Originally posted Jan 22 on the Woodworth Contrarian News page : https://www.woodworth.fund/news/methode-electronics-mei-a-short-circuit-or-just-a-blown-fuse Brought to you by Drew Millegan & The Woodworth Contrarian Fund If you want to clear a room at a cocktail party in 2026, tell them you’re excited about an auto-parts supplier undergoing a "transformation" during an EV slowdown. If you want to clear the room even faster, mention that its revenue is down double-digits and it just missed earnings.Read more
Methode Electronics is cutting costs and reshaping its operations while pushing deeper into data centers, electric vehicles, and factory automation—areas that could help it rely less on any single market. But its ties to big car customers and fast-changing electronics trends could still swing results, making the path forward less steady than it looks at first glance.Read more
Methode Electronics is trying to reinvent itself by leaning into power equipment for data centers and electrification, while cutting costs and streamlining operations to rebuild profitability. But its heavy reliance on a few big customers means delays or cancellations can quickly derail growth and squeeze results.Read more
Methode Electronics leans heavily on carmakers, and delays in electric-vehicle programs could keep sales choppy while bigger, more tech-focused rivals gain ground. But fast-growing data center products and an internal cost-cutting push could change the story if they scale up in time.Read more
Methode Electronics, Inc. designs, engineers, manufacture, and sells mechatronic products in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. The company operates in four segments: Automotive, Industrial, Interface, and Medical. Its Automotive segment supplies electronic and electro-mechanical devices and related products to automobile original equipment manufacturers directly or through their tiered suppliers. This segment also provides vehicle systems from power distribution solutions, including busbars, smart connect systems, battery disconnect units, and integrated circuit boards, interface components, specialized LED lighting solutions, and advanced sensor applications. The Industrial segment manufactures exterior and interior lighting solutions, industrial safety radio remote controls, braided flexible cables, current-carrying laminated busbars and devices, custom power-product assemblies comprising PowerRail solutions, high-current high-voltage flexible power cabling systems, and powder-coated busbars that are used in various markets and applications, including aerospace, commercial vehicles, data centers, industrial equipment, military, power conversion, telecommunications, and transportation. Its Interface segment provides a variety of high-speed digital communication over copper media solutions for the data networking and broadband markets, and user interface panel solutions for the appliance market; and solutions, including copper transceivers, distribution point units, and solid-state field-effect consumer touch panels. The company serves end markets of transportation, including automotive, commercial vehicle, e-bike, aerospace, bus, and rail; and cloud computing and data center infrastructure, construction equipment, and consumer appliance industries. Methode Electronics, Inc. was incorporated in 1946 and is headquartered in Southfield, Michigan.
