Apple vs. Alphabet vs. Meta: Which Tech Stock Is The Best Value?

The Street2023-02-14

Not long ago, the Apple Maven published a comparison between Apple stock and two of its tech peers: Microsoft and Amazon.Now, we turn to the other two FAAMG peers and ask the same question: is AAPL a ...

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JQC
2023-02-14
JQC
Ok
Chrissimo
2023-02-14
Chrissimo
It's really depends on your investment strategies. Day traders love flutuations, thats how they make money. Long term trader love growth over time. The author mentioned economic downturn but remember economy has It's cycles too, what goes down must come up! There will be time when these stock will sore and stay up for many years before the economy hits another downturn cycle. Like I said, it's all depebds on YOUR investment strategies. Happy trading!
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Longs
2023-02-14
Longs
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Chrissimo
2023-02-14
Chrissimo
Now this is a proper analyzed prognosis. I agreed that APPL is a riskier long term and I fell Apple will have to innovate a bit more, their product lines are getting old. Whereas their competitors are innovating heavily. Apple long term strategies remain to be seen.
V.lye
2023-02-14
V.lye
Ok
Andrewinho
2023-02-14
Andrewinho
All great business!! 🤭🤭🤭

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Is it the predictability of revenues and the consistency of margins? Or should the assessment be qualitative?”Apple’s beta of 1.28 is the highest of the three, which is not a good thing – a high beta means more sensitivity to market moves, hence higher risk. Alphabet’s 1.09 is the lowest, while Meta’s 1.20 sits between the two.Based on the standard metrics, therefore, AAPL is the clear loser in the faceoff against the internet giants: highest P/E, lowest EPS growth projections, and higher beta.So: sell AAPL, buy GOOG and META? Not so fast.The Analysis Gets Interesting…For starters, Apple’s earnings growth opportunities could be understated, considering the company’s imminent entries in the AR/VR and driverless vehicle spaces. But growth debates aside, I think that risk is the trickiest factor to analyze.It may be overly simplistic to equate risk with beta. First, beta is a backward-looking metric that, in this case, considers the share price movements over the past five years. 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Day traders love flutuations, thats how they make money. Long term trader love growth over time. The author mentioned economic downturn but remember economy has It's cycles too, what goes down must come up! There will be time when these stock will sore and stay up for many years before the economy hits another downturn cycle. Like I said, it's all depebds on YOUR investment strategies. Happy trading!","listText":"It's really depends on your investment strategies. Day traders love flutuations, thats how they make money. Long term trader love growth over time. The author mentioned economic downturn but remember economy has It's cycles too, what goes down must come up! There will be time when these stock will sore and stay up for many years before the economy hits another downturn cycle. Like I said, it's all depebds on YOUR investment strategies. Happy trading!","text":"It's really depends on your investment strategies. Day traders love flutuations, thats how they make money. Long term trader love growth over time. The author mentioned economic downturn but remember economy has It's cycles too, what goes down must come up! There will be time when these stock will sore and stay up for many years before the economy hits another downturn cycle. Like I said, it's all depebds on YOUR investment strategies. Happy trading!","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":2,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":19,"commentSize":12,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/9954655941","repostId":1188853980,"repostType":2,"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"comments":[{"id":105791721,"gmtCreate":1676345077590,"gmtModify":1676345080886,"authorId":3578860398815388,"author":{"id":3578860398815388,"authorId":3578860398815388,"name":"OneC","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/d79efe8cb40ab89cc73afcebf2a58e77","vip":1,"crmLevel":6,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"individualDisplayBadges":[]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":9954655941,"type":1,"supId":0,"prevId":0,"content":"<u>k</u>","text":"<u>k</u>","html":"<u>k</u>"},{"id":105791717,"gmtCreate":1676345051214,"gmtModify":1676345079520,"authorId":4101424154342900,"author":{"id":4101424154342900,"authorId":4101424154342900,"name":"ericbqlee","avatar":"https://static.laohu8.com/default-avatar.jpg","vip":1,"crmLevel":6,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"individualDisplayBadges":[]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":9954655941,"type":1,"supId":0,"prevId":0,"content":"🙂","text":"🙂","html":"🙂"},{"id":105791715,"gmtCreate":1676345038414,"gmtModify":1676345064500,"authorId":3573736892864540,"author":{"id":3573736892864540,"authorId":3573736892864540,"name":"Birdiebrog","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/9a217e800cf26e2e49dc4d6354848a33","vip":1,"crmLevel":4,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"individualDisplayBadges":[]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":9954655941,"type":1,"supId":0,"prevId":0,"content":"<span class=\"s1\">J</span>","text":"<span class=\"s1\">J</span>","html":"<span class=\"s1\">J</span>"},{"id":105791710,"gmtCreate":1676345023393,"gmtModify":1676345026570,"authorId":4099735834895830,"author":{"id":4099735834895830,"authorId":4099735834895830,"name":"Hafiz222888","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/0a664884d32e9311fbe5ee8ba4aed228","vip":1,"crmLevel":4,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"individualDisplayBadges":[]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":9954655941,"type":1,"supId":0,"prevId":0,"content":"ok","text":"ok","html":"ok"},{"id":105791700,"gmtCreate":1676344993025,"gmtModify":1676345020087,"authorId":4093914663006090,"author":{"id":4093914663006090,"authorId":4093914663006090,"name":"Martin8888","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/1eac782f65d8d1401a7e7334c082d2bf","vip":1,"crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"individualDisplayBadges":[]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":9954655941,"type":1,"supId":0,"prevId":0,"content":"👍","text":"👍","html":"👍"}],"langContent":"EN"},{"id":9954652677,"gmtCreate":1676344455799,"gmtModify":1676344459843,"author":{"id":"4115290449563752","authorId":"4115290449563752","name":"Longs","avatar":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/824b5073731ab909a8d4e129caa8d995","vip":1,"crmLevel":6,"crmLevelSwitch":0},"htmlText":"👌🏼🙏🏼","listText":"👌🏼🙏🏼","text":"👌🏼🙏🏼","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/9954652677","repostId":1188853980,"repostType":4,"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"EN"},{"id":9954656535,"gmtCreate":1676344243928,"gmtModify":1676344248883,"author":{"id":"4131314249442152","authorId":"4131314249442152","name":"Chrissimo","avatar":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/default-avatar.jpg","vip":1,"crmLevel":1,"crmLevelSwitch":0},"htmlText":"Now this is a proper analyzed prognosis. I agreed that APPL is a riskier long term and I fell Apple will have to innovate a bit more, their product lines are getting old. Whereas their competitors are innovating heavily. Apple long term strategies remain to be seen.","listText":"Now this is a proper analyzed prognosis. I agreed that APPL is a riskier long term and I fell Apple will have to innovate a bit more, their product lines are getting old. Whereas their competitors are innovating heavily. Apple long term strategies remain to be seen.","text":"Now this is a proper analyzed prognosis. I agreed that APPL is a riskier long term and I fell Apple will have to innovate a bit more, their product lines are getting old. Whereas their competitors are innovating heavily. Apple long term strategies remain to be seen.","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/9954656535","repostId":1188853980,"repostType":2,"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"EN"},{"id":9954627060,"gmtCreate":1676340311251,"gmtModify":1676340314620,"author":{"id":"4088902048392220","authorId":"4088902048392220","name":"V.lye","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/7233306780623a2802ebfc0893c0cc52","vip":1,"crmLevel":5,"crmLevelSwitch":1},"htmlText":"Ok","listText":"Ok","text":"Ok","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/9954627060","repostId":1188853980,"repostType":4,"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"EN"},{"id":9954625572,"gmtCreate":1676339150597,"gmtModify":1676339154417,"author":{"id":"3581563418944392","authorId":"3581563418944392","name":"Andrewinho","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/3127e2bc40ab23064a5187a00a63e19b","vip":1,"crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0},"htmlText":"All great business!! 🤭🤭🤭","listText":"All great business!! 🤭🤭🤭","text":"All great business!! 🤭🤭🤭","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":2,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/9954625572","repostId":1188853980,"repostType":4,"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"EN"}],"isCommentEnd":false,"newsSizeData":{"likeSize":59,"commentSize":6,"repostSize":0,"favoriteSize":2,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false},"APP":{"userAgent":"Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; ClaudeBot/1.0; +claudebot@anthropic.com)","isDev":false,"isTTM":true,"deviceId":"web-server-community-laohu8-v3","version":"4.24.2","shortVersion":"4.24.2","platform":"web","vendor":"web","appName":"ttm","isIOS":false,"isAndroid":false,"isTiger":false,"isTHS":false,"isWeiXin":false,"isWeiXinMini":false,"isWeiBo":false,"isQQ":false,"isBaiduSwan":false,"isBaiduBox":false,"isDingTalk":false,"isToutiao":false,"isOnePlus":false,"isHuaWei":false,"isXiaomi":false,"isXiaomiWebView":false,"isOppo":false,"isVivo":false,"isSamsung":false,"isMobile":false},"href":"/m/news/1188853980"}