NEW YORK -- Banc of America
Securities says EMS demand should pick up in the second half as customers exhaust their budgets ahead of the next fiscal year.
"We still expect a second-half seasonal pick-up in demand due to
corporate 'budget flush' and consumer holiday spending," said Banc of
America. "On a year-over-year basis, we see mid-to-high single-digit
growth in IT spending."
The analyst rated
Flextronics and
Benchmark as its best buys, while noting problems at
Solectron and
Sanmina-SCI.