Daily Brief United States: Micron Technology, Chevron Corp, Tesla , Skyward Specialty Insurance Gr, Bitcoin, Arlo Technologies Inc, Symbotic, Patrick Industries, SBC Medical Group Holdings and more

• Q424 revenue $7.8 billion which was $200 million above the guided midpoint, up 14% QoQ and up 93% YoY.
• Q125 revenue of $8.7 billion with gross margin 39.5%. This will be the company’s highest ever quarterly revenue
• On track for ~20% share of a $25 billion HBM market in 2025

• Just two weeks ago, I wrote about how I thought this was a mid-memory cycle.
• I mainly supported the memory companies if you didn’t read between the lines (ChatGPT o1 (Strawberry) and Memory)
• Fast-forward a week, and it seems that the calls for the end of memory were a bit premature.

• Chevron’s Q3 revenue is expected to decline by 7% YoY, with EPS projected to fall 8.9% due to contracting refining margins and lower price realisations.
• The early September plunge in oil prices may further squeeze already tight refining margins. Management anticipates a slowdown in output due to increased maintenance in Q3.
• Chevron became the most shorted large-cap stock in the US in August, with shares shorted increasing by over USD 200 million amid growing bearish sentiment.

• Tesla projects Q3 2024 EV sales of 460,000–470,000, reflecting 8% YoY growth, driven by high demand in China and robust Gigafactory operations. 
• The October 10 Robotaxi event will spotlight Tesla’s Full Self Driving tech, attracting intense investor interest in autonomous transportation’s future prospects. Investors eye a new cheaper Tesla model release.
• Waymo leads the U.S. market, with 100,000+ weekly paid robotaxi trips, intensifying pressure on Tesla to match or surpass this scale in its robotaxi rollout. 

• One of the areas of fintech innovations, seeing significant growth is insurtech. Big data, AI, and IoT have enabled innovations in customer experience, risk assessment, and personalized products.
• Skyward Specialty Insurance Gr (SKWD US)‘s focus on underserved and complex markets, with unique risks, should give the company better growth and margins runway. 
• Integration of proprietary  and collaborative technologies to enhance operational efficiency and customer experience in specific niches makes Skyward very competitive in admitted and  specialty insurance segments. 

• The 2024 U.S. Presidential election is fast approaching, set for November 5.
• On this day, voters will choose whether to elect current Vice President Kamala Harris, a Democrat, for her first full term, or return Republican Donald Trump to the White House.
• In Crypto Moves #28, we highlighted how this year’s presidential election is more centered on the crypto industry than ever before.

• ARLO continues to operate within an industry that is highly price sensitive and dependent on the consumer signing up for paid service. 
• We are lowering our third quarter hardware revenue to reflect the lower pricing environment. ARLO is not a hardware story. The Company placing hardware units leads to paid service subscribers.
• ARLO’s stock has been under pressure since reporting second quarter results most likely to do with concerns over actual number of quarterly retail subscriber adds

• SYM has disclosed one additional customer site location, Cullman, Alabama, in third quarter 2024. This one location brings the total number of sites where customers have accepted SYM’s to twenty.
• We believe the slowdown in system placements and acceptance has continued into the third quarter and the challenges faced in the second quarter are likely to continue.
• SYM has been promising several product placements progressing from backlog to acceptance. We believe this pace has slowed with only one location so far in Q3

• Patrick Industries is a manufacturer and distributor of components for various industries such as recreational vehicles, marine, and manufactured housing
• The company has a history of value creation and shareholder value creation
• Despite being undercovered in the investing community, PATK presents an opportunity for long-term investors due to potential future upside and its competitive landscape in the manufacturing sector

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• Growing Player in Medical Aesthetic Market SBC Medical Group Holdings (SBC- NASDAQ), headquartered in Irvine, California, provides end-to-end solutions for aesthetics clinics, including back office support, purchasing, branding and marketing services (see below), that enable clinics to focus on offering their customers high quality treatments and services at affordable rates.
• SBC Medical Group first began operations in 2000 when its founder and largest shareholder, Dr. Yoshiyuki Aikawa, opened the Shonan Beauty Clinic (SBC) in Fujisawa City, Japan.
• SBC subsequently has expanded its footprint as it continues to grow its network and revenue base.