pack protection, liquid crystal display backlight inverters, cellular phones, and  digital cameras. Alpha & Omega Semiconductor conducts operations internationally.

SMART Global Holdings, Inc. operates as a holding company. The Company, through its subsidiaries, provides specialty memory solutions. SMART Global Holdings manufactures memory for desktops, notebooks, and servers, as well as mobile memory for smartphones.

Ichor Holdings, Ltd. operates as a holding company. The Company, through its subsidiaries, designs, engineers, and manufactures critical fluid delivery subsystems for semiconductor capital equipment. Ichor Holdings serves customers globally.

Parade Technologies Ltd is a fabless semiconductor company that specialzies in high-speed video interfacing and processing products used in personal computer and consumer electronics applications, such as digital TVs, DVDs, monitors and display panels, and set-top boxes.

Semtech Corporation designs, manufactures, and markets a wide range of analog and mixed-signal semiconductors, including integrated circuits, discrete circuits, and assembly products. The Company's devices are used in computer, communications, industrial, military-aerospace, and automotive applications.

MaxLinear, Inc. provides integrated, radio-frequency analog and mixed-signal semiconductor solutions for broadband communications applications. The Company's products enable the display of broadband video in a wide range of electronic devices, including cable and terrestrial set top boxes, digital televisions, mobile handsets, personal computers, and netbooks.

Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. develops and supplies critical subsystems for the semiconductor capital equipment industry, focusing on gas delivery systems. These gas delivery systems enable the precise delivery of specialty gases used in a majority of the key steps in the semiconductor manufacturing process.

Taiwan Surface Mounting Technology Corp assembles printed circuit boards (PCBs).

Taiwan Surface Mounting Tech Corp. (6278 TT)

Himax Technologies, Inc. designs and manufactures integrated circuits.  The Company produces liquid crystal displays (LCD).

Kinsus Interconnect Technology Corp. manufactures BGA (Ball Grid Array) boards. The Company's products include PBGA (Plastic BGA), MCM (Multi Chip Module) BGA, Mini BGA, TEBGA (Thermal Enhanced BGA), and flip chip substrate boards.

Macronix International Co., Ltd. designs, manufactures, and markets integrated circuits (ICs) as well as memory products.  The Company's products include nonvolatile memory integrated circuits, mask ROM (Read Only Memory), EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM), and flash memory products.  Macronix also produces logic ICs for audio, clock generators, and graphic application devices.

MICRONICS JAPAN CO., LTD. designs, manufactures, and markets probe cards, which are used to inspect semiconductors and integrated circuits (ICs).  The Company also makes wafer probers, probe card testers, IC handlers, and inspection devices used for liquid crystal display (LCD) manufacturing.

CHIPBOND Technology Corporation provides chip packaging service for the IC (Integrated Circuit) industry.  The Company manufactures Gold Bump, TCP (Tape Carrier Packaging), Solder Bump, and COG (Chip on Glass), which are applied to the process of packaging.

Shanghai Sinyang Semiconductor Materials Co. Ltd. develops, produces, and provides services for the electronic chemicals used in the semiconductor industry. The company also provides electronic cleaning and electronic plating core technologies. They develops specialized equipment, such as: chemical materials, equipment, and application process etc.

Shanghai Sinyang Smcndctr Mtls (300236 CH)

EO Technics Co., Ltd. is a laser-based equipment supplier. The Company develops laser technology and applications used for marking, drilling, trimming and cutting.

Techwing Inc., manufactures parts for semiconductor testing equipment. The Company's product includes test handlers, Change of Kit (C.O.K) and test interface boards.  The company's main product, test handlers, is core  semiconductor testing equipment.

Sanken Electric Co., Ltd. manufactures and sells discrete semiconductors such as diodes and transistors, and analog integrated circuits.  The Company also manufactures various kinds of adapters and surge/transient protectors.

SolarEdge Technologies Inc. provides solar power optimization and photovoltaic monitoring solutions. The Company offers optimizers, inverters, monitoring equipment, tools, and accessories for power harvesting, conversion, and efficiency. SolarEdge Technologies serves customers worldwide.

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S&P500 Index Rebalance: Calling an UBER

Passive S&P500 index trackers will need to buy around US$18bn of Uber in two weeks. Positioning in the stock began a month ago and just ahead of Q3...

Brian Freitas

S&P500 Rebalance for December 2021 - Rearranging the Deckchairs

The S&P announced its changes to the S&P500, S&P Midcap 400, and S&P Small 600 Indices. All names moving in and out of these indices are coming...

Travis Lundy

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