Apple: Not Exactly A Bargain Yet

seekingalpha2021-04-07

Summary Apple is still expensive despite a $20 dip in the stock price. The company is forecast to resume growth below the 10% rate starting in FY22. Investors appear willing to assign far too much ...

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ElvinPork
2021-04-10
ElvinPork
Free AAPL STOCK :)
DarkRaven
2021-04-09
DarkRaven
Hold long term and you see better results!
Yoongs
2021-04-07
Yoongs
Wouldn’t fail long term ??

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The whole tech sector reached such stretched valuations that recent dips don't even bring the stocks back into value territory. My investment thesis remains more Neutral on Apple due to limited prospects for the fast growth needed to justify the current stock price.\nImage Source: Apple website\nBack To Normal\nThroughout all of FY21, Apple will go through a period of reporting accelerated growth due to easy COVID-19 comps and the 5G iPhone upgrade cycle. Some of the extra growth is due to COVID-19 pushing out demand from the March quarter last year or shutdowns delaying production of the iPhone 12 until the December quarter and missing FY20 sales. A big portion of the growth is due to the elevated revenues from the new cycle due to 5G that won't repeat in FY22.\nWhat ultimately matters is that growth will normalize back below a 10% annual clip in FY22. If anything, the elevated stock price reduces the terminal EPS growth rates as stock buybacks don't go as far and Apple no longer has the excessive net cash sitting at only $84 billion now. At a $2 trillion market cap, the net cash can only repurchase 4% of the outstanding shares.\nSource: Seeking Alpha earnings estimates page\nDue to the December quarter last year being boosted by iPhone 12 sales, analysts forecast the accelerated growth rates ending in the September quarter this year. In essence, the start of FY22 is now forecasted to coincide with slightly lower earnings followed by normalized earnings growth set to remain below 10% going forward. 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Possible auto manufacturers such as Hyundai (OTCPK:HYMLF) and Kia (OTCPK:KIMTF) don't appear still in talks with Apple.\nTesla (TSLA) is a world class EV manufacturer and the stock just last year passed a $250 billion market cap. The company was generating $25 billion in sales at the time and is on pace to $48 billion in sales this year and over $60 billion next year.\nData by YCharts\nUBS is assigning a valuation to the Apple Car similar to the most valued company in the sector after years of developing and producing market-leading vehicles. Apple hasn't shown any sign the company can produce something outside of the tech space and Tesla will have another three to five years of production lead to extend their dominance in the space.\nWithout the car hype, even UBS only has the stock worth $128 after the price hike. Currently, Apple trades for $126 providing limited upside without assigning massive amounts of valuation to the car segment.\nIn apodcast interview, CEO Tim Cook wouldn't even confirm the company plans to make a car. He did call autonomy a \"core technology\" suggesting Apple plans to invest in the space and figure out a way to provide the integration of software into the AVs of the future. The tech giant is clearly investing in LIDAR technology to develop the tools for AVs considering this award for a lidar patent.\nThe market assigning such a large valuation to a potential product is where the valuation doesn't make sense. The auto space already is crowded with companies making vehicles now and so far companies such as Hyundai and Kia appear unwilling to partner with Apple in manufacturing vehicles designed by the tech giant.\nTakeaway\nThe key investor takeaway is that Apple is far too expensive here despite the recent dip in the stock. Anybody assigning a material value to the hyped Apple Car is taking on excessive risk that is unwarranted. 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