Tractor Supply Company (NASDAQ:TSCO) Goldman Sachs 31st Annual Global Retailing Conference September 4, 2024 8:55 AM ET Company Participants Hal Lawton - President & CEO Kurt Barton - EVP, CFO & Treasurer Conference Call Participants Kate McShane - Goldman Sachs Kate McShane Okay, thank you. Good morning, everyone. Thank you for joining us for the fireside chat with Tractor Supply this morning. For those of you who don't know, Tractor Supply is a DIY rural lifestyle retailer in the US, with more than 50,000 ...

Biogen Inc. (NASDAQ:BIIB) Morgan Stanley’s 22nd Annual Global Healthcare Conference September 4, 2022 10:00 AM ET Company Participants Mike McDonnell – Chief Financial Officer Priya Singhal – Executive Vice President and Head-Development Conference Call Participants Terence Flynn – Morgan Stanley Terence Flynn Okay, great. I think we're going to get started, but thanks for joining us, everyone. I'm Terence Flynn, the U.S. biopharma analyst at Morgan Stanley. We're very pleased to be hosting Biogen today. Fr ...

Company and Industry Overview * **Company**: Seagate Technology Holdings plc (NASDAQ:STX) * **Industry**: Hard Disk Drive (HDD) manufacturing and storage solutions * **Event**: Citi's 2024 Global TMT Conference, September 4, 2024 Key Points Revenue and Profitability * **Revenue**: Sequential revenue growth of more than 10% expected for Q3 2024, with guidance ranging from $1.05 to $1.40 billion. * **Profitability**: Sequential profit guidance increased from $1.05 to $1.40 billion, with the midpoint of $1.25 billion expected to be surpassed. * **Driver**: Improved mix of 48TB CMR and 28TB SMR drives, along with better pricing than expected. Market Segments * **Cloud**: Cloud segment remains the primary driver of growth, with sequential improvement since September 2023. * **Enterprise OEM**: Enterprise OEM segment starting to improve, driven by server demand and potential AI applications. * **Video Image Application**: Video image application segment expected to contribute to the upcycle in the next few quarters. Demand Drivers * **Data Growth**: Continuous growth in data storage driven by various applications, including AI. * **AI**: AI expected to be a significant demand driver for HDDs, particularly in the long term. * **Capacity**: Focus on profitability and long-term demand, with disciplined capacity management to limit the impact of down cycles. Technology and Product Roadmap * **HAMR**: HAMR technology progressing well, with qualifications in multiple market segments, including enterprise OEM and video image applications. * **Capacity**: HAMR drives expected to achieve 40TB per disk by the end of 2025, with lower cost per terabyte compared to PMR drives. * **Cost**: HAMR drives expected to have similar unit cost as PMR drives, with higher capacity and improved profitability. SSD Cannibalization * **Cloud**: SSD cannibalization not significant in the cloud segment, with HDDs still dominating storage solutions. * **Enterprise**: SSD cannibalization expected to increase in the enterprise space, particularly for low-capacity drives. * **Legacy**: Legacy HDD segments (mission-critical, client, and consumer) expected to decline in importance, with focus shifting to mass capacity and HAMR drives. Capital Allocation * **Debt Reduction**: Focus on reducing debt to approximately $5 billion, with potential share buyback in the future. * **Dividend**: Dividend remains a priority for shareholder return, with protection during the down cycle.

Colgate-Palmolive Company (NYSE:CL) Barclays 17th Annual Global Consumer Staples Conference September 4, 2024 10:30 AM ET Company Participants Noel Wallace - Chief Executive Officer Conference Call Participants Lauren Lieberman - Barclays Lauren Lieberman We're going to get started. Next up this morning, I'm pleased to welcome Colgate-Palmolive's CEO, Noel Wallace, to the stage. Over the past few years, at our conference, Colgate has highlighted the capabilities that has been building that has enabled the C ...

Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT) Citi 2024 Global TMT Conference September 4, 2024 9:10 AM ET Company Participants Brice Hill – Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Global Information Services Conference Call Participants Atif Malik – Citi Atif Malik [Call Starts Abruptly] one of Citi Global TMT Conference. My name is Atif Malik. I cover U.S. semiconductors, semiconductor equipment and networking equipment stocks at Citi. It's my pleasure to welcome Brice Hill, Senior Vice President and C ...

The Toronto-Dominion Bank (NYSE:TD) 25th Annual Scotiabank Financials Summit Conference September 4, 2024 10:25 AM ET Company Participants Bharat Masrani - President and CEO Unidentified Company Representative [Call Started Abruptly] financial penalties and fines are concerned, we announced a provision of $2.6 billion in the quarter. In addition to that, for previous quarter, we took $450 million. Our view is that that's our estimate of what this will cost to get this issue behind us from a fines and settle ...

Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) Bank of America's 2024 Media, Communications and Entertainment Conference September 4, 2024 8:00 AM ET Company Participants Sowmyanarayan Sampath - President & CEO Conference Call Participants David Barden - Bank of America David Barden All right. Good morning, everybody. Thanks for joining us. I'm Dave Barden. I head up US and Canada Telecom and Comm Infrastructure Research, and we're getting started a couple minutes late, but I'm really happy to be able to kick off ou ...

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (NYSE:APD) Jefferies Industrials Conference Call September 4, 2024 8:05 AM ET Company Participants Sidd Manjeshwar - Vice President, Investor Relations Conference Call Participants Laurence Alexander - Jefferies Laurence Alexander So good morning. It's Laurence Alexander with the Jefferies Chemicals team at the Jefferies Industrials Conference on the first day. And joining us right now is Air Products. And with us is Sidd Manjeshwar from Investor Relations. Thank you very mu ...

Royal Bank of Canada (NYSE:RY) Annual Scotiabank Financials Summit September 4, 2024 9:35 AM ET Company Participants Dave McKay - President and Chief Executive Officer Conference Call Participants Meny Grauman - Scotiabank Meny Grauman Welcome, Dave. Good to see you. Dave McKay You got that a bit close. Good morning. Meny Grauman Hope you had a good summer? Dave McKay Year goes by quickly. Meny Grauman That's right. We're back here. I wanted to start off by getting you to give me a pep talk about Canada. Da ...

The Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE:HD) Goldman Sachs 31st Annual Global Retailing Conference September 4, 2024 9:35 AM ET Company Participants Ted Decker – President and Chief Executive Officer Billy Bastek – Executive Vice President-Merchandising Conference Call Participants Kate McShane – Goldman Sachs Kate McShane Hey, good morning. We're going to start our next fireside chat session. It's my pleasure to introduce the members of management team for Home Depot. Ted Decker Good morning. Kate McShane Good morning. ...