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04-13

$Apple(AAPL)$ Apple need to come out the iPhone 16 with AI 🤖 to boost their Apple stock price 👍🏻.

2022-05-13

If Apple drop more tonight, I will buy more 👍🏻

Will Apple and Microsoft Finally Give Way in the Stock Market's Downturn?

2022-11-23

Congratulations to Tiger 🐯. Keep up the good work 👍🏻

UP Fintech Posts US$55.41 Million for 2022 Q3 Revenue

2021-03-25

If Apple drop to $100 I will buy it ??

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2022-05-28

Move up for Apple stocks 🍎👍🏻

Apple Rises Friday to Reclaim Most-Valuable Company Title

2022-05-23

Buying during the dip and hold it for long term investment 🍎👍🏻

Across the World, Apple Faces Macro Pressures

2022-05-19

Yes I agree Apple is a good company to invest. Ifthe price go down, it best to invest 🍎👍🏻. I will buy more of Apple stocks 👍🏻

Apple Stock: What Analysts Think Of This Market Correction

2023-09-18

Apple stock for long term investment 👍🏻

Apple Stock To Climb 38%: The Ultra-Bullish Case Explained

2022-03-04

I can't wait to see the new launch product from Apple

Low-Priced iPhone Will Help AAPL Stock Heat Up After ‘Peak Performance’ Apple Event

2021-03-22

Apple is still a good buy ??

Apple Stock Is Going Down, One Analyst Says. Here’s Why

2022-09-23

If Apple Stock go down to $128 I will buy more toinvest.

Apple: A Word Of Caution From Tim Cook And iPhone 14 Pre-Orders

2022-09-16

Apple stock is good for long term investment 👍🏻

Apple Counts on Upscale Shoppers to Turn Latest iPhone Into Hit

2022-08-18

Great company to invest in 👍🏻

Is Apple "The Perfect Stock To Own In An Economic Downturn"?

2022-09-15

Yay agree Apple is a stock to buy 👍🏻

Why One Top Advisor Is Still Buying Apple and Microsoft Stock

2022-08-01

Yes when Apple stock was going down I buy it. Good company to invest in👍🏻

Apple: Why Bears Should Give In And Own This Stock

2022-07-18

Apple stocks up 🆙👍🏻

Bernstein Raises Apple Q3 Estimates, Citing Strong Supply, "Healthy" Chinese Demand

2022-02-27

Great article 👍🏻

Buffett Full Annual Letter：Apple is One of ‘Four Giants’ Driving the Conglomerate’s Value

2022-05-16

Apple is here to stay 🍎👍🏻. Great company to invest in 🍎👍🏻

Apple: One Big Time Sale

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src=\"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/841d11cc18e9ecc18b74684b7b996ce8\" tg-width=\"750\" tg-height=\"481\"/></p><p>ozgurdonmaz</p><p>Some questions have been answered, while others remain unanswered about Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) and the market. While AAPL was once the foundation that kept the market afloat, in 2024, we learned that the market could go higher without participation from AAPL. Some had wondered when an AAPL car would hit the market, and several weeks ago, AAPL announced that the electric vehicle project would be canceled and resources from Project Titan would be redirected to focus on artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives. </p><p>AAPL shares have declined by 7.01% in 2024 while 5 of the Magnificent 7 are in positive territory, and the SPDR S&amp;P 500 Trust (SPY) is up 7.87% this year. APPL shares are currently caught in a drawdown of -13.53% from their recent highs of $199.62. I think the current sell-off is an opportunity, and while shares could continue lower, I feel AAPL could be the Dark Horse that comes out of nowhere in the 2nd half of 2024 to lead the pack. AAPL is coming off its 2nd most profitable year, and the 2024 fiscal year is starting off stronger than 2023. I don’t believe AAPL’s best days are behind them, and I will be adding to my position as shares decline as I see a long-term opportunity in their ability to change the technology sector.</p><p class=\"t-img-caption\"><img src=\"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/0d66ea2e2c860d3bae2c1d9b89cb7b52\" alt=\"Seeking Alpha\" title=\"Seeking Alpha\" tg-width=\"640\" tg-height=\"333\"/><span>Seeking Alpha</span></p><h2 id=\"id_1915660148\">Following up on my previous Apple Article</h2><p>AAPL shares have cooled off since my last article was published on 11/6/23 (can be read here). Since then, shares have declined by -2.13%, which underperformed the market as the S&amp;P has appreciated by 17.25%. The total return after AAPL’s dividend in this period is -1.88%, as AAPL hasn’t participated in the recent leg of the rally. In that article, I discussed why the negative top-line growth wasn’t a problem for me, as I was more focused on AAPL’s profitability and the ability to grow its EPS. We have seen this before from AAPL as revenue declined YoY in 2019 before a massive 3-year spurt. I am not a short-term investor, and in many cases, my investment horizon is based on a 5–10-year outlook. I wanted to follow up with a new AAPL article because a lot of news has been released, AAPL is starting 2024 out in a stronger position than they did in 2023, and I think AAPL is setting up for another growth spurt over the next several years. Shares of AAPL could decline further, but ultimately, I believe AAPL could be a Dark Horse in the Magnificent 7, and the back half of the year may shock some investors.</p><p class=\"t-img-caption\"><img src=\"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/78a248c52a33a853a79d8f54426821fd\" tg-width=\"640\" tg-height=\"199\"/></p><p>Seeking Alpha</p><h2 id=\"id_646524490\">The risks to investing in Apple</h2><p>Risk and AAPL aren’t frequently used in the same sentence, but every investment comes with some type of risk, even the mighty AAPL. We have seen opportunity cost as a risk in recent months as investing in a standard S&amp;P 500 index fund has drastically outperformed individual shares of AAPL since November. There is also a different type of opportunity cost, which falls on the shoulders of Tim Cook and the executive leadership at AAPL. I don’t think anyone is going to complain about AAPL spending billions on Project Titan only to cancel the project, but this certainly diverted resources away from other areas, both monetary and in human capital. AAPL isn’t a player in the public cloud space, and while they have cloud storage for users, they don’t have an enterprise-level solution the way Microsoft (MSFT) has Azure or Amazon (AMZN) has AWS. AAPL also hasn’t allocated enough resources to date to be a frontrunner in AI, and the opportunity cost for AAPL is that a significant amount of time has been lost, and the competition is embedded throughout these markets. AAPL is also facing lawsuits, and depending on how things shape up with the AAPL store, we could see both AAPL and Alphabet (GOOGL) incur a loss of revenue from in-app purchases. The main risk now is that AAPL has hit its peak and is going to tread water to maintain its current position rather than replicating the innovation that made it the largest company in the world.</p><h2 id=\"id_1184640248\">Apple is setting the tone with the offence, and 2024 is starting off strong</h2><p>When you purchase a share of common stock, you’re an equity owner in a company. It doesn’t matter if you purchase a fractional share, a whole share, or 10,000 shares, the equity that you purchase represents a portion of the revenue and earnings the company purchases. At today’s prices, you’re paying $172.62 per share, which is the current value for all the future cash flow AAPL will generate. AAPL is the most profitable company in the market, followed by Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B), and while it looks like a risk on the environment is emerging in anticipation of entering a lower-rate environment, AAPL is setting the tone for 2024 with immense profitability.</p><p>When I purchase shares in a company, I look at it as owning the underlying entity and the cash-producing operations as 2 separate aspects. When you purchase shares of AAPL, you’re buying in a company that has $40.76 billion in cash, and $32.34 billion in short-term marketable securities, which places their on-hand liquidity at $73.1 billion. Then there is another $99.48 billion in marketable securities under its long-term assets, which brings its total current and non-current cash position to $172.58 billion. There is another $180.94 billion in assets on the balance sheet, and when the liabilities are deducted, the amount of shareholder equity left is $74.1 billion. AAPL has $95.09 billion in term debt on its balance sheet, and while they could write a check and eliminate it tomorrow, its profitability allows them to pay it down as it matures and incur the interest as the cost of doing business due to their level of profitability.</p><p>After looking at the balance sheet, AAPL’s operating business generated $383.29 billion in revenue for the 2023 fiscal year. AAPL produced $169.15 billion in gross profit for a gross profit margin of 44.13%, and after their operating expenses are considered, AAPL is operating at a 29.82% operating margin as its operating income came in at $114.3 billion. The amount of debt on AAPL’s balance sheet doesn’t matter since they generated $125.82 billion in EBITDA, which works out to $2.42 billion in EBITDA per week. To put that into perspective, AAPL is generating more in EBITDA on a weekly basis than many companies produce in a quarter or in some cases, their entire fiscal year. After all the interest expenses and corporate taxes are factored in, AAPL generated $97 billion in net income for 2023, which is $1.87 billion per week in pure profitability. This is why I wish more investors would look past the headlines and look into the financial statements further. Unless you’re a trader or swing investor, selling off AAPL as a long-term investor doesn’t make a lot of sense.</p><p>I am still perplexed as to why investors are losing faith in AAPL after they set the tone with the offense for 2024. In the first quarter of the 2024 fiscal year, AAPL delivered growth across the board from the top line to the bottom line. AAPL generated $119.58 billion in revenue, which was a YoY increase of 2.07% ($2.42 billion). AAPL increased its gross profit by 8.99% ($4.52 billion) YoY to $54.86 billion, which put its gross profit margin at 45.87%. Looking at the bottom line, AAPL delivered a jump of 13.06% ($3.92 billion) in net income YoY to $33.92 billion. On a per-share basis, AAPL was able to grow its basic EPS by $0.30 or 15.87% YoY to $2.19 in Q1.</p><p></p><p class=\"t-img-caption\"><img src=\"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/caef0da7ce44c74550760e2b02a8fb03\" tg-width=\"640\" tg-height=\"285\"/></p><p>Steven Fiorillo, Seeking Alpha</p><p></p><p>The combination of AAPL’s increased profitability and analyst forward estimates has put AAPL closer to a value play. AAPL is trading at 26.31 times their projected 2024 earnings, which is the 3rd lowest valuation in the Magnificent 7. The average forward multiple for the Magnificent 7’s 2024 forward earnings is 33.72 times, which is significantly under AAPL. Looking out to 2026, AAPL trades at 22.19 times their 2026 earnings. If shares of AAPL continue to decline in value and AAPL beats earnings estimates over the next several quarters, then shares could end up trading at less than 20 times their 2026 forward earnings. AAPL has roughly 18.6% of EPS growth on the horizon over the next 2 years, and after setting the tone with the offense in Q1, I think shares look very attractive.</p><p class=\"t-img-caption\"><img src=\"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/fc2a96ad2a482069a5918790c25d9a30\" tg-width=\"640\" tg-height=\"140\"/></p><p>Steven Fiorillo, Seeking Alpha</p><p class=\"t-img-caption\"><img src=\"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/ec9138c3678137f56f1f0c4f0d5cf590\" tg-width=\"640\" tg-height=\"244\"/></p><p>Seeking Alpha</p><h2 id=\"id_2921352569\">Apple’s innovation isn’t over and I believe they will replicate what they did with Services through a combination of investments, AI, and the Apple Vision Pro</h2><p>I don’t feel that the Services business gets enough credit as AAPL has done a fantastic job at generating a reoccurring revenue stream that is on pace to generate $100 billion in 2025. Over the past 6 years, AAPL has increased its Q1 Services revenue by $13.99 billion (153.23%) as its increased from $9.13 billion to $23.12 billion. In 2023, the annualized services revenue increased by 9.05% or $7.07 billion YoY, and in 2024, AAPL is starting out the year by producing 27.13% of its 2023 services revenue in Q1. In the past 6 years, there has only been 1 time where Q4 revenue generated from Services didn’t exceed Q1. Services have become a critical component of AAPL’s revenue mix as it is helping diversify away from generating the majority of revenue from iPhone sales.</p><p class=\"t-img-caption\"><img src=\"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/77834e138b7790daf25ca7c327725464\" tg-width=\"640\" tg-height=\"358\"/></p><p>Steven Fiorillo, Apple</p><p class=\"t-img-caption\"><img src=\"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/8340a6247701b7fcd5e3a1e96e9d6ba8\" tg-width=\"640\" tg-height=\"396\"/></p><p>Steven Fiorillo, Apple</p><p>AAPL delivered the Apple Vision Pro and recently acquired a Canadian startup company DarwinAI, after announcing it would redirect resources from Project Titan to their AI initiatives. AAPL’s upcoming WWDC conference in June is rumoured to focus on generative AI as AAPL could announce new AI tools as part of iOS 18 and a revamped version of SIRI. To think AAPL doesn’t have the ability to innovate the computing space further is a bit shortsighted, considering they have revolutionized the smartphone industry and mobile computing through their tablets. AAPL generates close to $100 billion in annualized profits and has more than $170 billion in liquidity on their balance sheet. AAPL has the means and the engineering proficiency to drive the narrative in future computing.</p><p>I believe the next leg of AAPL’s expansion will be through a combination of hardware sales and increased Services subscriptions. Over the next several years, I see the Apple Vision Pro becoming the size of a pair of Oakley or Ray-Ban sunglasses powered by the iPhone. I think AAPL may acquire brands such as <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/WBD\">Warner Bros. Discovery</a> (WBD) and the Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. (MSGS) for the content libraries and to take these pieces off the table. I think AAPL could get into live sports and expand their Apple TV offerings considerably with acquisitions such as these, as well as sell virtual season tickets to the Knicks and Rangers through Apple Vision Pro. In its current form, it’s just too big, but nobody has a problem wearing glasses for most of the day. I think that mixed reality and virtual computing will lead to increased hardware sales and recurring Services subscriptions for AAPL.</p><p>The next wave of computing could fuel a jump in revenue and profitability the way that we saw in AAPL’s 2021 fiscal year. This could lead to a larger return of capital and more acquisitions in AAPL’s future. Since the 2012 fiscal year, AAPL has returned $839.2 billion to shareholders, of which $651.4 billion was allocated toward buybacks. Over the past decade, AAPL has repurchased 34.1% of its shares outstanding as they decreased the float by 8 billion shares. I don’t think AAPL is going to sit out of the bull market much longer, but they will figure out a way to embed AI into their products and transcend screens in computing. When I think about all of the information that AAPL has on its consumers, I think we will see an evolution in SIRI that allows consumers to harness AI, and they may even create service packages for different types of assistant programs.</p><p></p><p class=\"t-img-caption\"><img src=\"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/f5e7f34aac9a66a30a60dc9d71b19c77\" tg-width=\"640\" tg-height=\"363\"/></p><p>Apple</p><p class=\"t-img-caption\"><img src=\"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/c4e29d7e752db2a4169c32b481244692\" tg-width=\"640\" tg-height=\"288\"/></p><p>Steven Fiorillo, Seeking Alpha</p><h2 id=\"id_2554963169\">Conclusion</h2><p>As investors have gravitated toward companies such as AMZN, Nvidia (NVDA), and <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/META\">Meta Platforms</a> (META), AAPL has been left out of the recent rally as shares are in the red to start 2024. While many are writing AAPL off, I think AAPL could be the Magnificent 7’s dark horse in 2024 that investors don’t see coming. Now that the aspirations of a self-driving EV are finished, AAPL can deploy its resources to the next generation of computing and AI. While shares could get cheaper, I think paying 26.31 times 2024 earnings and 22.19 times 2026 earnings for AAPL will prove to be a solid long-term investment. AAPL already has the consumer-level infrastructure for AI, and I think they will deliver in a big way over the next several years. AAPL will likely keep buying back tens of billions worth of shares each quarter, and as they increase their operational earnings, they will likely beat analyst estimates. Once again, the street could place AAPL on a pestle. I think we will see a second-half rally after the upcoming WWDC conference, and these prices will prove to be a gift over the long term.</p></body></html>","source":"seekingalpha","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Apple: My Dark Horse Of The Magnificent 7 Could Lead The Pack In The Second Half</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; 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While AAPL was once the foundation that kept the market afloat, in 2024, we learned that the market could go higher without participation from AAPL. Some had wondered when an AAPL car would hit the market, and several weeks ago, AAPL announced that the electric vehicle project would be canceled and resources from Project Titan would be redirected to focus on artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives. AAPL shares have declined by 7.01% in 2024 while 5 of the Magnificent 7 are in positive territory, and the SPDR S&P 500 Trust (SPY) is up 7.87% this year. APPL shares are currently caught in a drawdown of -13.53% from their recent highs of $199.62. I think the current sell-off is an opportunity, and while shares could continue lower, I feel AAPL could be the Dark Horse that comes out of nowhere in the 2nd half of 2024 to lead the pack. AAPL is coming off its 2nd most profitable year, and the 2024 fiscal year is starting off stronger than 2023. I don’t believe AAPL’s best days are behind them, and I will be adding to my position as shares decline as I see a long-term opportunity in their ability to change the technology sector.Seeking AlphaFollowing up on my previous Apple ArticleAAPL shares have cooled off since my last article was published on 11/6/23 (can be read here). Since then, shares have declined by -2.13%, which underperformed the market as the S&P has appreciated by 17.25%. The total return after AAPL’s dividend in this period is -1.88%, as AAPL hasn’t participated in the recent leg of the rally. In that article, I discussed why the negative top-line growth wasn’t a problem for me, as I was more focused on AAPL’s profitability and the ability to grow its EPS. We have seen this before from AAPL as revenue declined YoY in 2019 before a massive 3-year spurt. I am not a short-term investor, and in many cases, my investment horizon is based on a 5–10-year outlook. I wanted to follow up with a new AAPL article because a lot of news has been released, AAPL is starting 2024 out in a stronger position than they did in 2023, and I think AAPL is setting up for another growth spurt over the next several years. Shares of AAPL could decline further, but ultimately, I believe AAPL could be a Dark Horse in the Magnificent 7, and the back half of the year may shock some investors.Seeking AlphaThe risks to investing in AppleRisk and AAPL aren’t frequently used in the same sentence, but every investment comes with some type of risk, even the mighty AAPL. We have seen opportunity cost as a risk in recent months as investing in a standard S&P 500 index fund has drastically outperformed individual shares of AAPL since November. There is also a different type of opportunity cost, which falls on the shoulders of Tim Cook and the executive leadership at AAPL. I don’t think anyone is going to complain about AAPL spending billions on Project Titan only to cancel the project, but this certainly diverted resources away from other areas, both monetary and in human capital. AAPL isn’t a player in the public cloud space, and while they have cloud storage for users, they don’t have an enterprise-level solution the way Microsoft (MSFT) has Azure or Amazon (AMZN) has AWS. AAPL also hasn’t allocated enough resources to date to be a frontrunner in AI, and the opportunity cost for AAPL is that a significant amount of time has been lost, and the competition is embedded throughout these markets. AAPL is also facing lawsuits, and depending on how things shape up with the AAPL store, we could see both AAPL and Alphabet (GOOGL) incur a loss of revenue from in-app purchases. The main risk now is that AAPL has hit its peak and is going to tread water to maintain its current position rather than replicating the innovation that made it the largest company in the world.Apple is setting the tone with the offence, and 2024 is starting off strongWhen you purchase a share of common stock, you’re an equity owner in a company. It doesn’t matter if you purchase a fractional share, a whole share, or 10,000 shares, the equity that you purchase represents a portion of the revenue and earnings the company purchases. At today’s prices, you’re paying $172.62 per share, which is the current value for all the future cash flow AAPL will generate. AAPL is the most profitable company in the market, followed by Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B), and while it looks like a risk on the environment is emerging in anticipation of entering a lower-rate environment, AAPL is setting the tone for 2024 with immense profitability.When I purchase shares in a company, I look at it as owning the underlying entity and the cash-producing operations as 2 separate aspects. When you purchase shares of AAPL, you’re buying in a company that has $40.76 billion in cash, and $32.34 billion in short-term marketable securities, which places their on-hand liquidity at $73.1 billion. Then there is another $99.48 billion in marketable securities under its long-term assets, which brings its total current and non-current cash position to $172.58 billion. There is another $180.94 billion in assets on the balance sheet, and when the liabilities are deducted, the amount of shareholder equity left is $74.1 billion. AAPL has $95.09 billion in term debt on its balance sheet, and while they could write a check and eliminate it tomorrow, its profitability allows them to pay it down as it matures and incur the interest as the cost of doing business due to their level of profitability.After looking at the balance sheet, AAPL’s operating business generated $383.29 billion in revenue for the 2023 fiscal year. AAPL produced $169.15 billion in gross profit for a gross profit margin of 44.13%, and after their operating expenses are considered, AAPL is operating at a 29.82% operating margin as its operating income came in at $114.3 billion. The amount of debt on AAPL’s balance sheet doesn’t matter since they generated $125.82 billion in EBITDA, which works out to $2.42 billion in EBITDA per week. To put that into perspective, AAPL is generating more in EBITDA on a weekly basis than many companies produce in a quarter or in some cases, their entire fiscal year. After all the interest expenses and corporate taxes are factored in, AAPL generated $97 billion in net income for 2023, which is $1.87 billion per week in pure profitability. This is why I wish more investors would look past the headlines and look into the financial statements further. Unless you’re a trader or swing investor, selling off AAPL as a long-term investor doesn’t make a lot of sense.I am still perplexed as to why investors are losing faith in AAPL after they set the tone with the offense for 2024. In the first quarter of the 2024 fiscal year, AAPL delivered growth across the board from the top line to the bottom line. AAPL generated $119.58 billion in revenue, which was a YoY increase of 2.07% ($2.42 billion). AAPL increased its gross profit by 8.99% ($4.52 billion) YoY to $54.86 billion, which put its gross profit margin at 45.87%. Looking at the bottom line, AAPL delivered a jump of 13.06% ($3.92 billion) in net income YoY to $33.92 billion. On a per-share basis, AAPL was able to grow its basic EPS by $0.30 or 15.87% YoY to $2.19 in Q1.Steven Fiorillo, Seeking AlphaThe combination of AAPL’s increased profitability and analyst forward estimates has put AAPL closer to a value play. AAPL is trading at 26.31 times their projected 2024 earnings, which is the 3rd lowest valuation in the Magnificent 7. The average forward multiple for the Magnificent 7’s 2024 forward earnings is 33.72 times, which is significantly under AAPL. Looking out to 2026, AAPL trades at 22.19 times their 2026 earnings. If shares of AAPL continue to decline in value and AAPL beats earnings estimates over the next several quarters, then shares could end up trading at less than 20 times their 2026 forward earnings. AAPL has roughly 18.6% of EPS growth on the horizon over the next 2 years, and after setting the tone with the offense in Q1, I think shares look very attractive.Steven Fiorillo, Seeking AlphaSeeking AlphaApple’s innovation isn’t over and I believe they will replicate what they did with Services through a combination of investments, AI, and the Apple Vision ProI don’t feel that the Services business gets enough credit as AAPL has done a fantastic job at generating a reoccurring revenue stream that is on pace to generate $100 billion in 2025. Over the past 6 years, AAPL has increased its Q1 Services revenue by $13.99 billion (153.23%) as its increased from $9.13 billion to $23.12 billion. In 2023, the annualized services revenue increased by 9.05% or $7.07 billion YoY, and in 2024, AAPL is starting out the year by producing 27.13% of its 2023 services revenue in Q1. In the past 6 years, there has only been 1 time where Q4 revenue generated from Services didn’t exceed Q1. Services have become a critical component of AAPL’s revenue mix as it is helping diversify away from generating the majority of revenue from iPhone sales.Steven Fiorillo, AppleSteven Fiorillo, AppleAAPL delivered the Apple Vision Pro and recently acquired a Canadian startup company DarwinAI, after announcing it would redirect resources from Project Titan to their AI initiatives. AAPL’s upcoming WWDC conference in June is rumoured to focus on generative AI as AAPL could announce new AI tools as part of iOS 18 and a revamped version of SIRI. To think AAPL doesn’t have the ability to innovate the computing space further is a bit shortsighted, considering they have revolutionized the smartphone industry and mobile computing through their tablets. AAPL generates close to $100 billion in annualized profits and has more than $170 billion in liquidity on their balance sheet. AAPL has the means and the engineering proficiency to drive the narrative in future computing.I believe the next leg of AAPL’s expansion will be through a combination of hardware sales and increased Services subscriptions. Over the next several years, I see the Apple Vision Pro becoming the size of a pair of Oakley or Ray-Ban sunglasses powered by the iPhone. I think AAPL may acquire brands such as Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) and the Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. (MSGS) for the content libraries and to take these pieces off the table. I think AAPL could get into live sports and expand their Apple TV offerings considerably with acquisitions such as these, as well as sell virtual season tickets to the Knicks and Rangers through Apple Vision Pro. In its current form, it’s just too big, but nobody has a problem wearing glasses for most of the day. I think that mixed reality and virtual computing will lead to increased hardware sales and recurring Services subscriptions for AAPL.The next wave of computing could fuel a jump in revenue and profitability the way that we saw in AAPL’s 2021 fiscal year. This could lead to a larger return of capital and more acquisitions in AAPL’s future. Since the 2012 fiscal year, AAPL has returned $839.2 billion to shareholders, of which $651.4 billion was allocated toward buybacks. Over the past decade, AAPL has repurchased 34.1% of its shares outstanding as they decreased the float by 8 billion shares. I don’t think AAPL is going to sit out of the bull market much longer, but they will figure out a way to embed AI into their products and transcend screens in computing. When I think about all of the information that AAPL has on its consumers, I think we will see an evolution in SIRI that allows consumers to harness AI, and they may even create service packages for different types of assistant programs.AppleSteven Fiorillo, Seeking AlphaConclusionAs investors have gravitated toward companies such as AMZN, Nvidia (NVDA), and Meta Platforms (META), AAPL has been left out of the recent rally as shares are in the red to start 2024. While many are writing AAPL off, I think AAPL could be the Magnificent 7’s dark horse in 2024 that investors don’t see coming. Now that the aspirations of a self-driving EV are finished, AAPL can deploy its resources to the next generation of computing and AI. While shares could get cheaper, I think paying 26.31 times 2024 earnings and 22.19 times 2026 earnings for AAPL will prove to be a solid long-term investment. AAPL already has the consumer-level infrastructure for AI, and I think they will deliver in a big way over the next several years. AAPL will likely keep buying back tens of billions worth of shares each quarter, and as they increase their operational earnings, they will likely beat analyst estimates. Once again, the street could place AAPL on a pestle. I think we will see a second-half rally after the upcoming WWDC conference, and these prices will prove to be a gift over the long term.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":67,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":283031152611392,"gmtCreate":1710125344494,"gmtModify":1710125348079,"author":{"id":"3577583677378683","authorId":"3577583677378683","name":"Moonbyul","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/c3393b4f329ea99dc510e630ecfecd61","crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":1},"themes":[],"htmlText":"Hopefully the iphone 16 they will have AI install in it.&nbsp;","listText":"Hopefully the iphone 16 they will have AI install in it.&nbsp;","text":"Hopefully the iphone 16 they will have AI install in it.","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/283031152611392","repostId":"1125897893","repostType":2,"repost":{"id":"1125897893","pubTimestamp":1710039600,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/1125897893?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2024-03-10 11:00","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Apple: Losing Its Mojo?","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1125897893","media":"Seeking Alpha","summary":"SummaryApple's growth performance has been disappointing recently, with revenues barely growing and operating income stagnating for two years.iPhone sales volume has been struggling in important marke","content":"<html><head></head><body><h2 id=\"id_2371991939\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Summary</h2><ul style=\"\"><li><p>Apple&#39;s growth performance has been disappointing recently, with revenues barely growing and operating income stagnating for two years.</p></li><li><p>iPhone sales volume has been struggling in important markets like China and the U.S. In China, iPhone sales are facing competition from local manufacturers.</p></li><li><p>Apple has been fined €1.8 billion by the EU for market abuse related to the distribution of music-streaming apps, signaling increased regulatory scrutiny.</p></li><li><p>Apple&#39;s current valuation at a 27x FWD P/E appears optimistic against the challenging commercial backdrop, suggesting a revaluation may be warranted.</p></li><li><p>I see Apple fairly valued at $139/ share.</p></li></ul><p class=\"t-img-caption\"><img src=\"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/204988570070d185dbef1b8782c8a78e\" alt=\"Shubhashish5\" title=\"Shubhashish5\" tg-width=\"750\" tg-height=\"500\"/><span>Shubhashish5</span></p><p>I have previously voiced negative sentiment on Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock, as I have been concerned about sluggish commercial momentum and lack of any upside catalysts. Today, reflecting on latest data points, I double down on my bearish assessment. Apple is increasingly looking like the weakling in the Magnificent 7 collection, together with Tesla. In fact, zooming in on the Magnificent 7 stocks, it is noteworthy to point out that in Q4 2023 the group achieved a market-weighted average of 60% YoY operating profit expansion, while Apple contributed an under-performing 11%:</p><ul style=\"\"><li><p>Tesla Q4: -47% YoY</p></li><li><p>Apple Q4: +11% YoY</p></li><li><p>Google Q4: +27% YoY</p></li><li><p>Microsoft Q4: +33% YoY</p></li><li><p>Meta Platforms Q4: +41% YoY</p></li><li><p>Amazon Q4: +388% YoY</p></li><li><p>Nvidia Q4: +980% YoY</p></li></ul><p>Unfortunately for investors, Apple has been delivering a disappointing growth performance for quite some time now: Apples top-line CAGR since December 2021 TTM through December 2023 TTM has been below 1%, while most recent data from China suggests that Apple is aggressively bleeding commercial momentum and market share. Adding to this, the recent heavy $2 billion fine imposed by the EU underscores the broader risk associated with Apple stock. All that said, I argue that Apple does not deserve its 27x FWD P/E multiple, which suggests a 3.7% earnings yield vs. a 4.3% implied yield on the 10 year, risk-free, Treasury. According to my estimates, which anchor on analyst consensus estimates through 2028 and a 8.5% cost of equity, Apple stock should be worth $139/ share.</p><p>For context, Apple stock has under-performed the broad equities market in 2023 and early 2024. For the trailing twelve months, AAPL shares are up about 14%, compared to a gain of approximately 27% for the S&amp;P 500 (SP500).</p><p class=\"t-img-caption\"><img src=\"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/c445ee3d3a1ff535a8eb78637dfecf0d\" alt=\"Seeking Alpha\" title=\"Seeking Alpha\" tg-width=\"640\" tg-height=\"232\"/><span>Seeking Alpha</span></p><h2 id=\"id_213122000\">Apple&#39;s Growth Has Been Disappointing Lately</h2><p>At FWD 27x P/E, Apple stock clearly implies a growth premium compared to both the broader U.S. stock and Treasury market. However, this premium has not been justified by the iPhone makers performance. Referencing Apple&#39;s growth topline performance of over the past 2 years, it is noteworthy to point out that revenues have barely grown. Since TTM December 2021 vs. 2023, compounded annual sales growth was below 1%. And comparing Apple&#39;s TTM revenues for December 2023 with the respective reference in 2022, I highlight that sales have actually contracted by approximately $2 billion.</p><p class=\"t-img-caption\"><img src=\"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/d12bdcbda4d9eac18c261210b168fe42\" alt=\"Apple Financials; Author&#39;s Graph\" title=\"Apple Financials; Author&#39;s Graph\" tg-width=\"640\" tg-height=\"297\"/><span>Apple Financials; Author&#39;s Graph</span></p><p>A similarly negative growth narrative is reflected in Apple&#39;s profit growth: Apples operating income has been stagnating for about two years now.</p><p class=\"t-img-caption\"><img src=\"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/2a848b0540159f15c529d62b5fb6f074\" alt=\"Apple Financials; Author&#39;s Graph\" title=\"Apple Financials; Author&#39;s Graph\" tg-width=\"640\" tg-height=\"263\"/><span>Apple Financials; Author&#39;s Graph</span></p><h3 id=\"id_1004267895\">iPhone Sales Are Topping Out, If Not Contracting Already</h3><p>A key reason often cited for the stagnation in Apple&#39;s fundamentals is the perceived lack of innovation within its established product lines, including the iPhone, iPad, and Mac. This argument suggests that these products, which have historically been core to Apple&#39;s success, are reaching a maturity phase, where significant growth becomes more challenging due to a saturated market and reduced opportunities for groundbreaking advancements. Specifically relating to the iPhone business, which accounts for almost 60% of Apple&#39;s revenue, it is important to note that sales growth is topping out.</p><p>According to research conducted by Counterpoint Global, and data mapped by UBS, it is evident that iPhone sales volume has been struggling in the company&#39;s most important markets, China and the U.S., for quite some time now (<em>Source: UBS Research &amp; Evidence Lab, note on Apple dated 28 February 2024). </em>Specifically relating to China, it is noteworthy to point out an aggressive 24% YoY drop in iPhone sales since the start of 2024, despite reports of significant price reductions on iPhone 15 models by resellers.</p><p class=\"t-img-caption\"><img src=\"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/414c8ff09a5562af82bd6b6c850a500a\" alt=\"UBS Research &amp; Evidence Lab\" title=\"UBS Research &amp; Evidence Lab\" tg-width=\"640\" tg-height=\"260\"/><span>UBS Research &amp; Evidence Lab</span></p><p>Admittedly, the downturn in China reflects broader issues such as reduced consumer demand on the backdrop of a struggling macro economy. However, investors should also acknowledge that in China Apple is facing intensified competition from local manufacturers like Vivo, Huawei, and Honor. The competitive situation is compounded by Huawei&#39;s resurgence in popularity, attributed to nationalist purchasing behaviors and improved technology. This is reflected in market share trends, with Apple losing 24% share of volume, compared to a 64% gain for Huawei over the first six weeks of 2024. For context, China accounts for 19% of Apple&#39;s revenue, most of which is based on iPhone sales (although the exact number has not been disclosed).</p><p class=\"t-img-caption\"><img src=\"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/ee5db3b83fb79e059c9c84187422c7d4\" alt=\"Counterpoint Global; Chart by Bloomberg\" title=\"Counterpoint Global; Chart by Bloomberg\" tg-width=\"608\" tg-height=\"225\"/><span>Counterpoint Global; Chart by Bloomberg</span></p><h3 id=\"id_1423576070\">It Is Too Early To Classify The Vision Pro As A Key Growth Driver</h3><p>I am well aware that Apple recently released the Vision Pro, the company&#39;s major new tech device since the Apple watch in 2012. However, as of today, I argue that betting on the Vision Pro as a key growth driver for Apple should be considered too speculative. In my view, it is important to consider that the Vision Pro represents a significant departure from Apple&#39;s established products like the iPhone, iPad, and Mac, which are known for their mass-market appeal and established consumer bases. The high price and niche appeal could limit its immediate market penetration. Moreover, while the first-generation Vision Pro may showcase Apple&#39;s ability to innovate, its success is crucial but not guaranteed.</p><h2 id=\"id_3171699619\">The EU Fine Is The Beginning Of A Broader Anti-Trust Battle, Not The End</h2><p>With momentum in the device business slowing, Apple&#39;s growth narrative is increasingly reliant on the company&#39;s Services business. On that note, it is encouraging to see that Apple&#39;s revenue from Services has grown at a 20-25% compounded annual growth rate over the past decade, while likely maintaining 25-35% operating margins.</p><p class=\"t-img-caption\"><img src=\"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/0f234953c41d3db149d974e766205145\" alt=\"Apple Financials; Author&#39;s Graph\" title=\"Apple Financials; Author&#39;s Graph\" tg-width=\"640\" tg-height=\"244\"/><span>Apple Financials; Author&#39;s Graph</span></p><p>However, while the commercial momentum in the Services business is encouraging, the regulatory risk is concerning, giving increasing scrutiny for potential monopolistic behavior. The core issue lies in Apple&#39;s exclusive control over app distribution for iOS devices, forcing developers to comply with its terms and fee structures (15-30% of app revenue). Moreover stringent app review processes and restrictive policies have recently raised concerns about stifling competition and innovation.</p><p>On Monday 4th March, Apple has been imposed with a substantial €1.8 billion fine by the European Union, following allegations of market abuse related to the distribution of music-streaming apps via its App Store. In a nutshell, the penalty stems from accusations by Spotify that Apple leveraged its App Store to unfairly restrict competition and elevate prices. And while similar fines have historically had limited impact on the share prices and operations of big tech companies, the recent €1.8 billion EU antitrust fine against Apple may be different, as the fine suggests the beginning of anti-trust scrutiny, rather than the end.</p><p>The EU&#39;s charge against Apple not only targets specific business practices deemed anti-competitive but also aligns with broader regulatory trends aiming to dismantle the monopolistic hold certain companies have within the tech industry. This is highlighted by ongoing investigations and the implementation of new regulations like the Digital Markets Act (DMA), which demands more open tech ecosystems and could significantly alter how companies operate within the EU. Furthermore, this fine arrives amid other antitrust charges against Apple in the EU, including issues surrounding mobile payments technology. This stacks up a scenario where Apple is not just facing a one-off penalty but rather entering a period of heightened regulatory oversight.</p><p>While the App Store business is still growing; in my opinion, the overall risk-reward relating to this business may have shifted to the downside.</p><h2 id=\"id_364079608\">Valuation: Set TP At $139/Share</h2><p>In line with my thesis that Apple is a &#34;mature&#34; business, I like to value the company&#39;s intrinsic worth through a residual earnings model, which anchors on the idea that a valuation should equal a business&#39; discounted future earnings after capital charge. As per the CFA Institute:</p><blockquote><p><em>Conceptually, residual income is net income less a charge (deduction) for common shareholders&#39; opportunity cost in generating net income. It is the residual or remaining income after considering the costs of all of a company&#39;s capital.</em></p></blockquote><p>With regard to my Apple stock valuation model, I make the following assumptions:</p><ul style=\"\"><li><p>To forecast EPS, I anchor on the consensus analyst forecast as available on the Bloomberg Terminal till 2028. I believe taking the consensus is appropriate, as Apple stock is widely followed by analysts (thus, lots of data and estimates available) and taking the consensus smooths out any biases (mine included)</p></li><li><p>To estimate the capital charge, I anchor on Apple&#39;s cost of equity at 8.5%, which is approximately in line with the CAPM framework.</p></li><li><p>For the terminal growth rate after 2025, I apply 3%, which is about 75-100 basis points above the estimated nominal global GDP growth. The growth premium should reflect the elevated potential for technology businesses in general.</p></li></ul><p>Given these assumptions, I calculate a base-case target price for Apple stock of about $139/share.</p><p class=\"t-img-caption\"><img src=\"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/da144b5f1617dfe85301e8109f398f0d\" alt=\"Refinitiv; Company Financials; Author&#39;s Calculations\" title=\"Refinitiv; Company Financials; Author&#39;s Calculations\" tg-width=\"640\" tg-height=\"232\"/><span>Refinitiv; Company Financials; Author&#39;s Calculations</span></p><p>As I argued that my estimates for growth and equity charges may be conservative, I acknowledge that investors may hold varying assumptions regarding these rates. Therefore, I&#39;ve included a sensitivity table to test different scenarios and assumptions. See below.</p><p class=\"t-img-caption\"><img src=\"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/c71230fb7a8a975380ece2313ac6c52f\" alt=\"Refinitiv; Company Financials; Author&#39;s Calculations\" title=\"Refinitiv; Company Financials; Author&#39;s Calculations\" tg-width=\"640\" tg-height=\"168\"/><span>Refinitiv; Company Financials; Author&#39;s Calculations</span></p><h2 id=\"id_464853349\">Investor Takeaway</h2><p>Apple, once a leader among the &#34;Magnificent 7&#34; tech giants, is currently facing growth challenges, reflected in its comparatively lower Q4 YoY operating profit expansion and stagnant top-line growth. Particularly concerning are its struggles in the crucial Chinese market, where it&#39;s losing both momentum and market share, notably impacted by local competitors and broader economic pressures. The introduction of the high-priced Vision Pro headset as a potential new growth avenue remains speculative. Adding to the complexity and risk profile, Apple is navigating a tightening regulatory landscape, particularly highlighted by the recent €1.8 billion EU antitrust fine, signaling potentially the start of increased scrutiny rather than an isolated incident. All this said, Apple&#39;s current valuation at a 27x FWD P/E appears optimistic against this backdrop, suggesting a revaluation may be warranted given the current earnings yield juxtaposition with risk-free Treasury rates. According to my estimates, which anchor on analyst consensus estimates through 2028 and a 8.5% cost of equity, Apple stock should be worth $139/ share.</p></body></html>","source":"seekingalpha","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Apple: Losing Its Mojo?</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nApple: Losing Its Mojo?\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2024-03-10 11:00 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://seekingalpha.com/article/4677116-apple-losing-its-mojo><strong>Seeking Alpha</strong></a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\n<p>SummaryApple's growth performance has been disappointing recently, with revenues barely growing and operating income stagnating for two years.iPhone sales volume has been struggling in important ...</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://seekingalpha.com/article/4677116-apple-losing-its-mojo\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"AAPL":"苹果"},"source_url":"https://seekingalpha.com/article/4677116-apple-losing-its-mojo","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/5a36db9d73b4222bc376d24ccc48c8a4","article_id":"1125897893","content_text":"SummaryApple's growth performance has been disappointing recently, with revenues barely growing and operating income stagnating for two years.iPhone sales volume has been struggling in important markets like China and the U.S. In China, iPhone sales are facing competition from local manufacturers.Apple has been fined €1.8 billion by the EU for market abuse related to the distribution of music-streaming apps, signaling increased regulatory scrutiny.Apple's current valuation at a 27x FWD P/E appears optimistic against the challenging commercial backdrop, suggesting a revaluation may be warranted.I see Apple fairly valued at $139/ share.Shubhashish5I have previously voiced negative sentiment on Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock, as I have been concerned about sluggish commercial momentum and lack of any upside catalysts. Today, reflecting on latest data points, I double down on my bearish assessment. Apple is increasingly looking like the weakling in the Magnificent 7 collection, together with Tesla. In fact, zooming in on the Magnificent 7 stocks, it is noteworthy to point out that in Q4 2023 the group achieved a market-weighted average of 60% YoY operating profit expansion, while Apple contributed an under-performing 11%:Tesla Q4: -47% YoYApple Q4: +11% YoYGoogle Q4: +27% YoYMicrosoft Q4: +33% YoYMeta Platforms Q4: +41% YoYAmazon Q4: +388% YoYNvidia Q4: +980% YoYUnfortunately for investors, Apple has been delivering a disappointing growth performance for quite some time now: Apples top-line CAGR since December 2021 TTM through December 2023 TTM has been below 1%, while most recent data from China suggests that Apple is aggressively bleeding commercial momentum and market share. Adding to this, the recent heavy $2 billion fine imposed by the EU underscores the broader risk associated with Apple stock. All that said, I argue that Apple does not deserve its 27x FWD P/E multiple, which suggests a 3.7% earnings yield vs. a 4.3% implied yield on the 10 year, risk-free, Treasury. According to my estimates, which anchor on analyst consensus estimates through 2028 and a 8.5% cost of equity, Apple stock should be worth $139/ share.For context, Apple stock has under-performed the broad equities market in 2023 and early 2024. For the trailing twelve months, AAPL shares are up about 14%, compared to a gain of approximately 27% for the S&P 500 (SP500).Seeking AlphaApple's Growth Has Been Disappointing LatelyAt FWD 27x P/E, Apple stock clearly implies a growth premium compared to both the broader U.S. stock and Treasury market. However, this premium has not been justified by the iPhone makers performance. Referencing Apple's growth topline performance of over the past 2 years, it is noteworthy to point out that revenues have barely grown. Since TTM December 2021 vs. 2023, compounded annual sales growth was below 1%. And comparing Apple's TTM revenues for December 2023 with the respective reference in 2022, I highlight that sales have actually contracted by approximately $2 billion.Apple Financials; Author's GraphA similarly negative growth narrative is reflected in Apple's profit growth: Apples operating income has been stagnating for about two years now.Apple Financials; Author's GraphiPhone Sales Are Topping Out, If Not Contracting AlreadyA key reason often cited for the stagnation in Apple's fundamentals is the perceived lack of innovation within its established product lines, including the iPhone, iPad, and Mac. This argument suggests that these products, which have historically been core to Apple's success, are reaching a maturity phase, where significant growth becomes more challenging due to a saturated market and reduced opportunities for groundbreaking advancements. Specifically relating to the iPhone business, which accounts for almost 60% of Apple's revenue, it is important to note that sales growth is topping out.According to research conducted by Counterpoint Global, and data mapped by UBS, it is evident that iPhone sales volume has been struggling in the company's most important markets, China and the U.S., for quite some time now (Source: UBS Research & Evidence Lab, note on Apple dated 28 February 2024). Specifically relating to China, it is noteworthy to point out an aggressive 24% YoY drop in iPhone sales since the start of 2024, despite reports of significant price reductions on iPhone 15 models by resellers.UBS Research & Evidence LabAdmittedly, the downturn in China reflects broader issues such as reduced consumer demand on the backdrop of a struggling macro economy. However, investors should also acknowledge that in China Apple is facing intensified competition from local manufacturers like Vivo, Huawei, and Honor. The competitive situation is compounded by Huawei's resurgence in popularity, attributed to nationalist purchasing behaviors and improved technology. This is reflected in market share trends, with Apple losing 24% share of volume, compared to a 64% gain for Huawei over the first six weeks of 2024. For context, China accounts for 19% of Apple's revenue, most of which is based on iPhone sales (although the exact number has not been disclosed).Counterpoint Global; Chart by BloombergIt Is Too Early To Classify The Vision Pro As A Key Growth DriverI am well aware that Apple recently released the Vision Pro, the company's major new tech device since the Apple watch in 2012. However, as of today, I argue that betting on the Vision Pro as a key growth driver for Apple should be considered too speculative. In my view, it is important to consider that the Vision Pro represents a significant departure from Apple's established products like the iPhone, iPad, and Mac, which are known for their mass-market appeal and established consumer bases. The high price and niche appeal could limit its immediate market penetration. Moreover, while the first-generation Vision Pro may showcase Apple's ability to innovate, its success is crucial but not guaranteed.The EU Fine Is The Beginning Of A Broader Anti-Trust Battle, Not The EndWith momentum in the device business slowing, Apple's growth narrative is increasingly reliant on the company's Services business. On that note, it is encouraging to see that Apple's revenue from Services has grown at a 20-25% compounded annual growth rate over the past decade, while likely maintaining 25-35% operating margins.Apple Financials; Author's GraphHowever, while the commercial momentum in the Services business is encouraging, the regulatory risk is concerning, giving increasing scrutiny for potential monopolistic behavior. The core issue lies in Apple's exclusive control over app distribution for iOS devices, forcing developers to comply with its terms and fee structures (15-30% of app revenue). Moreover stringent app review processes and restrictive policies have recently raised concerns about stifling competition and innovation.On Monday 4th March, Apple has been imposed with a substantial €1.8 billion fine by the European Union, following allegations of market abuse related to the distribution of music-streaming apps via its App Store. In a nutshell, the penalty stems from accusations by Spotify that Apple leveraged its App Store to unfairly restrict competition and elevate prices. And while similar fines have historically had limited impact on the share prices and operations of big tech companies, the recent €1.8 billion EU antitrust fine against Apple may be different, as the fine suggests the beginning of anti-trust scrutiny, rather than the end.The EU's charge against Apple not only targets specific business practices deemed anti-competitive but also aligns with broader regulatory trends aiming to dismantle the monopolistic hold certain companies have within the tech industry. This is highlighted by ongoing investigations and the implementation of new regulations like the Digital Markets Act (DMA), which demands more open tech ecosystems and could significantly alter how companies operate within the EU. Furthermore, this fine arrives amid other antitrust charges against Apple in the EU, including issues surrounding mobile payments technology. This stacks up a scenario where Apple is not just facing a one-off penalty but rather entering a period of heightened regulatory oversight.While the App Store business is still growing; in my opinion, the overall risk-reward relating to this business may have shifted to the downside.Valuation: Set TP At $139/ShareIn line with my thesis that Apple is a \"mature\" business, I like to value the company's intrinsic worth through a residual earnings model, which anchors on the idea that a valuation should equal a business' discounted future earnings after capital charge. As per the CFA Institute:Conceptually, residual income is net income less a charge (deduction) for common shareholders' opportunity cost in generating net income. It is the residual or remaining income after considering the costs of all of a company's capital.With regard to my Apple stock valuation model, I make the following assumptions:To forecast EPS, I anchor on the consensus analyst forecast as available on the Bloomberg Terminal till 2028. I believe taking the consensus is appropriate, as Apple stock is widely followed by analysts (thus, lots of data and estimates available) and taking the consensus smooths out any biases (mine included)To estimate the capital charge, I anchor on Apple's cost of equity at 8.5%, which is approximately in line with the CAPM framework.For the terminal growth rate after 2025, I apply 3%, which is about 75-100 basis points above the estimated nominal global GDP growth. The growth premium should reflect the elevated potential for technology businesses in general.Given these assumptions, I calculate a base-case target price for Apple stock of about $139/share.Refinitiv; Company Financials; Author's CalculationsAs I argued that my estimates for growth and equity charges may be conservative, I acknowledge that investors may hold varying assumptions regarding these rates. Therefore, I've included a sensitivity table to test different scenarios and assumptions. See below.Refinitiv; Company Financials; Author's CalculationsInvestor TakeawayApple, once a leader among the \"Magnificent 7\" tech giants, is currently facing growth challenges, reflected in its comparatively lower Q4 YoY operating profit expansion and stagnant top-line growth. Particularly concerning are its struggles in the crucial Chinese market, where it's losing both momentum and market share, notably impacted by local competitors and broader economic pressures. The introduction of the high-priced Vision Pro headset as a potential new growth avenue remains speculative. Adding to the complexity and risk profile, Apple is navigating a tightening regulatory landscape, particularly highlighted by the recent €1.8 billion EU antitrust fine, signaling potentially the start of increased scrutiny rather than an isolated incident. All this said, Apple's current valuation at a 27x FWD P/E appears optimistic against this backdrop, suggesting a revaluation may be warranted given the current earnings yield juxtaposition with risk-free Treasury rates. According to my estimates, which anchor on analyst consensus estimates through 2028 and a 8.5% cost of equity, Apple stock should be worth $139/ share.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":96,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":252197480341800,"gmtCreate":1702605539106,"gmtModify":1702605543842,"author":{"id":"3577583677378683","authorId":"3577583677378683","name":"Moonbyul","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/c3393b4f329ea99dc510e630ecfecd61","crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":1},"themes":[],"htmlText":"<a href=\"https://ttm.financial/S/AAPL\">$Apple(AAPL)$&nbsp;</a>","listText":"<a href=\"https://ttm.financial/S/AAPL\">$Apple(AAPL)$&nbsp;</a>","text":"$Apple(AAPL)$","images":[{"img":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/ec18e7f1a0a15f9978f6c96b9c28d1a4","width":"696","height":"1122"}],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/252197480341800","isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":126,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":1,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":252198036873424,"gmtCreate":1702605501143,"gmtModify":1702605503427,"author":{"id":"3577583677378683","authorId":"3577583677378683","name":"Moonbyul","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/c3393b4f329ea99dc510e630ecfecd61","crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":1},"themes":[],"htmlText":"<a href=\"https://ttm.financial/S/AAPL\">$Apple(AAPL)$&nbsp;</a>","listText":"<a href=\"https://ttm.financial/S/AAPL\">$Apple(AAPL)$&nbsp;</a>","text":"$Apple(AAPL)$","images":[{"img":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/ffb1da04f71ff1a1a6077ee652b3974c","width":"696","height":"1122"}],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/252198036873424","isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":52,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":1,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":221185827459104,"gmtCreate":1695042631852,"gmtModify":1695042638931,"author":{"id":"3577583677378683","authorId":"3577583677378683","name":"Moonbyul","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/c3393b4f329ea99dc510e630ecfecd61","crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":1},"themes":[],"htmlText":"Apple stock for long term investment 👍🏻","listText":"Apple stock for long term investment 👍🏻","text":"Apple stock for long term investment 👍🏻","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":8,"commentSize":1,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/221185827459104","repostId":"1173155077","repostType":2,"repost":{"id":"1173155077","pubTimestamp":1695030900,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/1173155077?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2023-09-18 17:55","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Apple Stock To Climb 38%: The Ultra-Bullish Case Explained","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1173155077","media":"The Street","summary":"Wedbush analyst Dan Ives predicts a 38% rise in Apple stock, driven by iPhone upgrades and services growth. Is this optimistic outlook realistic or just wishful thinking?","content":"<html><head></head><body><ul style=\"\"><li><p>Analyst Dan Ives predicts a 38% upside in Apple stock, citing 250 million iPhone users who haven&#39;t upgraded in over 4 years as potential buyers.</p></li></ul><ul style=\"\"><li><p>Ives believes iPhone 15 pricing and carrier promotions will boost sales by 8-10 million units, with a focus on higher-margin Pro models.</p></li><li><p>Beyond iPhones, Ives sees Apple&#39;s services segment returning to double-digit growth, valuing it at $1.5 trillion and contributing to an overall bullish outlook.</p></li></ul><p>As reported by the Apple Maven recently, <strong>Apple</strong> stock took a hit following the launch of the new iPhone 15. The “sticky point” for investors and traders seems to be pricing: the Cupertino company chose not to mark up its new smartphones, except for the Pro Max.</p><p style=\"text-align: start;\">Despite the recent events, one analyst chose to bump up his target price on AAPL. Wedbush’s Dan Ives now sees Apple stock climbing to $240, a Street-high, which represents an upside opportunity of 38% from current levels.</p><p style=\"text-align: start;\">Below, we talk about how the sell-side shop envisions this rally taking shape over the next several months.</p><p class=\"t-img-caption\"><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/f34425b15d880eea0685f57f1f6bec5f\" alt=\"Unsplash\" title=\"Unsplash\" tg-width=\"1200\" tg-height=\"674\"/><span>Unsplash</span></p><h2 id=\"apple-still-an-iphone-story\" style=\"text-align: start;\">Apple: Still An iPhone Story</h2><p style=\"text-align: start;\">At the core of Dan Ives’ outperform rating is his understanding that the iPhone 15 cycle will surprise analysts and investors to the upside.</p><p style=\"text-align: start;\">The analyst has been talking for a while about a substantial proportion of the current iPhone installed base that will need to upgrade its devices soon – “[approximately] 250 million+ of 1.2 billion iPhone users worldwide have not upgraded their phones in over 4 years”, to be precise.</p><p style=\"text-align: start;\">The icing on the cake was the launch of the iPhone 15, which Dan Ives called “an impressive event”. He believes that the lack of a price increase across all models except the Pro Max will help to sell an additional 8 to 10 million units worldwide, aided in part by carrier promotions.</p><p style=\"text-align: start;\">In addition, Wedbush believes that the mix of Pro models sold in fiscal 2024 will be heavier than the historical average to the tune of about 15 percentage points. If confirmed, this should be a positive to revenues, ASP (average selling price), and likely margins.</p><h2 id=\"but-it-s-not-all-about-the-iphone\" style=\"text-align: start;\">… But It’s Not All About The iPhone</h2><p style=\"text-align: start;\">Lastly, Dan Ives’ price target bump was also grounded on Apple’s services. He sees the segment returning to double-digit growth in a matter of quarters. The analyst values this corner of the business alone, which accounts for only about 20% of total sales, at about $1.5 trillion.</p><p style=\"text-align: start;\">Wedbush’s ultra-bullish case for 38% returns ahead is a combination of the services piece described above and the product portfolio that the analyst values at about $2 trillion.</p><h2 id=\"the-apple-maven-s-take\" style=\"text-align: start;\">The Apple Maven’s Take</h2><p style=\"text-align: start;\">I’ve always found the business of forecasting iPhone cycles a bit speculative. While it is true that Apple has made mistakes in the past (think iPhone 5c), the company has become better over time at anticipating demand and meeting it – that is, when the supply chain is not an issue.</p><p style=\"text-align: start;\">If Dan Ives is correct in his assessment of the upgrade cycle, the opportunity to upgrade 250 million devices at an assumed ASP of $900 suggests $225 billion in potential iPhone sales in fiscal 2024 from upgraders alone. For reference, Apple’s iPhone revenues in fiscal 2022 reached “only” $205 billion.</p><p>On the service side, I see Wedbush’s projection of double-digit growth and a $1.5 trillion valuation as fair and reasonable. In fact, I have explained why I believe that services alone could be worth $2 trillion, using a simple set of assumptions.</p><p style=\"text-align: start;\">For the reasons above, I think that Dan Ives’ price target of $240 for Apple shares is sensical. Nailing the timing of the potential 38% gain, however, is a bit trickier. The direction of economic growth, inflation, and interest rates can pose risks in the short-to-medium terms.</p></body></html>","source":"lsy1610613172068","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Apple Stock To Climb 38%: The Ultra-Bullish Case Explained</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nApple Stock To Climb 38%: The Ultra-Bullish Case Explained\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2023-09-18 17:55 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://www.thestreet.com/apple/stock/apple-stock-to-climb-38-the-ultra-bullish-case-explained><strong>The Street</strong></a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\n<p>Analyst Dan Ives predicts a 38% upside in Apple stock, citing 250 million iPhone users who haven't upgraded in over 4 years as potential buyers.Ives believes iPhone 15 pricing and carrier promotions ...</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.thestreet.com/apple/stock/apple-stock-to-climb-38-the-ultra-bullish-case-explained\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"AAPL":"苹果"},"source_url":"https://www.thestreet.com/apple/stock/apple-stock-to-climb-38-the-ultra-bullish-case-explained","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1173155077","content_text":"Analyst Dan Ives predicts a 38% upside in Apple stock, citing 250 million iPhone users who haven't upgraded in over 4 years as potential buyers.Ives believes iPhone 15 pricing and carrier promotions will boost sales by 8-10 million units, with a focus on higher-margin Pro models.Beyond iPhones, Ives sees Apple's services segment returning to double-digit growth, valuing it at $1.5 trillion and contributing to an overall bullish outlook.As reported by the Apple Maven recently, Apple stock took a hit following the launch of the new iPhone 15. The “sticky point” for investors and traders seems to be pricing: the Cupertino company chose not to mark up its new smartphones, except for the Pro Max.Despite the recent events, one analyst chose to bump up his target price on AAPL. Wedbush’s Dan Ives now sees Apple stock climbing to $240, a Street-high, which represents an upside opportunity of 38% from current levels.Below, we talk about how the sell-side shop envisions this rally taking shape over the next several months.UnsplashApple: Still An iPhone StoryAt the core of Dan Ives’ outperform rating is his understanding that the iPhone 15 cycle will surprise analysts and investors to the upside.The analyst has been talking for a while about a substantial proportion of the current iPhone installed base that will need to upgrade its devices soon – “[approximately] 250 million+ of 1.2 billion iPhone users worldwide have not upgraded their phones in over 4 years”, to be precise.The icing on the cake was the launch of the iPhone 15, which Dan Ives called “an impressive event”. He believes that the lack of a price increase across all models except the Pro Max will help to sell an additional 8 to 10 million units worldwide, aided in part by carrier promotions.In addition, Wedbush believes that the mix of Pro models sold in fiscal 2024 will be heavier than the historical average to the tune of about 15 percentage points. If confirmed, this should be a positive to revenues, ASP (average selling price), and likely margins.… But It’s Not All About The iPhoneLastly, Dan Ives’ price target bump was also grounded on Apple’s services. He sees the segment returning to double-digit growth in a matter of quarters. The analyst values this corner of the business alone, which accounts for only about 20% of total sales, at about $1.5 trillion.Wedbush’s ultra-bullish case for 38% returns ahead is a combination of the services piece described above and the product portfolio that the analyst values at about $2 trillion.The Apple Maven’s TakeI’ve always found the business of forecasting iPhone cycles a bit speculative. While it is true that Apple has made mistakes in the past (think iPhone 5c), the company has become better over time at anticipating demand and meeting it – that is, when the supply chain is not an issue.If Dan Ives is correct in his assessment of the upgrade cycle, the opportunity to upgrade 250 million devices at an assumed ASP of $900 suggests $225 billion in potential iPhone sales in fiscal 2024 from upgraders alone. For reference, Apple’s iPhone revenues in fiscal 2022 reached “only” $205 billion.On the service side, I see Wedbush’s projection of double-digit growth and a $1.5 trillion valuation as fair and reasonable. In fact, I have explained why I believe that services alone could be worth $2 trillion, using a simple set of assumptions.For the reasons above, I think that Dan Ives’ price target of $240 for Apple shares is sensical. Nailing the timing of the potential 38% gain, however, is a bit trickier. The direction of economic growth, inflation, and interest rates can pose risks in the short-to-medium terms.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":272,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[{"author":{"id":"4111842224562182","authorId":"4111842224562182","name":"DailyTrader7","avatar":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/221e86f826e5d51d2c15d2af518a6f07","crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0},"content":"Totally agreed 👌🏼","text":"Totally agreed 👌🏼","html":"Totally agreed 👌🏼"}],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":9941321198,"gmtCreate":1679993986014,"gmtModify":1679993990463,"author":{"id":"3577583677378683","authorId":"3577583677378683","name":"Moonbyul","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/c3393b4f329ea99dc510e630ecfecd61","crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":1},"themes":[],"htmlText":"A good&nbsp;&nbsp;article 👍🏻","listText":"A good&nbsp;&nbsp;article 👍🏻","text":"A good article 👍🏻","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/9941321198","repostId":"1181502388","repostType":2,"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":343,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":9957628568,"gmtCreate":1677228761054,"gmtModify":1677228765593,"author":{"id":"3577583677378683","authorId":"3577583677378683","name":"Moonbyul","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/c3393b4f329ea99dc510e630ecfecd61","crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":1},"themes":[],"htmlText":"That is great for Apple to have another revenue for the company 👍🏻","listText":"That is great for Apple to have another revenue for the company 👍🏻","text":"That is great for Apple to have another revenue for the company 👍🏻","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":1,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/9957628568","repostId":"2313616861","repostType":2,"repost":{"id":"2313616861","pubTimestamp":1677222201,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/2313616861?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2023-02-24 15:03","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Apple's Secret Plans to Dominate (Another) $16 Billion Market","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=2313616861","media":"Motley Fool","summary":"A covert project dating back to the Steve Jobs era may soon come to fruition.","content":"<html><head></head><body><p><b>Apple</b> has made no secret about its ambitions in the healthcare market. Over the past several years, the company has developed a custom chip to process data from the health and wellness sensors on the Apple Watch, partnered with the Department of Veterans Affairs to jump-start the Health Records feature on the iPhone, and debuted a heart rate monitor in the Apple Watch that can detect potentially life-threatening spikes in a user&#39;s heart rate.</p><p>Now, Apple has set its sights on helping those with diabetes.</p><h2>A secret project</h2><p>Apple is working on a top-secret project that will help the company make additional inroads into the healthcare field, according to a report by Bloomberg. This mission, which has been kept under wraps for more than a decade, involves measuring a diabetic&#39;s sugar levels without the need to draw blood -- one of the more painful aspects of a patient&#39;s ongoing disease-management regimen.</p><p>Apple has developed a non-invasive way to test blood glucose levels employing a specialized silicon photonics chip for use in a process known as optical absorption spectroscopy. While it sounds rather complicated, it&#39;s actually quite simple. The process uses a laser to shine a light, in a specific wavelength, into the skin. By measuring how much light is reflected back, the system can measure the amount of glucose -- or blood sugar -- present.</p><p>Apple has achieved major milestones recently, according to the report, and has reached the proof-of-concept stage, showing that the technology is feasible. Apple eventually plans to integrate the glucose monitoring technology into the Apple Watch.</p><h2>Solving a common complaint</h2><p>One of the biggest challenges for those who suffer from diabetes is keeping tabs on blood sugar levels. In most instances, this involves the patient pricking their finger and using a drop of blood to determine glucose levels by using an in-home testing kit. For the average diabetic, blood sugar testing is recommended between four and 10 times per day, resulting in a lot of finger sticks, which can quickly become a painful process.</p><p>There are other, less painful methods.</p><p>Several companies -- including <b>DexCom</b> and <b>Abbott Laboratories</b>, among others -- offer continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) solutions that measure glucose levels in real time, 24 hours per day, while allowing patients to track changes over time. These systems involve a wire or sensor inserted under the skin, which continuously detects and updates blood sugar levels, sending the information to a monitoring device worn by the patient. These systems also have limitations, as the sensor must be changed every seven to 14 days.</p><h2>A sizable market</h2><p>This could be big business for Apple. It&#39;s estimated that more than 10% of the U.S. population, or roughly 34 million people, have diabetes. Worldwide, about 537 million people suffer from the disease, but that number is expected to jump to 643 million by 2030 and 783 million by 2045.</p><p>If Apple is successful in its endeavor, the company could quickly make progress in the CGM market, which is expected to top $16 billion by 2030.</p><p>While this would no doubt be a positive development for Apple shareholders, it&#39;s also important to put it in context. In the company&#39;s fiscal 2022 (which ended Sept. 24, 2022), Apple generated revenue of nearly $394 billion, so even if the tech titan dominated the market, the new market would be a drop in the bucket compared to existing revenue.</p><p>That said, Apple never stops innovating, creating a sticky and ever-expanding ecosystem for its iPhone users, who now number more than 1.5 billion. That&#39;s just one of many reasons Apple stock is a buy.</p></body></html>","source":"fool_stock","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Apple's Secret Plans to Dominate (Another) $16 Billion Market</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nApple's Secret Plans to Dominate (Another) $16 Billion Market\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2023-02-24 15:03 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://www.fool.com/investing/2023/02/23/apples-secret-plans-to-dominate-a-16-billion-marke/><strong>Motley Fool</strong></a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\n<p>Apple has made no secret about its ambitions in the healthcare market. Over the past several years, the company has developed a custom chip to process data from the health and wellness sensors on the ...</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.fool.com/investing/2023/02/23/apples-secret-plans-to-dominate-a-16-billion-marke/\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"AAPL":"苹果"},"source_url":"https://www.fool.com/investing/2023/02/23/apples-secret-plans-to-dominate-a-16-billion-marke/","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"2313616861","content_text":"Apple has made no secret about its ambitions in the healthcare market. Over the past several years, the company has developed a custom chip to process data from the health and wellness sensors on the Apple Watch, partnered with the Department of Veterans Affairs to jump-start the Health Records feature on the iPhone, and debuted a heart rate monitor in the Apple Watch that can detect potentially life-threatening spikes in a user's heart rate.Now, Apple has set its sights on helping those with diabetes.A secret projectApple is working on a top-secret project that will help the company make additional inroads into the healthcare field, according to a report by Bloomberg. This mission, which has been kept under wraps for more than a decade, involves measuring a diabetic's sugar levels without the need to draw blood -- one of the more painful aspects of a patient's ongoing disease-management regimen.Apple has developed a non-invasive way to test blood glucose levels employing a specialized silicon photonics chip for use in a process known as optical absorption spectroscopy. While it sounds rather complicated, it's actually quite simple. The process uses a laser to shine a light, in a specific wavelength, into the skin. By measuring how much light is reflected back, the system can measure the amount of glucose -- or blood sugar -- present.Apple has achieved major milestones recently, according to the report, and has reached the proof-of-concept stage, showing that the technology is feasible. Apple eventually plans to integrate the glucose monitoring technology into the Apple Watch.Solving a common complaintOne of the biggest challenges for those who suffer from diabetes is keeping tabs on blood sugar levels. In most instances, this involves the patient pricking their finger and using a drop of blood to determine glucose levels by using an in-home testing kit. For the average diabetic, blood sugar testing is recommended between four and 10 times per day, resulting in a lot of finger sticks, which can quickly become a painful process.There are other, less painful methods.Several companies -- including DexCom and Abbott Laboratories, among others -- offer continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) solutions that measure glucose levels in real time, 24 hours per day, while allowing patients to track changes over time. These systems involve a wire or sensor inserted under the skin, which continuously detects and updates blood sugar levels, sending the information to a monitoring device worn by the patient. These systems also have limitations, as the sensor must be changed every seven to 14 days.A sizable marketThis could be big business for Apple. It's estimated that more than 10% of the U.S. population, or roughly 34 million people, have diabetes. Worldwide, about 537 million people suffer from the disease, but that number is expected to jump to 643 million by 2030 and 783 million by 2045.If Apple is successful in its endeavor, the company could quickly make progress in the CGM market, which is expected to top $16 billion by 2030.While this would no doubt be a positive development for Apple shareholders, it's also important to put it in context. In the company's fiscal 2022 (which ended Sept. 24, 2022), Apple generated revenue of nearly $394 billion, so even if the tech titan dominated the market, the new market would be a drop in the bucket compared to existing revenue.That said, Apple never stops innovating, creating a sticky and ever-expanding ecosystem for its iPhone users, who now number more than 1.5 billion. That's just one of many reasons Apple stock is a buy.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":217,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":9956854309,"gmtCreate":1673969529302,"gmtModify":1676538910663,"author":{"id":"3577583677378683","authorId":"3577583677378683","name":"Moonbyul","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/c3393b4f329ea99dc510e630ecfecd61","crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":1},"themes":[],"htmlText":"That is great news for apple New chips 👍🏻","listText":"That is great news for apple New chips 👍🏻","text":"That is great news for apple New chips 👍🏻","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":5,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/9956854309","repostId":"1129692049","repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"1129692049","weMediaInfo":{"introduction":"Providing stock market headlines, business news, financials and earnings ","home_visible":1,"media_name":"Tiger Newspress","id":"1079075236","head_image":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/8274c5b9d4c2852bfb1c4d6ce16c68ba"},"pubTimestamp":1673964561,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/1129692049?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2023-01-17 22:09","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Apple Announces New Macs With Its Most Powerful Chips yet","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1129692049","media":"Tiger Newspress","summary":"Apple announced new Macs on Tuesday that can be purchased with either M2 Pro or M2 Max chips, the mo","content":"<html><head></head><body><p>Apple announced new Macs on Tuesday that can be purchased with either M2 Pro or M2 Max chips, the most powerful Apple silicon yet.</p><p>The company unveiled refreshes to its 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro laptops, both of which can now be configured with the latest processors. Apple also announced an update to its Mac mini computer with support for the M2 Pro or M2 Max. All will be available beginning Jan. 24, although customers can order the computers beginning Tuesday.</p><p>The Mac Mini starts at $599 while the new 14-inch MacBook Pro starts at $1,999. The $16-inch model will cost at least $2,499.</p></body></html>","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Apple Announces New Macs With Its Most Powerful Chips yet</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nApple Announces New Macs With Its Most Powerful Chips yet\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n<a class=\"head\" href=\"https://laohu8.com/wemedia/1079075236\">\n\n\n<div class=\"h-thumb\" style=\"background-image:url(https://static.tigerbbs.com/8274c5b9d4c2852bfb1c4d6ce16c68ba);background-size:cover;\"></div>\n\n<div class=\"h-content\">\n<p class=\"h-name\">Tiger Newspress </p>\n<p class=\"h-time\">2023-01-17 22:09</p>\n</div>\n\n</a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<html><head></head><body><p>Apple announced new Macs on Tuesday that can be purchased with either M2 Pro or M2 Max chips, the most powerful Apple silicon yet.</p><p>The company unveiled refreshes to its 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro laptops, both of which can now be configured with the latest processors. Apple also announced an update to its Mac mini computer with support for the M2 Pro or M2 Max. All will be available beginning Jan. 24, although customers can order the computers beginning Tuesday.</p><p>The Mac Mini starts at $599 while the new 14-inch MacBook Pro starts at $1,999. The $16-inch model will cost at least $2,499.</p></body></html>\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"AAPL":"苹果"},"source_url":"","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1129692049","content_text":"Apple announced new Macs on Tuesday that can be purchased with either M2 Pro or M2 Max chips, the most powerful Apple silicon yet.The company unveiled refreshes to its 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro laptops, both of which can now be configured with the latest processors. Apple also announced an update to its Mac mini computer with support for the M2 Pro or M2 Max. All will be available beginning Jan. 24, although customers can order the computers beginning Tuesday.The Mac Mini starts at $599 while the new 14-inch MacBook Pro starts at $1,999. The $16-inch model will cost at least $2,499.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":126,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":9951180383,"gmtCreate":1673422063643,"gmtModify":1676538834120,"author":{"id":"3577583677378683","authorId":"3577583677378683","name":"Moonbyul","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/c3393b4f329ea99dc510e630ecfecd61","crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":1},"themes":[],"htmlText":"If Apple stock drop to below $100&nbsp;I will buy more of it 👍🏻","listText":"If Apple stock drop to below $100&nbsp;I will buy more of it 👍🏻","text":"If Apple stock drop to below $100 I will buy more of it 👍🏻","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":6,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/9951180383","repostId":"2302019578","repostType":2,"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":82,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":9959328051,"gmtCreate":1672909039974,"gmtModify":1676538756968,"author":{"id":"3577583677378683","authorId":"3577583677378683","name":"Moonbyul","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/c3393b4f329ea99dc510e630ecfecd61","crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":1},"themes":[],"htmlText":"Yes agree that Apple is slowing down now. it will go back up 🆙 again 👍🏻🍎","listText":"Yes agree that Apple is slowing down now. it will go back up 🆙 again 👍🏻🍎","text":"Yes agree that Apple is slowing down now. it will go back up 🆙 again 👍🏻🍎","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":1,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/9959328051","repostId":"1158672379","repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"1158672379","pubTimestamp":1672887501,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/1158672379?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2023-01-05 10:58","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Apple Price Target Cut At Wedbush But Firm Sees Resilient Demand","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1158672379","media":"Markets Insider","summary":"Apple's price target was cut by more than 12% to $175 at Wedbush Securities on Wednesday.Demand head","content":"<html><head></head><body><ul><li>Apple&#39;s price target was cut by more than 12% to $175 at Wedbush Securities on Wednesday.</li><li>Demand headwinds are creeping into Apple&#39;s growth story but the overall picture is more resilient than Wall Street is seeing, the firm said.</li><li>Analyst Dan Ives said Apple &#34;should remain a Rock of Gibraltar name into 2023.&#34;</li></ul><p>Apple&#39;s price target was yanked lower at Wedbush Securities on Wednesday, but upcoming iPhone sales are seen blunting demand worries that contributed to pulling the stock under a $2 trillion market valuation.</p><p>Shares of Apple tacked on about 2% on Wednesday following their 3.7% drop on Tuesday after a report from Nikkei said demand is weakening for MacBooks, AirPods, and Apple Watches. That fall wiped out more than $80 billion in market value and left Apple below a $2 trillion market cap, tough it&#39;s now back above that threshold.</p><p>Fears of a softer holiday December quarter on China supply shortages hurt shares as trading got underway in 2023, said Wedbush on Wednesday. It cut its price target on Apple by 12% to $175 from $200 and held onto its outperform rating.</p><p>Analysts said Asia supply chain checks &#34;are clearly mixed&#34; heading into the next few quarters and Apple appeared to be cutting back on some orders for Macs, iPads, and AirPods to reflect a softening consumer environment.</p><p>&#34;That said, the core iPhone 14 Pro demand appears to be more stable than feared and is still coming out of the supply chain abyss seen in November/December due to the zero-Covid lockdowns in China/Foxconn,&#34; wrote analyst Dan Ives. &#34;While March and June could see some cutting of iPhone orders (iPhone 14 Plus remains a major strikeout), we believe the overall demand environment is more resilient than the Street is anticipating and thus we believe baked into the stock is a massive amount of bad news ahead.&#34;</p><p>Wedbush said Apple remains its favorite tech name, and Apple&#39;s March quarter should benefit from demand for iPhones after roughly 8 million to 10 million units were pushed out of the December quarter because of supply chain issues.</p><p>Meanwhile, Apple&#39;s underlying demand story still has more than 200 million iPhone units that haven&#39;t been upgraded in about four years. Also, the upcoming iPhone 15 is expected to be released in the autumn alongside an augmented reality/virtual reality headset dubbed Apple Glasses.</p><p>The new $175 price target reflects a more base-case valuation in an uncertain environment with some demand headwinds starting to creep into Apple&#39;s growth story, said Ives. On a sum-of-the-parts valuation, however, Wedbush continues to believe $200 is the right valuation for Apple reflecting its core services business.</p><p>Apple stock slumped by 26% slump in 2022, hit in part by ongoing supply chain problems in China and a ramp-up in interest rates that hammered large-cap tech stocks as a whole. The Nasdaq Composite ended 2022 with a loss of 33%.</p><p>&#34;While tech stocks remain enemy #1 on the Street now in the rising rate environment/hawkish Fed, Apple remains the laser focus of the tech bears as this name has held up much better than the rest of the beaten down tech sector over the past year,&#34; said Ives.</p><p>&#34;To this point, we believe Apple has a unique installed base demand story that can withstand the Category 5 macro pressures around the corner better than its tech peers and should remain a Rock of Gibraltar name into 2023.&#34;</p></body></html>","source":"marketsinsider","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Apple Price Target Cut At Wedbush But Firm Sees Resilient Demand</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; 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That fall wiped out more than $80 billion in market value and left Apple below a $2 trillion market cap, tough it's now back above that threshold.Fears of a softer holiday December quarter on China supply shortages hurt shares as trading got underway in 2023, said Wedbush on Wednesday. It cut its price target on Apple by 12% to $175 from $200 and held onto its outperform rating.Analysts said Asia supply chain checks \"are clearly mixed\" heading into the next few quarters and Apple appeared to be cutting back on some orders for Macs, iPads, and AirPods to reflect a softening consumer environment.\"That said, the core iPhone 14 Pro demand appears to be more stable than feared and is still coming out of the supply chain abyss seen in November/December due to the zero-Covid lockdowns in China/Foxconn,\" wrote analyst Dan Ives. \"While March and June could see some cutting of iPhone orders (iPhone 14 Plus remains a major strikeout), we believe the overall demand environment is more resilient than the Street is anticipating and thus we believe baked into the stock is a massive amount of bad news ahead.\"Wedbush said Apple remains its favorite tech name, and Apple's March quarter should benefit from demand for iPhones after roughly 8 million to 10 million units were pushed out of the December quarter because of supply chain issues.Meanwhile, Apple's underlying demand story still has more than 200 million iPhone units that haven't been upgraded in about four years. Also, the upcoming iPhone 15 is expected to be released in the autumn alongside an augmented reality/virtual reality headset dubbed Apple Glasses.The new $175 price target reflects a more base-case valuation in an uncertain environment with some demand headwinds starting to creep into Apple's growth story, said Ives. On a sum-of-the-parts valuation, however, Wedbush continues to believe $200 is the right valuation for Apple reflecting its core services business.Apple stock slumped by 26% slump in 2022, hit in part by ongoing supply chain problems in China and a ramp-up in interest rates that hammered large-cap tech stocks as a whole. The Nasdaq Composite ended 2022 with a loss of 33%.\"While tech stocks remain enemy #1 on the Street now in the rising rate environment/hawkish Fed, Apple remains the laser focus of the tech bears as this name has held up much better than the rest of the beaten down tech sector over the past year,\" said Ives.\"To this point, we believe Apple has a unique installed base demand story that can withstand the Category 5 macro pressures around the corner better than its tech peers and should remain a Rock of Gibraltar name into 2023.\"","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":81,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":9926635692,"gmtCreate":1671533563117,"gmtModify":1676538551428,"author":{"id":"3577583677378683","authorId":"3577583677378683","name":"Moonbyul","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/c3393b4f329ea99dc510e630ecfecd61","crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":1},"themes":[],"htmlText":"Apple stocks is a long term investment 🍎👍🏻","listText":"Apple stocks is a long term investment 🍎👍🏻","text":"Apple stocks is a long term investment 🍎👍🏻","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":6,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/9926635692","repostId":"1137007217","repostType":2,"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":217,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":9962528328,"gmtCreate":1669811004064,"gmtModify":1676538247950,"author":{"id":"3577583677378683","authorId":"3577583677378683","name":"Moonbyul","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/c3393b4f329ea99dc510e630ecfecd61","crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":1},"themes":[],"htmlText":"Yes Apple 🍎 stock long term investment 👍🏻","listText":"Yes Apple 🍎 stock long term investment 👍🏻","text":"Yes Apple 🍎 stock long term investment 👍🏻","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":0,"commentSize":1,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/9962528328","repostId":"2287504938","repostType":2,"repost":{"id":"2287504938","pubTimestamp":1669779600,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/2287504938?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2022-11-30 11:40","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Is Apple a Must-Own Stock in 2023?","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=2287504938","media":"Motley Fool","summary":"There's still room for Apple to grow.","content":"<html><head></head><body><p>Every so often, a company comes along and has so much success that many investors end up retiring millionaires by simply going along for the ride. <b>Apple</b> is one of those companies. The tech giant has seen success matched by very few in history, and it has been rightfully earned. After all, it has world-class products, top-tier brand loyalty, and a bank account that other companies can only dream of having.</p><p>Past results are great, but a company&#39;s future outlook should be driving investing decisions. And although it&#39;s the largest public company in the world with a market cap of over $2.4 trillion -- more than <b>Amazon</b>, <b>Berkshire Hathaway</b> and <b>Tesla</b> combined -- there&#39;s still room for noticeable growth for Apple.</p><p>Here&#39;s why it&#39;s a must-own for 2023.</p><h2>Apple is just getting started in the finance industry</h2><p>Apple first began its journey into the financial services space in 2014 with the announcement of Apple Pay, which allowed people to pay from their iPhones. However, this move was seen as more about convenience than Apple making its way into the space. Then came 2019 and the announcement of the Apple Card -- a sign Apple was clearly taking a step in that direction.</p><p>With the Apple Card, Apple relied on <b>Goldman Sachs</b> to approve applications and fund the loans, which is why when they announced Apple Pay Later -- their move into the buy now, pay later space -- it was no longer a mystery whether Apple was serious about becoming a player in the financial services industry. Apple Pay Later is the first time Apple is underwriting and funding loans by itself.</p><p>Apple has an advantage that no other financial institution can duplicate: Its iPhone is in more than 100 million hands in the U.S. Between the iPhone&#39;s world-class technology and the convenience it can provide, the company&#39;s play into the financial services space is bound to test even the most formidable of financial technology (fintech) competitors.</p><h2>The iPhone still reigns supreme</h2><p>The iPhone is arguably the greatest consumer product ever made; it has quite literally changed the world. Apple reportedly spent over $150 million developing the original iPhone, and to say they&#39;ve reaped the returns on their investments would be the understatement of the century. In its 2022 fiscal year, Apple brought in $394.3 billion in revenue -- roughly $28.5 billion more than it did in 2021. The iPhone accounted for more than half of that, bringing in $205.4 billion.</p><p>The fact that the iPhone managed to increase its sales in a year defined by inflation not seen in decades is very telling of its power. In fact, this year was the first time ever that more people in the U.S. used an iPhone than an Android phone. That&#39;s a remarkable milestone when you consider the iPhone&#39;s market share growth and much higher price point.</p><p>As long as the iPhone is padding Apple&#39;s bottom line, there&#39;s no reason to believe it won&#39;t continue to be one of the biggest cash cows you&#39;ll see from any business in any industry.</p><h2>Apple is ramping up its research and development</h2><p>Apple has historically spent a smaller portion of its revenue on research and development (R&amp;D) than its other Big Tech competitors like Alphabet and Amazon. In 2020, here&#39;s how much the three companies spent on R&amp;D and the percentage that was of their net sales:</p><ul><li><b>Alphabet</b>: $27.6 billion (15%)</li><li><b>Amazon</b>: $42.7 billion (11%)</li><li><b>Apple</b>: $18.8 billion (7%)</li></ul><p>In 2021, Apple&#39;s R&amp;D budget increased to $21.9 billion, and in 2022, it jumped up to $26.2 billion -- a company record. Although this still represents a relatively low percentage of Apple&#39;s revenue, it&#39;s a sign the company isn&#39;t getting complacent and is putting more emphasis on taking advantage of potential growth opportunities.</p></body></html>","source":"fool_stock","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Is Apple a Must-Own Stock in 2023?</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nIs Apple a Must-Own Stock in 2023?\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2022-11-30 11:40 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://www.fool.com/investing/2022/11/29/is-apple-a-must-own-stock-in-2023/><strong>Motley Fool</strong></a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\n<p>Every so often, a company comes along and has so much success that many investors end up retiring millionaires by simply going along for the ride. Apple is one of those companies. The tech giant has ...</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.fool.com/investing/2022/11/29/is-apple-a-must-own-stock-in-2023/\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"AAPL":"苹果"},"source_url":"https://www.fool.com/investing/2022/11/29/is-apple-a-must-own-stock-in-2023/","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"2287504938","content_text":"Every so often, a company comes along and has so much success that many investors end up retiring millionaires by simply going along for the ride. Apple is one of those companies. The tech giant has seen success matched by very few in history, and it has been rightfully earned. After all, it has world-class products, top-tier brand loyalty, and a bank account that other companies can only dream of having.Past results are great, but a company's future outlook should be driving investing decisions. And although it's the largest public company in the world with a market cap of over $2.4 trillion -- more than Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and Tesla combined -- there's still room for noticeable growth for Apple.Here's why it's a must-own for 2023.Apple is just getting started in the finance industryApple first began its journey into the financial services space in 2014 with the announcement of Apple Pay, which allowed people to pay from their iPhones. However, this move was seen as more about convenience than Apple making its way into the space. Then came 2019 and the announcement of the Apple Card -- a sign Apple was clearly taking a step in that direction.With the Apple Card, Apple relied on Goldman Sachs to approve applications and fund the loans, which is why when they announced Apple Pay Later -- their move into the buy now, pay later space -- it was no longer a mystery whether Apple was serious about becoming a player in the financial services industry. Apple Pay Later is the first time Apple is underwriting and funding loans by itself.Apple has an advantage that no other financial institution can duplicate: Its iPhone is in more than 100 million hands in the U.S. Between the iPhone's world-class technology and the convenience it can provide, the company's play into the financial services space is bound to test even the most formidable of financial technology (fintech) competitors.The iPhone still reigns supremeThe iPhone is arguably the greatest consumer product ever made; it has quite literally changed the world. Apple reportedly spent over $150 million developing the original iPhone, and to say they've reaped the returns on their investments would be the understatement of the century. In its 2022 fiscal year, Apple brought in $394.3 billion in revenue -- roughly $28.5 billion more than it did in 2021. The iPhone accounted for more than half of that, bringing in $205.4 billion.The fact that the iPhone managed to increase its sales in a year defined by inflation not seen in decades is very telling of its power. In fact, this year was the first time ever that more people in the U.S. used an iPhone than an Android phone. That's a remarkable milestone when you consider the iPhone's market share growth and much higher price point.As long as the iPhone is padding Apple's bottom line, there's no reason to believe it won't continue to be one of the biggest cash cows you'll see from any business in any industry.Apple is ramping up its research and developmentApple has historically spent a smaller portion of its revenue on research and development (R&D) than its other Big Tech competitors like Alphabet and Amazon. In 2020, here's how much the three companies spent on R&D and the percentage that was of their net sales:Alphabet: $27.6 billion (15%)Amazon: $42.7 billion (11%)Apple: $18.8 billion (7%)In 2021, Apple's R&D budget increased to $21.9 billion, and in 2022, it jumped up to $26.2 billion -- a company record. Although this still represents a relatively low percentage of Apple's revenue, it's a sign the company isn't getting complacent and is putting more emphasis on taking advantage of potential growth opportunities.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":182,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":9962163783,"gmtCreate":1669735858742,"gmtModify":1676538233059,"author":{"id":"3577583677378683","authorId":"3577583677378683","name":"Moonbyul","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/c3393b4f329ea99dc510e630ecfecd61","crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":1},"themes":[],"htmlText":"Well done for Apple Pay 👍🏻","listText":"Well done for Apple Pay 👍🏻","text":"Well done for Apple Pay 👍🏻","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":1,"commentSize":1,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/9962163783","repostId":"2287590574","repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"2287590574","pubTimestamp":1669727980,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/2287590574?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2022-11-29 21:19","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Apple Pay Is on Fire This Holiday Season","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=2287590574","media":"Yahoo Finance","summary":"Apple Pay is having a moment.In a new note Tuesday, Deutsche Bank analyst Bryan Keane wrote that hol","content":"<html><head></head><body><p>Apple Pay is having a moment.</p><p>In a new note Tuesday, Deutsche Bank analyst Bryan Keane wrote that holiday spending data out of Salesforce shows Apple Pay adoption is growing at an &#34;extremely rapid pace&#34; this holiday season with 52% year-over-year growth.</p><p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/c1eb6db85271fef7b4eec6c9759db882\" tg-width=\"938\" tg-height=\"670\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\"/>Apple Pay is having a moment. (Deutsche Bank)</p><p>Apple Pay&#39;s surge seems to be coming at the expense of long-time dominant player <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/PYPL\">PayPal</a>: Keane noted that PayPal adoption has fallen 8% year over globally.</p><p>Apple Pay and PayPal now make up about 5% and 16%, respectively of global e-commerce purchases.</p><p>The diverging paths of Apple Pay and PayPal come amid a broader mixed start to the holiday shopping season as shoppers balk at inflationary prices.</p><p>Consumers spent spent $6.3 billion online through 6PM ET on Cyber Monday, <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/ADBE\">Adobe</a> data showed. Adobe expects that when all the numbers are tallied, Cyber Monday will haul in a record $11.2 billion to $11.6 billion online as consumers sought out deep promotions (and got them).</p><p>&#34;Continuing our checks of the unofficial kick-off to holiday, Cyber Monday showed headline promotions that were largely Deeper year over year, inclusive of several connected fitness companies (Peloton, Mirror, Ergatta),&#34; BMO Capital Markets analyst Simeon Siegel wrote in a note.</p><p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/951e2ec90bb5703b99d624a02edbdd51\" tg-width=\"3500\" tg-height=\"2282\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\"/>A man uses an iPhone 7 smartphone to demonstrate the mobile payment service Apple Pay at a cafe in Moscow, Russia, on October 3, 2016. REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev</p><p>Adobe said Black Friday weekend spending only rose 4.4% from the prior year to $9.5 billion. For the holiday season to date (Nov. 1 to Nov. 27), consumers have spent $96.42 billion online, up 2.1% year over year.</p><p>U.S. retail sales on Black Friday were up 12% year-over-year excluding automotive, according to Mastercard SpendingPulse data. That was below Mastercard&#39;s projection of 15% growth.</p></body></html>","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Apple Pay Is on Fire This Holiday Season</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nApple Pay Is on Fire This Holiday Season\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2022-11-29 21:19 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/apple-pay-is-on-fire-this-holiday-season-chart-115242855.html><strong>Yahoo Finance</strong></a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\n<p>Apple Pay is having a moment.In a new note Tuesday, Deutsche Bank analyst Bryan Keane wrote that holiday spending data out of Salesforce shows Apple Pay adoption is growing at an \"extremely rapid pace...</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://finance.yahoo.com/news/apple-pay-is-on-fire-this-holiday-season-chart-115242855.html\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"AAPL":"苹果"},"source_url":"https://finance.yahoo.com/news/apple-pay-is-on-fire-this-holiday-season-chart-115242855.html","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"2287590574","content_text":"Apple Pay is having a moment.In a new note Tuesday, Deutsche Bank analyst Bryan Keane wrote that holiday spending data out of Salesforce shows Apple Pay adoption is growing at an \"extremely rapid pace\" this holiday season with 52% year-over-year growth.Apple Pay is having a moment. (Deutsche Bank)Apple Pay's surge seems to be coming at the expense of long-time dominant player PayPal: Keane noted that PayPal adoption has fallen 8% year over globally.Apple Pay and PayPal now make up about 5% and 16%, respectively of global e-commerce purchases.The diverging paths of Apple Pay and PayPal come amid a broader mixed start to the holiday shopping season as shoppers balk at inflationary prices.Consumers spent spent $6.3 billion online through 6PM ET on Cyber Monday, Adobe data showed. Adobe expects that when all the numbers are tallied, Cyber Monday will haul in a record $11.2 billion to $11.6 billion online as consumers sought out deep promotions (and got them).\"Continuing our checks of the unofficial kick-off to holiday, Cyber Monday showed headline promotions that were largely Deeper year over year, inclusive of several connected fitness companies (Peloton, Mirror, Ergatta),\" BMO Capital Markets analyst Simeon Siegel wrote in a note.A man uses an iPhone 7 smartphone to demonstrate the mobile payment service Apple Pay at a cafe in Moscow, Russia, on October 3, 2016. REUTERS/Maxim ZmeyevAdobe said Black Friday weekend spending only rose 4.4% from the prior year to $9.5 billion. For the holiday season to date (Nov. 1 to Nov. 27), consumers have spent $96.42 billion online, up 2.1% year over year.U.S. retail sales on Black Friday were up 12% year-over-year excluding automotive, according to Mastercard SpendingPulse data. That was below Mastercard's projection of 15% growth.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":232,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":9968605056,"gmtCreate":1669196798375,"gmtModify":1676538165886,"author":{"id":"3577583677378683","authorId":"3577583677378683","name":"Moonbyul","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/c3393b4f329ea99dc510e630ecfecd61","crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":1},"themes":[],"htmlText":"A very good article 👍🏻","listText":"A very good article 👍🏻","text":"A very good article 👍🏻","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/9968605056","repostId":"2285863548","repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"2285863548","pubTimestamp":1669165202,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/2285863548?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2022-11-23 09:00","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Apple: The Last FANG Standing","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=2285863548","media":"Seekingalpha","summary":"The Fall From the TopTo this day, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is an exciting company, and the giant tech st","content":"<html><head></head><body><h2>The Fall From the Top</h2><p>To this day, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is an exciting company, and the giant tech stock has held up like no other major tech company during this downturn. I wrote about the epic drop coming for tech stocks in late November last year, right as the market peaked. Well, some of the declines surpassed even my expectations. So, let&#39;s look at how top-tech stocks have performed during this downturn.</p><h2><b>Bear Market Peak to Trough Declines</b></h2><ul><li><a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/META\">Meta Platforms</a> (META): 74%</li><li>Amazon (AMZN): 55%</li><li>Netflix (NFLX): 75%</li><li>Alphabet (GOOG) (GOOGL): 45%</li><li>Nvidia (NVDA): 69%</li><li>Advanced Micro Devices (AMD): 67%</li><li>Tesla (TSLA): 58%</li><li>Microsoft (MSFT): 40%</li><li>Apple: 28%</li></ul><p>&#34;FANG&#34; stocks went through considerable declines ranging from 40-75% during the bear market phase. However, one giant tech stock stood out, declining by just 28% during the recent tech drop. I&#39;ve been a fan of Apple for many years, not just the stock but the company&#39;s products. I still have my iPhone 12 Pro Max, which I purchased for $1,300 last year. Moreover, I&#39;ve been shopping for a new notebook and decided to upgrade to the MacBook Pro 14 version. However, perhaps the best Apple purchase was investing in the company&#39;s stock in 2007 when the iPhone came out.</p><p><b>Apple 15-Year Chart</b></p><p></p><p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/d2e40b56a7fcdf6e0d617ae9739bb504\" tg-width=\"640\" tg-height=\"417\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\"/></p><p>AAPL (macrotrends.com)</p><p>Remarkably, the stock was only around $3 (split adjusted) back then. Apple&#39;s stock has been one of the top performers in this time frame, appreciating by approximately 6,000% (trough to peak). Apple is an excellent company with extraordinary earnings potential. The company also produces arguably the best products in the world, and the company&#39;s services business continues booming. Despite the likelihood of near-term volatility, Apple stock&#39;s downside is probably limited. Moreover, the company&#39;s growth prospects and profitability potential should improve, enabling Apple&#39;s stock price to appreciate considerably in the coming years.</p><h2>The Apple Advantage</h2><p>The iPhone accounts for a substantial portion of Apple&#39;s revenues. The iPhone segment raked in approximately $205.5 billion last year, accounting for roughly 52% of total sales. However, the iPhone remains hugely popular in the U.S. and globally and should continue increasing sales as the company moves forward.</p><p></p><p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/c1febbb809434b24e3b45b9f69a098f6\" tg-width=\"640\" tg-height=\"427\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\"/></p><p>U.S. smartphone market share (couterpointresearch.com)</p><p>The iPhone dominates in the U.S. with about a 50% smartphone market share. Many consumers consider Apple&#39;s products superior in quality, and once on an iPhone, many customers become lifelong users. This dynamic separates the iPhone from the Android market. Consumers have several producers to choose from in the Android market, but at the end of the day, there is only one iPhone producer, Apple. Therefore, we should continue seeing robust demand in the U.S., and iPhone sales should continue growing globally.</p><p></p><p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/9991067830ed1a4a7ca2a503ce4501a8\" tg-width=\"640\" tg-height=\"457\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\"/></p><p>Global smartphone share (counterpointresearch.com)</p><p>Globally, Apple&#39;s smartphone market share is only about 16%, second to Samsung&#39;s 21% market share. Therefore, Apple has significant opportunities for growth outside of the U.S. market, and the company could expand its market share substantially in the coming years. While Samsung makes an excellent cellphone, Apple is still the Apple. The new S22 has fantastic features, but the iPhone 14 wins in many categories.</p><p>Also, there is just something about the iPhone that makes it a status symbol in many countries. I&#39;ve visited many countries, and in many places, there is nothing more prestigious than having the latest iPhone in your pocket. Therefore, we should continue to see iPhone sales increasing, especially as the downturn concludes, leading to substantially higher revenues for Apple.</p><p><b>Apple&#39;s Revenues</b></p><p></p><p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/94e59aafd97a4c359527a3451375c13c\" tg-width=\"640\" tg-height=\"313\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\"/></p><p>Apple revenues (businessquant.com)</p><p>Apple&#39;s revenue has exploded, reaching nearly $400 billion last (fiscal) year. We&#39;ve seen a 73% revenue increase since 2013, and we should continue seeing revenue growth from here.</p><p><b>Revenue by Segment</b></p><p></p><p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/c4bac139075d16dd164699c0b8cd7c6a\" tg-width=\"640\" tg-height=\"329\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\"/></p><p>Segment revenues (businessquant.com)</p><p><b>Revenue Breakdown</b></p><p></p><p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/dafd49eca7cebc39c194cbd7524898ae\" tg-width=\"640\" tg-height=\"153\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\"/></p><p>Segment revenues (businessquant.com)</p><p>After being stagnant for several years, Mac revenues have shot up lately, increasing from around $25-26 billion in 2017-2019 to more than $40 billion last year, an increase of 60%. Therefore, the Mac business is working and should continue generating growth and profitability in future years. Services continue doing exceptionally well, growing revenues by a whopping 160% over the last five years. iPhone revenues have surged by 50% in just two years. Perhaps the most exciting segment, &#34;other&#34; revenues, have skyrocketed by 240% in the last five years. Total revenues have increased by 43% over the previous two years.</p><h2>What We Should See From Apple Moving Forward</h2><p><b>Revenue Estimates</b></p><p></p><p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/cdbc2ac111d88928e53ea99d38968619\" tg-width=\"640\" tg-height=\"245\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\"/></p><p>Revenue estimates (seekingalpha.com)</p><p>Revenues should continue increasing from here. Consensus estimates are for around <i>$520 billion</i> in revenues in fiscal 2027, but Apple may do better. Apple is accustomed to surpassing analysts&#39; revenue and EPS estimates, and the company should continue outperforming expectations.</p><p><b>Recent Earnings</b></p><p>Recently, Apple reported revenues of $90.15 billion (8.1% YoY increase), exceeding expectations of $88.9 billion. Q4 EPS came in at $1.29, a beat by two cents. iPhone revenues increased by about 10% YoY, Mac revenues surged by 25% over last year, Other products increased by about 10%, and services came in 5% higher over last year. Despite a challenging economic landscape, Apple continues to perform exceptionally well, bringing in solid growth YoY. Once the downturn concludes, we should see more robust growth, leading to outperformance over current consensus analysts&#39; figures. Many analysts predict 3-7% revenue growth in the next few years, but we may see 5-10% growth, leading to substantially higher revenues and profitability potential as the company advances.</p><p><b>EPS Earnings Surprise</b></p><p></p><p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/615154027ce88f0ba2e763c8a9f77c6e\" tg-width=\"640\" tg-height=\"180\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\"/></p><p>Earnings surprise (seekingalpha.com)</p><p>Apple has surprised higher in each of its last twelve earnings announcements, and this trend should continue as we advance. If the trend continues, we could see 5-10% EPS beats in future quarters.</p><p><b>EPS Expectations</b></p><p></p><p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/bfec0d8d8ea7db5f8516043b74ffa83e\" tg-width=\"640\" tg-height=\"239\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\"/></p><p>EPS growth (seekingalpha.com)</p><p>Due to the general pessimism surrounding the downturn, consensus EPS estimates are very modest here. We see expeditions of approximately 5% annual growth in the next few years. However, as economic conditions improve, we can see 10-15% EPS growth from Apple in future years.</p><h3><b>Here&#39;s what Apple&#39;s financials could look like moving forward:</b></h3><table><tbody><tr><td>Year (fiscal)</td><td>2022</td><td>2023</td><td>2024</td><td>2025</td><td>2026</td><td>2027</td><td>2028</td><td>2029</td></tr><tr><td>Revenue Bs</td><td>$394</td><td>$420</td><td>$450</td><td>$480</td><td>$520</td><td>$555</td><td>$595</td><td>$640</td></tr><tr><td>Revenue growth</td><td>8%</td><td>7%</td><td>7%</td><td>7%</td><td>8%</td><td>7%</td><td>7%</td><td>7%</td></tr><tr><td>EPS</td><td>$6.11</td><td>$6.80</td><td>$7.30</td><td>$8.10</td><td>$9</td><td>$10</td><td>$11.50</td><td>$13</td></tr><tr><td>Forward P/E</td><td>22</td><td>23</td><td>24</td><td>25</td><td>24</td><td>23</td><td>22</td><td>22</td></tr><tr><td>Stock price</td><td>$150</td><td>$170</td><td>$195</td><td>$225</td><td>$240</td><td>$265</td><td>$286</td><td>$330</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: The Financial Prophet</p><h2>What Price to Buy Apple</h2><p>Apple may be mildly expensive today at about 22 times forward earnings estimates, but we should see multiple expansion in future years. I have Apple&#39;s valuation peaking at about 25 in 2025, but that is a relatively modest forecast. We could see Apple&#39;s forward P/E ratio increase to 30 or higher when the economy rebounds, sentiment improves, and demand for high-quality stocks increases. However, as we are currently in a slowdown, I recommend stepping back into Apple at about an 18-20 forward P/E ratio, providing a target entry price of around <i>$120-135</i>. That is the price range I prefer to enter a long-term position, as Apple&#39;s stock price will likely appreciate considerably in future years.</p></body></html>","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Apple: The Last FANG Standing</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nApple: The Last FANG Standing\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2022-11-23 09:00 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://seekingalpha.com/article/4559954-apple-stock-the-last-fang-standing><strong>Seekingalpha</strong></a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\n<p>The Fall From the TopTo this day, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is an exciting company, and the giant tech stock has held up like no other major tech company during this downturn. I wrote about the epic drop ...</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://seekingalpha.com/article/4559954-apple-stock-the-last-fang-standing\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"AAPL":"苹果"},"source_url":"https://seekingalpha.com/article/4559954-apple-stock-the-last-fang-standing","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"2285863548","content_text":"The Fall From the TopTo this day, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is an exciting company, and the giant tech stock has held up like no other major tech company during this downturn. I wrote about the epic drop coming for tech stocks in late November last year, right as the market peaked. Well, some of the declines surpassed even my expectations. So, let's look at how top-tech stocks have performed during this downturn.Bear Market Peak to Trough DeclinesMeta Platforms (META): 74%Amazon (AMZN): 55%Netflix (NFLX): 75%Alphabet (GOOG) (GOOGL): 45%Nvidia (NVDA): 69%Advanced Micro Devices (AMD): 67%Tesla (TSLA): 58%Microsoft (MSFT): 40%Apple: 28%\"FANG\" stocks went through considerable declines ranging from 40-75% during the bear market phase. However, one giant tech stock stood out, declining by just 28% during the recent tech drop. I've been a fan of Apple for many years, not just the stock but the company's products. I still have my iPhone 12 Pro Max, which I purchased for $1,300 last year. Moreover, I've been shopping for a new notebook and decided to upgrade to the MacBook Pro 14 version. However, perhaps the best Apple purchase was investing in the company's stock in 2007 when the iPhone came out.Apple 15-Year ChartAAPL (macrotrends.com)Remarkably, the stock was only around $3 (split adjusted) back then. Apple's stock has been one of the top performers in this time frame, appreciating by approximately 6,000% (trough to peak). Apple is an excellent company with extraordinary earnings potential. The company also produces arguably the best products in the world, and the company's services business continues booming. Despite the likelihood of near-term volatility, Apple stock's downside is probably limited. Moreover, the company's growth prospects and profitability potential should improve, enabling Apple's stock price to appreciate considerably in the coming years.The Apple AdvantageThe iPhone accounts for a substantial portion of Apple's revenues. The iPhone segment raked in approximately $205.5 billion last year, accounting for roughly 52% of total sales. However, the iPhone remains hugely popular in the U.S. and globally and should continue increasing sales as the company moves forward.U.S. smartphone market share (couterpointresearch.com)The iPhone dominates in the U.S. with about a 50% smartphone market share. Many consumers consider Apple's products superior in quality, and once on an iPhone, many customers become lifelong users. This dynamic separates the iPhone from the Android market. Consumers have several producers to choose from in the Android market, but at the end of the day, there is only one iPhone producer, Apple. Therefore, we should continue seeing robust demand in the U.S., and iPhone sales should continue growing globally.Global smartphone share (counterpointresearch.com)Globally, Apple's smartphone market share is only about 16%, second to Samsung's 21% market share. Therefore, Apple has significant opportunities for growth outside of the U.S. market, and the company could expand its market share substantially in the coming years. While Samsung makes an excellent cellphone, Apple is still the Apple. The new S22 has fantastic features, but the iPhone 14 wins in many categories.Also, there is just something about the iPhone that makes it a status symbol in many countries. I've visited many countries, and in many places, there is nothing more prestigious than having the latest iPhone in your pocket. Therefore, we should continue to see iPhone sales increasing, especially as the downturn concludes, leading to substantially higher revenues for Apple.Apple's RevenuesApple revenues (businessquant.com)Apple's revenue has exploded, reaching nearly $400 billion last (fiscal) year. We've seen a 73% revenue increase since 2013, and we should continue seeing revenue growth from here.Revenue by SegmentSegment revenues (businessquant.com)Revenue BreakdownSegment revenues (businessquant.com)After being stagnant for several years, Mac revenues have shot up lately, increasing from around $25-26 billion in 2017-2019 to more than $40 billion last year, an increase of 60%. Therefore, the Mac business is working and should continue generating growth and profitability in future years. Services continue doing exceptionally well, growing revenues by a whopping 160% over the last five years. iPhone revenues have surged by 50% in just two years. Perhaps the most exciting segment, \"other\" revenues, have skyrocketed by 240% in the last five years. Total revenues have increased by 43% over the previous two years.What We Should See From Apple Moving ForwardRevenue EstimatesRevenue estimates (seekingalpha.com)Revenues should continue increasing from here. Consensus estimates are for around $520 billion in revenues in fiscal 2027, but Apple may do better. Apple is accustomed to surpassing analysts' revenue and EPS estimates, and the company should continue outperforming expectations.Recent EarningsRecently, Apple reported revenues of $90.15 billion (8.1% YoY increase), exceeding expectations of $88.9 billion. Q4 EPS came in at $1.29, a beat by two cents. iPhone revenues increased by about 10% YoY, Mac revenues surged by 25% over last year, Other products increased by about 10%, and services came in 5% higher over last year. Despite a challenging economic landscape, Apple continues to perform exceptionally well, bringing in solid growth YoY. Once the downturn concludes, we should see more robust growth, leading to outperformance over current consensus analysts' figures. Many analysts predict 3-7% revenue growth in the next few years, but we may see 5-10% growth, leading to substantially higher revenues and profitability potential as the company advances.EPS Earnings SurpriseEarnings surprise (seekingalpha.com)Apple has surprised higher in each of its last twelve earnings announcements, and this trend should continue as we advance. If the trend continues, we could see 5-10% EPS beats in future quarters.EPS ExpectationsEPS growth (seekingalpha.com)Due to the general pessimism surrounding the downturn, consensus EPS estimates are very modest here. We see expeditions of approximately 5% annual growth in the next few years. However, as economic conditions improve, we can see 10-15% EPS growth from Apple in future years.Here's what Apple's financials could look like moving forward:Year (fiscal)20222023202420252026202720282029Revenue Bs$394$420$450$480$520$555$595$640Revenue growth8%7%7%7%8%7%7%7%EPS$6.11$6.80$7.30$8.10$9$10$11.50$13Forward P/E2223242524232222Stock price$150$170$195$225$240$265$286$330Source: The Financial ProphetWhat Price to Buy AppleApple may be mildly expensive today at about 22 times forward earnings estimates, but we should see multiple expansion in future years. I have Apple's valuation peaking at about 25 in 2025, but that is a relatively modest forecast. We could see Apple's forward P/E ratio increase to 30 or higher when the economy rebounds, sentiment improves, and demand for high-quality stocks increases. However, as we are currently in a slowdown, I recommend stepping back into Apple at about an 18-20 forward P/E ratio, providing a target entry price of around $120-135. That is the price range I prefer to enter a long-term position, as Apple's stock price will likely appreciate considerably in future years.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":129,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":9968608477,"gmtCreate":1669195959799,"gmtModify":1676538165767,"author":{"id":"3577583677378683","authorId":"3577583677378683","name":"Moonbyul","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/c3393b4f329ea99dc510e630ecfecd61","crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":1},"themes":[],"htmlText":"Congratulations to Tiger&nbsp;🐯. Keep up the good work 👍🏻","listText":"Congratulations to Tiger&nbsp;🐯. Keep up the good work 👍🏻","text":"Congratulations to Tiger 🐯. Keep up the good work 👍🏻","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":9,"commentSize":2,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/9968608477","repostId":"1146860364","repostType":4,"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":116,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":9963678578,"gmtCreate":1668677264394,"gmtModify":1676538095649,"author":{"id":"3577583677378683","authorId":"3577583677378683","name":"Moonbyul","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/c3393b4f329ea99dc510e630ecfecd61","crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":1},"themes":[],"htmlText":"It about time they change it 👍🏻","listText":"It about time they change it 👍🏻","text":"It about time they change it 👍🏻","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":1,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/9963678578","repostId":"1182936035","repostType":2,"repost":{"id":"1182936035","weMediaInfo":{"introduction":"Stock Market Quotes, Business News, Financial News, Trading Ideas, and Stock Research by Professionals","home_visible":0,"media_name":"Benzinga","id":"1052270027","head_image":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/d08bf7808052c0ca9deb4e944cae32aa"},"pubTimestamp":1668669495,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/1182936035?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2022-11-17 15:18","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Apple Analyst Sees All 2023 iPhones Switching To USB-C","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1182936035","media":"Benzinga","summary":"Apple Inc.'s iPhone 15 lineup scheduled for release in 2023 might abandon the Lightning cable and ad","content":"<html><head></head><body><p>Apple Inc.&#39;s iPhone 15 lineup scheduled for release in 2023 might abandon the Lightning cable and adopt USB-C, but not every model will support wired high-speed transfer.</p><p>What Happened: Fresh details shared by Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo suggest that the Cupertino, California-based tech giant may abandon Lightning, but only iPhone 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max will support the wired high-speed transfer.</p><p>Kuo further predicted that new high-end Apple smartphone models would &#34;improve markedly&#34; with support of at least USB 3.2 or Thunderbolt 3. This upgrade will significantly improve users&#39; experience with wired transfer and video output.</p><p>The changes are in compliance with the EU regulations requiring electronic devices to have non-proprietary, standard charging methods.</p><p>Why It&#39;s Important: It is likely that the new upgrade will drive the Apple ecosystem&#39;s demand for high-speed transfer chips and competitors following suit. Almost every Android smartphone, the operating system developed by Alphabet Inc., currently supports only USB 2.0, stated Kuo.</p><p>USB 3.2 supports transfer speeds up to 20Gb/s, while USB 2.0 speeds are limited to 480Mb/s. Similarly, Thunderbolt 3 supports data transfer speeds up to 40Gb/s.</p><p>If Kuo&#39;s predictions are correct, there will be a considerable difference in wired data transfer speeds between iPhone 15 Pro models and standard ones, reported MacRumors.</p></body></html>","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Apple Analyst Sees All 2023 iPhones Switching To USB-C</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nApple Analyst Sees All 2023 iPhones Switching To USB-C\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n<div class=\"head\" \">\n\n\n<div class=\"h-thumb\" style=\"background-image:url(https://static.tigerbbs.com/d08bf7808052c0ca9deb4e944cae32aa);background-size:cover;\"></div>\n\n<div class=\"h-content\">\n<p class=\"h-name\">Benzinga </p>\n<p class=\"h-time\">2022-11-17 15:18</p>\n</div>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<html><head></head><body><p>Apple Inc.&#39;s iPhone 15 lineup scheduled for release in 2023 might abandon the Lightning cable and adopt USB-C, but not every model will support wired high-speed transfer.</p><p>What Happened: Fresh details shared by Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo suggest that the Cupertino, California-based tech giant may abandon Lightning, but only iPhone 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max will support the wired high-speed transfer.</p><p>Kuo further predicted that new high-end Apple smartphone models would &#34;improve markedly&#34; with support of at least USB 3.2 or Thunderbolt 3. This upgrade will significantly improve users&#39; experience with wired transfer and video output.</p><p>The changes are in compliance with the EU regulations requiring electronic devices to have non-proprietary, standard charging methods.</p><p>Why It&#39;s Important: It is likely that the new upgrade will drive the Apple ecosystem&#39;s demand for high-speed transfer chips and competitors following suit. Almost every Android smartphone, the operating system developed by Alphabet Inc., currently supports only USB 2.0, stated Kuo.</p><p>USB 3.2 supports transfer speeds up to 20Gb/s, while USB 2.0 speeds are limited to 480Mb/s. Similarly, Thunderbolt 3 supports data transfer speeds up to 40Gb/s.</p><p>If Kuo&#39;s predictions are correct, there will be a considerable difference in wired data transfer speeds between iPhone 15 Pro models and standard ones, reported MacRumors.</p></body></html>\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"AAPL":"苹果"},"source_url":"","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1182936035","content_text":"Apple Inc.'s iPhone 15 lineup scheduled for release in 2023 might abandon the Lightning cable and adopt USB-C, but not every model will support wired high-speed transfer.What Happened: Fresh details shared by Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo suggest that the Cupertino, California-based tech giant may abandon Lightning, but only iPhone 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max will support the wired high-speed transfer.Kuo further predicted that new high-end Apple smartphone models would \"improve markedly\" with support of at least USB 3.2 or Thunderbolt 3. This upgrade will significantly improve users' experience with wired transfer and video output.The changes are in compliance with the EU regulations requiring electronic devices to have non-proprietary, standard charging methods.Why It's Important: It is likely that the new upgrade will drive the Apple ecosystem's demand for high-speed transfer chips and competitors following suit. Almost every Android smartphone, the operating system developed by Alphabet Inc., currently supports only USB 2.0, stated Kuo.USB 3.2 supports transfer speeds up to 20Gb/s, while USB 2.0 speeds are limited to 480Mb/s. Similarly, Thunderbolt 3 supports data transfer speeds up to 40Gb/s.If Kuo's predictions are correct, there will be a considerable difference in wired data transfer speeds between iPhone 15 Pro models and standard ones, reported MacRumors.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":91,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":9960675865,"gmtCreate":1668155692857,"gmtModify":1676538021987,"author":{"id":"3577583677378683","authorId":"3577583677378683","name":"Moonbyul","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/c3393b4f329ea99dc510e630ecfecd61","crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":1},"themes":[],"htmlText":"Looking forward to see Apple stock value at US$2.5 Trillion Company 🍎👍🏻","listText":"Looking forward to see Apple stock value at US$2.5 Trillion Company 🍎👍🏻","text":"Looking forward to see Apple stock value at US$2.5 Trillion Company 🍎👍🏻","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/9960675865","repostId":"1155930233","repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"1155930233","pubTimestamp":1668121157,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/1155930233?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2022-11-11 06:59","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Apple’s $191 Billion Single-Day Surge Sets Stock-Market Record","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1155930233","media":"Bloomberg","summary":"Apple Inc.’s surge Thursday was one for the record books.The world’s most valuable company added $19","content":"<html><head></head><body><p>Apple Inc.’s surge Thursday was one for the record books.</p><p>The world’s most valuable company added $190.9 billion in market value, the most ever by a US-listed company, as softer-than-expected inflation data buoyed equity markets across the board. The jump eclipsed Amazon.com Inc.’s $190.8 billion gain in February, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.</p><p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/f85d84c368630362b5f8b8e4fc11d611\" tg-width=\"930\" tg-height=\"523\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\"/></p><p>Apple, which after Thursday’s 8.9% jump has a market capitalization of $2.34 trillion, now accounts for four out of the top five biggest daily gains. The stock remains down 17% this year.</p></body></html>","source":"lsy1584095487587","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Apple’s $191 Billion Single-Day Surge Sets Stock-Market Record</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nApple’s $191 Billion Single-Day Surge Sets Stock-Market Record\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2022-11-11 06:59 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-11-10/apple-s-191-billion-single-day-surge-sets-stock-market-record?srnd=markets-vp><strong>Bloomberg</strong></a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\n<p>Apple Inc.’s surge Thursday was one for the record books.The world’s most valuable company added $190.9 billion in market value, the most ever by a US-listed company, as softer-than-expected inflation...</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-11-10/apple-s-191-billion-single-day-surge-sets-stock-market-record?srnd=markets-vp\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"AAPL":"苹果"},"source_url":"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-11-10/apple-s-191-billion-single-day-surge-sets-stock-market-record?srnd=markets-vp","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1155930233","content_text":"Apple Inc.’s surge Thursday was one for the record books.The world’s most valuable company added $190.9 billion in market value, the most ever by a US-listed company, as softer-than-expected inflation data buoyed equity markets across the board. The jump eclipsed Amazon.com Inc.’s $190.8 billion gain in February, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.Apple, which after Thursday’s 8.9% jump has a market capitalization of $2.34 trillion, now accounts for four out of the top five biggest daily gains. The stock remains down 17% this year.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":89,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":9984116066,"gmtCreate":1667563161055,"gmtModify":1676537938033,"author":{"id":"3577583677378683","authorId":"3577583677378683","name":"Moonbyul","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/c3393b4f329ea99dc510e630ecfecd61","crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":1},"themes":[],"htmlText":"Wait for apple stock&nbsp;to drop, before buying more👍🏻","listText":"Wait for apple stock&nbsp;to drop, before buying more👍🏻","text":"Wait for apple stock to drop, before buying more👍🏻","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":5,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/9984116066","repostId":"2280527752","repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"2280527752","pubTimestamp":1667576825,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/2280527752?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2022-11-04 23:47","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Apple: Time To Reset Expectations","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=2280527752","media":"seekingalpha","summary":"SummaryApple has been a driving force behind the market, but expectations need to be reset.A weakeni","content":"<html><head></head><body><p>Summary</p><ul><li>Apple has been a driving force behind the market, but expectations need to be reset.</li><li>A weakening consumer will be a headwind for Apple in the near term.</li><li>Apple released its Q4 earnings last week that were actually pretty solid when compared to the other tech giants that struggled mightily last week.</li></ul><p><a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/AAPL\">Apple</a> has been the glue that has held the big tech sector together over the course of the past week. When the likes of <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/AMZN\">Amazon</a>, <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/META\">Meta Platforms</a>, <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/MSFT\">Microsoft </a>, and <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/GOOGL\">Alphabet </a> reported poor or &#34;OK&#34; numbers with weak guidance, those stocks fell and some fell really hard.</p><p>Take a look at the performance for these stocks over the past six trading days:</p><ul><li><b>META down over 30%</b></li><li><b>AMZN down over 25%</b></li><li><b>GOOGL down over 15%</b></li><li><b>MSFT down over 12%</b></li></ul><p>Then comes AAPL who reported Q4 earnings towards the end of the week, and they were pretty solid. AAPL shares jumped nearly 8% the day after reporting earnings.</p><p>Given that the consumer is beginning to weaken, which has become more evident with the plummeting personal savings numbers which have been cleared out due to high inflation and rising interest rates, I believe the consumer headwinds are a cause for concern as it pertains to AAPL shares.</p><h2>Q4 Earnings Were Enough</h2><p>Apple reported Q4 2022 earnings that showed the following:</p><ul><li><b>EPS </b>$1.29 vs. $1.27 estimated</li><li><b>Revenue</b>. $90.15 billion vs. $88.90 billion estimated, <b>up 8.1%</b> year-over-year</li><li><b>iPhone revenue:</b> $42.63 billion vs. $43.21 billion estimated, <b>up 9.67%</b> year-over-year</li><li><b>Mac revenue:</b> $11.51 billion vs. $9.36 billion estimated, <b>up 25.39%</b> year-over-year</li><li><b>iPad revenue</b>: $7.17 billion vs. $7.94 billion estimated, <b>down 13.06%</b> year-over-year</li><li><b>Other Products revenue: </b>$9.65 billion vs. $9.17 billion estimated, <b>up 9.85%</b> year-over-year</li><li><b>Services revenue:</b> $19.19 billion vs. $20.10 billion estimated, <b>up 4.98%</b> year-over-year</li><li><b>Gross margin:</b> 42.3% vs. 42.1% estimated</li></ul><p>Apple beat on both the top and bottom line, but iPhone revenue and iPad revenue fell short. Mac revenue on the other hand surged higher, growing 25% over the prior year.</p><p>Apple did not provide any additional guidance for their Q1 2023 quarter, which tends to be the strongest quarter of the year, as it falls within the holidays.</p><p>Some of the revenue earned during the quarter was attributed to Q3 sales that were not fulfilled due to supply chain issues at the time, but most of those issues have been resolved.</p><h2>Headwinds Are Evident</h2><p>When assessing a stock, it is always important to look from the outside in. I like to first focus on the macro environment and see how it can affect a specific company before looking more at company specific metrics.</p><p>From a macro environment standpoint, the headwinds are evident. It is not secret that Apple generates the majority of their revenue outside of the US and that means they continue to fight the currency headwind. <b>Apple CEO Tim Cook stated that revenue would have grown &#34;double-digits&#34; if not for the strong US dollar.</b></p><p>Mr. Cook went on to explain that the &#34;foreign currency headwinds were over 600 basis points during the most recent quarter&#34;, which is quite significant.</p><p>Although the most recent quarter did not run into that many supply chain issues, as explained by the management team, one area that was supply constrained was the iPhone 14 Pro. Based on orders and wait times, the more expensive iPhone 14 Pro has been selling quite well. The iPhone 14 (regular) on the other hand not so much, and this is where a lot of rumblings have been coming out about suppliers pausing work based on Apple&#39;s direction.</p><p>Apple glass supplier Corning (GLW) noted in their most recent quarterly report that smartphone and tablet sales slowed, which could book a look-through to the next quarter for Apple.</p><p>The next headwind is one that might hurt the worst, a weakening consumer. Recent financial data came out showing signs that the US consumer could be breaking down. The total US credit card balance hit $916 billion in September, as consumers turn to credit to help deal with high inflation. In addition, the boom in the personal savings rate that we heard about during the pandemic, is all but gone. In fact, the US personal savings hit $555.7 billion, which was the lowest levels seen since 2009.</p><p>A weakening consumer means that larger purchases, like iPhones, iPads, Macs, and all that will be second guessed.</p><p>And finally, the Services segment of Apple that many have been high on for years now, is beginning to slow. In Q4, the Services segment grew only 5%. In fact, total revenue by quarter has fallen for two consecutive quarters now for the first time ever.</p><p>To combat this, Apple did recently announce price hikes to many of their service offerings, such as: Apple Music, Apple TV+, and Apple One.</p><h2>Investor Takeaway</h2><p>Apple has held the tech sector together for the most part in what was a brutal earnings season for the sector, but I do not foresee that being the case much longer. Apple themselves did not give any guidance, but they did give &#34;direction&#34; and that was mostly focused on a slow holiday season it was is typically their best quarter.</p><p>Given all of this and the headwinds I discussed, I believe it is important for analysts and investors to reset expectations with the stock.</p><p>Apple trades at a price to earnings multiple of 24x and I believe this is just much too high given expectations for the next year. Analysts right now are expecting EPS of $6.28 and revenues of $407.5 billion, which would equate to growth of 2.8% and 3.3%, respectively. Paying 24x for a company growing at those fractions is much too high, which is why I believe the stock needs to come down.</p><p>I love AAPL and believe it can be an essential part of your portfolio, but adding shares at these levels is not in the cards for me at the moment.</p></body></html>","source":"seekingalpha","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Apple: Time To Reset Expectations</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nApple: Time To Reset Expectations\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2022-11-04 23:47 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://seekingalpha.com/article/4552702-apple-time-to-reset-expectations><strong>seekingalpha</strong></a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\n<p>SummaryApple has been a driving force behind the market, but expectations need to be reset.A weakening consumer will be a headwind for Apple in the near term.Apple released its Q4 earnings last week ...</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://seekingalpha.com/article/4552702-apple-time-to-reset-expectations\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"AAPL":"苹果"},"source_url":"https://seekingalpha.com/article/4552702-apple-time-to-reset-expectations","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/5a36db9d73b4222bc376d24ccc48c8a4","article_id":"2280527752","content_text":"SummaryApple has been a driving force behind the market, but expectations need to be reset.A weakening consumer will be a headwind for Apple in the near term.Apple released its Q4 earnings last week that were actually pretty solid when compared to the other tech giants that struggled mightily last week.Apple has been the glue that has held the big tech sector together over the course of the past week. When the likes of Amazon, Meta Platforms, Microsoft , and Alphabet  reported poor or \"OK\" numbers with weak guidance, those stocks fell and some fell really hard.Take a look at the performance for these stocks over the past six trading days:META down over 30%AMZN down over 25%GOOGL down over 15%MSFT down over 12%Then comes AAPL who reported Q4 earnings towards the end of the week, and they were pretty solid. AAPL shares jumped nearly 8% the day after reporting earnings.Given that the consumer is beginning to weaken, which has become more evident with the plummeting personal savings numbers which have been cleared out due to high inflation and rising interest rates, I believe the consumer headwinds are a cause for concern as it pertains to AAPL shares.Q4 Earnings Were EnoughApple reported Q4 2022 earnings that showed the following:EPS $1.29 vs. $1.27 estimatedRevenue. $90.15 billion vs. $88.90 billion estimated, up 8.1% year-over-yeariPhone revenue: $42.63 billion vs. $43.21 billion estimated, up 9.67% year-over-yearMac revenue: $11.51 billion vs. $9.36 billion estimated, up 25.39% year-over-yeariPad revenue: $7.17 billion vs. $7.94 billion estimated, down 13.06% year-over-yearOther Products revenue: $9.65 billion vs. $9.17 billion estimated, up 9.85% year-over-yearServices revenue: $19.19 billion vs. $20.10 billion estimated, up 4.98% year-over-yearGross margin: 42.3% vs. 42.1% estimatedApple beat on both the top and bottom line, but iPhone revenue and iPad revenue fell short. Mac revenue on the other hand surged higher, growing 25% over the prior year.Apple did not provide any additional guidance for their Q1 2023 quarter, which tends to be the strongest quarter of the year, as it falls within the holidays.Some of the revenue earned during the quarter was attributed to Q3 sales that were not fulfilled due to supply chain issues at the time, but most of those issues have been resolved.Headwinds Are EvidentWhen assessing a stock, it is always important to look from the outside in. I like to first focus on the macro environment and see how it can affect a specific company before looking more at company specific metrics.From a macro environment standpoint, the headwinds are evident. It is not secret that Apple generates the majority of their revenue outside of the US and that means they continue to fight the currency headwind. Apple CEO Tim Cook stated that revenue would have grown \"double-digits\" if not for the strong US dollar.Mr. Cook went on to explain that the \"foreign currency headwinds were over 600 basis points during the most recent quarter\", which is quite significant.Although the most recent quarter did not run into that many supply chain issues, as explained by the management team, one area that was supply constrained was the iPhone 14 Pro. Based on orders and wait times, the more expensive iPhone 14 Pro has been selling quite well. The iPhone 14 (regular) on the other hand not so much, and this is where a lot of rumblings have been coming out about suppliers pausing work based on Apple's direction.Apple glass supplier Corning (GLW) noted in their most recent quarterly report that smartphone and tablet sales slowed, which could book a look-through to the next quarter for Apple.The next headwind is one that might hurt the worst, a weakening consumer. Recent financial data came out showing signs that the US consumer could be breaking down. The total US credit card balance hit $916 billion in September, as consumers turn to credit to help deal with high inflation. In addition, the boom in the personal savings rate that we heard about during the pandemic, is all but gone. In fact, the US personal savings hit $555.7 billion, which was the lowest levels seen since 2009.A weakening consumer means that larger purchases, like iPhones, iPads, Macs, and all that will be second guessed.And finally, the Services segment of Apple that many have been high on for years now, is beginning to slow. In Q4, the Services segment grew only 5%. In fact, total revenue by quarter has fallen for two consecutive quarters now for the first time ever.To combat this, Apple did recently announce price hikes to many of their service offerings, such as: Apple Music, Apple TV+, and Apple One.Investor TakeawayApple has held the tech sector together for the most part in what was a brutal earnings season for the sector, but I do not foresee that being the case much longer. Apple themselves did not give any guidance, but they did give \"direction\" and that was mostly focused on a slow holiday season it was is typically their best quarter.Given all of this and the headwinds I discussed, I believe it is important for analysts and investors to reset expectations with the stock.Apple trades at a price to earnings multiple of 24x and I believe this is just much too high given expectations for the next year. Analysts right now are expecting EPS of $6.28 and revenues of $407.5 billion, which would equate to growth of 2.8% and 3.3%, respectively. Paying 24x for a company growing at those fractions is much too high, which is why I believe the stock needs to come down.I love AAPL and believe it can be an essential part of your portfolio, but adding shares at these levels is not in the cards for me at the moment.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":96,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":9916347551,"gmtCreate":1664520271074,"gmtModify":1676537470893,"author":{"id":"3577583677378683","authorId":"3577583677378683","name":"Moonbyul","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/c3393b4f329ea99dc510e630ecfecd61","crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":1},"themes":[],"htmlText":"Drop more buy more Apple stock 👍🏻","listText":"Drop more buy more Apple stock 👍🏻","text":"Drop more buy more Apple stock 👍🏻","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":1,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/9916347551","repostId":"1188324957","repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"1188324957","pubTimestamp":1664501785,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/1188324957?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2022-09-30 09:36","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Apple’s Ugly Day Wipes Out $120 Billion, Spills Over Big Tech","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1188324957","media":"Bloomberg","summary":"IPhone maker fell 4.9% after a rare analyst rating downgradeAmazon and Alphabet shares drop nearly 3","content":"<html><head></head><body><ul><li>IPhone maker fell 4.9% after a rare analyst rating downgrade</li><li>Amazon and Alphabet shares drop nearly 3% amid broad selloff</li></ul><p>Apple Inc.shares buckled after a rare analyst downgrade exacerbated another wave of selling pressure that wiped out hundreds of billions of dollars in market value from the largest US technology stocks.</p><p>The iPhone maker dropped 4.9% after Bank of Americacutits rating to neutral from buy, warning of weaker consumer demand for its popular devices. The selloff erased roughly $120 billion from Apple’s market capitalization.</p><p>There were few places to hide on Thursday with investors dumping stocks as Federal Reserve officials continue totalk toughon raising interest rates in the central bank’s fight against inflation. There were just three gainers in the Nasdaq 100 Stock Index, which fell 2.9% and within spitting distance of its June 16 low. Amazon.com Inc. and Alphabet Inc. fell nearly 3%, while Microsoft Corp. dropped 1.5%.</p><p>Meta Platforms sank 3.7% after Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerbergoutlinedplans to reduce headcount for the first time ever. The social media giant’s shares have fallen 59% this year amid slowing user growth.</p><p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/4bd998a1b220129d9fe0b36a07833bc1\" tg-width=\"620\" tg-height=\"348\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\"/></p><p>Apple has been treated as a haven for much of this year, outperforming fellow mega-caps and the broader tech gauge amid a steep selloff driven by recession fears. The world’s most valuable company with a market value of nearly $2.3 trillion has now fallen about 20% in 2022, compared to a 32% decline for the Nasdaq 100.</p><p>With consumer spending expected to cool across regions, BofA analysts led by Wamsi Mohan said demand for Apple’s services has already slowed and product demand is likely to follow. Pressure from a stronger dollar will only add to its woes, they said.</p><p>While “Apple’s long-term prospects remain favorable,” BofA expects negative estimate revisions and valuation risks in the near-term.</p><p>The Nasdaq 100 is on pace for its longest streak of quarterly declines in 20 years, yet investors are stillbracingfor more pain as the Federal Reserve aggressively raises interest rates and Wall Street analysts begin cutting profit estimates.</p><p>Estimates for 2023 profit growth for tech companies in the S&amp;P 500 have declined about 6 percentage points since the start of 2022, compared with a drop of 4 percentage points for the broader index, according to data compiled by Bloomberg Intelligence.</p></body></html>","source":"lsy1584095487587","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Apple’s Ugly Day Wipes Out $120 Billion, Spills Over Big Tech</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; 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The selloff erased roughly $120 billion from Apple’s market capitalization.There were few places to hide on Thursday with investors dumping stocks as Federal Reserve officials continue totalk toughon raising interest rates in the central bank’s fight against inflation. There were just three gainers in the Nasdaq 100 Stock Index, which fell 2.9% and within spitting distance of its June 16 low. Amazon.com Inc. and Alphabet Inc. fell nearly 3%, while Microsoft Corp. dropped 1.5%.Meta Platforms sank 3.7% after Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerbergoutlinedplans to reduce headcount for the first time ever. The social media giant’s shares have fallen 59% this year amid slowing user growth.Apple has been treated as a haven for much of this year, outperforming fellow mega-caps and the broader tech gauge amid a steep selloff driven by recession fears. The world’s most valuable company with a market value of nearly $2.3 trillion has now fallen about 20% in 2022, compared to a 32% decline for the Nasdaq 100.With consumer spending expected to cool across regions, BofA analysts led by Wamsi Mohan said demand for Apple’s services has already slowed and product demand is likely to follow. Pressure from a stronger dollar will only add to its woes, they said.While “Apple’s long-term prospects remain favorable,” BofA expects negative estimate revisions and valuation risks in the near-term.The Nasdaq 100 is on pace for its longest streak of quarterly declines in 20 years, yet investors are stillbracingfor more pain as the Federal Reserve aggressively raises interest rates and Wall Street analysts begin cutting profit estimates.Estimates for 2023 profit growth for tech companies in the S&P 500 have declined about 6 percentage points since the start of 2022, compared with a drop of 4 percentage points for the broader index, according to data compiled by Bloomberg Intelligence.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":39,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0}],"hots":[{"id":294719411408984,"gmtCreate":1712971319590,"gmtModify":1712971324322,"author":{"id":"3577583677378683","authorId":"3577583677378683","name":"Moonbyul","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/c3393b4f329ea99dc510e630ecfecd61","crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":1},"themes":[],"htmlText":"<a href=\"https://ttm.financial/S/AAPL\">$Apple(AAPL)$&nbsp;</a> Apple need to come out the iPhone 16 with AI 🤖 to boost their Apple stock price 👍🏻.&nbsp;","listText":"<a href=\"https://ttm.financial/S/AAPL\">$Apple(AAPL)$&nbsp;</a> Apple need to come out the iPhone 16 with AI 🤖 to boost their Apple stock price 👍🏻.&nbsp;","text":"$Apple(AAPL)$ Apple need to come out the iPhone 16 with AI 🤖 to boost their Apple stock price 👍🏻.","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":26,"commentSize":2,"repostSize":6,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/294719411408984","isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":369,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[{"author":{"id":"3563421686188310","authorId":"3563421686188310","name":"Hopehope赋予希望","avatar":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/46495f44529967f5d3b4d03a47167f5b","crmLevel":8,"crmLevelSwitch":1},"content":"stay out of apple for me and buy Xiaomi for me $XIAOMI-W(01810)$","text":"stay out of apple for me and buy Xiaomi for me $XIAOMI-W(01810)$","html":"stay out of apple for me and buy Xiaomi for me $XIAOMI-W(01810)$"}],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":9067188581,"gmtCreate":1652422836243,"gmtModify":1676535098220,"author":{"id":"3577583677378683","authorId":"3577583677378683","name":"Moonbyul","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/c3393b4f329ea99dc510e630ecfecd61","crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":1},"themes":[],"htmlText":"If Apple drop more tonight, I will buy more 👍🏻","listText":"If Apple drop more tonight, I will buy more 👍🏻","text":"If Apple drop more tonight, I will buy more 👍🏻","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":5,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/9067188581","repostId":"2235610902","repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"2235610902","pubTimestamp":1652413001,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/2235610902?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2022-05-13 11:36","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Will Apple and Microsoft Finally Give Way in the Stock Market's Downturn?","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=2235610902","media":"Motley Fool","summary":"Markets moved lower Thursday, and these two giants were a big part of it.","content":"<html><head></head><body><p>The stock market continued to see big ups and downs during the course of trading on Thursday. Market participants are having a lot of difficulty deciding whether the major macroeconomic factors affecting Wall Street are short term in nature or will have longer-term implications, and as attitudes change, stock market moves have been violent. As of closed, the <b>Dow Jones Industrial Average</b> was down 103 points to 31,730. The <b>S&amp;P 500</b> dropped 5 points to 3,930, and the <b>Nasdaq Composite</b> gave up 6 points to 11,370.</p><p>Until recently, giga-cap technology stocks like <b>Apple</b> and <b>Microsoft</b> had large avoided the full brunt of the bear market in the Nasdaq, even as smaller companies lost 50% to 80% or more of their value. However, over the past couple of months, some of the largest companies in the market, including <b><a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/FB\">Meta Platforms</a></b>, <b>Netflix</b>, and <b>Amazon.com</b>, started to move sharply lower. Those big-name moves put a bigger dent in market capitalization-weighted benchmarks.</p><p class=\"t-img-caption\"><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/58422892d2010a5acde42e4c37287f00\" tg-width=\"700\" tg-height=\"463\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\"/><span>Image source: Getty Images.</span></p><p>But along the way, Apple and Microsoft largely avoided the brunt of the downturn. That has changed this week, and today, both companies are seeing bigger losses than the broader market as investors try to assess whether they too will give way to negative market sentiment.</p><h2>Strong fundamentals</h2><p>For the most part, Apple and Microsoft have been able to stand up to scrutiny because of their strong financial performance. For instance, Apple&#39;s numbers for the fiscal second quarter ending March 26 included a 9% rise in overall revenue and a 6% gain in net income. The tech giant saw notable results from its iPhone, Mac, and wearables and accessories segments, which helped to offset some weakness in iPad sales. Apple also continued to grow its important services business, which some have seen as a potential weak link amid rising competition in areas like streaming content.</p><p>Similarly, Microsoft has done a good job of capitalizing on the opportunities to serve customers getting more involved in cloud computing. Microsoft&#39;s intelligent cloud segment posted the biggest rise in revenue among its businesses, driven by the popularity of the Azure cloud infrastructure platform. Other areas of Microsoft&#39;s business also owe much of their success to the cloud, particularly the subscription-as-a-service versions of the Office productivity software suite. An 18% sales boost helped push adjusted net income higher by 13% in the fiscal third quarter ending March 31, and the software behemoth kept returning capital to shareholders through buybacks as well as dividends.</p><h2>Gaps in the armor?</h2><p>However, both Apple and Microsoft have seen some declines in their share prices in the past week. Apple fell 2.7% on Thursday, and it has fallen nearly 15% since May 4. Microsoft has suffered a 12% drop in just over a week, including a 2% decline in today&#39;s session.</p><p>Apple and Microsoft are highly liquid stocks, making them less susceptible to some of the situations that can cause more dramatic movements in share prices of smaller companies. Index funds hold truly massive amounts of their stock. To the extent that long-term investors have stayed the course with their index holdings, that has helped provide ballast for Apple&#39;s and Microsoft&#39;s share prices.</p><p>However, impatient investors have started to register substantial outflows from their fund holdings. Forced selling from index funds can have an impact on share prices even for giga-cap tech stock giants, most notably because their weightings in various indexes tend to be extremely high.</p><p>There&#39;s little to suggest anything wrong with Microsoft or Apple in terms of long-term business prospects. Nevertheless, short-term traders will watch the two stocks to see if they can avoid further losses here. If they prove vulnerable to a downturn, then some traders will see that as evidence that a more extensive decline for the overall market could be ahead.</p></body></html>","source":"fool_stock","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Will Apple and Microsoft Finally Give Way in the Stock Market's Downturn?</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nWill Apple and Microsoft Finally Give Way in the Stock Market's Downturn?\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2022-05-13 11:36 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://www.fool.com/investing/2022/05/12/will-apple-and-microsoft-finally-give-way-in-the-s/><strong>Motley Fool</strong></a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\n<p>The stock market continued to see big ups and downs during the course of trading on Thursday. Market participants are having a lot of difficulty deciding whether the major macroeconomic factors ...</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.fool.com/investing/2022/05/12/will-apple-and-microsoft-finally-give-way-in-the-s/\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"AAPL":"苹果","MSFT":"微软"},"source_url":"https://www.fool.com/investing/2022/05/12/will-apple-and-microsoft-finally-give-way-in-the-s/","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"2235610902","content_text":"The stock market continued to see big ups and downs during the course of trading on Thursday. Market participants are having a lot of difficulty deciding whether the major macroeconomic factors affecting Wall Street are short term in nature or will have longer-term implications, and as attitudes change, stock market moves have been violent. As of closed, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 103 points to 31,730. The S&P 500 dropped 5 points to 3,930, and the Nasdaq Composite gave up 6 points to 11,370.Until recently, giga-cap technology stocks like Apple and Microsoft had large avoided the full brunt of the bear market in the Nasdaq, even as smaller companies lost 50% to 80% or more of their value. However, over the past couple of months, some of the largest companies in the market, including Meta Platforms, Netflix, and Amazon.com, started to move sharply lower. Those big-name moves put a bigger dent in market capitalization-weighted benchmarks.Image source: Getty Images.But along the way, Apple and Microsoft largely avoided the brunt of the downturn. That has changed this week, and today, both companies are seeing bigger losses than the broader market as investors try to assess whether they too will give way to negative market sentiment.Strong fundamentalsFor the most part, Apple and Microsoft have been able to stand up to scrutiny because of their strong financial performance. For instance, Apple's numbers for the fiscal second quarter ending March 26 included a 9% rise in overall revenue and a 6% gain in net income. The tech giant saw notable results from its iPhone, Mac, and wearables and accessories segments, which helped to offset some weakness in iPad sales. Apple also continued to grow its important services business, which some have seen as a potential weak link amid rising competition in areas like streaming content.Similarly, Microsoft has done a good job of capitalizing on the opportunities to serve customers getting more involved in cloud computing. Microsoft's intelligent cloud segment posted the biggest rise in revenue among its businesses, driven by the popularity of the Azure cloud infrastructure platform. Other areas of Microsoft's business also owe much of their success to the cloud, particularly the subscription-as-a-service versions of the Office productivity software suite. An 18% sales boost helped push adjusted net income higher by 13% in the fiscal third quarter ending March 31, and the software behemoth kept returning capital to shareholders through buybacks as well as dividends.Gaps in the armor?However, both Apple and Microsoft have seen some declines in their share prices in the past week. Apple fell 2.7% on Thursday, and it has fallen nearly 15% since May 4. Microsoft has suffered a 12% drop in just over a week, including a 2% decline in today's session.Apple and Microsoft are highly liquid stocks, making them less susceptible to some of the situations that can cause more dramatic movements in share prices of smaller companies. Index funds hold truly massive amounts of their stock. To the extent that long-term investors have stayed the course with their index holdings, that has helped provide ballast for Apple's and Microsoft's share prices.However, impatient investors have started to register substantial outflows from their fund holdings. Forced selling from index funds can have an impact on share prices even for giga-cap tech stock giants, most notably because their weightings in various indexes tend to be extremely high.There's little to suggest anything wrong with Microsoft or Apple in terms of long-term business prospects. Nevertheless, short-term traders will watch the two stocks to see if they can avoid further losses here. 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Keep up the good work 👍🏻","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":9,"commentSize":2,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/9968608477","repostId":"1146860364","repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"1146860364","weMediaInfo":{"introduction":"Providing stock market headlines, business news, financials and earnings ","home_visible":1,"media_name":"Tiger Newspress","id":"1079075236","head_image":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/8274c5b9d4c2852bfb1c4d6ce16c68ba"},"pubTimestamp":1669190411,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/1146860364?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2022-11-23 16:00","market":"us","language":"en","title":"UP Fintech Posts US$55.41 Million for 2022 Q3 Revenue","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1146860364","media":"Tiger Newspress","summary":"About one-fifth of new customers with deposits are from Australia and New Zealand, indicating growin","content":"<html><head></head><body><ul><li>About one-fifth of new customers with deposits are from Australia and New Zealand, indicating growing local recognition</li></ul><ul><li>Average net deposit of newly acquired clients surpasses US$11,000 in Singapore, a sign of deepening trust</li></ul><p><a href=\"https://ttm.financial/RN?name=RNLive&amp;rndata=%7B%22liveId%22:%2216690156664297%22,%22type%22:0%7D\" target=\"_blank\">Live: Tiger Brokers Q3 2022 Earnings Conference Call</a></p><p><b>Singapore and New York, November 23, 2022 — UP Fintech Holding Limited</b> (&#34;UP Fintech&#34; or the &#34;Company&#34;, Nasdaq: TIGR, and all its subsidiaries and consolidated entities), an online brokerage with a focus on redefining global investing with technologies for the next generation, announced its unaudited financial results for the three months ended September 30, 2022.</p><p>During the period, the company&#39;s revenue reached US$55.41 million, with the net income attributable to UP Fintech turning positive to US$3.34 million, and non-GAAP net income reaching US$6.63 million, up 91.3% quarter-over-quarter.</p><p>During the third quarter, the number of new customer accounts increased by 35,400, totaling 1.97 million globally, up 11.5% from the same quarter last year. The number of new customers with deposits rose by 22,700 to 754,100, up 23.2% from the same period last year.</p><p>The total trading volume from customers stood at US$78.2 billion on the company&#39;s platform, of which US$23.5 billion was on share trading, and 7.7 million options and futures contracts were made. Net asset inflow from customers exceeded US$700 million during the third quarter, and the company retained 98% of its customers with assets during the period.</p><p>Wu Tianhua, CEO and founder of UP Fintech, said, &#34;In the third quarter, the company witnessed steady sequential growth in key indicators. Our interest-related income was up by almost 70% quarter-over-quarter amid the Federal Reserve&#39;s interest rates hikes. While thanks to further improved operational efficiency, our non-GAAP net income nearly doubled, all the more showing our resilience to global macroeconomic uncertainties. Among our global markets, in Australia and New Zealand, the public recognition of our services rose significantly, with the number of new funded clients accounting for 19% of the total worldwide.&#34;</p><p>&#34;In this quarter, we brought to global investors a fractional share feature in our flagship app Tiger Trade, offering clients with limited deposits access to premium stocks at high prices, and expanding our potential user base. Nearly all US cash equity tradings were self-cleared by our proprietary infrastructure, boosting the overall clearing efficiency and lowering the costs,&#34; Wu Tianhua added.</p><p>Wu Tianhua also revealed, &#34;Looking ahead, in the fourth quarter, we will land our services in Hong Kong, where we are committed to providing investors in this global financial center with the best possible products and services. In addition, we are dedicated to allocating our global resources effectively to serve our worldwide client base well.&#34;</p><p><b>In Singapore, average net deposit of newly acquired clients up for the second consecutive quarter</b></p><p>UP Fintech&#39;s market position in Singapore continued to consolidate with consensual trust from high-worth customers. The average net deposit of newly acquired clients has grown for the second consecutive quarter, passing the US$11,000 threshold in the third quarter, while overtaking the US$9,000 one in the previous quarter.</p><p>In terms of the products we offer, the company upgraded all Singapore-registered accounts by merging share and fund trading operations, enabling the deposit in customers&#39; margin accounts for US stocks to be directed for fund trading to alleviate their liquidity restraint.</p><p>During the period, the company&#39;s cash management services in Singapore were strategically elevated to become Tiger Vault, where customers&#39; in-account deposits can be directly for shares, options, and fund trading, as well as for IPO subscriptions, a move that facilitates the asset management flow. The brand-new Tiger Vault has received positive feedback in Singapore, where the asset under management (AUM) in total was up 120.1% quarter-over-quarter, and the number of users increased by 61.3% quarter-over-quarter. These numbers underscore the diversification we strive to offer to clients against heightened volatility.</p><p>During the third quarter, by spearheading product and technological innovations, UP Fintech bagged the &#34;Fintech - Brokerage&#34; award at the SBR Technology Excellence Awards 2022 from the Singapore Business Review. In the city state&#39;s &#34;Best Customer Service 2022/23&#34; survey conducted jointly by The Straits Times and research firm Statista, the company&#39;s excellent customer service was recognized in the trading and brokerage services sub-category, under Real Estate and Banking. As of now, in Singapore, the company keeps 21.5 hours of customer care services on a daily basis, through a combination of channels including hotline, e-mail, social media platforms, and in-app chat. The company also received &#34;Investor&#39;s Choice Awards 2022: Best Retail Broker&#34; from the Securities Investors Association (Singapore).</p><p>In Southeast Asia, the company announced its Official Sponsor status for the ongoing AFF Mitsubishi Electric Cup 2022, the region&#39;s biennial football tournament contested by 10 national &#34;A&#34; teams, a move that seeks to highlight the company&#39;s continued commitment to becoming a global local company and letting everyone in the world enjoy efficient and smart investing.</p><p><b>Nearly 20% of global new customers with deposits from Australia and New Zealand</b></p><p>In Australia and New Zealand, the company continued to gain momentum. In the reporting period, client acquisition sped up, with nearly 20% of all global new funded customers from the two markets. In-app feature-wise, PayID was accepted to deposit Tiger accounts in Australia in an offering to shorten the processing time. The new feature allows customers to enjoy real-time deposits all year round.</p><p>During the two quarters since the company&#39;s entry into Australia, its flagship Tiger Trade app has been trusted by more local customers. In the third quarter, the company captured the winner position in three categories including &#34;Best for Australian investors&#34;, &#34;People&#39;s choice&#34;, and &#34;Best for ETFs&#34;, from the well-known investing media outlet WeMoney.</p><p><b>Global expansion never ceases</b></p><p>The company is also ready to announce its expansion into Hong Kong starting in December, bringing the best possible smart global investing experience to investors in this global financial center. UP Fintech&#39;s subsidiary in Hong Kong holds Type I, II, IV and V licenses from the Securities and Futures Commission, qualifying the company to deal in and advise on securities and futures contracts. In total, the company holds 11 licenses and qualifications in Hong Kong.</p><p><b>US fractional share trading function lowers investing threshold</b></p><p><b>Self-developed infrastructure bears fruit</b></p><p>In the third quarter, the company&#39;s gross commission income stood at US$24.5 million, along with the interest-related income up 68.8% quarter-over-quarter to US$26.9 million.</p><p>As the company&#39;s global expansion goes deep, we remain zoomed in on investing in research and development. During the period, nearly all US cash equity tradings were self-cleared.</p><p>During the reporting period, UP Fintech launched US fractional share trading, a new feature that now supports all S&amp;P 500 stocks, removes the 1 share minimum trading unit, and lowers the trading starting point to as little as US$5. While beginner-friendly, fractional share trading&#39;s low threshold also offers an engaging global investing experience to more investors by diversifying their portfolios in a more flexible way.</p><p>In the meantime, mobile app features such as options combination analysis tools, most sought-after industries, and lists of ETFs for major markets were put on live. Among new PC/desktop features, time-weighted average price (TWAP) and volume-weighted average price (VWAP) orders were presented. With attached order and conditional order functions available, investors are able to analyze and grasp the investing trends in a timely manner.</p><p>During the period, the demand for wealth management services continued to grow steadily. The number of customers increased by 37.7% quarter-over-quarter, and the asset under management (AUM) was up by 50.8% quarter-over-quarter. The number of Fund Mall users increased by 35% quarter-over-quarter, and AUM was up by 72.7% quarter-over-quarter. Cash management products saw the number of users up by 40.2% quarter-over-quarter, and AUM up by 35.8% quarter-over-quarter.</p><p>On the investor education side, UP Fintech relentlessly promoted financial knowledge in a move to help investors adjust themselves to the volatile investing environment. During the period, the company broadcast 112 live sessions, covering a wide range of content from diving into companies&#39; earnings results, to deep analysis of various industries and companies. Over 40% of the content was specially tailored for global investors in different markets.</p><p>As of September 30, in Singapore, UP Fintech held a series of joint live broadcasts online with the Singapore Exchange, and was participated by analysts from institutions such as Standard Chartered Bank and Société Générale for their market insights. These live sessions, which have become the platform&#39;s signature content, were widely accoladed by investors. In Australia, industry analysis covering the most sought-after industries including mining, pharmaceuticals, and technology was well received, helping more local investors make better informed financial decisions, and boosting the content penetration rate to 50%.</p><p><b>Investment banking services take the lead in US IPO underwriting</b></p><p><b>ESOP business spins off with strategic investors involved</b></p><p>During the reporting period, other revenues, including investment banking and employee stock ownership plan (ESOP), reached US$4 million. The company participated in 12 Hong Kong and US IPOs, served as an underwriter in 11 of these listings, and was the lead bank in 2 US IPOs.</p><p>In the first three quarters of this year, third-party data shows that UP Fintech ranked third among all global brokerages, with 18 US IPO underwriting, and fourth by the offering size. In terms of special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) underwriting, the company ranked second globally by the offering scale of projects underwritten.</p><p>The company also honed its research capabilities by issuing 19 research reports on various sectors including e-commerce, internet, entertainment, auto-making, and cryptocurrency, indicating its in-depth analysis expertise.</p><p>UP Fintech signed 29 ESOP clients during the period, with the number of total clients added up to 393, a year-over-year increase of 50%. The primary market also resonated with the ESOP business&#39;s stellar prospects. During the quarter, strategic investors were involved in completing ESOP&#39;s angel round financing. The business is scheduled to spin off under the new brand &#34;UponeShare&#34; in the fourth quarter, with a vision of promoting digital transformation in equity management.</p><p>In this quarter, dozens of companies including Tim Hortons, Leapmotor, AIM Vaccine, and Jenscare became part of the Tiger Community, and opened enterprise accounts.</p><p>On the corporate social responsibility front, the company collaborated with WWF-Singapore on International Tiger Day to raise awareness about wildlife conservation.</p><p><b>About UP Fintech</b></p><p>UP Fintech Holding Limited (Nasdaq: TIGR), also known as Tiger Brokers, is a leading online brokerage with a focus on redefining global investing with technology for the next generation.</p><p>Founded in 2014, we relentlessly offer a superior user experience in pursuit of becoming a world-leading online brokerage, to let everyone enjoy efficient and smart investing. Currently, we offer a multitude of quality financial products and services across brokerage, employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) management, investment banking, wealth management, investor community, and investor education.</p><p>We strive to elevate financial technology R&amp;D to a new level. While we inherit the best traditions from the financial sector and blend them with the best minds of tech experts, we develop our own technology infrastructure—an aggregation that enables multi-currency trading of various products across markets, guaranteeing our reliable, secure, and scalable services are accessible to all with low latency.</p><p>In March 2019, UP Fintech was listed on Nasdaq under the ticker TIGR. As of now, we serve over 9 million users and about 2 million account holders worldwide on our flagship platform &#34;Tiger Trade&#34;, own 63 licenses and qualifications in different markets, and have over 1,000 employees on the team in Singapore, New Zealand, the US, Hong Kong Australia, and China.</p></body></html>","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>UP Fintech Posts US$55.41 Million for 2022 Q3 Revenue</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nUP Fintech Posts US$55.41 Million for 2022 Q3 Revenue\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n<a class=\"head\" href=\"https://laohu8.com/wemedia/1079075236\">\n\n\n<div class=\"h-thumb\" style=\"background-image:url(https://static.tigerbbs.com/8274c5b9d4c2852bfb1c4d6ce16c68ba);background-size:cover;\"></div>\n\n<div class=\"h-content\">\n<p class=\"h-name\">Tiger Newspress </p>\n<p class=\"h-time\">2022-11-23 16:00</p>\n</div>\n\n</a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<html><head></head><body><ul><li>About one-fifth of new customers with deposits are from Australia and New Zealand, indicating growing local recognition</li></ul><ul><li>Average net deposit of newly acquired clients surpasses US$11,000 in Singapore, a sign of deepening trust</li></ul><p><a href=\"https://ttm.financial/RN?name=RNLive&amp;rndata=%7B%22liveId%22:%2216690156664297%22,%22type%22:0%7D\" target=\"_blank\">Live: Tiger Brokers Q3 2022 Earnings Conference Call</a></p><p><b>Singapore and New York, November 23, 2022 — UP Fintech Holding Limited</b> (&#34;UP Fintech&#34; or the &#34;Company&#34;, Nasdaq: TIGR, and all its subsidiaries and consolidated entities), an online brokerage with a focus on redefining global investing with technologies for the next generation, announced its unaudited financial results for the three months ended September 30, 2022.</p><p>During the period, the company&#39;s revenue reached US$55.41 million, with the net income attributable to UP Fintech turning positive to US$3.34 million, and non-GAAP net income reaching US$6.63 million, up 91.3% quarter-over-quarter.</p><p>During the third quarter, the number of new customer accounts increased by 35,400, totaling 1.97 million globally, up 11.5% from the same quarter last year. The number of new customers with deposits rose by 22,700 to 754,100, up 23.2% from the same period last year.</p><p>The total trading volume from customers stood at US$78.2 billion on the company&#39;s platform, of which US$23.5 billion was on share trading, and 7.7 million options and futures contracts were made. Net asset inflow from customers exceeded US$700 million during the third quarter, and the company retained 98% of its customers with assets during the period.</p><p>Wu Tianhua, CEO and founder of UP Fintech, said, &#34;In the third quarter, the company witnessed steady sequential growth in key indicators. Our interest-related income was up by almost 70% quarter-over-quarter amid the Federal Reserve&#39;s interest rates hikes. While thanks to further improved operational efficiency, our non-GAAP net income nearly doubled, all the more showing our resilience to global macroeconomic uncertainties. Among our global markets, in Australia and New Zealand, the public recognition of our services rose significantly, with the number of new funded clients accounting for 19% of the total worldwide.&#34;</p><p>&#34;In this quarter, we brought to global investors a fractional share feature in our flagship app Tiger Trade, offering clients with limited deposits access to premium stocks at high prices, and expanding our potential user base. Nearly all US cash equity tradings were self-cleared by our proprietary infrastructure, boosting the overall clearing efficiency and lowering the costs,&#34; Wu Tianhua added.</p><p>Wu Tianhua also revealed, &#34;Looking ahead, in the fourth quarter, we will land our services in Hong Kong, where we are committed to providing investors in this global financial center with the best possible products and services. In addition, we are dedicated to allocating our global resources effectively to serve our worldwide client base well.&#34;</p><p><b>In Singapore, average net deposit of newly acquired clients up for the second consecutive quarter</b></p><p>UP Fintech&#39;s market position in Singapore continued to consolidate with consensual trust from high-worth customers. The average net deposit of newly acquired clients has grown for the second consecutive quarter, passing the US$11,000 threshold in the third quarter, while overtaking the US$9,000 one in the previous quarter.</p><p>In terms of the products we offer, the company upgraded all Singapore-registered accounts by merging share and fund trading operations, enabling the deposit in customers&#39; margin accounts for US stocks to be directed for fund trading to alleviate their liquidity restraint.</p><p>During the period, the company&#39;s cash management services in Singapore were strategically elevated to become Tiger Vault, where customers&#39; in-account deposits can be directly for shares, options, and fund trading, as well as for IPO subscriptions, a move that facilitates the asset management flow. The brand-new Tiger Vault has received positive feedback in Singapore, where the asset under management (AUM) in total was up 120.1% quarter-over-quarter, and the number of users increased by 61.3% quarter-over-quarter. These numbers underscore the diversification we strive to offer to clients against heightened volatility.</p><p>During the third quarter, by spearheading product and technological innovations, UP Fintech bagged the &#34;Fintech - Brokerage&#34; award at the SBR Technology Excellence Awards 2022 from the Singapore Business Review. In the city state&#39;s &#34;Best Customer Service 2022/23&#34; survey conducted jointly by The Straits Times and research firm Statista, the company&#39;s excellent customer service was recognized in the trading and brokerage services sub-category, under Real Estate and Banking. As of now, in Singapore, the company keeps 21.5 hours of customer care services on a daily basis, through a combination of channels including hotline, e-mail, social media platforms, and in-app chat. The company also received &#34;Investor&#39;s Choice Awards 2022: Best Retail Broker&#34; from the Securities Investors Association (Singapore).</p><p>In Southeast Asia, the company announced its Official Sponsor status for the ongoing AFF Mitsubishi Electric Cup 2022, the region&#39;s biennial football tournament contested by 10 national &#34;A&#34; teams, a move that seeks to highlight the company&#39;s continued commitment to becoming a global local company and letting everyone in the world enjoy efficient and smart investing.</p><p><b>Nearly 20% of global new customers with deposits from Australia and New Zealand</b></p><p>In Australia and New Zealand, the company continued to gain momentum. In the reporting period, client acquisition sped up, with nearly 20% of all global new funded customers from the two markets. In-app feature-wise, PayID was accepted to deposit Tiger accounts in Australia in an offering to shorten the processing time. The new feature allows customers to enjoy real-time deposits all year round.</p><p>During the two quarters since the company&#39;s entry into Australia, its flagship Tiger Trade app has been trusted by more local customers. In the third quarter, the company captured the winner position in three categories including &#34;Best for Australian investors&#34;, &#34;People&#39;s choice&#34;, and &#34;Best for ETFs&#34;, from the well-known investing media outlet WeMoney.</p><p><b>Global expansion never ceases</b></p><p>The company is also ready to announce its expansion into Hong Kong starting in December, bringing the best possible smart global investing experience to investors in this global financial center. UP Fintech&#39;s subsidiary in Hong Kong holds Type I, II, IV and V licenses from the Securities and Futures Commission, qualifying the company to deal in and advise on securities and futures contracts. In total, the company holds 11 licenses and qualifications in Hong Kong.</p><p><b>US fractional share trading function lowers investing threshold</b></p><p><b>Self-developed infrastructure bears fruit</b></p><p>In the third quarter, the company&#39;s gross commission income stood at US$24.5 million, along with the interest-related income up 68.8% quarter-over-quarter to US$26.9 million.</p><p>As the company&#39;s global expansion goes deep, we remain zoomed in on investing in research and development. During the period, nearly all US cash equity tradings were self-cleared.</p><p>During the reporting period, UP Fintech launched US fractional share trading, a new feature that now supports all S&amp;P 500 stocks, removes the 1 share minimum trading unit, and lowers the trading starting point to as little as US$5. While beginner-friendly, fractional share trading&#39;s low threshold also offers an engaging global investing experience to more investors by diversifying their portfolios in a more flexible way.</p><p>In the meantime, mobile app features such as options combination analysis tools, most sought-after industries, and lists of ETFs for major markets were put on live. Among new PC/desktop features, time-weighted average price (TWAP) and volume-weighted average price (VWAP) orders were presented. With attached order and conditional order functions available, investors are able to analyze and grasp the investing trends in a timely manner.</p><p>During the period, the demand for wealth management services continued to grow steadily. The number of customers increased by 37.7% quarter-over-quarter, and the asset under management (AUM) was up by 50.8% quarter-over-quarter. The number of Fund Mall users increased by 35% quarter-over-quarter, and AUM was up by 72.7% quarter-over-quarter. Cash management products saw the number of users up by 40.2% quarter-over-quarter, and AUM up by 35.8% quarter-over-quarter.</p><p>On the investor education side, UP Fintech relentlessly promoted financial knowledge in a move to help investors adjust themselves to the volatile investing environment. During the period, the company broadcast 112 live sessions, covering a wide range of content from diving into companies&#39; earnings results, to deep analysis of various industries and companies. Over 40% of the content was specially tailored for global investors in different markets.</p><p>As of September 30, in Singapore, UP Fintech held a series of joint live broadcasts online with the Singapore Exchange, and was participated by analysts from institutions such as Standard Chartered Bank and Société Générale for their market insights. These live sessions, which have become the platform&#39;s signature content, were widely accoladed by investors. In Australia, industry analysis covering the most sought-after industries including mining, pharmaceuticals, and technology was well received, helping more local investors make better informed financial decisions, and boosting the content penetration rate to 50%.</p><p><b>Investment banking services take the lead in US IPO underwriting</b></p><p><b>ESOP business spins off with strategic investors involved</b></p><p>During the reporting period, other revenues, including investment banking and employee stock ownership plan (ESOP), reached US$4 million. The company participated in 12 Hong Kong and US IPOs, served as an underwriter in 11 of these listings, and was the lead bank in 2 US IPOs.</p><p>In the first three quarters of this year, third-party data shows that UP Fintech ranked third among all global brokerages, with 18 US IPO underwriting, and fourth by the offering size. In terms of special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) underwriting, the company ranked second globally by the offering scale of projects underwritten.</p><p>The company also honed its research capabilities by issuing 19 research reports on various sectors including e-commerce, internet, entertainment, auto-making, and cryptocurrency, indicating its in-depth analysis expertise.</p><p>UP Fintech signed 29 ESOP clients during the period, with the number of total clients added up to 393, a year-over-year increase of 50%. The primary market also resonated with the ESOP business&#39;s stellar prospects. During the quarter, strategic investors were involved in completing ESOP&#39;s angel round financing. The business is scheduled to spin off under the new brand &#34;UponeShare&#34; in the fourth quarter, with a vision of promoting digital transformation in equity management.</p><p>In this quarter, dozens of companies including Tim Hortons, Leapmotor, AIM Vaccine, and Jenscare became part of the Tiger Community, and opened enterprise accounts.</p><p>On the corporate social responsibility front, the company collaborated with WWF-Singapore on International Tiger Day to raise awareness about wildlife conservation.</p><p><b>About UP Fintech</b></p><p>UP Fintech Holding Limited (Nasdaq: TIGR), also known as Tiger Brokers, is a leading online brokerage with a focus on redefining global investing with technology for the next generation.</p><p>Founded in 2014, we relentlessly offer a superior user experience in pursuit of becoming a world-leading online brokerage, to let everyone enjoy efficient and smart investing. Currently, we offer a multitude of quality financial products and services across brokerage, employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) management, investment banking, wealth management, investor community, and investor education.</p><p>We strive to elevate financial technology R&amp;D to a new level. While we inherit the best traditions from the financial sector and blend them with the best minds of tech experts, we develop our own technology infrastructure—an aggregation that enables multi-currency trading of various products across markets, guaranteeing our reliable, secure, and scalable services are accessible to all with low latency.</p><p>In March 2019, UP Fintech was listed on Nasdaq under the ticker TIGR. As of now, we serve over 9 million users and about 2 million account holders worldwide on our flagship platform &#34;Tiger Trade&#34;, own 63 licenses and qualifications in different markets, and have over 1,000 employees on the team in Singapore, New Zealand, the US, Hong Kong Australia, and China.</p></body></html>\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"TIGR":"老虎证券"},"source_url":"","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1146860364","content_text":"About one-fifth of new customers with deposits are from Australia and New Zealand, indicating growing local recognitionAverage net deposit of newly acquired clients surpasses US$11,000 in Singapore, a sign of deepening trustLive: Tiger Brokers Q3 2022 Earnings Conference CallSingapore and New York, November 23, 2022 — UP Fintech Holding Limited (\"UP Fintech\" or the \"Company\", Nasdaq: TIGR, and all its subsidiaries and consolidated entities), an online brokerage with a focus on redefining global investing with technologies for the next generation, announced its unaudited financial results for the three months ended September 30, 2022.During the period, the company's revenue reached US$55.41 million, with the net income attributable to UP Fintech turning positive to US$3.34 million, and non-GAAP net income reaching US$6.63 million, up 91.3% quarter-over-quarter.During the third quarter, the number of new customer accounts increased by 35,400, totaling 1.97 million globally, up 11.5% from the same quarter last year. The number of new customers with deposits rose by 22,700 to 754,100, up 23.2% from the same period last year.The total trading volume from customers stood at US$78.2 billion on the company's platform, of which US$23.5 billion was on share trading, and 7.7 million options and futures contracts were made. Net asset inflow from customers exceeded US$700 million during the third quarter, and the company retained 98% of its customers with assets during the period.Wu Tianhua, CEO and founder of UP Fintech, said, \"In the third quarter, the company witnessed steady sequential growth in key indicators. Our interest-related income was up by almost 70% quarter-over-quarter amid the Federal Reserve's interest rates hikes. While thanks to further improved operational efficiency, our non-GAAP net income nearly doubled, all the more showing our resilience to global macroeconomic uncertainties. Among our global markets, in Australia and New Zealand, the public recognition of our services rose significantly, with the number of new funded clients accounting for 19% of the total worldwide.\"\"In this quarter, we brought to global investors a fractional share feature in our flagship app Tiger Trade, offering clients with limited deposits access to premium stocks at high prices, and expanding our potential user base. Nearly all US cash equity tradings were self-cleared by our proprietary infrastructure, boosting the overall clearing efficiency and lowering the costs,\" Wu Tianhua added.Wu Tianhua also revealed, \"Looking ahead, in the fourth quarter, we will land our services in Hong Kong, where we are committed to providing investors in this global financial center with the best possible products and services. In addition, we are dedicated to allocating our global resources effectively to serve our worldwide client base well.\"In Singapore, average net deposit of newly acquired clients up for the second consecutive quarterUP Fintech's market position in Singapore continued to consolidate with consensual trust from high-worth customers. The average net deposit of newly acquired clients has grown for the second consecutive quarter, passing the US$11,000 threshold in the third quarter, while overtaking the US$9,000 one in the previous quarter.In terms of the products we offer, the company upgraded all Singapore-registered accounts by merging share and fund trading operations, enabling the deposit in customers' margin accounts for US stocks to be directed for fund trading to alleviate their liquidity restraint.During the period, the company's cash management services in Singapore were strategically elevated to become Tiger Vault, where customers' in-account deposits can be directly for shares, options, and fund trading, as well as for IPO subscriptions, a move that facilitates the asset management flow. The brand-new Tiger Vault has received positive feedback in Singapore, where the asset under management (AUM) in total was up 120.1% quarter-over-quarter, and the number of users increased by 61.3% quarter-over-quarter. These numbers underscore the diversification we strive to offer to clients against heightened volatility.During the third quarter, by spearheading product and technological innovations, UP Fintech bagged the \"Fintech - Brokerage\" award at the SBR Technology Excellence Awards 2022 from the Singapore Business Review. In the city state's \"Best Customer Service 2022/23\" survey conducted jointly by The Straits Times and research firm Statista, the company's excellent customer service was recognized in the trading and brokerage services sub-category, under Real Estate and Banking. As of now, in Singapore, the company keeps 21.5 hours of customer care services on a daily basis, through a combination of channels including hotline, e-mail, social media platforms, and in-app chat. The company also received \"Investor's Choice Awards 2022: Best Retail Broker\" from the Securities Investors Association (Singapore).In Southeast Asia, the company announced its Official Sponsor status for the ongoing AFF Mitsubishi Electric Cup 2022, the region's biennial football tournament contested by 10 national \"A\" teams, a move that seeks to highlight the company's continued commitment to becoming a global local company and letting everyone in the world enjoy efficient and smart investing.Nearly 20% of global new customers with deposits from Australia and New ZealandIn Australia and New Zealand, the company continued to gain momentum. In the reporting period, client acquisition sped up, with nearly 20% of all global new funded customers from the two markets. In-app feature-wise, PayID was accepted to deposit Tiger accounts in Australia in an offering to shorten the processing time. The new feature allows customers to enjoy real-time deposits all year round.During the two quarters since the company's entry into Australia, its flagship Tiger Trade app has been trusted by more local customers. In the third quarter, the company captured the winner position in three categories including \"Best for Australian investors\", \"People's choice\", and \"Best for ETFs\", from the well-known investing media outlet WeMoney.Global expansion never ceasesThe company is also ready to announce its expansion into Hong Kong starting in December, bringing the best possible smart global investing experience to investors in this global financial center. UP Fintech's subsidiary in Hong Kong holds Type I, II, IV and V licenses from the Securities and Futures Commission, qualifying the company to deal in and advise on securities and futures contracts. In total, the company holds 11 licenses and qualifications in Hong Kong.US fractional share trading function lowers investing thresholdSelf-developed infrastructure bears fruitIn the third quarter, the company's gross commission income stood at US$24.5 million, along with the interest-related income up 68.8% quarter-over-quarter to US$26.9 million.As the company's global expansion goes deep, we remain zoomed in on investing in research and development. During the period, nearly all US cash equity tradings were self-cleared.During the reporting period, UP Fintech launched US fractional share trading, a new feature that now supports all S&P 500 stocks, removes the 1 share minimum trading unit, and lowers the trading starting point to as little as US$5. While beginner-friendly, fractional share trading's low threshold also offers an engaging global investing experience to more investors by diversifying their portfolios in a more flexible way.In the meantime, mobile app features such as options combination analysis tools, most sought-after industries, and lists of ETFs for major markets were put on live. Among new PC/desktop features, time-weighted average price (TWAP) and volume-weighted average price (VWAP) orders were presented. With attached order and conditional order functions available, investors are able to analyze and grasp the investing trends in a timely manner.During the period, the demand for wealth management services continued to grow steadily. The number of customers increased by 37.7% quarter-over-quarter, and the asset under management (AUM) was up by 50.8% quarter-over-quarter. The number of Fund Mall users increased by 35% quarter-over-quarter, and AUM was up by 72.7% quarter-over-quarter. Cash management products saw the number of users up by 40.2% quarter-over-quarter, and AUM up by 35.8% quarter-over-quarter.On the investor education side, UP Fintech relentlessly promoted financial knowledge in a move to help investors adjust themselves to the volatile investing environment. During the period, the company broadcast 112 live sessions, covering a wide range of content from diving into companies' earnings results, to deep analysis of various industries and companies. Over 40% of the content was specially tailored for global investors in different markets.As of September 30, in Singapore, UP Fintech held a series of joint live broadcasts online with the Singapore Exchange, and was participated by analysts from institutions such as Standard Chartered Bank and Société Générale for their market insights. These live sessions, which have become the platform's signature content, were widely accoladed by investors. In Australia, industry analysis covering the most sought-after industries including mining, pharmaceuticals, and technology was well received, helping more local investors make better informed financial decisions, and boosting the content penetration rate to 50%.Investment banking services take the lead in US IPO underwritingESOP business spins off with strategic investors involvedDuring the reporting period, other revenues, including investment banking and employee stock ownership plan (ESOP), reached US$4 million. The company participated in 12 Hong Kong and US IPOs, served as an underwriter in 11 of these listings, and was the lead bank in 2 US IPOs.In the first three quarters of this year, third-party data shows that UP Fintech ranked third among all global brokerages, with 18 US IPO underwriting, and fourth by the offering size. In terms of special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) underwriting, the company ranked second globally by the offering scale of projects underwritten.The company also honed its research capabilities by issuing 19 research reports on various sectors including e-commerce, internet, entertainment, auto-making, and cryptocurrency, indicating its in-depth analysis expertise.UP Fintech signed 29 ESOP clients during the period, with the number of total clients added up to 393, a year-over-year increase of 50%. The primary market also resonated with the ESOP business's stellar prospects. During the quarter, strategic investors were involved in completing ESOP's angel round financing. The business is scheduled to spin off under the new brand \"UponeShare\" in the fourth quarter, with a vision of promoting digital transformation in equity management.In this quarter, dozens of companies including Tim Hortons, Leapmotor, AIM Vaccine, and Jenscare became part of the Tiger Community, and opened enterprise accounts.On the corporate social responsibility front, the company collaborated with WWF-Singapore on International Tiger Day to raise awareness about wildlife conservation.About UP FintechUP Fintech Holding Limited (Nasdaq: TIGR), also known as Tiger Brokers, is a leading online brokerage with a focus on redefining global investing with technology for the next generation.Founded in 2014, we relentlessly offer a superior user experience in pursuit of becoming a world-leading online brokerage, to let everyone enjoy efficient and smart investing. Currently, we offer a multitude of quality financial products and services across brokerage, employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) management, investment banking, wealth management, investor community, and investor education.We strive to elevate financial technology R&D to a new level. While we inherit the best traditions from the financial sector and blend them with the best minds of tech experts, we develop our own technology infrastructure—an aggregation that enables multi-currency trading of various products across markets, guaranteeing our reliable, secure, and scalable services are accessible to all with low latency.In March 2019, UP Fintech was listed on Nasdaq under the ticker TIGR. As of now, we serve over 9 million users and about 2 million account holders worldwide on our flagship platform \"Tiger Trade\", own 63 licenses and qualifications in different markets, and have over 1,000 employees on the team in Singapore, New Zealand, the US, Hong Kong Australia, and China.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":116,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":358696839,"gmtCreate":1616683136621,"gmtModify":1704797434284,"author":{"id":"3577583677378683","authorId":"3577583677378683","name":"Moonbyul","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/c3393b4f329ea99dc510e630ecfecd61","crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":1},"themes":[],"htmlText":"If Apple drop to $100 I will buy it ??","listText":"If Apple drop to $100 I will buy it ??","text":"If Apple drop to $100 I will buy it ??","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":2,"commentSize":5,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/358696839","repostId":"1179353023","repostType":4,"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":184,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[{"author":{"id":"3577917165320806","authorId":"3577917165320806","name":"KinKat","avatar":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/303a11363633244c53e6b67003899c74","crmLevel":7,"crmLevelSwitch":0},"content":"It was below $100 before their 1-for-4 split a few mths back. If it does drop back to this level, very likely a mkt correction has come & most other stocks would also be similarly \"cheaper\".","text":"It was below $100 before their 1-for-4 split a few mths back. If it does drop back to this level, very likely a mkt correction has come & most other stocks would also be similarly \"cheaper\".","html":"It was below $100 before their 1-for-4 split a few mths back. If it does drop back to this level, very likely a mkt correction has come & most other stocks would also be similarly \"cheaper\"."}],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":9025639573,"gmtCreate":1653668234492,"gmtModify":1676535324436,"author":{"id":"3577583677378683","authorId":"3577583677378683","name":"Moonbyul","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/c3393b4f329ea99dc510e630ecfecd61","crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":1},"themes":[],"htmlText":"Move up for Apple stocks 🍎👍🏻","listText":"Move up for Apple stocks 🍎👍🏻","text":"Move up for Apple stocks 🍎👍🏻","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":7,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/9025639573","repostId":"1150622182","repostType":2,"repost":{"id":"1150622182","pubTimestamp":1653665090,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/1150622182?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2022-05-27 23:24","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Apple Rises Friday to Reclaim Most-Valuable Company Title","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1150622182","media":"seekingalpha","summary":"Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) shares rose more than 3%, Friday, as the iPhone maker continued to climb back fr","content":"<html><head></head><body><p>Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) shares rose more than 3%, Friday, as the iPhone maker continued to climb back from its year-to-date low point, and also take back the title of world&#39;s most-valuable company.</p><p class=\"t-img-caption\"><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/8db39361b35d43fe2aaa49b11d47cf1e\" tg-width=\"1080\" tg-height=\"720\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\"/><span>Nikada/iStock Unreleased via Getty Images</span></p><p>Apple (AAPL) climbed to as high as $148.56 on the day, and has now risen 12% since touching a 2022 low of $132.61 a share on May 20. There was little major news involving Apple (AAPL) during the day&#39;s market session. On Thursday, Apple (AAPL) said it would boost the starting wage of its retail employees to $22 an hour.</p><p>With Friday&#39;s advance, Apple (AAPL) was able to edge past Saudi Aramco to become the most-valuable company in the world based on market capitalization. As trading progressed, Apple (AAPL) had a market cap of $2.39T, while Saudi Aramco was nipping at Apple&#39;s (AAPL) heels with its $2.38T market value.</p><p>On Thursday, influential Apple (AAPL) analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, of TF International Securities, said that channel checks suggest Apple (AAPL) is not making any changing in shipping plans for the eventual release of the iPhone 14 later this year. There had been some reports that Apple (AAPL) was experiencing production delays due to the impact of Covid-19 shutdowns in China.</p></body></html>","source":"seekingalpha","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Apple Rises Friday to Reclaim Most-Valuable Company Title</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nApple Rises Friday to Reclaim Most-Valuable Company Title\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2022-05-27 23:24 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://seekingalpha.com/news/3843513-apple-rises-friday-to-reclaim-most-valuable-company-title><strong>seekingalpha</strong></a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\n<p>Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) shares rose more than 3%, Friday, as the iPhone maker continued to climb back from its year-to-date low point, and also take back the title of world's most-valuable company.Nikada/...</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://seekingalpha.com/news/3843513-apple-rises-friday-to-reclaim-most-valuable-company-title\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"AAPL":"苹果"},"source_url":"https://seekingalpha.com/news/3843513-apple-rises-friday-to-reclaim-most-valuable-company-title","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/5a36db9d73b4222bc376d24ccc48c8a4","article_id":"1150622182","content_text":"Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) shares rose more than 3%, Friday, as the iPhone maker continued to climb back from its year-to-date low point, and also take back the title of world's most-valuable company.Nikada/iStock Unreleased via Getty ImagesApple (AAPL) climbed to as high as $148.56 on the day, and has now risen 12% since touching a 2022 low of $132.61 a share on May 20. There was little major news involving Apple (AAPL) during the day's market session. On Thursday, Apple (AAPL) said it would boost the starting wage of its retail employees to $22 an hour.With Friday's advance, Apple (AAPL) was able to edge past Saudi Aramco to become the most-valuable company in the world based on market capitalization. As trading progressed, Apple (AAPL) had a market cap of $2.39T, while Saudi Aramco was nipping at Apple's (AAPL) heels with its $2.38T market value.On Thursday, influential Apple (AAPL) analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, of TF International Securities, said that channel checks suggest Apple (AAPL) is not making any changing in shipping plans for the eventual release of the iPhone 14 later this year. 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height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nAcross the World, Apple Faces Macro Pressures\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2022-05-23 14:32 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://www.tipranks.com/news/article/across-the-world-apple-faces-macro-pressures/><strong>TipRanks</strong></a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\n<p>I am neutral on Apple as its strong recent performance momentum, overwhelming analyst bullishness, and formidable competitive advantages are offset by its murky near-term growth outlook and valuation ...</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.tipranks.com/news/article/across-the-world-apple-faces-macro-pressures/\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"AAPL":"苹果"},"source_url":"https://www.tipranks.com/news/article/across-the-world-apple-faces-macro-pressures/","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1124669492","content_text":"I am neutral on Apple as its strong recent performance momentum, overwhelming analyst bullishness, and formidable competitive advantages are offset by its murky near-term growth outlook and valuation multiples, which appear elevated relative to its historical averages.Apple is the leading global consumer electronics company and is in fact one of the largest companies in the world. In addition to its dominant computer and phone products, the company also has a thriving services business that consumers access through its variety of electronic devices. These services include Apple Music, iCloud, Apple Care, and Apple TV+. The company has also been reputed to be considering switching its iPhone business model to increase recurring revenues, and is also rumored to be working on developing an electric vehicle.In this article, I will lay out several reasons why I am neutral on AAPL stock at its current prices.Strong Q2 ResultsFiscal Q2 results for AAPL were quite strong, with revenue up 9% year-over-year, driven by 6% growth in the iPhone business, 15% growth in Mac sales, 17% growth in services, and the remainder of its business grew by 12%. Significantly notable was the continued strong growth momentum in the iPhone business, which reflects well on the company’s ability to innovate and create exciting new features while retaining substantial pricing power. The company also had a very successful launch of its new M1-powered MacBook Pro, and now boasts over 825 million paid members of its services business, representing 40 million in growth from just the previous quarter.Uncertain OutlookWhile Apple’s track record, formidable brand power, scale, and technological prowess boosting competitive advantages are all very impressive, its near term outlook is a bit less clear. The company is facing numerous headwinds to additional growth, including supply chain issues and a severe chip shortage. Additionally, Apple decided to pause sales in Russia following its invasion of Ukraine.While analysts still expect revenue, EBITDA, and earnings per share growth to continue over the next half decade, they are likely to be at a softer rate than was previously experienced by the company. Furthermore, the fact that the company’s base becomes increasingly massive, it is increasingly more difficult to drive revenues higher. With 7.3% expected annualized earnings per share growth, and 5.4% expected annualized revenue growth through 2026, AAPL looks like it will continue to do well, but is unlikely to crush the market like it has in the past.Stock Price Could be BetterAlthough the business is truly one of the finest in the world thanks to its competitive advantages, AAPL’s stock price – while not massively overvalued – looks less compelling than the underlying business.Despite decent but not great expectations for its growth over the next half decade, the forward dividend yield is only 0.7%. As a result, the earnings per share growth rate, plus current yield tallies to only 8%, with the vast majority of that sum coming from growth, making the total return proposition fairly muted here. On top of that, the price to normalized earnings ratio of 22.87x is well above its 10 year average of 16.91x and slightly above its five-year average of 21.25x, indicating that the stock could be currently overvalued.Wall Street analysts – on the other hand – appear to be quite bullish on the stock. According to Wall Street analysts, AAPL earns a Strong Buy analyst consensus based on 20 Buy ratings, six Hold Ratings and zero Sell ratings in the past three months. Additionally, the average analyst AAPL price target of $188.80 puts the upside potential at 37.22%.Summary & ConclusionsAAPL is a very impressive company that has generated fantastic returns for shareholders over the year, while revolutionizing communications technology and consumer electronics along the way. The stock has also proven to be an excellent dividend grower, and is also buying back shares hand over fist.While its services business is driving much of its growth right now, the numerous headwinds facing the business at the moment, combined with its stretched valuation multiple mean that total returns for the foreseeable future may be lackluster.Overall, the company remains one of the finest in the world and its stock is very tough to bet against. However, the valuation looks a bit stretched at the moment, so investors might want to wait for a pullback in the share price before adding shares.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":19,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":9023578943,"gmtCreate":1652938081182,"gmtModify":1676535192991,"author":{"id":"3577583677378683","authorId":"3577583677378683","name":"Moonbyul","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/c3393b4f329ea99dc510e630ecfecd61","crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":1},"themes":[],"htmlText":"Yes I agree Apple is a good company to invest. Ifthe price go down, it best to invest 🍎👍🏻. I will buy more of Apple stocks 👍🏻","listText":"Yes I agree Apple is a good company to invest. Ifthe price go down, it best to invest 🍎👍🏻. I will buy more of Apple stocks 👍🏻","text":"Yes I agree Apple is a good company to invest. Ifthe price go down, it best to invest 🍎👍🏻. I will buy more of Apple stocks 👍🏻","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":7,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/9023578943","repostId":"2236375743","repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"2236375743","pubTimestamp":1652926173,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/2236375743?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2022-05-19 10:09","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Apple Stock: What Analysts Think Of This Market Correction","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=2236375743","media":"TheStreet","summary":"With Apple stock trading 18% lower in 2022 alone, Wall Street has weighed in on the pullback. Here i","content":"<html><head></head><body><p>With Apple stock trading 18% lower in 2022 alone, Wall Street has weighed in on the pullback. Here is what some analysts had to say about AAPL recently.</p><p><b>Apple</b> stock has been trading 18% lower since 2022 started, and the S&amp;P 500 is also flirting with bear territory. The marketwide decline has been generally driven by unfavorable macroeconomic forces and supply chain disruptions.</p><p>However, from a business perspective,Apple appears to be performing well, benefiting from solid demand for its products and services.</p><p>The current tone on Wall Street towards Apple is bullish — a “strong buy” rating and 27% upside potential, on average. Below is what some of the top analysts think about Apple&#39;s current correction, and where they see the key risks and opportunities.</p><p class=\"t-img-caption\"><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/d350d1310651bece5952b30ba048dc75\" tg-width=\"1240\" tg-height=\"827\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\"/><span>Figure 1: Apple Stock: What Analysts Think Of This Market Correction</span></p><p><b>Not A Dot-Com Bubble 2.0</b></p><p>According to Wedbush tech analyst Dan Ives, the correction seen in tech stocks is not a second version of the dot-com bubble. However, 2022 could separate the sector into two halves: &#34;clear haves and have nots.&#34;</p><p>The analyst said that the strongest tech companies will likely emerge from the current bearish scenario even stronger than before. Some of those candidates include big tech names like Apple, the top pick in Wedbush&#39;s playbook, followed by <b>Microsoft</b>, considered by the analyst one of &#34;the safest landing spots for investors&#34; at the moment.</p><p>Ives also said that cyber security, cloud, A.I. (artificial intelligence), and big data will continue to benefit from strong spending, despite the choppy markets and softer macro backdrop.</p><p>In an interview with Bloomberg, Dan Ives said that now is the time to look at the fundamentals and pick winners.</p><p><b>Concerns Over Regulatory And Macro Risks</b></p><p>Not so bullish is HSBC analyst Nicolas Cote-Colisson, who has a neutral position on Apple at the moment due to the company&#39;s stance on the macro and regulatory environment.</p><p>One reason for skepticism is the European agreement on the Digital Markets Act (DMA). The new European regulation could mean that Apple needs to allow users to install apps from outside the App Store. The analyst sees this headwind as possibly affecting the company&#39;s business model. The new regulation is not expected to be enforced until 2023.</p><p>In addition, Cote-Colisson sees high risks of a recession hurting consumer spending and, of course, demand for Apple devices.</p><p><b>Tough Economy, But No Need To Panic</b></p><p>Morgan Stanley analyst Katy Huberty trimmed her price target on Apple a few weeks ago. Causing her to de-risk her expectations are challenges in the June quarter, which include foreign exchange, the Russian sales ban, and the lockdowns in China due to COVID-19.</p><p>More recently, the analyst said that she was encouraged by the AppStore&#39;s performance during April, based on data provided by Sensor Tower. Huberty estimates accelerated revenue growth of 8% YoY in April over the March quarter, which grew 6% YoY. That said, the analyst has kept her forecast unchanged at 15% YoY growth for the June quarter.</p></body></html>","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Apple Stock: What Analysts Think Of This Market Correction</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nApple Stock: What Analysts Think Of This Market Correction\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2022-05-19 10:09 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://www.thestreet.com/apple/news/apple-stock-what-analysts-think-of-this-market-correction><strong>TheStreet</strong></a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\n<p>With Apple stock trading 18% lower in 2022 alone, Wall Street has weighed in on the pullback. Here is what some analysts had to say about AAPL recently.Apple stock has been trading 18% lower since ...</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.thestreet.com/apple/news/apple-stock-what-analysts-think-of-this-market-correction\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"AAPL":"苹果"},"source_url":"https://www.thestreet.com/apple/news/apple-stock-what-analysts-think-of-this-market-correction","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"2236375743","content_text":"With Apple stock trading 18% lower in 2022 alone, Wall Street has weighed in on the pullback. Here is what some analysts had to say about AAPL recently.Apple stock has been trading 18% lower since 2022 started, and the S&P 500 is also flirting with bear territory. The marketwide decline has been generally driven by unfavorable macroeconomic forces and supply chain disruptions.However, from a business perspective,Apple appears to be performing well, benefiting from solid demand for its products and services.The current tone on Wall Street towards Apple is bullish — a “strong buy” rating and 27% upside potential, on average. Below is what some of the top analysts think about Apple's current correction, and where they see the key risks and opportunities.Figure 1: Apple Stock: What Analysts Think Of This Market CorrectionNot A Dot-Com Bubble 2.0According to Wedbush tech analyst Dan Ives, the correction seen in tech stocks is not a second version of the dot-com bubble. However, 2022 could separate the sector into two halves: \"clear haves and have nots.\"The analyst said that the strongest tech companies will likely emerge from the current bearish scenario even stronger than before. Some of those candidates include big tech names like Apple, the top pick in Wedbush's playbook, followed by Microsoft, considered by the analyst one of \"the safest landing spots for investors\" at the moment.Ives also said that cyber security, cloud, A.I. (artificial intelligence), and big data will continue to benefit from strong spending, despite the choppy markets and softer macro backdrop.In an interview with Bloomberg, Dan Ives said that now is the time to look at the fundamentals and pick winners.Concerns Over Regulatory And Macro RisksNot so bullish is HSBC analyst Nicolas Cote-Colisson, who has a neutral position on Apple at the moment due to the company's stance on the macro and regulatory environment.One reason for skepticism is the European agreement on the Digital Markets Act (DMA). The new European regulation could mean that Apple needs to allow users to install apps from outside the App Store. The analyst sees this headwind as possibly affecting the company's business model. The new regulation is not expected to be enforced until 2023.In addition, Cote-Colisson sees high risks of a recession hurting consumer spending and, of course, demand for Apple devices.Tough Economy, But No Need To PanicMorgan Stanley analyst Katy Huberty trimmed her price target on Apple a few weeks ago. Causing her to de-risk her expectations are challenges in the June quarter, which include foreign exchange, the Russian sales ban, and the lockdowns in China due to COVID-19.More recently, the analyst said that she was encouraged by the AppStore's performance during April, based on data provided by Sensor Tower. Huberty estimates accelerated revenue growth of 8% YoY in April over the March quarter, which grew 6% YoY. That said, the analyst has kept her forecast unchanged at 15% YoY growth for the June quarter.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":62,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":221185827459104,"gmtCreate":1695042631852,"gmtModify":1695042638931,"author":{"id":"3577583677378683","authorId":"3577583677378683","name":"Moonbyul","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/c3393b4f329ea99dc510e630ecfecd61","crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":1},"themes":[],"htmlText":"Apple stock for long term investment 👍🏻","listText":"Apple stock for long term investment 👍🏻","text":"Apple stock for long term investment 👍🏻","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":8,"commentSize":1,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/221185827459104","repostId":"1173155077","repostType":2,"repost":{"id":"1173155077","pubTimestamp":1695030900,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/1173155077?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2023-09-18 17:55","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Apple Stock To Climb 38%: The Ultra-Bullish Case Explained","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1173155077","media":"The Street","summary":"Wedbush analyst Dan Ives predicts a 38% rise in Apple stock, driven by iPhone upgrades and services growth. Is this optimistic outlook realistic or just wishful thinking?","content":"<html><head></head><body><ul style=\"\"><li><p>Analyst Dan Ives predicts a 38% upside in Apple stock, citing 250 million iPhone users who haven&#39;t upgraded in over 4 years as potential buyers.</p></li></ul><ul style=\"\"><li><p>Ives believes iPhone 15 pricing and carrier promotions will boost sales by 8-10 million units, with a focus on higher-margin Pro models.</p></li><li><p>Beyond iPhones, Ives sees Apple&#39;s services segment returning to double-digit growth, valuing it at $1.5 trillion and contributing to an overall bullish outlook.</p></li></ul><p>As reported by the Apple Maven recently, <strong>Apple</strong> stock took a hit following the launch of the new iPhone 15. The “sticky point” for investors and traders seems to be pricing: the Cupertino company chose not to mark up its new smartphones, except for the Pro Max.</p><p style=\"text-align: start;\">Despite the recent events, one analyst chose to bump up his target price on AAPL. Wedbush’s Dan Ives now sees Apple stock climbing to $240, a Street-high, which represents an upside opportunity of 38% from current levels.</p><p style=\"text-align: start;\">Below, we talk about how the sell-side shop envisions this rally taking shape over the next several months.</p><p class=\"t-img-caption\"><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/f34425b15d880eea0685f57f1f6bec5f\" alt=\"Unsplash\" title=\"Unsplash\" tg-width=\"1200\" tg-height=\"674\"/><span>Unsplash</span></p><h2 id=\"apple-still-an-iphone-story\" style=\"text-align: start;\">Apple: Still An iPhone Story</h2><p style=\"text-align: start;\">At the core of Dan Ives’ outperform rating is his understanding that the iPhone 15 cycle will surprise analysts and investors to the upside.</p><p style=\"text-align: start;\">The analyst has been talking for a while about a substantial proportion of the current iPhone installed base that will need to upgrade its devices soon – “[approximately] 250 million+ of 1.2 billion iPhone users worldwide have not upgraded their phones in over 4 years”, to be precise.</p><p style=\"text-align: start;\">The icing on the cake was the launch of the iPhone 15, which Dan Ives called “an impressive event”. He believes that the lack of a price increase across all models except the Pro Max will help to sell an additional 8 to 10 million units worldwide, aided in part by carrier promotions.</p><p style=\"text-align: start;\">In addition, Wedbush believes that the mix of Pro models sold in fiscal 2024 will be heavier than the historical average to the tune of about 15 percentage points. If confirmed, this should be a positive to revenues, ASP (average selling price), and likely margins.</p><h2 id=\"but-it-s-not-all-about-the-iphone\" style=\"text-align: start;\">… But It’s Not All About The iPhone</h2><p style=\"text-align: start;\">Lastly, Dan Ives’ price target bump was also grounded on Apple’s services. He sees the segment returning to double-digit growth in a matter of quarters. The analyst values this corner of the business alone, which accounts for only about 20% of total sales, at about $1.5 trillion.</p><p style=\"text-align: start;\">Wedbush’s ultra-bullish case for 38% returns ahead is a combination of the services piece described above and the product portfolio that the analyst values at about $2 trillion.</p><h2 id=\"the-apple-maven-s-take\" style=\"text-align: start;\">The Apple Maven’s Take</h2><p style=\"text-align: start;\">I’ve always found the business of forecasting iPhone cycles a bit speculative. While it is true that Apple has made mistakes in the past (think iPhone 5c), the company has become better over time at anticipating demand and meeting it – that is, when the supply chain is not an issue.</p><p style=\"text-align: start;\">If Dan Ives is correct in his assessment of the upgrade cycle, the opportunity to upgrade 250 million devices at an assumed ASP of $900 suggests $225 billion in potential iPhone sales in fiscal 2024 from upgraders alone. For reference, Apple’s iPhone revenues in fiscal 2022 reached “only” $205 billion.</p><p>On the service side, I see Wedbush’s projection of double-digit growth and a $1.5 trillion valuation as fair and reasonable. In fact, I have explained why I believe that services alone could be worth $2 trillion, using a simple set of assumptions.</p><p style=\"text-align: start;\">For the reasons above, I think that Dan Ives’ price target of $240 for Apple shares is sensical. Nailing the timing of the potential 38% gain, however, is a bit trickier. The direction of economic growth, inflation, and interest rates can pose risks in the short-to-medium terms.</p></body></html>","source":"lsy1610613172068","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Apple Stock To Climb 38%: The Ultra-Bullish Case Explained</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nApple Stock To Climb 38%: The Ultra-Bullish Case Explained\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2023-09-18 17:55 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://www.thestreet.com/apple/stock/apple-stock-to-climb-38-the-ultra-bullish-case-explained><strong>The Street</strong></a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\n<p>Analyst Dan Ives predicts a 38% upside in Apple stock, citing 250 million iPhone users who haven't upgraded in over 4 years as potential buyers.Ives believes iPhone 15 pricing and carrier promotions ...</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.thestreet.com/apple/stock/apple-stock-to-climb-38-the-ultra-bullish-case-explained\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"AAPL":"苹果"},"source_url":"https://www.thestreet.com/apple/stock/apple-stock-to-climb-38-the-ultra-bullish-case-explained","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1173155077","content_text":"Analyst Dan Ives predicts a 38% upside in Apple stock, citing 250 million iPhone users who haven't upgraded in over 4 years as potential buyers.Ives believes iPhone 15 pricing and carrier promotions will boost sales by 8-10 million units, with a focus on higher-margin Pro models.Beyond iPhones, Ives sees Apple's services segment returning to double-digit growth, valuing it at $1.5 trillion and contributing to an overall bullish outlook.As reported by the Apple Maven recently, Apple stock took a hit following the launch of the new iPhone 15. The “sticky point” for investors and traders seems to be pricing: the Cupertino company chose not to mark up its new smartphones, except for the Pro Max.Despite the recent events, one analyst chose to bump up his target price on AAPL. Wedbush’s Dan Ives now sees Apple stock climbing to $240, a Street-high, which represents an upside opportunity of 38% from current levels.Below, we talk about how the sell-side shop envisions this rally taking shape over the next several months.UnsplashApple: Still An iPhone StoryAt the core of Dan Ives’ outperform rating is his understanding that the iPhone 15 cycle will surprise analysts and investors to the upside.The analyst has been talking for a while about a substantial proportion of the current iPhone installed base that will need to upgrade its devices soon – “[approximately] 250 million+ of 1.2 billion iPhone users worldwide have not upgraded their phones in over 4 years”, to be precise.The icing on the cake was the launch of the iPhone 15, which Dan Ives called “an impressive event”. He believes that the lack of a price increase across all models except the Pro Max will help to sell an additional 8 to 10 million units worldwide, aided in part by carrier promotions.In addition, Wedbush believes that the mix of Pro models sold in fiscal 2024 will be heavier than the historical average to the tune of about 15 percentage points. If confirmed, this should be a positive to revenues, ASP (average selling price), and likely margins.… But It’s Not All About The iPhoneLastly, Dan Ives’ price target bump was also grounded on Apple’s services. He sees the segment returning to double-digit growth in a matter of quarters. The analyst values this corner of the business alone, which accounts for only about 20% of total sales, at about $1.5 trillion.Wedbush’s ultra-bullish case for 38% returns ahead is a combination of the services piece described above and the product portfolio that the analyst values at about $2 trillion.The Apple Maven’s TakeI’ve always found the business of forecasting iPhone cycles a bit speculative. While it is true that Apple has made mistakes in the past (think iPhone 5c), the company has become better over time at anticipating demand and meeting it – that is, when the supply chain is not an issue.If Dan Ives is correct in his assessment of the upgrade cycle, the opportunity to upgrade 250 million devices at an assumed ASP of $900 suggests $225 billion in potential iPhone sales in fiscal 2024 from upgraders alone. For reference, Apple’s iPhone revenues in fiscal 2022 reached “only” $205 billion.On the service side, I see Wedbush’s projection of double-digit growth and a $1.5 trillion valuation as fair and reasonable. In fact, I have explained why I believe that services alone could be worth $2 trillion, using a simple set of assumptions.For the reasons above, I think that Dan Ives’ price target of $240 for Apple shares is sensical. Nailing the timing of the potential 38% gain, however, is a bit trickier. The direction of economic growth, inflation, and interest rates can pose risks in the short-to-medium terms.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":272,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[{"author":{"id":"4111842224562182","authorId":"4111842224562182","name":"DailyTrader7","avatar":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/221e86f826e5d51d2c15d2af518a6f07","crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0},"content":"Totally agreed 👌🏼","text":"Totally agreed 👌🏼","html":"Totally agreed 👌🏼"}],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":9033756422,"gmtCreate":1646363974436,"gmtModify":1676534122813,"author":{"id":"3577583677378683","authorId":"3577583677378683","name":"Moonbyul","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/c3393b4f329ea99dc510e630ecfecd61","crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":1},"themes":[],"htmlText":"I can't wait to see the new launch product from Apple&nbsp;","listText":"I can't wait to see the new launch product from Apple&nbsp;","text":"I can't wait to see the new launch product from Apple","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":6,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/9033756422","repostId":"1181626612","repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"1181626612","pubTimestamp":1646359577,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/1181626612?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2022-03-04 10:06","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Low-Priced iPhone Will Help AAPL Stock Heat Up After ‘Peak Performance’ Apple Event","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1181626612","media":"InvestorPlace","summary":"For fans of Apple(NASDAQ:AAPL), the wait is finally over. The Silicon Valley innovator has announced","content":"<html><head></head><body><p>For fans of <b>Apple</b>(NASDAQ:<b><u>AAPL</u></b>), the wait is finally over. The Silicon Valley innovator has announced that it will be broadcasting its “Peak Performance” event on March 8. After weeks of rumors, the tech sector will see what Apple is planning on rolling out in the year ahead. According to some, this will mean updates on the new iPhone SE and iPad Air, among other products. AAPL stock is up slightly in aftermarket trading today on anticipation for the event.</p><p>Following its decline in February as negative momentum pushed down the tech sector, AAPL stock has rebounded nicely. If the stock continues to move upward, it will be back in the green for the month before the March 8 catalyst.</p><p>While the event in general promises to generate momentum for AAPL stock, there is a specific reason why. In particular, fans and investors are expecting to see the newest low-cost iPhone.<i>The Verge</i> reports the device is rumored to include 5G and “a faster A15 CPU chip” as well as higher-quality cameras.</p><p>What’s Happening with AAPL Stock</p><p>Ever since its iconic debut in 2007, the iPhone has been proving critics wrong. The device has gone from being a luxury item to a common device. Of course, a frequent complaint about Apple has always been its products are too expensive. However, the upcoming release could be a significant step forward in this regard. Mark Gurman of<i>Bloomberg</i>hassuggestedthat the release of the new low-cost iPhone could position Apple to lower its current SE model price to $199.</p><p>Apple is already the company that gave the world the smartphone. Some of its competitors, such as <b>Samsung</b> and <b>Motorola</b>(NYSE:<b><u>MSI</u></b>) have stayed competitive largely by offering more affordable alternatives. For Apple to lower its iPhone prices by this much could mean a difficult road ahead for these competitors. It would serve to boost sales for Apple considerably, though, sending AAPL stock up even further.</p><p>The smartphone market is already shifting in that direction. Earlier this year, tech review site <i>Tom’s Guide</i> ranked the iPhone SE second on a list of top smartphones under $400, ahead of models from Motorola, Samsung and others. It appears that the affordable smartphone market is truly the final frontier for Apple to conquer — and many signs indicate we are about to see the company do exactly that.</p><p>What It Means</p><p>Competing with a company like Apple wasn’t easy when the iPhone was too costly. After all, the company’s consumer base consists of a large, loyal and highly motivated group. Now that we are about to see the iPhone reach a new level of affordability, though, competitors may need to accept defeat.</p><p>Additionally, investors have plenty more reason to bet on AAPL stock, iPhone or not. As<i>InvestorPlace</i>contributor Thomas Niel notes, Apple’sexposure to the metaverse will help boost shares in 2022. Louis Navellier also notes that Warren Buffett has loyally maintained his position in AAPL, indicating the company likely still has growth potential.</p><p>Investors should watch the “Peak Performance” event closely. However, AAPL stock should still rise with or without low-cost iPhones.</p></body></html>","source":"lsy1606302653667","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Low-Priced iPhone Will Help AAPL Stock Heat Up After ‘Peak Performance’ Apple Event</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nLow-Priced iPhone Will Help AAPL Stock Heat Up After ‘Peak Performance’ Apple Event\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2022-03-04 10:06 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://investorplace.com/2022/03/low-priced-iphone-will-help-aapl-stock-heat-up-after-peak-performance-apple-event/><strong>InvestorPlace</strong></a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\n<p>For fans of Apple(NASDAQ:AAPL), the wait is finally over. The Silicon Valley innovator has announced that it will be broadcasting its “Peak Performance” event on March 8. After weeks of rumors, the ...</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://investorplace.com/2022/03/low-priced-iphone-will-help-aapl-stock-heat-up-after-peak-performance-apple-event/\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"AAPL":"苹果"},"source_url":"https://investorplace.com/2022/03/low-priced-iphone-will-help-aapl-stock-heat-up-after-peak-performance-apple-event/","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1181626612","content_text":"For fans of Apple(NASDAQ:AAPL), the wait is finally over. The Silicon Valley innovator has announced that it will be broadcasting its “Peak Performance” event on March 8. After weeks of rumors, the tech sector will see what Apple is planning on rolling out in the year ahead. According to some, this will mean updates on the new iPhone SE and iPad Air, among other products. AAPL stock is up slightly in aftermarket trading today on anticipation for the event.Following its decline in February as negative momentum pushed down the tech sector, AAPL stock has rebounded nicely. If the stock continues to move upward, it will be back in the green for the month before the March 8 catalyst.While the event in general promises to generate momentum for AAPL stock, there is a specific reason why. In particular, fans and investors are expecting to see the newest low-cost iPhone.The Verge reports the device is rumored to include 5G and “a faster A15 CPU chip” as well as higher-quality cameras.What’s Happening with AAPL StockEver since its iconic debut in 2007, the iPhone has been proving critics wrong. The device has gone from being a luxury item to a common device. Of course, a frequent complaint about Apple has always been its products are too expensive. However, the upcoming release could be a significant step forward in this regard. Mark Gurman ofBloomberghassuggestedthat the release of the new low-cost iPhone could position Apple to lower its current SE model price to $199.Apple is already the company that gave the world the smartphone. Some of its competitors, such as Samsung and Motorola(NYSE:MSI) have stayed competitive largely by offering more affordable alternatives. For Apple to lower its iPhone prices by this much could mean a difficult road ahead for these competitors. It would serve to boost sales for Apple considerably, though, sending AAPL stock up even further.The smartphone market is already shifting in that direction. Earlier this year, tech review site Tom’s Guide ranked the iPhone SE second on a list of top smartphones under $400, ahead of models from Motorola, Samsung and others. It appears that the affordable smartphone market is truly the final frontier for Apple to conquer — and many signs indicate we are about to see the company do exactly that.What It MeansCompeting with a company like Apple wasn’t easy when the iPhone was too costly. After all, the company’s consumer base consists of a large, loyal and highly motivated group. Now that we are about to see the iPhone reach a new level of affordability, though, competitors may need to accept defeat.Additionally, investors have plenty more reason to bet on AAPL stock, iPhone or not. AsInvestorPlacecontributor Thomas Niel notes, Apple’sexposure to the metaverse will help boost shares in 2022. Louis Navellier also notes that Warren Buffett has loyally maintained his position in AAPL, indicating the company likely still has growth potential.Investors should watch the “Peak Performance” event closely. However, AAPL stock should still rise with or without low-cost iPhones.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":119,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":359384795,"gmtCreate":1616346630617,"gmtModify":1704793026809,"author":{"id":"3577583677378683","authorId":"3577583677378683","name":"Moonbyul","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/c3393b4f329ea99dc510e630ecfecd61","crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":1},"themes":[],"htmlText":"Apple is still a good buy ??","listText":"Apple is still a good buy ??","text":"Apple is still a good buy ??","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":2,"commentSize":4,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/359384795","repostId":"1103756496","repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"1103756496","pubTimestamp":1616163949,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/1103756496?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2021-03-19 22:25","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Apple Stock Is Going Down, One Analyst Says. Here’s Why","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1103756496","media":"The Street","summary":"Recently, I laid out the arguments supporting Wall Street’s most bullish of theses on Apple stock. Some of the highlights included the doubling of services and wearables revenues in five years, the 5G super cycle, the greenfield Apple Car opportunity, and an acceleration in share repurchases.Now, I look at the flip side of the coin. How would one support the most bearish argument on Apple shares?At least one analyst has compiled a laundry list of items that makes him fear for a 35% drop in the s","content":"<p>Recently, I laid out the arguments supporting Wall Street’s most bullish of theses on Apple stock. Some of the highlights included the doubling of services and wearables revenues in five years, the 5G super cycle, the greenfield Apple Car opportunity, and an acceleration in share repurchases.</p>\n<p>Now, I look at the flip side of the coin. How would one support the most bearish argument on Apple shares? At least one analyst has compiled a laundry list of items that makes him fear for a 35% drop in the stock price from current levels.</p>\n<p><b>Apple might be too hyped</b></p>\n<p>Goldman Sach’s Rod Hall is one of those very rare Apple analysts that maintain a sell rating on the stock. While I have not come across research from him that is more recent thanlate January, most of his bearish points still seem relevant today.</p>\n<p>For starters, Goldman does not seem impressed with the near-term smartphone opportunity. According to the research shop, the iPhone 12 resembles a “redesign cycle” rather thana more meaningful “5G super cycle”. As a result, iPhone replacement rates should be low in 2021.</p>\n<p>Still on the same subject, Goldman projects ASP (average selling price) to come down this year, as buyers shift to cheaper models like the iPhone 12 mini and the iPhone 11. Here,recent data points have been suggesting the opposite: the mini seems to be the biggest loser within the product portfolio, while the Pro and Pro Max have been performing above expectations.</p>\n<p>Also, Mr. Hall does not seethe Apple Car opportunityas a profitable initiative.Accordingto him:</p>\n<blockquote>\n “The auto industry has generally lower gross margins than Apple's own current businesses. Tesla's gross margins are about 20%, compared to Apple's 40%. Operating margins are even lower, typically in the high single digits. Even in optimistic scenarios, the release of a production Apple Car is likely to have only a minor impact on Apple's bottom line.”\n</blockquote>\n<p>Lastly, the analyst believes that the end of the COVID-19 crisis will trigger a discretionary spending shift from tech devices (iPhones, Macs) to away-from-home services (travel and leisure). This could be a negative catalyst for the stock in 2021.</p>\n<p><b>The Apple Maven’s take</b></p>\n<p>In my opinion, the market is not the place to cheer for or against a stock. This is what sports arenas are for (after the pandemic is over, of course). So, I think that even the most confident of Apple investors should pay attention to the bearish case on the stock, and think through the arguments critically.</p>\n<p>I think Goldman raises good points about the hype around the 5G super cycle and the Apple Car. Whether either can push Apple’s financial results significantly above current consensus remains to be seen. Meanwhile, the stockseems to have already priced some of the upside.</p>\n<p>I also understand the risk in discretionary spending migrating away from tech hardware, software and services. Just as an example,air travel bookings for the summer seasonhave already started to climb fast. Where will the money to cover these costs come from? A brand-new iPad could be one answer.</p>\n<p>Still, the Apple Maven sees more upside to investing in Apple at current levels than downside risk. In addition to the bullish points on the business fundamentals,the valuation floor and dip-buying opportunityincreases the probability that an investment in Apple today will pay off in the long term.</p>\n<p><b>Twitter speaks</b></p>\n<p>The most bullish analysts say that Apple could head to $225 per share, under the rosiest scenario. The most bearish of them says “not so fast”, and sees 35% downside risk. Who will be proven right?</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/416292f8a70685b7612b592d29c72df6\" tg-width=\"589\" tg-height=\"454\"><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/4e715d243108042b76de007cc2748aed\" tg-width=\"678\" tg-height=\"520\"></p>","source":"lsy1610613172068","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Apple Stock Is Going Down, One Analyst Says. 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Here’s Why\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2021-03-19 22:25 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://www.thestreet.com/apple/news/apple-stock-is-going-down-one-analyst-says-heres-why><strong>The Street</strong></a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\n<p>Recently, I laid out the arguments supporting Wall Street’s most bullish of theses on Apple stock. Some of the highlights included the doubling of services and wearables revenues in five years, the 5G...</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.thestreet.com/apple/news/apple-stock-is-going-down-one-analyst-says-heres-why\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"AAPL":"苹果"},"source_url":"https://www.thestreet.com/apple/news/apple-stock-is-going-down-one-analyst-says-heres-why","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1103756496","content_text":"Recently, I laid out the arguments supporting Wall Street’s most bullish of theses on Apple stock. Some of the highlights included the doubling of services and wearables revenues in five years, the 5G super cycle, the greenfield Apple Car opportunity, and an acceleration in share repurchases.\nNow, I look at the flip side of the coin. How would one support the most bearish argument on Apple shares? At least one analyst has compiled a laundry list of items that makes him fear for a 35% drop in the stock price from current levels.\nApple might be too hyped\nGoldman Sach’s Rod Hall is one of those very rare Apple analysts that maintain a sell rating on the stock. While I have not come across research from him that is more recent thanlate January, most of his bearish points still seem relevant today.\nFor starters, Goldman does not seem impressed with the near-term smartphone opportunity. According to the research shop, the iPhone 12 resembles a “redesign cycle” rather thana more meaningful “5G super cycle”. As a result, iPhone replacement rates should be low in 2021.\nStill on the same subject, Goldman projects ASP (average selling price) to come down this year, as buyers shift to cheaper models like the iPhone 12 mini and the iPhone 11. Here,recent data points have been suggesting the opposite: the mini seems to be the biggest loser within the product portfolio, while the Pro and Pro Max have been performing above expectations.\nAlso, Mr. Hall does not seethe Apple Car opportunityas a profitable initiative.Accordingto him:\n\n “The auto industry has generally lower gross margins than Apple's own current businesses. Tesla's gross margins are about 20%, compared to Apple's 40%. Operating margins are even lower, typically in the high single digits. Even in optimistic scenarios, the release of a production Apple Car is likely to have only a minor impact on Apple's bottom line.”\n\nLastly, the analyst believes that the end of the COVID-19 crisis will trigger a discretionary spending shift from tech devices (iPhones, Macs) to away-from-home services (travel and leisure). This could be a negative catalyst for the stock in 2021.\nThe Apple Maven’s take\nIn my opinion, the market is not the place to cheer for or against a stock. This is what sports arenas are for (after the pandemic is over, of course). So, I think that even the most confident of Apple investors should pay attention to the bearish case on the stock, and think through the arguments critically.\nI think Goldman raises good points about the hype around the 5G super cycle and the Apple Car. Whether either can push Apple’s financial results significantly above current consensus remains to be seen. Meanwhile, the stockseems to have already priced some of the upside.\nI also understand the risk in discretionary spending migrating away from tech hardware, software and services. Just as an example,air travel bookings for the summer seasonhave already started to climb fast. Where will the money to cover these costs come from? A brand-new iPad could be one answer.\nStill, the Apple Maven sees more upside to investing in Apple at current levels than downside risk. In addition to the bullish points on the business fundamentals,the valuation floor and dip-buying opportunityincreases the probability that an investment in Apple today will pay off in the long term.\nTwitter speaks\nThe most bullish analysts say that Apple could head to $225 per share, under the rosiest scenario. The most bearish of them says “not so fast”, and sees 35% downside risk. 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I have written about the positives as well as the negatives for the investment case for and against Apple in my previous article. In this article, I look for early warning signs that demand for Apple products may be less than expected as the global economy starts to weaken.</p><p><b>Investment thesis</b></p><p>While I continue to see Apple as an excellent company with great products and a strong brand with strong competitive moats, I do think that the current price levels are not the right levels for investors to add to Apple. The premium multiple it is commanding today comes with a high level of risk as the market is pricing in mid single digit EPS growth in the next 2 years. With the heightened risk of slowing of the macroeconomic environment and potentially a recession, demand for Apple&#39;s products could start to wane as consumers become more sensitive in their spending.</p><p>As such, I think that the current premium multiple is not warranted given the possibility of further downward revisions to the mid single digit EPS that is priced in today. Even with the competitive moat that Apple has today, with a hefty price tag of 24x 2023 P/E with 6% EPS growth from 2023 to 2024, I think that there could be more downside to come for Apple.</p><p><b>3Q22 revenue beat came from supply side</b></p><p>In the current 3Q22 quarter, the company posted a revenue beat of $2.8 billion. Given that management guided that they expect a supply chain impact of about $4 billion to $8 billion for the current quarter, the approximately $3.5 billion in supply chain impact brought a positive impact of about $2.5 billion to the average of $6 billion supply chain impacts that would be expected for the quarter. As a result, the revenue beat did come from better than expected supply side factors, which is of course, positive news given that supply chain issues have been a major constraint for some of its products.</p><p>That said, I take a more cautious view on the demand side of things for Apple until I start to see demand driving the beat. I would look at the sales of the newest iPhone 14 models to gauge for demand since, as highlighted in my previous article, the iPhone takes up more than50%of Apple&#39;s total revenues.</p><p><b>Weak guidance</b></p><p>Although Apple does not usually give a specific numeric guidance, the fourth quarter guidance was less clear than normally provided. In terms of how the macroeconomic environment and higher inflation is affecting the business, I think that it is encouraging that management cleared the air that for the iPhone in particular, there were no obvious signs that macroeconomic factors were affecting the business.</p><p>However, it is also worth pointing out that CEO Tim Cook did acknowledge pockets of weakness in Wearables and Services as these businesses seem to be experiencing the impacts of weakening macroeconomic environment. Mac and iPad were constrained by supply which were not enough to test the demand. Also, there are headwinds coming from the foreign exchange as there were 300 basis points that had an impact on growth rates in the current quarter coming from these FX headwinds.</p><p>All in all, while there are pockets of weakness, I think that it is not all doom for Apple as consumer demand for the iPhone still looks to be holding up. Should there be any signs of weakness in demand for the iPhone 14, I think that this may spell near-term trouble for the company. However, I think management is currently being cautious about expectations rather than management signaling that consumer demand is waning. Furthermore, I think that the uncertain global environment does make it relatively more difficult for a clearer guidance.</p><p><b>Apple&#39;s 7 Sept event</b></p><p>As usual, Apple&#39;s biggest event of the calendar year was met with much enthusiasm. It was great to see incremental improvements, in my view, for their launches of the new iPhone, Watch and AirPods during the 7 September event.</p><p>Firstly, I would highlight the pricing for all models of its iPhones remain unchanged. In my view, this is necessary given that Apple could see a shift in demand from iPhone Pro to its non-Pro models if there were a price increase. Apple&#39;s iPhone Pro mix was abnormally higher during the pandemic and an increase in prices for the iPhone 14 Pro might have risked a more drastic normalization of the iPhone mix.</p><p>Apple did release other features like the Emergency SOS service that uses satellite connectivity which will be free for 2 years for all the new phones that allow for the service, as well as the Dynamic Island that is meant as a clever use of the cutout in the iPhone Pro model for showing alerts. The iPhone Pro model also has an updated 48MP quad-pixel sensor and up from the previous model&#39;s 12MP. Action mode was also launched for videos to look more smooth in videos with significant motion.</p><p>Targeting the fitness and outdoor enthusiasts that currently use watches from companies like Garmin, Apple launched the Apple Ultra Watch. It is a new premium watch with a 49mm titanium case and the watch has improved multi band GPS and the new L5frequency, with a pricing of $799. Furthermore, the company eliminated the Apple Watch Series 3 while reducing the price of the Apple Watch SE by $30 to $249. This means that the most affordable Apple Watch is now the Apple Watch SE.</p><p>Other upgrades include an upgrade to the AirPods Pro, with a new H2 chip that is said to have better sound quality, almost 2x better noise cancellation as well as a longer battery life of6 hours compared to the 4.5 hours in the previous version. Also, the pricing of the new AirPods Pro remains unchanged at $249.</p><p>All in all, while there were incremental improvements during the event for the new iPhone, Watch and AirPods, I take the view that these will not make meaningful improvements to the company&#39;s business or growth. With the event now behind us, this also leaves one less catalyst for the Apple stock in the near term and since this event does not move the needle much, most of the upside or downside in the near term will still come from the higher or lower demand for Apple&#39;s products in the current uncertain economic environment.</p><p><b>Early signs of demand from iPhone 14 launch</b></p><p>While it may be premature to gauge how the sales of the newest iPhone 14 will be in the next year, the data from the launch can be a good leading indicator of what we can expect moving forward. Furthermore, typically the more loyal Apple fans will be the ones buying the latest model near launch date and may not be a good representation of what the true demand is going forward.</p><p>An analyst from TF Securities has done the good work of analyzing and providing data on the pre-orders of Apple&#39;s newest iPhone 14 models. What he found was that for the top end model, iPhone 14 Pro Max, this surpassed the demand that was seen in the same period last year, for which the analyst rated good. The iPhone 14 Pro saw the same demand as the iPhone 13 Pro one year before and thus, was labeled as neutral. The iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 plus were rated a bad rating.</p><p>I think what this means is that we will see a shift in the mix towards the higher end model and thus a higher average selling price given the strong numbers for the iPhone 14 Pro Max. Furthermore, it does imply that the higher end consumers continue to be willing to spend and that iPhone 14 Pro Max&#39;s features and upgrades are the most attractive relative to the other 3 models.</p><p>The iPhone 14 plus had a weaker demand than that of the iPhone 13 mini launched last year, and the two models of iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 plus made up 45% of total shipments.</p><p>It remains to be seen whether the relatively stronger demand for the iPhone 14 Pro Max will be sustained past the early pre-order phase as we might see demand wane if the less loyal Apple consumers may not have the same enthusiasm for the iPhone 14 Pro Max as those who made the pre-order.</p><p><b>Valuation</b></p><p>Apple is currently trading at 24x 2023 P/E and 23x 2024 P/E. Embedded in this P/E is the pricing in of 6% growth on average in these 2 years. Even though I acknowledge Apple has one of the best businesses and competitive moats, I think that Apple still looks expensive to me at current levels.</p><p>I think that Apple&#39;s premium multiple makes it difficult for me to justify investment into the company at current levels because of the risks of macro economy weakening going into 2023, bringing downside to the current 6% average growth expected over the next 2 years. Furthermore, paying 24x 2023 P/E for 6% growth rate does not make sense to me as I see better opportunities out there.</p><p>I apply a 20x P/E multiple to my 2023F EPS estimate of $6.40. As such, my 1 year target price for Apple is $128, implying 17% downside from current levels. While I have not priced in a recession scenario in my EPS estimates for 2023F, I think that my estimates are relatively de-risked from that of Wall Street and my lower P/E multiple takes into account the higher risk we are seeing today with regard to the weakening macro situation.</p><p><b>Risks</b></p><p>Macroeconomic environment</p><p>While it can be argued that Apple has the most loyal fans, the uncertainty around the global macroeconomic environment now means that there are heightened risks that demand could fade if the economy makes a turn for the worse. I think that the main risk for Apple right now both for the upside and the downside is how demand plays out in the near-term. If demand holds up better than expected, we could see further upside in the stock price. However, if the recession scenario does occur and demand falls, there could be substantial downside to come.</p><p>Market share loss in high end smartphone markets</p><p>While Apple has one of the best competitive moats in the world, sometimes, the bigger they come, the harder they may fall. As such, I think it is crucial Apple maintains this competitive advantage. If Apple is unable to maintain its competitive advantage as an ecosystem leader, other high end smartphone players may take up market share and this will negatively affect share price.</p><p><b>Conclusion</b></p><p>Although Apple&#39;s strong platform creates optionality longer term we see this as offset by a premium multiple and both macro and normalization risks to numbers heading into 2023. We believe there are better options for investors wishing to weather deteriorating macro elsewhere in our coverage.</p><p>I prefer to be on the sidelines with Apple at the current levels, and maintain my neutral rating. There are warning signs for the business appearing as Tim Cook has mentioned some pockets of weakness in the business in the 2Q22 call, supply side factors driving the revenue beat in 2Q22, and iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 plus models not being well received in the pre-order stage. That said, I continue to like Apple as a business for the long-term with a great management running the show with best-in-class products and strong brand reputation. The premium valuation is not justified with the heightened risks that we are seeing going into 2023 with risks of weakening of consumer sentiment and potentially a recession. As such, I think that market has not yet priced in these risks for Apple. My 1 year target price for Apple is $128, implying 17% downside from current levels.</p></body></html>","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Apple: A Word Of Caution From Tim Cook And iPhone 14 Pre-Orders</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; 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I have written about the positives as well as the negatives for the investment case for and against Apple in my previous article. In this article, I look for early warning signs that demand for Apple products may be less than expected as the global economy starts to weaken.Investment thesisWhile I continue to see Apple as an excellent company with great products and a strong brand with strong competitive moats, I do think that the current price levels are not the right levels for investors to add to Apple. The premium multiple it is commanding today comes with a high level of risk as the market is pricing in mid single digit EPS growth in the next 2 years. With the heightened risk of slowing of the macroeconomic environment and potentially a recession, demand for Apple's products could start to wane as consumers become more sensitive in their spending.As such, I think that the current premium multiple is not warranted given the possibility of further downward revisions to the mid single digit EPS that is priced in today. Even with the competitive moat that Apple has today, with a hefty price tag of 24x 2023 P/E with 6% EPS growth from 2023 to 2024, I think that there could be more downside to come for Apple.3Q22 revenue beat came from supply sideIn the current 3Q22 quarter, the company posted a revenue beat of $2.8 billion. Given that management guided that they expect a supply chain impact of about $4 billion to $8 billion for the current quarter, the approximately $3.5 billion in supply chain impact brought a positive impact of about $2.5 billion to the average of $6 billion supply chain impacts that would be expected for the quarter. As a result, the revenue beat did come from better than expected supply side factors, which is of course, positive news given that supply chain issues have been a major constraint for some of its products.That said, I take a more cautious view on the demand side of things for Apple until I start to see demand driving the beat. I would look at the sales of the newest iPhone 14 models to gauge for demand since, as highlighted in my previous article, the iPhone takes up more than50%of Apple's total revenues.Weak guidanceAlthough Apple does not usually give a specific numeric guidance, the fourth quarter guidance was less clear than normally provided. In terms of how the macroeconomic environment and higher inflation is affecting the business, I think that it is encouraging that management cleared the air that for the iPhone in particular, there were no obvious signs that macroeconomic factors were affecting the business.However, it is also worth pointing out that CEO Tim Cook did acknowledge pockets of weakness in Wearables and Services as these businesses seem to be experiencing the impacts of weakening macroeconomic environment. Mac and iPad were constrained by supply which were not enough to test the demand. Also, there are headwinds coming from the foreign exchange as there were 300 basis points that had an impact on growth rates in the current quarter coming from these FX headwinds.All in all, while there are pockets of weakness, I think that it is not all doom for Apple as consumer demand for the iPhone still looks to be holding up. Should there be any signs of weakness in demand for the iPhone 14, I think that this may spell near-term trouble for the company. However, I think management is currently being cautious about expectations rather than management signaling that consumer demand is waning. Furthermore, I think that the uncertain global environment does make it relatively more difficult for a clearer guidance.Apple's 7 Sept eventAs usual, Apple's biggest event of the calendar year was met with much enthusiasm. It was great to see incremental improvements, in my view, for their launches of the new iPhone, Watch and AirPods during the 7 September event.Firstly, I would highlight the pricing for all models of its iPhones remain unchanged. In my view, this is necessary given that Apple could see a shift in demand from iPhone Pro to its non-Pro models if there were a price increase. Apple's iPhone Pro mix was abnormally higher during the pandemic and an increase in prices for the iPhone 14 Pro might have risked a more drastic normalization of the iPhone mix.Apple did release other features like the Emergency SOS service that uses satellite connectivity which will be free for 2 years for all the new phones that allow for the service, as well as the Dynamic Island that is meant as a clever use of the cutout in the iPhone Pro model for showing alerts. The iPhone Pro model also has an updated 48MP quad-pixel sensor and up from the previous model's 12MP. Action mode was also launched for videos to look more smooth in videos with significant motion.Targeting the fitness and outdoor enthusiasts that currently use watches from companies like Garmin, Apple launched the Apple Ultra Watch. It is a new premium watch with a 49mm titanium case and the watch has improved multi band GPS and the new L5frequency, with a pricing of $799. Furthermore, the company eliminated the Apple Watch Series 3 while reducing the price of the Apple Watch SE by $30 to $249. This means that the most affordable Apple Watch is now the Apple Watch SE.Other upgrades include an upgrade to the AirPods Pro, with a new H2 chip that is said to have better sound quality, almost 2x better noise cancellation as well as a longer battery life of6 hours compared to the 4.5 hours in the previous version. Also, the pricing of the new AirPods Pro remains unchanged at $249.All in all, while there were incremental improvements during the event for the new iPhone, Watch and AirPods, I take the view that these will not make meaningful improvements to the company's business or growth. With the event now behind us, this also leaves one less catalyst for the Apple stock in the near term and since this event does not move the needle much, most of the upside or downside in the near term will still come from the higher or lower demand for Apple's products in the current uncertain economic environment.Early signs of demand from iPhone 14 launchWhile it may be premature to gauge how the sales of the newest iPhone 14 will be in the next year, the data from the launch can be a good leading indicator of what we can expect moving forward. Furthermore, typically the more loyal Apple fans will be the ones buying the latest model near launch date and may not be a good representation of what the true demand is going forward.An analyst from TF Securities has done the good work of analyzing and providing data on the pre-orders of Apple's newest iPhone 14 models. What he found was that for the top end model, iPhone 14 Pro Max, this surpassed the demand that was seen in the same period last year, for which the analyst rated good. The iPhone 14 Pro saw the same demand as the iPhone 13 Pro one year before and thus, was labeled as neutral. The iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 plus were rated a bad rating.I think what this means is that we will see a shift in the mix towards the higher end model and thus a higher average selling price given the strong numbers for the iPhone 14 Pro Max. Furthermore, it does imply that the higher end consumers continue to be willing to spend and that iPhone 14 Pro Max's features and upgrades are the most attractive relative to the other 3 models.The iPhone 14 plus had a weaker demand than that of the iPhone 13 mini launched last year, and the two models of iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 plus made up 45% of total shipments.It remains to be seen whether the relatively stronger demand for the iPhone 14 Pro Max will be sustained past the early pre-order phase as we might see demand wane if the less loyal Apple consumers may not have the same enthusiasm for the iPhone 14 Pro Max as those who made the pre-order.ValuationApple is currently trading at 24x 2023 P/E and 23x 2024 P/E. Embedded in this P/E is the pricing in of 6% growth on average in these 2 years. Even though I acknowledge Apple has one of the best businesses and competitive moats, I think that Apple still looks expensive to me at current levels.I think that Apple's premium multiple makes it difficult for me to justify investment into the company at current levels because of the risks of macro economy weakening going into 2023, bringing downside to the current 6% average growth expected over the next 2 years. Furthermore, paying 24x 2023 P/E for 6% growth rate does not make sense to me as I see better opportunities out there.I apply a 20x P/E multiple to my 2023F EPS estimate of $6.40. As such, my 1 year target price for Apple is $128, implying 17% downside from current levels. While I have not priced in a recession scenario in my EPS estimates for 2023F, I think that my estimates are relatively de-risked from that of Wall Street and my lower P/E multiple takes into account the higher risk we are seeing today with regard to the weakening macro situation.RisksMacroeconomic environmentWhile it can be argued that Apple has the most loyal fans, the uncertainty around the global macroeconomic environment now means that there are heightened risks that demand could fade if the economy makes a turn for the worse. I think that the main risk for Apple right now both for the upside and the downside is how demand plays out in the near-term. If demand holds up better than expected, we could see further upside in the stock price. However, if the recession scenario does occur and demand falls, there could be substantial downside to come.Market share loss in high end smartphone marketsWhile Apple has one of the best competitive moats in the world, sometimes, the bigger they come, the harder they may fall. As such, I think it is crucial Apple maintains this competitive advantage. If Apple is unable to maintain its competitive advantage as an ecosystem leader, other high end smartphone players may take up market share and this will negatively affect share price.ConclusionAlthough Apple's strong platform creates optionality longer term we see this as offset by a premium multiple and both macro and normalization risks to numbers heading into 2023. We believe there are better options for investors wishing to weather deteriorating macro elsewhere in our coverage.I prefer to be on the sidelines with Apple at the current levels, and maintain my neutral rating. There are warning signs for the business appearing as Tim Cook has mentioned some pockets of weakness in the business in the 2Q22 call, supply side factors driving the revenue beat in 2Q22, and iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 plus models not being well received in the pre-order stage. That said, I continue to like Apple as a business for the long-term with a great management running the show with best-in-class products and strong brand reputation. The premium valuation is not justified with the heightened risks that we are seeing going into 2023 with risks of weakening of consumer sentiment and potentially a recession. As such, I think that market has not yet priced in these risks for Apple. 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And based on preorder data, the strategy is already working with consumers, who have turned the most expensive new iPhone into the most popular version.</p><p>Though overall spending on mobile devices and computers is slowing this year, there’s still an appetite for top-tier smartphones -- Apple’s strength. That’s allowed the company to hold production steady at a time when much of the industry is scaling back plans.</p><p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/a00e84f7c54805eccf0a90b39a215b1b\" tg-width=\"617\" tg-height=\"387\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\"/></p><p>“The data continues to point to robust demand for the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max, which could have a materially positive impact for both mix and margins,” Amit Daryanani, an analyst at Evercore ISI, said in a report this week.</p><p>The iPhone 14 line was unveiled earlier this month alongside new Apple Watches and AirPods. The company didn’t raise prices, a surprise to analysts who thought inflationary pressure would force the move. But Apple is still attempting to upsell consumers more than ever before.</p><p>The standard iPhone, which starts at $799, doesn’t even run Apple’s latest processor, the A16. Instead, it uses the same A15 chip as last year, with the A16 going into the Pro models. The Pro phones also get significant camera improvements and a new interface called the Dynamic Island.</p><p>That’s left users with less reason to upgrade to a basic iPhone 14, but plenty of incentive to pay a little more for the Pro. A flurry of carrier promotions and trade-in offers also may coax consumers into buying a glitzier model.</p><p>Apple reshuffled its display configurations this year as well. Gone is the mini version of the iPhone. Instead, the company is betting that consumers want more screen real estate. The non-Pro iPhone 14 will come in a 6.1-inch model and a 6.7-inch Plus version that won’t be available until Oct. 7.</p><p>The preorder data suggests the iPhone 14 Pro Max is more in demand than the same model was last year, part of the shift upscale, according to a report by KGI Securities.</p><p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/b4c47fc64354deb7f33b8ec3a931731f\" tg-width=\"659\" tg-height=\"384\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\"/></p><p>The question now is whether that momentum is strong enough for Apple to overcome a broader slump. Worldwide the smartphone market is expected to decline 3.5% to 1.31 billion units this year, according to market research firm IDC.</p><p>In China, both a manufacturing hub for Apple and a key market, smartphone sales have tumbled this year. But Apple shipments are up 5% compared with an overall decline of 23%, according to Evercore ISI’s Daryanani.</p><p>“Apple continues to gain significant share in China and we expect the share gains to continue,” he said.</p><p>A successful iPhone 14 launch could help ease investor jitters after a roller coaster of a month. The stock has whipsawed between gains and losses in recent trading sessions, with the shares suffering their worst single-day rout since 2020 on Tuesday. A higher-than-expected inflation report and concerns about interest rate hikes have hit tech stocks especially hard.</p><p>Apple shares are down 14% for the year, though that’s a bit better than the S&amp;P 500, which has fallen 18%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index has tumbled 26%.</p><p>Analysts expect Apple sales to tick up 6% this quarter, a deceleration from the 29% gain it saw a year earlier -- when pandemic-bound consumers were still snapping up technology. The iPhone 14 is coming out a couple weeks earlier in the year than usual, which should help shore up Apple’s revenue in the September quarter. The company’s biggest sales period of the year is usually the December quarter, lifted by holiday spending. Sales in that period are expected to gain 3%, according to analysts’ estimates.</p><p>The iPhone is unrivaled among Apple’s products in its importance. It provides about half of the company’s total revenue and helps spur sales of other devices, including the Apple Watch and AirPods. Both of those categories got makeovers during the recent launch, further spotlighting the company’s high-end focus.</p><p>The company unveiled a update of the AirPods Pro and a first-ever Apple Watch Ultra model, which -- like the Pro iPhones -- is designed to be both bigger and better. And, of course, it will cost a bit more.</p></body></html>","source":"lsy1584095487587","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Apple Counts on Upscale Shoppers to Turn Latest iPhone Into Hit</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nApple Counts on Upscale Shoppers to Turn Latest iPhone Into Hit\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2022-09-16 13:17 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/apple-counts-upscale-shoppers-turn-040100442.html><strong>Bloomberg</strong></a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\n<p>Preorders show that costliest iPhone 14 is most popular modelEven without price hike, Apple benefits from shift to high end(Bloomberg) -- The latest iPhone hits stores Friday, and Apple Inc. is ...</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://finance.yahoo.com/news/apple-counts-upscale-shoppers-turn-040100442.html\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"AAPL":"苹果"},"source_url":"https://finance.yahoo.com/news/apple-counts-upscale-shoppers-turn-040100442.html","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"2267966380","content_text":"Preorders show that costliest iPhone 14 is most popular modelEven without price hike, Apple benefits from shift to high end(Bloomberg) -- The latest iPhone hits stores Friday, and Apple Inc. is counting on well-heeled shoppers to make the device a hit during a year of roaring inflation and shaky technology spending.The iPhone 14 lineup reserves the best features for the high-end Pro models costing at least $1,000. And based on preorder data, the strategy is already working with consumers, who have turned the most expensive new iPhone into the most popular version.Though overall spending on mobile devices and computers is slowing this year, there’s still an appetite for top-tier smartphones -- Apple’s strength. That’s allowed the company to hold production steady at a time when much of the industry is scaling back plans.“The data continues to point to robust demand for the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max, which could have a materially positive impact for both mix and margins,” Amit Daryanani, an analyst at Evercore ISI, said in a report this week.The iPhone 14 line was unveiled earlier this month alongside new Apple Watches and AirPods. The company didn’t raise prices, a surprise to analysts who thought inflationary pressure would force the move. But Apple is still attempting to upsell consumers more than ever before.The standard iPhone, which starts at $799, doesn’t even run Apple’s latest processor, the A16. Instead, it uses the same A15 chip as last year, with the A16 going into the Pro models. The Pro phones also get significant camera improvements and a new interface called the Dynamic Island.That’s left users with less reason to upgrade to a basic iPhone 14, but plenty of incentive to pay a little more for the Pro. A flurry of carrier promotions and trade-in offers also may coax consumers into buying a glitzier model.Apple reshuffled its display configurations this year as well. Gone is the mini version of the iPhone. Instead, the company is betting that consumers want more screen real estate. The non-Pro iPhone 14 will come in a 6.1-inch model and a 6.7-inch Plus version that won’t be available until Oct. 7.The preorder data suggests the iPhone 14 Pro Max is more in demand than the same model was last year, part of the shift upscale, according to a report by KGI Securities.The question now is whether that momentum is strong enough for Apple to overcome a broader slump. Worldwide the smartphone market is expected to decline 3.5% to 1.31 billion units this year, according to market research firm IDC.In China, both a manufacturing hub for Apple and a key market, smartphone sales have tumbled this year. But Apple shipments are up 5% compared with an overall decline of 23%, according to Evercore ISI’s Daryanani.“Apple continues to gain significant share in China and we expect the share gains to continue,” he said.A successful iPhone 14 launch could help ease investor jitters after a roller coaster of a month. The stock has whipsawed between gains and losses in recent trading sessions, with the shares suffering their worst single-day rout since 2020 on Tuesday. A higher-than-expected inflation report and concerns about interest rate hikes have hit tech stocks especially hard.Apple shares are down 14% for the year, though that’s a bit better than the S&P 500, which has fallen 18%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index has tumbled 26%.Analysts expect Apple sales to tick up 6% this quarter, a deceleration from the 29% gain it saw a year earlier -- when pandemic-bound consumers were still snapping up technology. The iPhone 14 is coming out a couple weeks earlier in the year than usual, which should help shore up Apple’s revenue in the September quarter. The company’s biggest sales period of the year is usually the December quarter, lifted by holiday spending. Sales in that period are expected to gain 3%, according to analysts’ estimates.The iPhone is unrivaled among Apple’s products in its importance. It provides about half of the company’s total revenue and helps spur sales of other devices, including the Apple Watch and AirPods. Both of those categories got makeovers during the recent launch, further spotlighting the company’s high-end focus.The company unveiled a update of the AirPods Pro and a first-ever Apple Watch Ultra model, which -- like the Pro iPhones -- is designed to be both bigger and better. And, of course, it will cost a bit more.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":97,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":9991868734,"gmtCreate":1660807997232,"gmtModify":1676536403442,"author":{"id":"3577583677378683","authorId":"3577583677378683","name":"Moonbyul","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/c3393b4f329ea99dc510e630ecfecd61","crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":1},"themes":[],"htmlText":"Great company to invest in 👍🏻","listText":"Great company to invest in 👍🏻","text":"Great company to invest in 👍🏻","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":5,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/9991868734","repostId":"1139363176","repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"1139363176","weMediaInfo":{"introduction":"Stock Market Quotes, Business News, Financial News, Trading Ideas, and Stock Research by Professionals","home_visible":0,"media_name":"Benzinga","id":"1052270027","head_image":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/d08bf7808052c0ca9deb4e944cae32aa"},"pubTimestamp":1660804222,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/1139363176?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2022-08-18 14:30","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Is Apple \"The Perfect Stock To Own In An Economic Downturn\"? ","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1139363176","media":"Benzinga","summary":"ZINGER KEY POINTSJoe Terranova says Apple's financial metrics set it up for success amid current mar","content":"<html><head></head><body><p><b>ZINGER KEY POINTS</b></p><ul><li>Joe Terranova says Apple&#39;s financial metrics set it up for success amid current market conditions.</li><li>&#34;It&#39;s an unbelievable company. Oh, and by the way, they&#39;re buying back their shares,&#34; Terranova says.</li></ul><p class=\"t-img-caption\"><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/815df67692da99c4a64b6fb3705b12a4\" tg-width=\"864\" tg-height=\"575\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\"/><span>Photo: courtesy of Apple.</span></p><p><b>Apple Inc</b> shares are on the move Wednesday following a pair of upgrades from analysts who see strong demand trends in the hardware side of the business.</p><p>Virtus Investment Partners&#39; <b>Joe Terranova</b> backed up the bullish analyst calls Wednesday on CNBC&#39;s &#34;Fast Money Halftime Report.&#34;</p><p>He might have even one-upped the analysts when he said Apple is &#34;the perfect stock to own in an economic downturn.&#34;</p><p><b>What To Know:</b> Apple began the year trading at $177.57, Terranova said.</p><p>&#34;That&#39;s where Apple is going to trade above in the next several weeks, if not the next several days,&#34; he said.</p><p>He suggested that Apple stock will be able to hold its gains through the end of the year — and those who remain long the name will be rewarded.</p><p>&#34;It will be higher on the year because all of the financial metrics of this company align itself with the environment in which the economic contraction that is unfolding allows for resiliency and allows for investors to be rewarded staying patient and invested in this name,&#34; he said.</p><p>&#34;It&#39;s an unbelievable company. Oh, and by the way, they&#39;re buying back their shares.&#34;</p><p>During the company&#39;s March quarter, Apple announced that its board authorized an increase of $90 billion to its existing share repurchase program. At that time, the company reported $43.11 billion in buybacks through the second quarter of its fiscal year.</p><p>In the company&#39;s most recent earnings report from the end of July, Apple reported total fiscal year buybacks of $64.97 billion, which shows that Apple repurchased $21.865 billion of its stock last quarter.</p><p><b>AAPL Price Action:</b> Apple has a 52-week high of $182.94 and a 52-week low of $129.04.</p><p>The stock gained 0.88% Wednesday, closing at $174.55, according to Benzinga Pro.</p></body></html>","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Is Apple \"The Perfect Stock To Own In An Economic Downturn\"? </title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nIs Apple \"The Perfect Stock To Own In An Economic Downturn\"? \n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n<div class=\"head\" \">\n\n\n<div class=\"h-thumb\" style=\"background-image:url(https://static.tigerbbs.com/d08bf7808052c0ca9deb4e944cae32aa);background-size:cover;\"></div>\n\n<div class=\"h-content\">\n<p class=\"h-name\">Benzinga </p>\n<p class=\"h-time\">2022-08-18 14:30</p>\n</div>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<html><head></head><body><p><b>ZINGER KEY POINTS</b></p><ul><li>Joe Terranova says Apple&#39;s financial metrics set it up for success amid current market conditions.</li><li>&#34;It&#39;s an unbelievable company. Oh, and by the way, they&#39;re buying back their shares,&#34; Terranova says.</li></ul><p class=\"t-img-caption\"><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/815df67692da99c4a64b6fb3705b12a4\" tg-width=\"864\" tg-height=\"575\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\"/><span>Photo: courtesy of Apple.</span></p><p><b>Apple Inc</b> shares are on the move Wednesday following a pair of upgrades from analysts who see strong demand trends in the hardware side of the business.</p><p>Virtus Investment Partners&#39; <b>Joe Terranova</b> backed up the bullish analyst calls Wednesday on CNBC&#39;s &#34;Fast Money Halftime Report.&#34;</p><p>He might have even one-upped the analysts when he said Apple is &#34;the perfect stock to own in an economic downturn.&#34;</p><p><b>What To Know:</b> Apple began the year trading at $177.57, Terranova said.</p><p>&#34;That&#39;s where Apple is going to trade above in the next several weeks, if not the next several days,&#34; he said.</p><p>He suggested that Apple stock will be able to hold its gains through the end of the year — and those who remain long the name will be rewarded.</p><p>&#34;It will be higher on the year because all of the financial metrics of this company align itself with the environment in which the economic contraction that is unfolding allows for resiliency and allows for investors to be rewarded staying patient and invested in this name,&#34; he said.</p><p>&#34;It&#39;s an unbelievable company. Oh, and by the way, they&#39;re buying back their shares.&#34;</p><p>During the company&#39;s March quarter, Apple announced that its board authorized an increase of $90 billion to its existing share repurchase program. At that time, the company reported $43.11 billion in buybacks through the second quarter of its fiscal year.</p><p>In the company&#39;s most recent earnings report from the end of July, Apple reported total fiscal year buybacks of $64.97 billion, which shows that Apple repurchased $21.865 billion of its stock last quarter.</p><p><b>AAPL Price Action:</b> Apple has a 52-week high of $182.94 and a 52-week low of $129.04.</p><p>The stock gained 0.88% Wednesday, closing at $174.55, according to Benzinga Pro.</p></body></html>\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"AAPL":"苹果"},"source_url":"","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1139363176","content_text":"ZINGER KEY POINTSJoe Terranova says Apple's financial metrics set it up for success amid current market conditions.\"It's an unbelievable company. Oh, and by the way, they're buying back their shares,\" Terranova says.Photo: courtesy of Apple.Apple Inc shares are on the move Wednesday following a pair of upgrades from analysts who see strong demand trends in the hardware side of the business.Virtus Investment Partners' Joe Terranova backed up the bullish analyst calls Wednesday on CNBC's \"Fast Money Halftime Report.\"He might have even one-upped the analysts when he said Apple is \"the perfect stock to own in an economic downturn.\"What To Know: Apple began the year trading at $177.57, Terranova said.\"That's where Apple is going to trade above in the next several weeks, if not the next several days,\" he said.He suggested that Apple stock will be able to hold its gains through the end of the year — and those who remain long the name will be rewarded.\"It will be higher on the year because all of the financial metrics of this company align itself with the environment in which the economic contraction that is unfolding allows for resiliency and allows for investors to be rewarded staying patient and invested in this name,\" he said.\"It's an unbelievable company. Oh, and by the way, they're buying back their shares.\"During the company's March quarter, Apple announced that its board authorized an increase of $90 billion to its existing share repurchase program. At that time, the company reported $43.11 billion in buybacks through the second quarter of its fiscal year.In the company's most recent earnings report from the end of July, Apple reported total fiscal year buybacks of $64.97 billion, which shows that Apple repurchased $21.865 billion of its stock last quarter.AAPL Price Action: Apple has a 52-week high of $182.94 and a 52-week low of $129.04.The stock gained 0.88% Wednesday, closing at $174.55, according to Benzinga Pro.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":136,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":9934876392,"gmtCreate":1663227757516,"gmtModify":1676537232365,"author":{"id":"3577583677378683","authorId":"3577583677378683","name":"Moonbyul","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/c3393b4f329ea99dc510e630ecfecd61","crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":1},"themes":[],"htmlText":"Yay agree Apple is a stock to buy 👍🏻","listText":"Yay agree Apple is a stock to buy 👍🏻","text":"Yay agree Apple is a stock to buy 👍🏻","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":4,"commentSize":2,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/9934876392","repostId":"1151661642","repostType":2,"repost":{"id":"1151661642","weMediaInfo":{"introduction":"Dow Jones publishes the world’s most trusted business news and financial information in a variety of media.","home_visible":1,"media_name":"Dow Jones","id":"1012688067","head_image":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/150f88aa4d182df19190059f4a365e99"},"pubTimestamp":1663222690,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/1151661642?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2022-09-15 14:18","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Why One Top Advisor Is Still Buying Apple and Microsoft Stock","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1151661642","media":"Dow Jones","summary":"Technology stocks like Apple and Microsoft have gotten pummeled this week as key inflation data came","content":"<html><head></head><body><p>Technology stocks like Apple and Microsoft have gotten pummeled this week as key inflation data came in hotter than expected. Despite the selloff, one top financial advisor remains positive on large-cap tech stocks.</p><p>The August inflation report was a shock to the market. The consumer price index rose more than expected, leaving investors more concerned than before over how aggressive the Federal Reserve will be in its fight to cool off still too high prices. That was reflected in the yield of the 2-year Treasury note, which climbed to 3.8% on Wednesday, up from 3.57% this past Friday.</p><p>Higher rates are rarely good for the stock market, and Tuesday was no exception, as all three major indexes suffered their worst losses since June 2020. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 3.9% and the S&amp;P 500 was down 4.3%, but the real damage was in the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite, which declined 5.2% as Apple (ticker: AAPL) and Google parent Alphabet (GOOGL) shares slumped around 6%, while Microsoft (MSFT) fell 5.5%. Shares of Meta Platforms (META) sank 9.4% for the company’s worst day since Feb. 3.</p><p>That makes sense given that growth stocks are particularly sensitive to higher rates. Growth companies, like those in big tech, generate a lot of their cash flow in the future and higher interest rates mean future cash is less valuable than it was when rates were lower.</p><p>But Richard Saperstein, CIO for Treasury Partners and the number seven ranked financial advisor in 2022 according to Barron’s, says that he remains overweight on some of the world’s largest tech stocks.</p><p>“We want to have companies that are noncyclical, have high free cash flows, structural tailwinds, strong balance sheets, and can sustain a slowing economy,” Saperstein says.</p><p>Specifically, Saperstein said he is overweight Apple, Microsoft, and Alphabet, and sees days that stocks are down as much as they were on Tuesday as “an opportunity” for investors that are underweight the stocks to add them to their portfolios.</p><p>Saperstein calls Microsoft “one of the most critical and indispensable IT vendors.” He also likes that Microsoft has “low levels of regulatory risk,” especially compared with companies like Google and Meta, which are “using your data to generate sales of advertising.”</p><p>Saperstein is a fan of Apple’s “ecosystem,” and believes new products like the iPhone 14 and Apple Watch Series 8 could be potential catalysts for the stock, along with the continued improvement of its products.</p><p>“They’re adding value to new products, they’re not just regurgitating the same product with a larger screen, but they are adding value along the way,” Saperstein. “We’re seeing increased sales, an embedded base of phones that are going to be sold again to people who have older phones, service revenues are approaching 23% of sales…there’s a tremendous amount of buybacks and a very strong balance sheet.”</p><p>Even when it’s out of favor.</p></body></html>","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; 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Despite the selloff, one top financial advisor remains positive on large-cap tech stocks.</p><p>The August inflation report was a shock to the market. The consumer price index rose more than expected, leaving investors more concerned than before over how aggressive the Federal Reserve will be in its fight to cool off still too high prices. That was reflected in the yield of the 2-year Treasury note, which climbed to 3.8% on Wednesday, up from 3.57% this past Friday.</p><p>Higher rates are rarely good for the stock market, and Tuesday was no exception, as all three major indexes suffered their worst losses since June 2020. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 3.9% and the S&amp;P 500 was down 4.3%, but the real damage was in the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite, which declined 5.2% as Apple (ticker: AAPL) and Google parent Alphabet (GOOGL) shares slumped around 6%, while Microsoft (MSFT) fell 5.5%. Shares of Meta Platforms (META) sank 9.4% for the company’s worst day since Feb. 3.</p><p>That makes sense given that growth stocks are particularly sensitive to higher rates. Growth companies, like those in big tech, generate a lot of their cash flow in the future and higher interest rates mean future cash is less valuable than it was when rates were lower.</p><p>But Richard Saperstein, CIO for Treasury Partners and the number seven ranked financial advisor in 2022 according to Barron’s, says that he remains overweight on some of the world’s largest tech stocks.</p><p>“We want to have companies that are noncyclical, have high free cash flows, structural tailwinds, strong balance sheets, and can sustain a slowing economy,” Saperstein says.</p><p>Specifically, Saperstein said he is overweight Apple, Microsoft, and Alphabet, and sees days that stocks are down as much as they were on Tuesday as “an opportunity” for investors that are underweight the stocks to add them to their portfolios.</p><p>Saperstein calls Microsoft “one of the most critical and indispensable IT vendors.” He also likes that Microsoft has “low levels of regulatory risk,” especially compared with companies like Google and Meta, which are “using your data to generate sales of advertising.”</p><p>Saperstein is a fan of Apple’s “ecosystem,” and believes new products like the iPhone 14 and Apple Watch Series 8 could be potential catalysts for the stock, along with the continued improvement of its products.</p><p>“They’re adding value to new products, they’re not just regurgitating the same product with a larger screen, but they are adding value along the way,” Saperstein. “We’re seeing increased sales, an embedded base of phones that are going to be sold again to people who have older phones, service revenues are approaching 23% of sales…there’s a tremendous amount of buybacks and a very strong balance sheet.”</p><p>Even when it’s out of favor.</p></body></html>\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"AAPL":"苹果","MSFT":"微软"},"source_url":"","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1151661642","content_text":"Technology stocks like Apple and Microsoft have gotten pummeled this week as key inflation data came in hotter than expected. Despite the selloff, one top financial advisor remains positive on large-cap tech stocks.The August inflation report was a shock to the market. The consumer price index rose more than expected, leaving investors more concerned than before over how aggressive the Federal Reserve will be in its fight to cool off still too high prices. That was reflected in the yield of the 2-year Treasury note, which climbed to 3.8% on Wednesday, up from 3.57% this past Friday.Higher rates are rarely good for the stock market, and Tuesday was no exception, as all three major indexes suffered their worst losses since June 2020. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 3.9% and the S&P 500 was down 4.3%, but the real damage was in the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite, which declined 5.2% as Apple (ticker: AAPL) and Google parent Alphabet (GOOGL) shares slumped around 6%, while Microsoft (MSFT) fell 5.5%. Shares of Meta Platforms (META) sank 9.4% for the company’s worst day since Feb. 3.That makes sense given that growth stocks are particularly sensitive to higher rates. Growth companies, like those in big tech, generate a lot of their cash flow in the future and higher interest rates mean future cash is less valuable than it was when rates were lower.But Richard Saperstein, CIO for Treasury Partners and the number seven ranked financial advisor in 2022 according to Barron’s, says that he remains overweight on some of the world’s largest tech stocks.“We want to have companies that are noncyclical, have high free cash flows, structural tailwinds, strong balance sheets, and can sustain a slowing economy,” Saperstein says.Specifically, Saperstein said he is overweight Apple, Microsoft, and Alphabet, and sees days that stocks are down as much as they were on Tuesday as “an opportunity” for investors that are underweight the stocks to add them to their portfolios.Saperstein calls Microsoft “one of the most critical and indispensable IT vendors.” He also likes that Microsoft has “low levels of regulatory risk,” especially compared with companies like Google and Meta, which are “using your data to generate sales of advertising.”Saperstein is a fan of Apple’s “ecosystem,” and believes new products like the iPhone 14 and Apple Watch Series 8 could be potential catalysts for the stock, along with the continued improvement of its products.“They’re adding value to new products, they’re not just regurgitating the same product with a larger screen, but they are adding value along the way,” Saperstein. “We’re seeing increased sales, an embedded base of phones that are going to be sold again to people who have older phones, service revenues are approaching 23% of sales…there’s a tremendous amount of buybacks and a very strong balance sheet.”Even when it’s out of favor.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":58,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":9908805129,"gmtCreate":1659351241661,"gmtModify":1705979384313,"author":{"id":"3577583677378683","authorId":"3577583677378683","name":"Moonbyul","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/c3393b4f329ea99dc510e630ecfecd61","crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":1},"themes":[],"htmlText":"Yes when Apple stock was going down I buy it. 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AAPL checks many of the boxes that earn it the status of very high-quality stock.</li><li>In this article, I touch on Apple&#39;s consistent execution of the C-suite; cash generation; working capital and inventory management.</li></ul><p>One day after <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/AAPL\">Apple</a> delivered yet another consensus-beating set of results, one CNBC poll caught my attention. When asked which July winner investors might want to &#34;fade&#34;, nearly one in four Twitter respondents suggestedthat Apple stock should be the one sold into strength. Mind you, skepticism towards shares of the Cupertino company is nothing new.</p><p>Despite the stock being richly valued relative to the broad market and its own history, which may explain why some may fear that the recent rally could be short-lived, I believe that many continue to underestimate the appeal of AAPL amid a deteriorating macroeconomic environment. Below, I explain why.</p><h3>Apple&#39;s earnings beats are not a coincidence</h3><p>According to Seeking Alpha, Apple has met or topped EPS consensus in each of the past 20 quarters, if not longer. The average beat has been 15 cents per quarter since the start of the COVID-19 crisis, compared to only 3 cents per quarter in the previous ten periods.</p><p>To be clear, part of the reason why Apple has managed to impress Wall Street as much as it has lately is the lack of full guidance, coupled with high levels of uncertainty that probably caused analysts to be overly conservative at projecting financial results. Still, I think it would be a mistake to discount Apple&#39;s pristine execution during this very challenging COVID-19 period.</p><p>Since 2019, the company&#39;s revenues have grown by an annualized 19% through the end of last year (see chart below), while operating margin has expanded by a whopping 600 bps over the period ⁠- partly due to operating leverage, but also as a result of much better gross margin. Mere industry-wide tailwinds driven by the stay-at-home and work-from-home phenomena are not enough to explain such strong results, in my opinion.</p><p class=\"t-img-caption\"><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/afb2742fd8ae8e5a411958ec5fc95545\" tg-width=\"1280\" tg-height=\"826\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\"/><span>AAPL Revenue(TTM) data by YCharts</span></p><p>In my view, it is about time that Apple&#39;s management team be credited for the stock&#39;s resilient valuations. If 25 times 2022 earnings may seem rich for a moderate growth stock like AAPL when the S&amp;P 500trades at only 17 timesinstead, maybe the premium is properly justified by Tim Cook and the team&#39;s ability to pull rabbits out of a hat when few other companies seem capable of doing so in 2022.</p><h3>Now is the time for quality</h3><p>It has become somewhat of a consensus view that investing in high-quality companies in the face of macroeconomic uncertainty may be the best strategy today. The graph below seems to support the idea.</p><p>Notice the price behavior of the iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (QUAL), whichleans toward companieswith &#34;high return on equity, stable year-over-year earnings growth, and low financial leverage&#34;, compared to the Invesco S&amp;P 500 High Beta ETF (SPHB) composed of stocks that are most sensitive to market-wide movements. The former did particularly well relative to the latter in 2015-2016 (the start of the US Presidential election cycle), late 2018 (the quasi-bear of Q4 driven by monetary policy jitters), and the start of the pandemic. The reverse was true during the late 2020 recovery that was unleashed by the release of the first COVID-19 vaccines and the end of the election period in the US. In other words: quality tends to trump risk in times of distress.</p><p class=\"t-img-caption\"><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/01f3c87901c47437471d368f12649ed6\" tg-width=\"1280\" tg-height=\"826\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\"/><span>QUAL data by YCharts</span></p><p>Those that fear stock market softness in the face of high inflation, rising interest rates, and the first signs ofan economic slowdownmight be better served by holding Apple. In addition to the competence of the management team mentioned above, the following points suggest to me that the Cupertino company checks the &#34;high quality&#34; boxes better than most other companies and stocks in the market:</p><ul><li>The Apple brand, as qualitative a measure as it may be, continues to be a great asset for the company. During a time when established consumer companies have struggled to sell inventory and meet expectations on financial results - think Walmart (WMT) and Target (TGT) in thepast couple of months- CEO Tim Cook said, during Apple&#39;smost recent earnings call, that &#34;there was no obvious evidence of macroeconomic impact during the June quarter besides FX&#34; within the iPhone and possibly Mac and iPad segments. A weakening economy, so far, has not meant soft demand for Apple&#39;s core products.</li><li>Cash is a desirable asset during tough times, and Apple has proven to be very effective at producing and keeping it. Despite a still aggressive cash return program (see historical share repurchases and dividends below, the latter represented as a negative), Apple continues to hold over $70 billion in cash net of debt. This is more than 20% of total assets due, in part, to very tight working capital management helping to produce $93 billion in free cash flow last fiscal year, or about 25% of total revenues. On the point of working capital dynamics, Apple&#39;s negativenet operating cycle(i.e., working capital liabilities like payables are larger than working capital assets) is a rare and impressive feat that effectively means that the company&#39;s operations are financed mostly by its suppliers.</li></ul><p class=\"t-img-caption\"><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/837ee02ac7376cb964a3f8038fd5393b\" tg-width=\"1280\" tg-height=\"840\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\"/><span>AAPL Stock Buybacks (Quarterly)data by YCharts</span></p><ul><li>When supply chains are as constrained as they have been, it helps to be theking of inventory management. Apple has substantial control over its suppliers, allowing the company to operate a very lean business model.In fiscal 2021, the total inventory balance amounted to an astonishingly low 3.4% of annual COGS. This is impressive for a consumer company that is still heavily dependent on the sale of physical products - 81% of the top line last year.</li></ul><h3>AAPL is a buy and hold stock</h3><p>Make no mistake: Apple is an expensive stock by almost any measure. But because of the quality of the business and the management team, I believe that shares of the Cupertino-based company can both (1) continue to rise in the foreseeable future and (2) weather the deterioration of the global economies better than most of its peers.</p><p>Being an Apple bear has never been too easy. More so now, I believe that skeptics might want to rethink their stance towards this stock and consider owning it for the long haul.</p></body></html>","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Apple: Why Bears Should Give In And Own This Stock</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nApple: Why Bears Should Give In And Own This Stock\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2022-08-01 22:00 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://seekingalpha.com/article/4528106-apple-bears-rethink-stance-own-aapl-stock><strong>Seeking Alpha</strong></a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\n<p>SummaryMany continue to be skeptical of a richly valued stock like Apple in the face of macroeconomic challenges. But I think the fears are overblown.Quality trumps risk during periods of uncertainty....</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://seekingalpha.com/article/4528106-apple-bears-rethink-stance-own-aapl-stock\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"AAPL":"苹果"},"source_url":"https://seekingalpha.com/article/4528106-apple-bears-rethink-stance-own-aapl-stock","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1136914958","content_text":"SummaryMany continue to be skeptical of a richly valued stock like Apple in the face of macroeconomic challenges. But I think the fears are overblown.Quality trumps risk during periods of uncertainty. AAPL checks many of the boxes that earn it the status of very high-quality stock.In this article, I touch on Apple's consistent execution of the C-suite; cash generation; working capital and inventory management.One day after Apple delivered yet another consensus-beating set of results, one CNBC poll caught my attention. When asked which July winner investors might want to \"fade\", nearly one in four Twitter respondents suggestedthat Apple stock should be the one sold into strength. Mind you, skepticism towards shares of the Cupertino company is nothing new.Despite the stock being richly valued relative to the broad market and its own history, which may explain why some may fear that the recent rally could be short-lived, I believe that many continue to underestimate the appeal of AAPL amid a deteriorating macroeconomic environment. Below, I explain why.Apple's earnings beats are not a coincidenceAccording to Seeking Alpha, Apple has met or topped EPS consensus in each of the past 20 quarters, if not longer. The average beat has been 15 cents per quarter since the start of the COVID-19 crisis, compared to only 3 cents per quarter in the previous ten periods.To be clear, part of the reason why Apple has managed to impress Wall Street as much as it has lately is the lack of full guidance, coupled with high levels of uncertainty that probably caused analysts to be overly conservative at projecting financial results. Still, I think it would be a mistake to discount Apple's pristine execution during this very challenging COVID-19 period.Since 2019, the company's revenues have grown by an annualized 19% through the end of last year (see chart below), while operating margin has expanded by a whopping 600 bps over the period ⁠- partly due to operating leverage, but also as a result of much better gross margin. Mere industry-wide tailwinds driven by the stay-at-home and work-from-home phenomena are not enough to explain such strong results, in my opinion.AAPL Revenue(TTM) data by YChartsIn my view, it is about time that Apple's management team be credited for the stock's resilient valuations. If 25 times 2022 earnings may seem rich for a moderate growth stock like AAPL when the S&P 500trades at only 17 timesinstead, maybe the premium is properly justified by Tim Cook and the team's ability to pull rabbits out of a hat when few other companies seem capable of doing so in 2022.Now is the time for qualityIt has become somewhat of a consensus view that investing in high-quality companies in the face of macroeconomic uncertainty may be the best strategy today. The graph below seems to support the idea.Notice the price behavior of the iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (QUAL), whichleans toward companieswith \"high return on equity, stable year-over-year earnings growth, and low financial leverage\", compared to the Invesco S&P 500 High Beta ETF (SPHB) composed of stocks that are most sensitive to market-wide movements. The former did particularly well relative to the latter in 2015-2016 (the start of the US Presidential election cycle), late 2018 (the quasi-bear of Q4 driven by monetary policy jitters), and the start of the pandemic. The reverse was true during the late 2020 recovery that was unleashed by the release of the first COVID-19 vaccines and the end of the election period in the US. In other words: quality tends to trump risk in times of distress.QUAL data by YChartsThose that fear stock market softness in the face of high inflation, rising interest rates, and the first signs ofan economic slowdownmight be better served by holding Apple. In addition to the competence of the management team mentioned above, the following points suggest to me that the Cupertino company checks the \"high quality\" boxes better than most other companies and stocks in the market:The Apple brand, as qualitative a measure as it may be, continues to be a great asset for the company. During a time when established consumer companies have struggled to sell inventory and meet expectations on financial results - think Walmart (WMT) and Target (TGT) in thepast couple of months- CEO Tim Cook said, during Apple'smost recent earnings call, that \"there was no obvious evidence of macroeconomic impact during the June quarter besides FX\" within the iPhone and possibly Mac and iPad segments. A weakening economy, so far, has not meant soft demand for Apple's core products.Cash is a desirable asset during tough times, and Apple has proven to be very effective at producing and keeping it. Despite a still aggressive cash return program (see historical share repurchases and dividends below, the latter represented as a negative), Apple continues to hold over $70 billion in cash net of debt. This is more than 20% of total assets due, in part, to very tight working capital management helping to produce $93 billion in free cash flow last fiscal year, or about 25% of total revenues. On the point of working capital dynamics, Apple's negativenet operating cycle(i.e., working capital liabilities like payables are larger than working capital assets) is a rare and impressive feat that effectively means that the company's operations are financed mostly by its suppliers.AAPL Stock Buybacks (Quarterly)data by YChartsWhen supply chains are as constrained as they have been, it helps to be theking of inventory management. Apple has substantial control over its suppliers, allowing the company to operate a very lean business model.In fiscal 2021, the total inventory balance amounted to an astonishingly low 3.4% of annual COGS. This is impressive for a consumer company that is still heavily dependent on the sale of physical products - 81% of the top line last year.AAPL is a buy and hold stockMake no mistake: Apple is an expensive stock by almost any measure. But because of the quality of the business and the management team, I believe that shares of the Cupertino-based company can both (1) continue to rise in the foreseeable future and (2) weather the deterioration of the global economies better than most of its peers.Being an Apple bear has never been too easy. 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for Apple&#39;s (AAPL) fourth quarter, as it could deliver &#34;above sequential growth&#34; that is also aided by inventory replenishment, but additional consumer weakness and currency headwinds could negatively impact results.</p><p>Apple (AAPL) shares rose slightly less than 1% to $151.27 in morning trading.</p><p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/0c9343d6925c5e24718aa8bbe5d9f14d\" tg-width=\"856\" tg-height=\"620\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\"/></p><p>The analyst added that Apple&#39;s (AAPL) commentary could point to &#34;at least&#34; high single-digit year-over-year growth for the fourth quarter, which could be viewed as a &#34;positive.&#34;</p><p>Last week, an influential analyst said that the demand for Apple&#39;s (AAPL) iPhone 14 is &#34;continuing to increase&#34; among distributors, retailers and scalpers in China, despite the fact it is not out yet.</p></body></html>","source":"seekingalpha","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; 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The 91-yea","content":"<html><head></head><body><p>Warren Buffett released his annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders on Saturday. The 91-year-old investing legend has been publishing the letter for over six decades and it has become required reading for investors around the world.</p><p>Warren Buffett said he now considers tech giant Apple as one of the four pillars driving Berkshire Hathaway, the conglomerate of mostly old-economy businesses he’s assembled over the last five decades.</p><p>In his annual letter to shareholders released on Saturday, the 91-year-old investing legend listed Apple under the heading “Our Four Giants” and even called the company the second-most important after Berkshire’s cluster of insurers, thanks to its chief executive.</p><p>“Tim Cook, Apple’s brilliant CEO, quite properly regards users of Apple products as his first love, but all of his other constituencies benefit from Tim’s managerial touch as well,” the letter stated.</p><p>Buffett made clear he is a fan of Cook’s stock repurchase strategy, and how it gives the conglomerate increased ownership of each dollar of the iPhone maker’s earnings without the investor having to lift a finger.</p><p>“Apple – our runner-up Giant as measured by its yearend market value – is a different sort of holding. Here, our ownership is a mere 5.55%, up from 5.39% a year earlier,” Buffett said in the letter. “That increase sounds like small potatoes. But consider that each 0.1% of Apple’s 2021 earnings amounted to $100 million. We spent no Berkshire funds to gain our accretion. Apple’s repurchases did the job.”</p><p>Berkshire began buying Apple stock in 2016 under the influence of Buffett’s investing deputies Todd Combs and Ted Weschler. By mid-2018, the conglomerate accumulated 5% ownership of the iPhone maker, a stake that cost $36 billion. Today, the Apple investment is now worth more than $160 billion, taking up 40% of Berkshire’s equity portfolio.</p><p>“It’s important to understand that only dividends from Apple are counted in the GAAP earnings Berkshire reports – and last year, Apple paid us $785 million of those. Yet our ‘share’ of Apple’s earnings amounted to a staggering $5.6 billion. Much of what the company retained was used to repurchase Apple shares, an act we applaud,” Buffett said.</p><p>Berkshire is Apple’s largest shareholder, outside of index and exchange-traded fund providers.</p><p>Buffett also credited his railroad business BNSF and energy segment BHE as two other giants of the conglomerate, which both registered record earnings in 2021.</p><p>“BNSF, our third Giant, continues to be the number one artery of American commerce, which makes it an indispensable asset for America as well as for Berkshire,” Buffett said. “BHE has become a utility powerhouse and a leading force in wind, solar and transmission throughout much of the United States.”</p><p><b>Read the full letter here：</b></p><p>To the Shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.:</p><p>Charlie Munger, my long-time partner, and I have the job of managing a portion of your savings. We are honored by your trust.</p><p>Our position carries with it the responsibility to report to you what we would like to know if we were the absentee owner and you were the manager. We enjoy communicating directly with you through this annual letter, and through the annual meeting as well.</p><p>Our policy is to treat all shareholders equally. Therefore, we do not hold discussions with analysts nor large institutions. Whenever possible, also, we release important communications on Saturday mornings in order to maximize the time for shareholders and the media to absorb the news before markets open on Monday.</p><p>A wealth of Berkshire facts and figures are set forth in the annual 10-K that the company regularly files with the S.E.C. and that we reproduce on pages K-1 – K-119. Some shareholders will find this detail engrossing; others will simply prefer to learn what Charlie and I believe is new or interesting at Berkshire.</p><p>Alas, there was little action of that sort in 2021. We did, though, make reasonable progress in increasing the intrinsic value of your shares. That task has been my primary duty for 57 years. And it will continue to be.</p><p><b>What You Own</b></p><p>Berkshire owns a wide variety of businesses, some in their entirety, some only in part. The second group largely consists of marketable common stocks of major American companies. Additionally, we own a few non-U.S. equities and participate in several joint ventures or other collaborative activities.</p><p>Whatever our form of ownership, our goal is to have meaningful investments in businesses with both durable economic advantages and a first-class CEO. Please note particularly that we own stocks based upon our expectations about their long-term business performance and not because we view them as vehicles for timely market moves. That point is crucial: Charlie and I are not stock-pickers; we are business-pickers.</p><p>I make many mistakes. Consequently, our extensive collection of businesses includes some enterprises that have truly extraordinary economics, many others that enjoy good economic characteristics, and a few that are marginal. One advantage of our common-stock segment is that – on occasion – it becomes easy to buy pieces of wonderful businesses at wonderful prices. That shooting-fish-in-a-barrel experience is very rare in negotiated transactions and never occurs en masse. It is also far easier to exit from a mistake when it has been made in the marketable arena.</p><h2><b>Surprise, Surprise</b></h2><p>Here are a few items about your company that often surprise even seasoned investors:</p><p>• Many people perceive Berkshire as a large and somewhat strange collection of financial assets. In truth, Berkshire owns and operates more U.S.-based “infrastructure” assets – classified on our balance sheet as property, plant and equipment – than are owned and operated by any other American corporation. That supremacy has never been our goal. It has, however, become a fact.</p><p>At yearend, those domestic infrastructure assets were carried on Berkshire’s balance sheet at $158 billion. That number increased last year and will continue to increase. Berkshire always will be building.</p><p>• Every year, your company makes substantial federal income tax payments. In 2021, for example, we paid</p><p>$3.3 billion while the U.S. Treasury reported total corporate income-tax receipts of $402 billion. Additionally, Berkshire pays substantial state and foreign taxes. “I gave at the office” is an unassailable assertion when made by Berkshire shareholders.</p><p>Berkshire’s history vividly illustrates the invisible and often unrecognized financial partnership between  government and American businesses. Our tale begins early in 1955, when Berkshire Fine Spinning and Hathaway Manufacturing agreed to merge their businesses. In their requests for shareholder approval, these venerable New England textile companies expressed high hopes for the combination.</p><p></p><p>The Hathaway solicitation, for example, assured its shareholders that “The combination of the resources and managements will result in one of the strongest and most efficient organizations in the textile industry.” That upbeat view was endorsed by the company’s advisor, Lehman Brothers (yes, that Lehman Brothers).</p><p>I’m sure it was a joyous day in both Fall River (Berkshire) and New Bedford (Hathaway) when the union was consummated. After the bands stopped playing and the bankers went home, however, the shareholders reaped a disaster.</p><p>In the nine years following the merger, Berkshire’s owners watched the company’s net worth crater from</p><p>$51.4 million to $22.1 million. In part, this decline was caused by stock repurchases, ill-advised dividends and plant shutdowns. But nine years of effort by many thousands of employees delivered an operating loss as well. Berkshire’s struggles were not unusual: The New England textile industry had silently entered an extended and non-reversible death march.</p><p>During the nine post-merger years, the U.S. Treasury suffered as well from Berkshire’s troubles. All told, the company paid the government only $337,359 in income tax during that period – a pathetic $100 per day.</p><p>Early in 1965, things changed. Berkshire installed new management that redeployed available cash and steered essentially all earnings into a variety of good businesses, most of which remained good through the years. Coupling reinvestment of earnings with the power of compounding worked its magic, and shareholders prospered.</p><p>Berkshire’s owners, it should be noted, were not the only beneficiary of that course correction. Their “silent partner,” the U.S. Treasury, proceeded to collect many tens of billions of dollars from the company in income tax payments. Remember the $100 daily? Now, Berkshire pays roughly $9 million daily to the Treasury.</p><p>In fairness to our governmental partner, our shareholders should acknowledge – indeed trumpet – the fact that Berkshire’s prosperity has been fostered mightily because the company has operated in America. Our country would have done splendidly in the years since 1965 without Berkshire. Absent our American home, however, Berkshire would never have come close to becoming what it is today. When you see the flag, say thanks.</p><p>• From an $8.6 million purchase of National Indemnity in 1967, Berkshire has become the world leader in insurance “float” – money we hold and can invest but that does not belong to us. Including a relatively small sum derived from life insurance, Berkshire’s total float has grown from $19 million when we entered the insurance business to $147 billion.</p><p>So far, this float has cost us less than nothing. Though we have experienced a number of years when insurance losses combined with operating expenses exceeded premiums, overall we have earned a modest 55-year profit from the underwriting activities that generated our float.</p><p>Of equal importance, float is very sticky. Funds attributable to our insurance operations come and go daily, but their aggregate total is immune from precipitous decline. When it comes to investing float, we can therefore think long-term.</p><p>If you are not already familiar with the concept of float, I refer you to a long explanation on page A-5. To my surprise, our float increased $9 billion last year, a buildup of value that is important to Berkshire owners though is not reflected in our GAAP (“generally-accepted accounting principles”) presentation of earnings and net worth.</p><p>Much of our huge value creation in insurance is attributable to Berkshire’s good luck in my 1986 hiring of Ajit Jain. We first met on a Saturday morning, and I quickly asked Ajit what his insurance experience had been. He replied, “None.”</p><p>I said, “Nobody’s perfect,” and hired him. That was my lucky day: Ajit actually was as perfect a choice as could have been made. Better yet, he continues to be – 35 years later.</p><p>One final thought about insurance: I believe that it is likely – but far from assured – that Berkshire’s float can be maintained without our incurring a long-term underwriting loss. I am certain, however, that there will be some years when we experience such losses, perhaps involving very large sums.</p><p>Berkshire is constructed to handle catastrophic events as no other insurer – and that priority will remain long after Charlie and I are gone.</p><h2>Our Four Giants</h2><p>Through Berkshire, our shareholders own many dozens of businesses. Some of these, in turn, have a collection of subsidiaries of their own. For example, Marmon has more than 100 individual business operations, ranging from the leasing of railroad cars to the manufacture of medical devices.</p><p>• Nevertheless, operations of our “Big Four” companies account for a very large chunk of Berkshire’s value. Leading this list is our cluster of insurers. Berkshire effectively owns 100% of this group, whose massive float value we earlier described. The invested assets of these insurers are further enlarged by the extraordinary amount of capital we invest to back up their promises.</p><p>The insurance business is made to order for Berkshire. The product will never be obsolete, and sales volume will generally increase along with both economic growth and inflation. Also, integrity and capital will forever be important. Our company can and will behave well.</p><p>There are, of course, other insurers with excellent business models and prospects. Replication of Berkshire’s operation, however, would be almost impossible.</p><p>• Apple – our runner-up Giant as measured by its yearend market value – is a different sort of holding. Here, our ownership is a mere 5.55%, up from 5.39% a year earlier. That increase sounds like small potatoes. But consider that each 0.1% of Apple’s 2021 earnings amounted to $100 million. We spent no Berkshire funds to gain our accretion. Apple’s repurchases did the job.</p><p>It’s important to understand that only dividends from Apple are counted in the GAAP earnings Berkshire reports – and last year, Apple paid us $785 million of those. Yet our “share” of Apple’s earnings amounted to a staggering $5.6 billion. Much of what the company retained was used to repurchase Apple shares, an act we applaud. Tim Cook, Apple’s brilliant CEO, quite properly regards users of Apple products as his first love, but all of his other constituencies benefit from Tim’s managerial touch as well.</p><p>• BNSF, our third Giant, continues to be the number one artery of American commerce, which makes it an indispensable asset for America as well as for Berkshire. If the many essential products BNSF carries were instead hauled by truck, America’s carbon emissions would soar.</p><p>Your railroad had record earnings of $6 billion in 2021. Here, it should be noted, we are talking about the old-fashioned sort of earnings that we favor: a figure calculated after interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization and all forms of compensation. (Our definition suggests a warning: Deceptive “adjustments” to earnings – to use a polite description – have become both more frequent and more fanciful as stocks have risen. Speaking less politely, I would say that bull markets breed bloviated bull )</p><p>BNSF trains traveled 143 million miles last year and carried 535 million tons of cargo. Both accomplishments far exceed those of any other American carrier. You can be proud of your railroad.</p><p>• BHE, our final Giant, earned a record $4 billion in 2021. That’s up more than 30-fold from the $122 million earned in 2000, the year that Berkshire first purchased a BHE stake. Now, Berkshire owns 91.1% of the company.</p><p>BHE’s record of societal accomplishment is as remarkable as its financial performance. The company had no wind or solar generation in 2000. It was then regarded simply as a relatively new and minor participant in the huge electric utility industry. Subsequently, under David Sokol’s and Greg Abel’s leadership, BHE has become a utility powerhouse (no groaning, please) and a leading force in wind, solar and transmission throughout much of the United States.</p><p>Greg’s report on these accomplishments appears on pages A-3 and A-4. The profile you will find there is not in any way one of those currently-fashionable “green-washing” stories. BHE has been faithfully detailing its plans and performance in renewables and transmissions every year since 2007.</p><p>To further review this information, visit BHE’s website at brkenergy.com. There, you will see that the company has long been making climate-conscious moves that soak up all of its earnings. More opportunities lie ahead. BHE has the management, the experience, the capital and the appetite for the huge power projects that our country needs.</p><h2>Investments</h2><p>Now let’s talk about companies we don’t control, a list that again references Apple. Below we list our fifteen largest equity holdings, several of which are selections of Berkshire’s two long-time investment managers, Todd Combs and Ted Weschler. At yearend, this valued pair had total authority in respect to $34 billion of investments, many of which do not meet the threshold value we use in the table. Also, a significant portion of the dollars that Todd and Ted manage are lodged in various pension plans of Berkshire-owned businesses, with the assets of these plans not included in this table.</p><p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/d43587e9f59c0ff76e6c04c6bf9af324\" tg-width=\"1047\" tg-height=\"530\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\"/>* This is our actual purchase price and also our tax basis.</p><p>** Held by BHE; consequently, Berkshire shareholders have only a 91.1% interest in this position.</p><p>*** Includes a $10 billion investment in Occidental Petroleum, consisting of preferred stock and warrants to buy common stock, a combination now being valued at $10.7 billion.</p><p>In addition to the footnoted Occidental holding and our various common-stock positions, Berkshire also owns a 26.6% interest in Kraft Heinz (accounted for on the “equity” method, not market value, and carried at $13.1 billion) and 38.6% of Pilot Corp., a leader in travel centers that had revenues last year of $45 billion.</p><p>Since we purchased our Pilot stake in 2017, this holding has warranted “equity” accounting treatment. Early in 2023, Berkshire will purchase an additional interest in Pilot that will raise our ownership to 80% and lead to our fully consolidating Pilot’s earnings, assets and liabilities in our financial statements.</p><h2>U.S. Treasury Bills</h2><p>Berkshire’s balance sheet includes $144 billion of cash and cash equivalents (excluding the holdings of BNSF and BHE). Of this sum, $120 billion is held in U.S. Treasury bills, all maturing in less than a year. That stake leaves Berkshire financing about 12 of 1% of the publicly-held national debt.</p><p>Charlie and I have pledged that Berkshire (along with our subsidiaries other than BNSF and BHE) will always hold more than $30 billion of cash and equivalents. We want your company to be financially impregnable and never dependent on the kindness of strangers (or even that of friends). Both of us like to sleep soundly, and we want our creditors, insurance claimants and you to do so as well.</p><h2>But $144 billion?</h2><p>That imposing sum, I assure you, is not some deranged expression of patriotism. Nor have Charlie and I lost our overwhelming preference for business ownership. Indeed, I first manifested my enthusiasm for that 80 years ago, on March 11, 1942, when I purchased three shares of Cities Services preferred stock. Their cost was $114.75 and required all of my savings. (The Dow Jones Industrial Average that day closed at 99, a fact that should scream to you: Never bet against America.)</p><p>After my initial plunge, I always kept at least 80% of my net worth in equities. My favored status throughout that period was 100% – and still is. Berkshire’s current 80%-or-so position in businesses is a consequence of my failure to find entire companies or small portions thereof (that is, marketable stocks) which meet our criteria for long- term holding.</p><p>Charlie and I have endured similar cash-heavy positions from time to time in the past. These periods are never pleasant; they are also never permanent. And, fortunately, we have had a mildly attractive alternative during 2020 and 2021 for deploying capital. Read on.</p><h2>Share Repurchases</h2><p>There are three ways that we can increase the value of your investment. The first is always front and center in our minds: Increase the long-term earning power of Berkshire’s controlled businesses through internal growth or by making acquisitions. Today, internal opportunities deliver far better returns than acquisitions. The size of those opportunities, however, is small compared to Berkshire’s resources.</p><p>Our second choice is to buy non-controlling part-interests in the many good or great businesses that are publicly traded. From time to time, such possibilities are both numerous and blatantly attractive. Today, though, we find little that excites us.</p><p>That’s largely because of a truism: Long-term interest rates that are low push the prices of all productive investments upward, whether these are stocks, apartments, farms, oil wells, whatever. Other factors influence valuations as well, but interest rates will always be important.</p><p>Our final path to value creation is to repurchase Berkshire shares. Through that simple act, we increase your share of the many controlled and non-controlled businesses Berkshire owns. When the price/value equation is right, this path is the easiest and most certain way for us to increase your wealth. (Alongside the accretion of value to continuing shareholders, a couple of other parties gain: Repurchases are modestly beneficial to the seller of the repurchased shares and to society as well.)</p><p>Periodically, as alternative paths become unattractive, repurchases make good sense for Berkshire’s owners. During the past two years, we therefore repurchased 9% of the shares that were outstanding at yearend 2019 for a total cost of $51.7 billion. That expenditure left our continuing shareholders owning about 10% more of all Berkshire businesses, whether these are wholly-owned (such as BNSF and GEICO) or partly-owned (such as Coca-Cola and Moody’s).</p><p>I want to underscore that for Berkshire repurchases to make sense, our shares must offer appropriate value. We don’t want to overpay for the shares of other companies, and it would be value-destroying if we were to overpay when we are buying Berkshire. As of February 23, 2022, since yearend we repurchased additional shares at a cost of $1.2 billion. Our appetite remains large but will always remain price-dependent.</p><p>It should be noted that Berkshire’s buyback opportunities are limited because of its high-class investor base. If our shares were heavily held by short-term speculators, both price volatility and transaction volumes would materially increase. That kind of reshaping would offer us far greater opportunities for creating value by making repurchases. Nevertheless, Charlie and I far prefer the owners we have, even though their admirable buy-and-keep attitudes limit the extent to which long-term shareholders can profit from opportunistic repurchases.</p><p>Finally, one easily-overlooked value calculation specific to Berkshire: As we’ve discussed, insurance “float” of the right sort is of great value to us. As it happens, repurchases automatically increase the amount of “float” per share. That figure has increased during the past two years by 25% – going from $79,387 per “A” share to $99,497, a meaningful gain that, as noted, owes some thanks to repurchases.</p><h2>A Wonderful Man and a Wonderful Business</h2><p>Last year, Paul Andrews died. Paul was the founder and CEO of TTI, a Fort Worth-based subsidiary of Berkshire. Throughout his life – in both his business and his personal pursuits – Paul quietly displayed all the qualities that Charlie and I admire. His story should be told.</p><p>In 1971, Paul was working as a purchasing agent for General Dynamics when the roof fell in. After losing a huge defense contract, the company fired thousands of employees, including Paul.</p><p>With his first child due soon, Paul decided to bet on himself, using $500 of his savings to found Tex-Tronics (later renamed TTI). The company set itself up to distribute small electronic components, and first-year sales totaled $112,000. Today, TTI markets more than one million different items with annual volume of $7.7 billion.</p><p>But back to 2006: Paul, at 63, then found himself happy with his family, his job, and his associates. But he had one nagging worry, heightened because he had recently witnessed a friend’s early death and the disastrous results that followed for that man’s family and business. What, Paul asked himself in 2006, would happen to the many people depending on him if he should unexpectedly die?</p><p>For a year, Paul wrestled with his options. Sell to a competitor? From a strictly economic viewpoint, that course made the most sense. After all, competitors could envision lucrative “synergies” – savings that would be achieved as the acquiror slashed duplicated functions at TTI.</p><p>But . . . Such a purchaser would most certainly also retain its CFO, its legal counsel, its HR unit. Their TTI counterparts would therefore be sent packing. And ugh! If a new distribution center were to be needed, the acquirer’s home city would certainly be favored over Fort Worth.</p><p>Whatever the financial benefits, Paul quickly concluded that selling to a competitor was not for him. He next considered seeking a financial buyer, a species once labeled – aptly so – a leveraged buyout firm. Paul knew, however, that such a purchaser would be focused on an “exit strategy.” And who could know what that would be? Brooding over it all, Paul found himself having no interest in handing his 35-year-old creation over to a reseller.</p><p>When Paul met me, he explained why he had eliminated these two alternatives as buyers. He then summed up his dilemma by saying – in far more tactful phrasing than this – “After a year of pondering the alternatives, I want to sell to Berkshire because you are the only guy left.” So, I made an offer and Paul said “Yes.” One meeting; one lunch; one deal.</p><p>To say we both lived happily ever after is an understatement. When Berkshire purchased TTI, the company employed 2,387. Now the number is 8,043. A large percentage of that growth took place in Fort Worth and environs. Earnings have increased 673%.</p><p>Annually, I would call Paul and tell him his salary should be substantially increased. Annually, he would tell me, “We can talk about that next year, Warren; I’m too busy now.”</p><p>When Greg Abel and I attended Paul’s memorial service, we met children, grandchildren, long-time associates (including TTI’s first employee) and John Roach, the former CEO of a Fort Worth company Berkshire had purchased in 2000. John had steered his friend Paul to Omaha, instinctively knowing we would be a match.</p><p>At the service, Greg and I heard about the multitudes of people and organizations that Paul had silently supported. The breadth of his generosity was extraordinary – geared always to improving the lives of others, particularly those in Fort Worth.</p><p>In all ways, Paul was a class act.</p><p>* * * * * * * * * * * *</p><p>Good luck – occasionally extraordinary luck – has played its part at Berkshire. If Paul and I had not enjoyed a mutual friend – John Roach – TTI would not have found its home with us. But that ample serving of luck was only the beginning. TTI was soon to lead Berkshire to its most important acquisition.</p><p>Every fall, Berkshire directors gather for a presentation by a few of our executives. We sometimes choose the site based upon the location of a recent acquisition, by that means allowing directors to meet the new subsidiary’s CEO and learn more about the acquiree’s activities.</p><p>In the fall of 2009, we consequently selected Fort Worth so that we could visit TTI. At that time, BNSF, which also had Fort Worth as its hometown, was the third-largest holding among our marketable equities. Despite that large stake, I had never visited the railroad’s headquarters.</p><p>Deb Bosanek, my assistant, scheduled our board’s opening dinner for October 22. Meanwhile, I arranged to arrive earlier that day to meet with Matt Rose, CEO of BNSF, whose accomplishments I had long admired. When I made the date, I had no idea that our get-together would coincide with BNSF’s third-quarter earnings report, which was released late on the 22nd.</p><p>The market reacted badly to the railroad’s results. The Great Recession was in full force in the third quarter, and BNSF’s earnings reflected that slump. The economic outlook was also bleak, and Wall Street wasn’t feeling friendly to railroads – or much else.</p><p>On the following day, I again got together with Matt and suggested that Berkshire would offer the railroad a better long-term home than it could expect as a public company. I also told him the maximum price that Berkshire would pay.</p><p>Matt relayed the offer to his directors and advisors. Eleven busy days later, Berkshire and BNSF announced a firm deal. And here I’ll venture a rare prediction: BNSF will be a key asset for Berkshire and our country a century from now.</p><p>The BNSF acquisition would never have happened if Paul Andrews hadn’t sized up Berkshire as the right home for TTI.</p><h2>Thanks</h2><p>I taught my first investing class 70 years ago. Since then, I have enjoyed working almost every year with students of all ages, finally “retiring” from that pursuit in 2018.</p><p>Along the way, my toughest audience was my grandson’s fifth-grade class. The 11-year-olds were squirming in their seats and giving me blank stares until I mentioned Coca-Cola and its famous secret formula. Instantly, every hand went up, and I learned that “secrets” are catnip to kids.</p><p>Teaching, like writing, has helped me develop and clarify my own thoughts. Charlie calls this phenomenon the orangutan effect: If you sit down with an orangutan and carefully explain to it one of your cherished ideas, you may leave behind a puzzled primate, but will yourself exit thinking more clearly.</p><p>Talking to university students is far superior. I have urged that they seek employment in (1) the field and (2) with the kind of people they would select, if they had no need for money. Economic realities, I acknowledge, may interfere with that kind of search. Even so, I urge the students never to give up the quest, for when they find that sort of job, they will no longer be “working.”</p><p>Charlie and I, ourselves, followed that liberating course after a few early stumbles. We both started as part- timers at my grandfather’s grocery store, Charlie in 1940 and I in 1942. We were each assigned boring tasks and paid little, definitely not what we had in mind. Charlie later took up law, and I tried selling securities. Job satisfaction continued to elude us.</p><p>Finally, at Berkshire, we found what we love to do. With very few exceptions, we have now “worked” for many decades with people whom we like and trust. It’s a joy in life to join with managers such as Paul Andrews or the Berkshire families I told you about last year. In our home office, we employ decent and talented people – no jerks. Turnover averages, perhaps, one person per year.</p><p>I would like, however, to emphasize a further item that turns our jobs into fun and satisfaction working</p><p>for you. There is nothing more rewarding to Charlie and me than enjoying the trust of individual long-term shareholders who, for many decades, have joined us with the expectation that we would be a reliable custodian of their funds.</p><p>Obviously, we can’t select our owners, as we could do if our form of operation were a partnership. Anyone can buy shares of Berkshire today with the intention of soon reselling them. For sure, we get a few of that type of shareholder, just as we get index funds that own huge amounts of Berkshire simply because they are required to do so.</p><p>To a truly unusual degree, however, Berkshire has as owners a very large corps of individuals and families that have elected to join us with an intent approaching “til death do us part.” Often, they have trusted us with a large – some might say excessive – portion of their savings.</p><p>Berkshire, these shareholders would sometimes acknowledge, might be far from the best selection they could have made. But they would add that Berkshire would rank high among those with which they would be most comfortable. And people who are comfortable with their investments will, on average, achieve better results than those who are motivated by ever-changing headlines, chatter and promises.</p><p>Long-term individual owners are both the “partners” Charlie and I have always sought and the ones we constantly have in mind as we make decisions at Berkshire. To them we say, “It feels good to ‘work’ for you, and you have our thanks for your trust.”</p><h2>The Annual Meeting</h2><p>Clear your calendar! Berkshire will have its annual gathering of capitalists in Omaha on Friday, April 29th through Sunday, May 1st. The details regarding the weekend are laid out on pages A-1 and A-2. Omaha eagerly awaits you, as do I.</p><p>I will end this letter with a sales pitch. “Cousin” Jimmy Buffett has designed a pontoon “party” boat that is now being manufactured by Forest River, a Berkshire subsidiary. The boat will be introduced on April 29 at our Berkshire Bazaar of Bargains. And, for two days only, shareholders will be able to purchase Jimmy’s masterpiece at a 10% discount. Your bargain-hunting chairman will be buying a boat for his family’s use. Join me.</p><p>February 26, 2022</p><p>Warren E. 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The 91-year-old investing legend has been publishing the letter for over six decades and it has become required reading for investors around the world.</p><p>Warren Buffett said he now considers tech giant Apple as one of the four pillars driving Berkshire Hathaway, the conglomerate of mostly old-economy businesses he’s assembled over the last five decades.</p><p>In his annual letter to shareholders released on Saturday, the 91-year-old investing legend listed Apple under the heading “Our Four Giants” and even called the company the second-most important after Berkshire’s cluster of insurers, thanks to its chief executive.</p><p>“Tim Cook, Apple’s brilliant CEO, quite properly regards users of Apple products as his first love, but all of his other constituencies benefit from Tim’s managerial touch as well,” the letter stated.</p><p>Buffett made clear he is a fan of Cook’s stock repurchase strategy, and how it gives the conglomerate increased ownership of each dollar of the iPhone maker’s earnings without the investor having to lift a finger.</p><p>“Apple – our runner-up Giant as measured by its yearend market value – is a different sort of holding. Here, our ownership is a mere 5.55%, up from 5.39% a year earlier,” Buffett said in the letter. “That increase sounds like small potatoes. But consider that each 0.1% of Apple’s 2021 earnings amounted to $100 million. We spent no Berkshire funds to gain our accretion. Apple’s repurchases did the job.”</p><p>Berkshire began buying Apple stock in 2016 under the influence of Buffett’s investing deputies Todd Combs and Ted Weschler. By mid-2018, the conglomerate accumulated 5% ownership of the iPhone maker, a stake that cost $36 billion. Today, the Apple investment is now worth more than $160 billion, taking up 40% of Berkshire’s equity portfolio.</p><p>“It’s important to understand that only dividends from Apple are counted in the GAAP earnings Berkshire reports – and last year, Apple paid us $785 million of those. Yet our ‘share’ of Apple’s earnings amounted to a staggering $5.6 billion. Much of what the company retained was used to repurchase Apple shares, an act we applaud,” Buffett said.</p><p>Berkshire is Apple’s largest shareholder, outside of index and exchange-traded fund providers.</p><p>Buffett also credited his railroad business BNSF and energy segment BHE as two other giants of the conglomerate, which both registered record earnings in 2021.</p><p>“BNSF, our third Giant, continues to be the number one artery of American commerce, which makes it an indispensable asset for America as well as for Berkshire,” Buffett said. “BHE has become a utility powerhouse and a leading force in wind, solar and transmission throughout much of the United States.”</p><p><b>Read the full letter here：</b></p><p>To the Shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.:</p><p>Charlie Munger, my long-time partner, and I have the job of managing a portion of your savings. We are honored by your trust.</p><p>Our position carries with it the responsibility to report to you what we would like to know if we were the absentee owner and you were the manager. We enjoy communicating directly with you through this annual letter, and through the annual meeting as well.</p><p>Our policy is to treat all shareholders equally. Therefore, we do not hold discussions with analysts nor large institutions. Whenever possible, also, we release important communications on Saturday mornings in order to maximize the time for shareholders and the media to absorb the news before markets open on Monday.</p><p>A wealth of Berkshire facts and figures are set forth in the annual 10-K that the company regularly files with the S.E.C. and that we reproduce on pages K-1 – K-119. Some shareholders will find this detail engrossing; others will simply prefer to learn what Charlie and I believe is new or interesting at Berkshire.</p><p>Alas, there was little action of that sort in 2021. We did, though, make reasonable progress in increasing the intrinsic value of your shares. That task has been my primary duty for 57 years. And it will continue to be.</p><p><b>What You Own</b></p><p>Berkshire owns a wide variety of businesses, some in their entirety, some only in part. The second group largely consists of marketable common stocks of major American companies. Additionally, we own a few non-U.S. equities and participate in several joint ventures or other collaborative activities.</p><p>Whatever our form of ownership, our goal is to have meaningful investments in businesses with both durable economic advantages and a first-class CEO. Please note particularly that we own stocks based upon our expectations about their long-term business performance and not because we view them as vehicles for timely market moves. That point is crucial: Charlie and I are not stock-pickers; we are business-pickers.</p><p>I make many mistakes. Consequently, our extensive collection of businesses includes some enterprises that have truly extraordinary economics, many others that enjoy good economic characteristics, and a few that are marginal. One advantage of our common-stock segment is that – on occasion – it becomes easy to buy pieces of wonderful businesses at wonderful prices. That shooting-fish-in-a-barrel experience is very rare in negotiated transactions and never occurs en masse. It is also far easier to exit from a mistake when it has been made in the marketable arena.</p><h2><b>Surprise, Surprise</b></h2><p>Here are a few items about your company that often surprise even seasoned investors:</p><p>• Many people perceive Berkshire as a large and somewhat strange collection of financial assets. In truth, Berkshire owns and operates more U.S.-based “infrastructure” assets – classified on our balance sheet as property, plant and equipment – than are owned and operated by any other American corporation. That supremacy has never been our goal. It has, however, become a fact.</p><p>At yearend, those domestic infrastructure assets were carried on Berkshire’s balance sheet at $158 billion. That number increased last year and will continue to increase. Berkshire always will be building.</p><p>• Every year, your company makes substantial federal income tax payments. In 2021, for example, we paid</p><p>$3.3 billion while the U.S. Treasury reported total corporate income-tax receipts of $402 billion. Additionally, Berkshire pays substantial state and foreign taxes. “I gave at the office” is an unassailable assertion when made by Berkshire shareholders.</p><p>Berkshire’s history vividly illustrates the invisible and often unrecognized financial partnership between  government and American businesses. Our tale begins early in 1955, when Berkshire Fine Spinning and Hathaway Manufacturing agreed to merge their businesses. In their requests for shareholder approval, these venerable New England textile companies expressed high hopes for the combination.</p><p></p><p>The Hathaway solicitation, for example, assured its shareholders that “The combination of the resources and managements will result in one of the strongest and most efficient organizations in the textile industry.” That upbeat view was endorsed by the company’s advisor, Lehman Brothers (yes, that Lehman Brothers).</p><p>I’m sure it was a joyous day in both Fall River (Berkshire) and New Bedford (Hathaway) when the union was consummated. After the bands stopped playing and the bankers went home, however, the shareholders reaped a disaster.</p><p>In the nine years following the merger, Berkshire’s owners watched the company’s net worth crater from</p><p>$51.4 million to $22.1 million. In part, this decline was caused by stock repurchases, ill-advised dividends and plant shutdowns. But nine years of effort by many thousands of employees delivered an operating loss as well. Berkshire’s struggles were not unusual: The New England textile industry had silently entered an extended and non-reversible death march.</p><p>During the nine post-merger years, the U.S. Treasury suffered as well from Berkshire’s troubles. All told, the company paid the government only $337,359 in income tax during that period – a pathetic $100 per day.</p><p>Early in 1965, things changed. Berkshire installed new management that redeployed available cash and steered essentially all earnings into a variety of good businesses, most of which remained good through the years. Coupling reinvestment of earnings with the power of compounding worked its magic, and shareholders prospered.</p><p>Berkshire’s owners, it should be noted, were not the only beneficiary of that course correction. Their “silent partner,” the U.S. Treasury, proceeded to collect many tens of billions of dollars from the company in income tax payments. Remember the $100 daily? Now, Berkshire pays roughly $9 million daily to the Treasury.</p><p>In fairness to our governmental partner, our shareholders should acknowledge – indeed trumpet – the fact that Berkshire’s prosperity has been fostered mightily because the company has operated in America. Our country would have done splendidly in the years since 1965 without Berkshire. Absent our American home, however, Berkshire would never have come close to becoming what it is today. When you see the flag, say thanks.</p><p>• From an $8.6 million purchase of National Indemnity in 1967, Berkshire has become the world leader in insurance “float” – money we hold and can invest but that does not belong to us. Including a relatively small sum derived from life insurance, Berkshire’s total float has grown from $19 million when we entered the insurance business to $147 billion.</p><p>So far, this float has cost us less than nothing. Though we have experienced a number of years when insurance losses combined with operating expenses exceeded premiums, overall we have earned a modest 55-year profit from the underwriting activities that generated our float.</p><p>Of equal importance, float is very sticky. Funds attributable to our insurance operations come and go daily, but their aggregate total is immune from precipitous decline. When it comes to investing float, we can therefore think long-term.</p><p>If you are not already familiar with the concept of float, I refer you to a long explanation on page A-5. To my surprise, our float increased $9 billion last year, a buildup of value that is important to Berkshire owners though is not reflected in our GAAP (“generally-accepted accounting principles”) presentation of earnings and net worth.</p><p>Much of our huge value creation in insurance is attributable to Berkshire’s good luck in my 1986 hiring of Ajit Jain. We first met on a Saturday morning, and I quickly asked Ajit what his insurance experience had been. He replied, “None.”</p><p>I said, “Nobody’s perfect,” and hired him. That was my lucky day: Ajit actually was as perfect a choice as could have been made. Better yet, he continues to be – 35 years later.</p><p>One final thought about insurance: I believe that it is likely – but far from assured – that Berkshire’s float can be maintained without our incurring a long-term underwriting loss. I am certain, however, that there will be some years when we experience such losses, perhaps involving very large sums.</p><p>Berkshire is constructed to handle catastrophic events as no other insurer – and that priority will remain long after Charlie and I are gone.</p><h2>Our Four Giants</h2><p>Through Berkshire, our shareholders own many dozens of businesses. Some of these, in turn, have a collection of subsidiaries of their own. For example, Marmon has more than 100 individual business operations, ranging from the leasing of railroad cars to the manufacture of medical devices.</p><p>• Nevertheless, operations of our “Big Four” companies account for a very large chunk of Berkshire’s value. Leading this list is our cluster of insurers. Berkshire effectively owns 100% of this group, whose massive float value we earlier described. The invested assets of these insurers are further enlarged by the extraordinary amount of capital we invest to back up their promises.</p><p>The insurance business is made to order for Berkshire. The product will never be obsolete, and sales volume will generally increase along with both economic growth and inflation. Also, integrity and capital will forever be important. Our company can and will behave well.</p><p>There are, of course, other insurers with excellent business models and prospects. Replication of Berkshire’s operation, however, would be almost impossible.</p><p>• Apple – our runner-up Giant as measured by its yearend market value – is a different sort of holding. Here, our ownership is a mere 5.55%, up from 5.39% a year earlier. That increase sounds like small potatoes. But consider that each 0.1% of Apple’s 2021 earnings amounted to $100 million. We spent no Berkshire funds to gain our accretion. Apple’s repurchases did the job.</p><p>It’s important to understand that only dividends from Apple are counted in the GAAP earnings Berkshire reports – and last year, Apple paid us $785 million of those. Yet our “share” of Apple’s earnings amounted to a staggering $5.6 billion. Much of what the company retained was used to repurchase Apple shares, an act we applaud. Tim Cook, Apple’s brilliant CEO, quite properly regards users of Apple products as his first love, but all of his other constituencies benefit from Tim’s managerial touch as well.</p><p>• BNSF, our third Giant, continues to be the number one artery of American commerce, which makes it an indispensable asset for America as well as for Berkshire. If the many essential products BNSF carries were instead hauled by truck, America’s carbon emissions would soar.</p><p>Your railroad had record earnings of $6 billion in 2021. Here, it should be noted, we are talking about the old-fashioned sort of earnings that we favor: a figure calculated after interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization and all forms of compensation. (Our definition suggests a warning: Deceptive “adjustments” to earnings – to use a polite description – have become both more frequent and more fanciful as stocks have risen. Speaking less politely, I would say that bull markets breed bloviated bull )</p><p>BNSF trains traveled 143 million miles last year and carried 535 million tons of cargo. Both accomplishments far exceed those of any other American carrier. You can be proud of your railroad.</p><p>• BHE, our final Giant, earned a record $4 billion in 2021. That’s up more than 30-fold from the $122 million earned in 2000, the year that Berkshire first purchased a BHE stake. Now, Berkshire owns 91.1% of the company.</p><p>BHE’s record of societal accomplishment is as remarkable as its financial performance. The company had no wind or solar generation in 2000. It was then regarded simply as a relatively new and minor participant in the huge electric utility industry. Subsequently, under David Sokol’s and Greg Abel’s leadership, BHE has become a utility powerhouse (no groaning, please) and a leading force in wind, solar and transmission throughout much of the United States.</p><p>Greg’s report on these accomplishments appears on pages A-3 and A-4. The profile you will find there is not in any way one of those currently-fashionable “green-washing” stories. BHE has been faithfully detailing its plans and performance in renewables and transmissions every year since 2007.</p><p>To further review this information, visit BHE’s website at brkenergy.com. There, you will see that the company has long been making climate-conscious moves that soak up all of its earnings. More opportunities lie ahead. BHE has the management, the experience, the capital and the appetite for the huge power projects that our country needs.</p><h2>Investments</h2><p>Now let’s talk about companies we don’t control, a list that again references Apple. Below we list our fifteen largest equity holdings, several of which are selections of Berkshire’s two long-time investment managers, Todd Combs and Ted Weschler. At yearend, this valued pair had total authority in respect to $34 billion of investments, many of which do not meet the threshold value we use in the table. Also, a significant portion of the dollars that Todd and Ted manage are lodged in various pension plans of Berkshire-owned businesses, with the assets of these plans not included in this table.</p><p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/d43587e9f59c0ff76e6c04c6bf9af324\" tg-width=\"1047\" tg-height=\"530\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\"/>* This is our actual purchase price and also our tax basis.</p><p>** Held by BHE; consequently, Berkshire shareholders have only a 91.1% interest in this position.</p><p>*** Includes a $10 billion investment in Occidental Petroleum, consisting of preferred stock and warrants to buy common stock, a combination now being valued at $10.7 billion.</p><p>In addition to the footnoted Occidental holding and our various common-stock positions, Berkshire also owns a 26.6% interest in Kraft Heinz (accounted for on the “equity” method, not market value, and carried at $13.1 billion) and 38.6% of Pilot Corp., a leader in travel centers that had revenues last year of $45 billion.</p><p>Since we purchased our Pilot stake in 2017, this holding has warranted “equity” accounting treatment. Early in 2023, Berkshire will purchase an additional interest in Pilot that will raise our ownership to 80% and lead to our fully consolidating Pilot’s earnings, assets and liabilities in our financial statements.</p><h2>U.S. Treasury Bills</h2><p>Berkshire’s balance sheet includes $144 billion of cash and cash equivalents (excluding the holdings of BNSF and BHE). Of this sum, $120 billion is held in U.S. Treasury bills, all maturing in less than a year. That stake leaves Berkshire financing about 12 of 1% of the publicly-held national debt.</p><p>Charlie and I have pledged that Berkshire (along with our subsidiaries other than BNSF and BHE) will always hold more than $30 billion of cash and equivalents. We want your company to be financially impregnable and never dependent on the kindness of strangers (or even that of friends). Both of us like to sleep soundly, and we want our creditors, insurance claimants and you to do so as well.</p><h2>But $144 billion?</h2><p>That imposing sum, I assure you, is not some deranged expression of patriotism. Nor have Charlie and I lost our overwhelming preference for business ownership. Indeed, I first manifested my enthusiasm for that 80 years ago, on March 11, 1942, when I purchased three shares of Cities Services preferred stock. Their cost was $114.75 and required all of my savings. (The Dow Jones Industrial Average that day closed at 99, a fact that should scream to you: Never bet against America.)</p><p>After my initial plunge, I always kept at least 80% of my net worth in equities. My favored status throughout that period was 100% – and still is. Berkshire’s current 80%-or-so position in businesses is a consequence of my failure to find entire companies or small portions thereof (that is, marketable stocks) which meet our criteria for long- term holding.</p><p>Charlie and I have endured similar cash-heavy positions from time to time in the past. These periods are never pleasant; they are also never permanent. And, fortunately, we have had a mildly attractive alternative during 2020 and 2021 for deploying capital. Read on.</p><h2>Share Repurchases</h2><p>There are three ways that we can increase the value of your investment. The first is always front and center in our minds: Increase the long-term earning power of Berkshire’s controlled businesses through internal growth or by making acquisitions. Today, internal opportunities deliver far better returns than acquisitions. The size of those opportunities, however, is small compared to Berkshire’s resources.</p><p>Our second choice is to buy non-controlling part-interests in the many good or great businesses that are publicly traded. From time to time, such possibilities are both numerous and blatantly attractive. Today, though, we find little that excites us.</p><p>That’s largely because of a truism: Long-term interest rates that are low push the prices of all productive investments upward, whether these are stocks, apartments, farms, oil wells, whatever. Other factors influence valuations as well, but interest rates will always be important.</p><p>Our final path to value creation is to repurchase Berkshire shares. Through that simple act, we increase your share of the many controlled and non-controlled businesses Berkshire owns. When the price/value equation is right, this path is the easiest and most certain way for us to increase your wealth. (Alongside the accretion of value to continuing shareholders, a couple of other parties gain: Repurchases are modestly beneficial to the seller of the repurchased shares and to society as well.)</p><p>Periodically, as alternative paths become unattractive, repurchases make good sense for Berkshire’s owners. During the past two years, we therefore repurchased 9% of the shares that were outstanding at yearend 2019 for a total cost of $51.7 billion. That expenditure left our continuing shareholders owning about 10% more of all Berkshire businesses, whether these are wholly-owned (such as BNSF and GEICO) or partly-owned (such as Coca-Cola and Moody’s).</p><p>I want to underscore that for Berkshire repurchases to make sense, our shares must offer appropriate value. We don’t want to overpay for the shares of other companies, and it would be value-destroying if we were to overpay when we are buying Berkshire. As of February 23, 2022, since yearend we repurchased additional shares at a cost of $1.2 billion. Our appetite remains large but will always remain price-dependent.</p><p>It should be noted that Berkshire’s buyback opportunities are limited because of its high-class investor base. If our shares were heavily held by short-term speculators, both price volatility and transaction volumes would materially increase. That kind of reshaping would offer us far greater opportunities for creating value by making repurchases. Nevertheless, Charlie and I far prefer the owners we have, even though their admirable buy-and-keep attitudes limit the extent to which long-term shareholders can profit from opportunistic repurchases.</p><p>Finally, one easily-overlooked value calculation specific to Berkshire: As we’ve discussed, insurance “float” of the right sort is of great value to us. As it happens, repurchases automatically increase the amount of “float” per share. That figure has increased during the past two years by 25% – going from $79,387 per “A” share to $99,497, a meaningful gain that, as noted, owes some thanks to repurchases.</p><h2>A Wonderful Man and a Wonderful Business</h2><p>Last year, Paul Andrews died. Paul was the founder and CEO of TTI, a Fort Worth-based subsidiary of Berkshire. Throughout his life – in both his business and his personal pursuits – Paul quietly displayed all the qualities that Charlie and I admire. His story should be told.</p><p>In 1971, Paul was working as a purchasing agent for General Dynamics when the roof fell in. After losing a huge defense contract, the company fired thousands of employees, including Paul.</p><p>With his first child due soon, Paul decided to bet on himself, using $500 of his savings to found Tex-Tronics (later renamed TTI). The company set itself up to distribute small electronic components, and first-year sales totaled $112,000. Today, TTI markets more than one million different items with annual volume of $7.7 billion.</p><p>But back to 2006: Paul, at 63, then found himself happy with his family, his job, and his associates. But he had one nagging worry, heightened because he had recently witnessed a friend’s early death and the disastrous results that followed for that man’s family and business. What, Paul asked himself in 2006, would happen to the many people depending on him if he should unexpectedly die?</p><p>For a year, Paul wrestled with his options. Sell to a competitor? From a strictly economic viewpoint, that course made the most sense. After all, competitors could envision lucrative “synergies” – savings that would be achieved as the acquiror slashed duplicated functions at TTI.</p><p>But . . . Such a purchaser would most certainly also retain its CFO, its legal counsel, its HR unit. Their TTI counterparts would therefore be sent packing. And ugh! If a new distribution center were to be needed, the acquirer’s home city would certainly be favored over Fort Worth.</p><p>Whatever the financial benefits, Paul quickly concluded that selling to a competitor was not for him. He next considered seeking a financial buyer, a species once labeled – aptly so – a leveraged buyout firm. Paul knew, however, that such a purchaser would be focused on an “exit strategy.” And who could know what that would be? Brooding over it all, Paul found himself having no interest in handing his 35-year-old creation over to a reseller.</p><p>When Paul met me, he explained why he had eliminated these two alternatives as buyers. He then summed up his dilemma by saying – in far more tactful phrasing than this – “After a year of pondering the alternatives, I want to sell to Berkshire because you are the only guy left.” So, I made an offer and Paul said “Yes.” One meeting; one lunch; one deal.</p><p>To say we both lived happily ever after is an understatement. When Berkshire purchased TTI, the company employed 2,387. Now the number is 8,043. A large percentage of that growth took place in Fort Worth and environs. Earnings have increased 673%.</p><p>Annually, I would call Paul and tell him his salary should be substantially increased. Annually, he would tell me, “We can talk about that next year, Warren; I’m too busy now.”</p><p>When Greg Abel and I attended Paul’s memorial service, we met children, grandchildren, long-time associates (including TTI’s first employee) and John Roach, the former CEO of a Fort Worth company Berkshire had purchased in 2000. John had steered his friend Paul to Omaha, instinctively knowing we would be a match.</p><p>At the service, Greg and I heard about the multitudes of people and organizations that Paul had silently supported. The breadth of his generosity was extraordinary – geared always to improving the lives of others, particularly those in Fort Worth.</p><p>In all ways, Paul was a class act.</p><p>* * * * * * * * * * * *</p><p>Good luck – occasionally extraordinary luck – has played its part at Berkshire. If Paul and I had not enjoyed a mutual friend – John Roach – TTI would not have found its home with us. But that ample serving of luck was only the beginning. TTI was soon to lead Berkshire to its most important acquisition.</p><p>Every fall, Berkshire directors gather for a presentation by a few of our executives. We sometimes choose the site based upon the location of a recent acquisition, by that means allowing directors to meet the new subsidiary’s CEO and learn more about the acquiree’s activities.</p><p>In the fall of 2009, we consequently selected Fort Worth so that we could visit TTI. At that time, BNSF, which also had Fort Worth as its hometown, was the third-largest holding among our marketable equities. Despite that large stake, I had never visited the railroad’s headquarters.</p><p>Deb Bosanek, my assistant, scheduled our board’s opening dinner for October 22. Meanwhile, I arranged to arrive earlier that day to meet with Matt Rose, CEO of BNSF, whose accomplishments I had long admired. When I made the date, I had no idea that our get-together would coincide with BNSF’s third-quarter earnings report, which was released late on the 22nd.</p><p>The market reacted badly to the railroad’s results. The Great Recession was in full force in the third quarter, and BNSF’s earnings reflected that slump. The economic outlook was also bleak, and Wall Street wasn’t feeling friendly to railroads – or much else.</p><p>On the following day, I again got together with Matt and suggested that Berkshire would offer the railroad a better long-term home than it could expect as a public company. I also told him the maximum price that Berkshire would pay.</p><p>Matt relayed the offer to his directors and advisors. Eleven busy days later, Berkshire and BNSF announced a firm deal. And here I’ll venture a rare prediction: BNSF will be a key asset for Berkshire and our country a century from now.</p><p>The BNSF acquisition would never have happened if Paul Andrews hadn’t sized up Berkshire as the right home for TTI.</p><h2>Thanks</h2><p>I taught my first investing class 70 years ago. Since then, I have enjoyed working almost every year with students of all ages, finally “retiring” from that pursuit in 2018.</p><p>Along the way, my toughest audience was my grandson’s fifth-grade class. The 11-year-olds were squirming in their seats and giving me blank stares until I mentioned Coca-Cola and its famous secret formula. Instantly, every hand went up, and I learned that “secrets” are catnip to kids.</p><p>Teaching, like writing, has helped me develop and clarify my own thoughts. Charlie calls this phenomenon the orangutan effect: If you sit down with an orangutan and carefully explain to it one of your cherished ideas, you may leave behind a puzzled primate, but will yourself exit thinking more clearly.</p><p>Talking to university students is far superior. I have urged that they seek employment in (1) the field and (2) with the kind of people they would select, if they had no need for money. Economic realities, I acknowledge, may interfere with that kind of search. Even so, I urge the students never to give up the quest, for when they find that sort of job, they will no longer be “working.”</p><p>Charlie and I, ourselves, followed that liberating course after a few early stumbles. We both started as part- timers at my grandfather’s grocery store, Charlie in 1940 and I in 1942. We were each assigned boring tasks and paid little, definitely not what we had in mind. Charlie later took up law, and I tried selling securities. Job satisfaction continued to elude us.</p><p>Finally, at Berkshire, we found what we love to do. With very few exceptions, we have now “worked” for many decades with people whom we like and trust. It’s a joy in life to join with managers such as Paul Andrews or the Berkshire families I told you about last year. In our home office, we employ decent and talented people – no jerks. Turnover averages, perhaps, one person per year.</p><p>I would like, however, to emphasize a further item that turns our jobs into fun and satisfaction working</p><p>for you. There is nothing more rewarding to Charlie and me than enjoying the trust of individual long-term shareholders who, for many decades, have joined us with the expectation that we would be a reliable custodian of their funds.</p><p>Obviously, we can’t select our owners, as we could do if our form of operation were a partnership. Anyone can buy shares of Berkshire today with the intention of soon reselling them. For sure, we get a few of that type of shareholder, just as we get index funds that own huge amounts of Berkshire simply because they are required to do so.</p><p>To a truly unusual degree, however, Berkshire has as owners a very large corps of individuals and families that have elected to join us with an intent approaching “til death do us part.” Often, they have trusted us with a large – some might say excessive – portion of their savings.</p><p>Berkshire, these shareholders would sometimes acknowledge, might be far from the best selection they could have made. But they would add that Berkshire would rank high among those with which they would be most comfortable. And people who are comfortable with their investments will, on average, achieve better results than those who are motivated by ever-changing headlines, chatter and promises.</p><p>Long-term individual owners are both the “partners” Charlie and I have always sought and the ones we constantly have in mind as we make decisions at Berkshire. To them we say, “It feels good to ‘work’ for you, and you have our thanks for your trust.”</p><h2>The Annual Meeting</h2><p>Clear your calendar! Berkshire will have its annual gathering of capitalists in Omaha on Friday, April 29th through Sunday, May 1st. The details regarding the weekend are laid out on pages A-1 and A-2. Omaha eagerly awaits you, as do I.</p><p>I will end this letter with a sales pitch. “Cousin” Jimmy Buffett has designed a pontoon “party” boat that is now being manufactured by Forest River, a Berkshire subsidiary. The boat will be introduced on April 29 at our Berkshire Bazaar of Bargains. And, for two days only, shareholders will be able to purchase Jimmy’s masterpiece at a 10% discount. Your bargain-hunting chairman will be buying a boat for his family’s use. Join me.</p><p>February 26, 2022</p><p>Warren E. Buffett Chairman of the Board</p></body></html>\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"BRK.B":"伯克希尔B","BRK.A":"伯克希尔"},"source_url":"","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1125580913","content_text":"Warren Buffett released his annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders on Saturday. The 91-year-old investing legend has been publishing the letter for over six decades and it has become required reading for investors around the world.Warren Buffett said he now considers tech giant Apple as one of the four pillars driving Berkshire Hathaway, the conglomerate of mostly old-economy businesses he’s assembled over the last five decades.In his annual letter to shareholders released on Saturday, the 91-year-old investing legend listed Apple under the heading “Our Four Giants” and even called the company the second-most important after Berkshire’s cluster of insurers, thanks to its chief executive.“Tim Cook, Apple’s brilliant CEO, quite properly regards users of Apple products as his first love, but all of his other constituencies benefit from Tim’s managerial touch as well,” the letter stated.Buffett made clear he is a fan of Cook’s stock repurchase strategy, and how it gives the conglomerate increased ownership of each dollar of the iPhone maker’s earnings without the investor having to lift a finger.“Apple – our runner-up Giant as measured by its yearend market value – is a different sort of holding. Here, our ownership is a mere 5.55%, up from 5.39% a year earlier,” Buffett said in the letter. “That increase sounds like small potatoes. But consider that each 0.1% of Apple’s 2021 earnings amounted to $100 million. We spent no Berkshire funds to gain our accretion. Apple’s repurchases did the job.”Berkshire began buying Apple stock in 2016 under the influence of Buffett’s investing deputies Todd Combs and Ted Weschler. By mid-2018, the conglomerate accumulated 5% ownership of the iPhone maker, a stake that cost $36 billion. Today, the Apple investment is now worth more than $160 billion, taking up 40% of Berkshire’s equity portfolio.“It’s important to understand that only dividends from Apple are counted in the GAAP earnings Berkshire reports – and last year, Apple paid us $785 million of those. Yet our ‘share’ of Apple’s earnings amounted to a staggering $5.6 billion. Much of what the company retained was used to repurchase Apple shares, an act we applaud,” Buffett said.Berkshire is Apple’s largest shareholder, outside of index and exchange-traded fund providers.Buffett also credited his railroad business BNSF and energy segment BHE as two other giants of the conglomerate, which both registered record earnings in 2021.“BNSF, our third Giant, continues to be the number one artery of American commerce, which makes it an indispensable asset for America as well as for Berkshire,” Buffett said. “BHE has become a utility powerhouse and a leading force in wind, solar and transmission throughout much of the United States.”Read the full letter here：To the Shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.:Charlie Munger, my long-time partner, and I have the job of managing a portion of your savings. We are honored by your trust.Our position carries with it the responsibility to report to you what we would like to know if we were the absentee owner and you were the manager. We enjoy communicating directly with you through this annual letter, and through the annual meeting as well.Our policy is to treat all shareholders equally. Therefore, we do not hold discussions with analysts nor large institutions. Whenever possible, also, we release important communications on Saturday mornings in order to maximize the time for shareholders and the media to absorb the news before markets open on Monday.A wealth of Berkshire facts and figures are set forth in the annual 10-K that the company regularly files with the S.E.C. and that we reproduce on pages K-1 – K-119. Some shareholders will find this detail engrossing; others will simply prefer to learn what Charlie and I believe is new or interesting at Berkshire.Alas, there was little action of that sort in 2021. We did, though, make reasonable progress in increasing the intrinsic value of your shares. That task has been my primary duty for 57 years. And it will continue to be.What You OwnBerkshire owns a wide variety of businesses, some in their entirety, some only in part. The second group largely consists of marketable common stocks of major American companies. Additionally, we own a few non-U.S. equities and participate in several joint ventures or other collaborative activities.Whatever our form of ownership, our goal is to have meaningful investments in businesses with both durable economic advantages and a first-class CEO. Please note particularly that we own stocks based upon our expectations about their long-term business performance and not because we view them as vehicles for timely market moves. That point is crucial: Charlie and I are not stock-pickers; we are business-pickers.I make many mistakes. Consequently, our extensive collection of businesses includes some enterprises that have truly extraordinary economics, many others that enjoy good economic characteristics, and a few that are marginal. One advantage of our common-stock segment is that – on occasion – it becomes easy to buy pieces of wonderful businesses at wonderful prices. That shooting-fish-in-a-barrel experience is very rare in negotiated transactions and never occurs en masse. It is also far easier to exit from a mistake when it has been made in the marketable arena.Surprise, SurpriseHere are a few items about your company that often surprise even seasoned investors:• Many people perceive Berkshire as a large and somewhat strange collection of financial assets. In truth, Berkshire owns and operates more U.S.-based “infrastructure” assets – classified on our balance sheet as property, plant and equipment – than are owned and operated by any other American corporation. That supremacy has never been our goal. It has, however, become a fact.At yearend, those domestic infrastructure assets were carried on Berkshire’s balance sheet at $158 billion. That number increased last year and will continue to increase. Berkshire always will be building.• Every year, your company makes substantial federal income tax payments. In 2021, for example, we paid$3.3 billion while the U.S. Treasury reported total corporate income-tax receipts of $402 billion. Additionally, Berkshire pays substantial state and foreign taxes. “I gave at the office” is an unassailable assertion when made by Berkshire shareholders.Berkshire’s history vividly illustrates the invisible and often unrecognized financial partnership between  government and American businesses. Our tale begins early in 1955, when Berkshire Fine Spinning and Hathaway Manufacturing agreed to merge their businesses. In their requests for shareholder approval, these venerable New England textile companies expressed high hopes for the combination.The Hathaway solicitation, for example, assured its shareholders that “The combination of the resources and managements will result in one of the strongest and most efficient organizations in the textile industry.” That upbeat view was endorsed by the company’s advisor, Lehman Brothers (yes, that Lehman Brothers).I’m sure it was a joyous day in both Fall River (Berkshire) and New Bedford (Hathaway) when the union was consummated. After the bands stopped playing and the bankers went home, however, the shareholders reaped a disaster.In the nine years following the merger, Berkshire’s owners watched the company’s net worth crater from$51.4 million to $22.1 million. In part, this decline was caused by stock repurchases, ill-advised dividends and plant shutdowns. But nine years of effort by many thousands of employees delivered an operating loss as well. Berkshire’s struggles were not unusual: The New England textile industry had silently entered an extended and non-reversible death march.During the nine post-merger years, the U.S. Treasury suffered as well from Berkshire’s troubles. All told, the company paid the government only $337,359 in income tax during that period – a pathetic $100 per day.Early in 1965, things changed. Berkshire installed new management that redeployed available cash and steered essentially all earnings into a variety of good businesses, most of which remained good through the years. Coupling reinvestment of earnings with the power of compounding worked its magic, and shareholders prospered.Berkshire’s owners, it should be noted, were not the only beneficiary of that course correction. Their “silent partner,” the U.S. Treasury, proceeded to collect many tens of billions of dollars from the company in income tax payments. Remember the $100 daily? Now, Berkshire pays roughly $9 million daily to the Treasury.In fairness to our governmental partner, our shareholders should acknowledge – indeed trumpet – the fact that Berkshire’s prosperity has been fostered mightily because the company has operated in America. Our country would have done splendidly in the years since 1965 without Berkshire. Absent our American home, however, Berkshire would never have come close to becoming what it is today. When you see the flag, say thanks.• From an $8.6 million purchase of National Indemnity in 1967, Berkshire has become the world leader in insurance “float” – money we hold and can invest but that does not belong to us. Including a relatively small sum derived from life insurance, Berkshire’s total float has grown from $19 million when we entered the insurance business to $147 billion.So far, this float has cost us less than nothing. Though we have experienced a number of years when insurance losses combined with operating expenses exceeded premiums, overall we have earned a modest 55-year profit from the underwriting activities that generated our float.Of equal importance, float is very sticky. Funds attributable to our insurance operations come and go daily, but their aggregate total is immune from precipitous decline. When it comes to investing float, we can therefore think long-term.If you are not already familiar with the concept of float, I refer you to a long explanation on page A-5. To my surprise, our float increased $9 billion last year, a buildup of value that is important to Berkshire owners though is not reflected in our GAAP (“generally-accepted accounting principles”) presentation of earnings and net worth.Much of our huge value creation in insurance is attributable to Berkshire’s good luck in my 1986 hiring of Ajit Jain. We first met on a Saturday morning, and I quickly asked Ajit what his insurance experience had been. He replied, “None.”I said, “Nobody’s perfect,” and hired him. That was my lucky day: Ajit actually was as perfect a choice as could have been made. Better yet, he continues to be – 35 years later.One final thought about insurance: I believe that it is likely – but far from assured – that Berkshire’s float can be maintained without our incurring a long-term underwriting loss. I am certain, however, that there will be some years when we experience such losses, perhaps involving very large sums.Berkshire is constructed to handle catastrophic events as no other insurer – and that priority will remain long after Charlie and I are gone.Our Four GiantsThrough Berkshire, our shareholders own many dozens of businesses. Some of these, in turn, have a collection of subsidiaries of their own. For example, Marmon has more than 100 individual business operations, ranging from the leasing of railroad cars to the manufacture of medical devices.• Nevertheless, operations of our “Big Four” companies account for a very large chunk of Berkshire’s value. Leading this list is our cluster of insurers. Berkshire effectively owns 100% of this group, whose massive float value we earlier described. The invested assets of these insurers are further enlarged by the extraordinary amount of capital we invest to back up their promises.The insurance business is made to order for Berkshire. The product will never be obsolete, and sales volume will generally increase along with both economic growth and inflation. Also, integrity and capital will forever be important. Our company can and will behave well.There are, of course, other insurers with excellent business models and prospects. Replication of Berkshire’s operation, however, would be almost impossible.• Apple – our runner-up Giant as measured by its yearend market value – is a different sort of holding. Here, our ownership is a mere 5.55%, up from 5.39% a year earlier. That increase sounds like small potatoes. But consider that each 0.1% of Apple’s 2021 earnings amounted to $100 million. We spent no Berkshire funds to gain our accretion. Apple’s repurchases did the job.It’s important to understand that only dividends from Apple are counted in the GAAP earnings Berkshire reports – and last year, Apple paid us $785 million of those. Yet our “share” of Apple’s earnings amounted to a staggering $5.6 billion. Much of what the company retained was used to repurchase Apple shares, an act we applaud. Tim Cook, Apple’s brilliant CEO, quite properly regards users of Apple products as his first love, but all of his other constituencies benefit from Tim’s managerial touch as well.• BNSF, our third Giant, continues to be the number one artery of American commerce, which makes it an indispensable asset for America as well as for Berkshire. If the many essential products BNSF carries were instead hauled by truck, America’s carbon emissions would soar.Your railroad had record earnings of $6 billion in 2021. Here, it should be noted, we are talking about the old-fashioned sort of earnings that we favor: a figure calculated after interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization and all forms of compensation. (Our definition suggests a warning: Deceptive “adjustments” to earnings – to use a polite description – have become both more frequent and more fanciful as stocks have risen. Speaking less politely, I would say that bull markets breed bloviated bull )BNSF trains traveled 143 million miles last year and carried 535 million tons of cargo. Both accomplishments far exceed those of any other American carrier. You can be proud of your railroad.• BHE, our final Giant, earned a record $4 billion in 2021. That’s up more than 30-fold from the $122 million earned in 2000, the year that Berkshire first purchased a BHE stake. Now, Berkshire owns 91.1% of the company.BHE’s record of societal accomplishment is as remarkable as its financial performance. The company had no wind or solar generation in 2000. It was then regarded simply as a relatively new and minor participant in the huge electric utility industry. Subsequently, under David Sokol’s and Greg Abel’s leadership, BHE has become a utility powerhouse (no groaning, please) and a leading force in wind, solar and transmission throughout much of the United States.Greg’s report on these accomplishments appears on pages A-3 and A-4. The profile you will find there is not in any way one of those currently-fashionable “green-washing” stories. BHE has been faithfully detailing its plans and performance in renewables and transmissions every year since 2007.To further review this information, visit BHE’s website at brkenergy.com. There, you will see that the company has long been making climate-conscious moves that soak up all of its earnings. More opportunities lie ahead. BHE has the management, the experience, the capital and the appetite for the huge power projects that our country needs.InvestmentsNow let’s talk about companies we don’t control, a list that again references Apple. Below we list our fifteen largest equity holdings, several of which are selections of Berkshire’s two long-time investment managers, Todd Combs and Ted Weschler. At yearend, this valued pair had total authority in respect to $34 billion of investments, many of which do not meet the threshold value we use in the table. Also, a significant portion of the dollars that Todd and Ted manage are lodged in various pension plans of Berkshire-owned businesses, with the assets of these plans not included in this table.* This is our actual purchase price and also our tax basis.** Held by BHE; consequently, Berkshire shareholders have only a 91.1% interest in this position.*** Includes a $10 billion investment in Occidental Petroleum, consisting of preferred stock and warrants to buy common stock, a combination now being valued at $10.7 billion.In addition to the footnoted Occidental holding and our various common-stock positions, Berkshire also owns a 26.6% interest in Kraft Heinz (accounted for on the “equity” method, not market value, and carried at $13.1 billion) and 38.6% of Pilot Corp., a leader in travel centers that had revenues last year of $45 billion.Since we purchased our Pilot stake in 2017, this holding has warranted “equity” accounting treatment. Early in 2023, Berkshire will purchase an additional interest in Pilot that will raise our ownership to 80% and lead to our fully consolidating Pilot’s earnings, assets and liabilities in our financial statements.U.S. Treasury BillsBerkshire’s balance sheet includes $144 billion of cash and cash equivalents (excluding the holdings of BNSF and BHE). Of this sum, $120 billion is held in U.S. Treasury bills, all maturing in less than a year. That stake leaves Berkshire financing about 12 of 1% of the publicly-held national debt.Charlie and I have pledged that Berkshire (along with our subsidiaries other than BNSF and BHE) will always hold more than $30 billion of cash and equivalents. We want your company to be financially impregnable and never dependent on the kindness of strangers (or even that of friends). Both of us like to sleep soundly, and we want our creditors, insurance claimants and you to do so as well.But $144 billion?That imposing sum, I assure you, is not some deranged expression of patriotism. Nor have Charlie and I lost our overwhelming preference for business ownership. Indeed, I first manifested my enthusiasm for that 80 years ago, on March 11, 1942, when I purchased three shares of Cities Services preferred stock. Their cost was $114.75 and required all of my savings. (The Dow Jones Industrial Average that day closed at 99, a fact that should scream to you: Never bet against America.)After my initial plunge, I always kept at least 80% of my net worth in equities. My favored status throughout that period was 100% – and still is. Berkshire’s current 80%-or-so position in businesses is a consequence of my failure to find entire companies or small portions thereof (that is, marketable stocks) which meet our criteria for long- term holding.Charlie and I have endured similar cash-heavy positions from time to time in the past. These periods are never pleasant; they are also never permanent. And, fortunately, we have had a mildly attractive alternative during 2020 and 2021 for deploying capital. Read on.Share RepurchasesThere are three ways that we can increase the value of your investment. The first is always front and center in our minds: Increase the long-term earning power of Berkshire’s controlled businesses through internal growth or by making acquisitions. Today, internal opportunities deliver far better returns than acquisitions. The size of those opportunities, however, is small compared to Berkshire’s resources.Our second choice is to buy non-controlling part-interests in the many good or great businesses that are publicly traded. From time to time, such possibilities are both numerous and blatantly attractive. Today, though, we find little that excites us.That’s largely because of a truism: Long-term interest rates that are low push the prices of all productive investments upward, whether these are stocks, apartments, farms, oil wells, whatever. Other factors influence valuations as well, but interest rates will always be important.Our final path to value creation is to repurchase Berkshire shares. Through that simple act, we increase your share of the many controlled and non-controlled businesses Berkshire owns. When the price/value equation is right, this path is the easiest and most certain way for us to increase your wealth. (Alongside the accretion of value to continuing shareholders, a couple of other parties gain: Repurchases are modestly beneficial to the seller of the repurchased shares and to society as well.)Periodically, as alternative paths become unattractive, repurchases make good sense for Berkshire’s owners. During the past two years, we therefore repurchased 9% of the shares that were outstanding at yearend 2019 for a total cost of $51.7 billion. That expenditure left our continuing shareholders owning about 10% more of all Berkshire businesses, whether these are wholly-owned (such as BNSF and GEICO) or partly-owned (such as Coca-Cola and Moody’s).I want to underscore that for Berkshire repurchases to make sense, our shares must offer appropriate value. We don’t want to overpay for the shares of other companies, and it would be value-destroying if we were to overpay when we are buying Berkshire. As of February 23, 2022, since yearend we repurchased additional shares at a cost of $1.2 billion. Our appetite remains large but will always remain price-dependent.It should be noted that Berkshire’s buyback opportunities are limited because of its high-class investor base. If our shares were heavily held by short-term speculators, both price volatility and transaction volumes would materially increase. That kind of reshaping would offer us far greater opportunities for creating value by making repurchases. Nevertheless, Charlie and I far prefer the owners we have, even though their admirable buy-and-keep attitudes limit the extent to which long-term shareholders can profit from opportunistic repurchases.Finally, one easily-overlooked value calculation specific to Berkshire: As we’ve discussed, insurance “float” of the right sort is of great value to us. As it happens, repurchases automatically increase the amount of “float” per share. That figure has increased during the past two years by 25% – going from $79,387 per “A” share to $99,497, a meaningful gain that, as noted, owes some thanks to repurchases.A Wonderful Man and a Wonderful BusinessLast year, Paul Andrews died. Paul was the founder and CEO of TTI, a Fort Worth-based subsidiary of Berkshire. Throughout his life – in both his business and his personal pursuits – Paul quietly displayed all the qualities that Charlie and I admire. His story should be told.In 1971, Paul was working as a purchasing agent for General Dynamics when the roof fell in. After losing a huge defense contract, the company fired thousands of employees, including Paul.With his first child due soon, Paul decided to bet on himself, using $500 of his savings to found Tex-Tronics (later renamed TTI). The company set itself up to distribute small electronic components, and first-year sales totaled $112,000. Today, TTI markets more than one million different items with annual volume of $7.7 billion.But back to 2006: Paul, at 63, then found himself happy with his family, his job, and his associates. But he had one nagging worry, heightened because he had recently witnessed a friend’s early death and the disastrous results that followed for that man’s family and business. What, Paul asked himself in 2006, would happen to the many people depending on him if he should unexpectedly die?For a year, Paul wrestled with his options. Sell to a competitor? From a strictly economic viewpoint, that course made the most sense. After all, competitors could envision lucrative “synergies” – savings that would be achieved as the acquiror slashed duplicated functions at TTI.But . . . Such a purchaser would most certainly also retain its CFO, its legal counsel, its HR unit. Their TTI counterparts would therefore be sent packing. And ugh! If a new distribution center were to be needed, the acquirer’s home city would certainly be favored over Fort Worth.Whatever the financial benefits, Paul quickly concluded that selling to a competitor was not for him. He next considered seeking a financial buyer, a species once labeled – aptly so – a leveraged buyout firm. Paul knew, however, that such a purchaser would be focused on an “exit strategy.” And who could know what that would be? Brooding over it all, Paul found himself having no interest in handing his 35-year-old creation over to a reseller.When Paul met me, he explained why he had eliminated these two alternatives as buyers. He then summed up his dilemma by saying – in far more tactful phrasing than this – “After a year of pondering the alternatives, I want to sell to Berkshire because you are the only guy left.” So, I made an offer and Paul said “Yes.” One meeting; one lunch; one deal.To say we both lived happily ever after is an understatement. When Berkshire purchased TTI, the company employed 2,387. Now the number is 8,043. A large percentage of that growth took place in Fort Worth and environs. Earnings have increased 673%.Annually, I would call Paul and tell him his salary should be substantially increased. Annually, he would tell me, “We can talk about that next year, Warren; I’m too busy now.”When Greg Abel and I attended Paul’s memorial service, we met children, grandchildren, long-time associates (including TTI’s first employee) and John Roach, the former CEO of a Fort Worth company Berkshire had purchased in 2000. John had steered his friend Paul to Omaha, instinctively knowing we would be a match.At the service, Greg and I heard about the multitudes of people and organizations that Paul had silently supported. The breadth of his generosity was extraordinary – geared always to improving the lives of others, particularly those in Fort Worth.In all ways, Paul was a class act.* * * * * * * * * * * *Good luck – occasionally extraordinary luck – has played its part at Berkshire. If Paul and I had not enjoyed a mutual friend – John Roach – TTI would not have found its home with us. But that ample serving of luck was only the beginning. TTI was soon to lead Berkshire to its most important acquisition.Every fall, Berkshire directors gather for a presentation by a few of our executives. We sometimes choose the site based upon the location of a recent acquisition, by that means allowing directors to meet the new subsidiary’s CEO and learn more about the acquiree’s activities.In the fall of 2009, we consequently selected Fort Worth so that we could visit TTI. At that time, BNSF, which also had Fort Worth as its hometown, was the third-largest holding among our marketable equities. Despite that large stake, I had never visited the railroad’s headquarters.Deb Bosanek, my assistant, scheduled our board’s opening dinner for October 22. Meanwhile, I arranged to arrive earlier that day to meet with Matt Rose, CEO of BNSF, whose accomplishments I had long admired. When I made the date, I had no idea that our get-together would coincide with BNSF’s third-quarter earnings report, which was released late on the 22nd.The market reacted badly to the railroad’s results. The Great Recession was in full force in the third quarter, and BNSF’s earnings reflected that slump. The economic outlook was also bleak, and Wall Street wasn’t feeling friendly to railroads – or much else.On the following day, I again got together with Matt and suggested that Berkshire would offer the railroad a better long-term home than it could expect as a public company. I also told him the maximum price that Berkshire would pay.Matt relayed the offer to his directors and advisors. Eleven busy days later, Berkshire and BNSF announced a firm deal. And here I’ll venture a rare prediction: BNSF will be a key asset for Berkshire and our country a century from now.The BNSF acquisition would never have happened if Paul Andrews hadn’t sized up Berkshire as the right home for TTI.ThanksI taught my first investing class 70 years ago. Since then, I have enjoyed working almost every year with students of all ages, finally “retiring” from that pursuit in 2018.Along the way, my toughest audience was my grandson’s fifth-grade class. The 11-year-olds were squirming in their seats and giving me blank stares until I mentioned Coca-Cola and its famous secret formula. Instantly, every hand went up, and I learned that “secrets” are catnip to kids.Teaching, like writing, has helped me develop and clarify my own thoughts. Charlie calls this phenomenon the orangutan effect: If you sit down with an orangutan and carefully explain to it one of your cherished ideas, you may leave behind a puzzled primate, but will yourself exit thinking more clearly.Talking to university students is far superior. I have urged that they seek employment in (1) the field and (2) with the kind of people they would select, if they had no need for money. Economic realities, I acknowledge, may interfere with that kind of search. Even so, I urge the students never to give up the quest, for when they find that sort of job, they will no longer be “working.”Charlie and I, ourselves, followed that liberating course after a few early stumbles. We both started as part- timers at my grandfather’s grocery store, Charlie in 1940 and I in 1942. We were each assigned boring tasks and paid little, definitely not what we had in mind. Charlie later took up law, and I tried selling securities. Job satisfaction continued to elude us.Finally, at Berkshire, we found what we love to do. With very few exceptions, we have now “worked” for many decades with people whom we like and trust. It’s a joy in life to join with managers such as Paul Andrews or the Berkshire families I told you about last year. In our home office, we employ decent and talented people – no jerks. Turnover averages, perhaps, one person per year.I would like, however, to emphasize a further item that turns our jobs into fun and satisfaction workingfor you. There is nothing more rewarding to Charlie and me than enjoying the trust of individual long-term shareholders who, for many decades, have joined us with the expectation that we would be a reliable custodian of their funds.Obviously, we can’t select our owners, as we could do if our form of operation were a partnership. Anyone can buy shares of Berkshire today with the intention of soon reselling them. For sure, we get a few of that type of shareholder, just as we get index funds that own huge amounts of Berkshire simply because they are required to do so.To a truly unusual degree, however, Berkshire has as owners a very large corps of individuals and families that have elected to join us with an intent approaching “til death do us part.” Often, they have trusted us with a large – some might say excessive – portion of their savings.Berkshire, these shareholders would sometimes acknowledge, might be far from the best selection they could have made. But they would add that Berkshire would rank high among those with which they would be most comfortable. And people who are comfortable with their investments will, on average, achieve better results than those who are motivated by ever-changing headlines, chatter and promises.Long-term individual owners are both the “partners” Charlie and I have always sought and the ones we constantly have in mind as we make decisions at Berkshire. To them we say, “It feels good to ‘work’ for you, and you have our thanks for your trust.”The Annual MeetingClear your calendar! Berkshire will have its annual gathering of capitalists in Omaha on Friday, April 29th through Sunday, May 1st. The details regarding the weekend are laid out on pages A-1 and A-2. Omaha eagerly awaits you, as do I.I will end this letter with a sales pitch. “Cousin” Jimmy Buffett has designed a pontoon “party” boat that is now being manufactured by Forest River, a Berkshire subsidiary. The boat will be introduced on April 29 at our Berkshire Bazaar of Bargains. And, for two days only, shareholders will be able to purchase Jimmy’s masterpiece at a 10% discount. Your bargain-hunting chairman will be buying a boat for his family’s use. Join me.February 26, 2022Warren E. 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Apple has been <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/AONE.U\">one</a> of the most valuable companies in the world for a while and has leadership positions in numerous fields. Its massive installed device base (1.8B active devices) is pushing Apple&#39;s service revenue upwards at a rapid pace, and the overall company&#39;s profit margin is also improving. Furthermore, Apple is moving to become self-sufficient to reduce costs and mitigate supply chain disruptions, and the effort has been paying off. I expect Apple to continue its success well into the future, and the current volatility in the tech sector is presenting a huge opportunity to grab Apple shares at a discount because:</p><ul><li>Apple&#39;s high margin businesses (Mac and Service segments) are growing at a rapid pace, contributing to great revenue growth and margin expansion.</li><li>Revenue growth trajectory remains solid with an increasing subscription base and new product releases (iPad Air, iPhone SE, and etc.).</li><li>The market volatility and tech sector sell-off dragged Apple&#39;s stock down, and it is now being sold under its pre-pandemic level. This presents a great opportunity.</li></ul><h3>Growing in Right Segments</h3><p>Since I wrote my last article, Apple reported quarterly earnings in late April, and the results continue to demonstrate that Apple is focusing on the correct segments for growth and profitability. Overall revenue grew 9% YoY to $97.3 B, and they generated a whopping $28 B operating cash flow. Particularly, their Mac segment and services segment led the charge.</p><p>Apple has been working on becoming self-sufficient and manufacturing key product components internally. A couple of years ago Apple took the noteworthy action of severing ties with Intel and making their own computer chips. The effort has been paying a great dividend. The Apple M1 (their own chip) has been performing very well against Intel and other chips on the market, and Mac sales have been very strong. Additionally, producing their own chips boosted the profit margins on Mac products.</p><p>Strong performance by Apple Services segment (advertising, AppleCare, Cloud, Digital Content, Payment) is also welcome news for investors. The services segment is a 2x higher gross margin business (72.6%) than the products segment (36.4%), and it has higher growth potential from cloud and digital content. Assisted by its massive installed device base (1.8 B active devices), AppleCare has great potential for increasing revenue as well. Overall, the strong performance from Mac and Services shows that there are good days ahead.</p><p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/141d5a91e5df23365dae251e9bab5e0b\" tg-width=\"640\" tg-height=\"187\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\"/></p><p>Performance by Segments (SEC Filings)</p><p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/121762b45f7dec13cf921113a187da10\" tg-width=\"640\" tg-height=\"184\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\"/></p><p>Gross Margins of Apple by Segments (SEC Filings)</p><h4>Strong Revenue Growth Trajectory</h4><p>Apple has been growing at a solid pace (10% per year, 5-year average) in the past several years, and the revenue growth is accelerating. This acceleration is due to multiple factors. The first one is the continuing strong performance from new products, and there is no sign that this trend is going to end. During the last quarter, Apple released iPhone SE with 5 G technology, iPad Air with M1 chip, all-new Mac Studio, and all-new Apple Studio Display.</p><p>As mentioned before, Apple currently has 1.8 B active device bases, and the number is expected to grow with the release of new products. The active base has been growing at about 100-150 million per year (1.4 B, 1.5 B, 1.65 B, and 1.8 B in 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022, respectively). Also, this larger installed base will translate into greater revenue growth from AppleCare, advertising, and cloud services. Currently, Apple has about 785 M subscribers to these services.</p><p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/ac35dc5d8146da0ab3d88270dbc0b6db\" tg-width=\"635\" tg-height=\"433\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\"/>Data by YCharts</p><h4>Favorable Valuation Thanks to Volatility</h4><p>Ongoing volatility caused by supply chain disruption, inflation, war, and Federal Reserve&#39;s changing policies dragged the whole tech sector severely down. Nasdaq index is down from 16,000 in November 2021 to below 12,000. This volatility dragged great companies like Apple along, and now Apple stock is trading below its pre-pandemic level (current P/E ratio of 23.8x vs. pre-pandemic P/E around 25.5x). This presents a great opportunity for investors to grab Apple shares at a bargain.</p><p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/60f28dab37b8c21b885a326a9994c721\" tg-width=\"640\" tg-height=\"386\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\"/></p><p>Nasdaq Index (CNBC)</p><h2>Intrinsic Value Estimation</h2><p>I used DCF model to estimate the intrinsic value of Apple. For the estimation, I utilized current EBITDA ($130 B) as a proxy for cash flow and WACC of 9.0% as the discount rate. For the base case, I assumed EBITDA growth of 20% (Sector median) for the next 5 years and zero growth afterwards (zero terminal growth). For the bullish and very bullish case, I assumed EBITDA growth of 22% and 24%, respectively, for the next 5 years and zero growth afterwards.</p><p>The estimation revealed that the current stock price presents 20-30% upside. Given their technological superiority, organic/inorganic growth, and market dominance, I expect them to achieve this upside with ease.</p><table><tbody><tr><td></td><td><p>Price Target</p></td><td><p>Upside</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Base Case</p></td><td><p>$170.23</p></td><td><p>16%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bullish Case</p></td><td><p>$182.92</p></td><td><p>24%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Very Bullish Case</p></td><td><p>$196.41</p></td><td><p>34%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The assumptions and data used for the price target estimation are summarized below:</p><ul><li>WACC: 9.0%</li><li>EBITDA Growth Rate: 20% (Base Case), 22% (Bullish Case), 24% (Very Bullish Case)</li><li>Current EBITDA: $130 B</li><li>Current Stock Price: $147.11 (05/14/2022)</li><li>Tax rate: 20%</li></ul><h2>Cappuccino Stock Rating</h2><p>The details of the metric is explained in this article.</p><table><colgroup></colgroup><tbody><tr><td></td><td>Weighting</td><td>AAPL</td></tr><tr><td>Economic Moat Strength</td><td>30%</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>Financial Strength</td><td>30%</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Growth Rate vs. Sector</td><td>15%</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of Safety</td><td>15%</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>Sector Outlook</td><td>10%</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td><b>Overall</b></td><td></td><td><b>4.3</b></td></tr></tbody></table><h4><b>Economic Moat Strength - 5/5</b></h4><p>Apple gets 5 out of 5. Apple is a clear leader with exceptional competitive edge. Their competitive edge stems from technological superiority, switching costs, and network effects.</p><h4><b>Financial Strength - 4/5</b></h4><p>Apple has $51.5 B in cash and a high covered ratio (45.13x), but their liquidity (current ratio at 0.93x and quick ratio of 0.76x) is in line with the sector.</p><h4><b>Growth Rate - 3/5</b></h4><p>Apple is growing at a pace consistent with their overall industry. Apple’s most recent annual revenue growth was 18.63% (vs. sector median of 19.98%). Given their leadership position and strong revenue, these revenue growth numbers are great. However, compared to hyper growth companies in the start-up or ramping-up phase with 50-60% growth rates, it’s hard to give out 4 or 5 stars.</p><h4><b>Margin of Safety - 5/5</b></h4><p>Apple is trading ~25% under intrinsic value at this point. The ongoing market volatility and tech sector struggles are providing a great opportunity to grab Apple’s shares under intrinsic value. Their P/E ratio is below pre-pandemic level, which just doesn&#39;t make sense.</p><h4><b>Sector Outlook - 4/5</b></h4><p>The tech sector will keep on growing at a rapid pace with new technology and markets, but the smartphone and laptop segments won’t be the fastest growing segment in tech. There will be adequate, but not exceptional, growth.</p><h2>Risk</h2><p>Apple&#39;s main segment is still the iPhone, and competition within the smartphone market is only increasing and getting complex. Also, consumer preference is diversifying in terms of preferred features (camera quality, computing/memory performance, weight/size, etc.). The iPhone family still commands a leadership position based on technological superiority, switching cost, and brand image, so I don&#39;t expect Apple to struggle. However, I wouldn&#39;t expect large growth from the iPhone segment in the future.</p><p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/5030495bf9b76a7a51f6dd535431666c\" tg-width=\"640\" tg-height=\"370\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\"/></p><p>Global Smartphone Market Share (Counterpoint)</p><p>As mentioned before, Apple has been moving towards self-sufficiency by manufacturing their own parts. So far, the effort has impacted the business in a positive way by improving margins and mitigating supply chain disruption. However, relying on their own parts can result in isolation, lower technological development, and less market penetration. One example is the Japanese cellphone makers (Panasonic, Sharp, or NEC). They were way ahead in terms of innovation, but they failed to achieve global success. This is an extreme case, and I don&#39;t expect this will be the problem for Apple. However, investors should monitor whether Apple is maintaining its cutting-edge technology as they transition towards being more self-sufficient.</p><h2>Conclusion</h2><p>Apple has been an outstanding investment for a couple of decades at this point. Their technological superiority, brand image, and switching cost provide a great economic moat, and new products and services will keep their growth engine running. Based on their strong financials and market leading position, I expect Apple to excel in the foreseeable future. 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Apple has been one of the most valuable companies in the ...</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://seekingalpha.com/article/4511930-apple-one-big-time-sale\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"AAPL":"苹果"},"source_url":"https://seekingalpha.com/article/4511930-apple-one-big-time-sale","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"2235798704","content_text":"Investment ThesisApple (NASDAQ:AAPL) designs, manufactures, and distributes smartphones, personal computers, wearables, and related services. Apple has been one of the most valuable companies in the world for a while and has leadership positions in numerous fields. Its massive installed device base (1.8B active devices) is pushing Apple's service revenue upwards at a rapid pace, and the overall company's profit margin is also improving. Furthermore, Apple is moving to become self-sufficient to reduce costs and mitigate supply chain disruptions, and the effort has been paying off. I expect Apple to continue its success well into the future, and the current volatility in the tech sector is presenting a huge opportunity to grab Apple shares at a discount because:Apple's high margin businesses (Mac and Service segments) are growing at a rapid pace, contributing to great revenue growth and margin expansion.Revenue growth trajectory remains solid with an increasing subscription base and new product releases (iPad Air, iPhone SE, and etc.).The market volatility and tech sector sell-off dragged Apple's stock down, and it is now being sold under its pre-pandemic level. This presents a great opportunity.Growing in Right SegmentsSince I wrote my last article, Apple reported quarterly earnings in late April, and the results continue to demonstrate that Apple is focusing on the correct segments for growth and profitability. Overall revenue grew 9% YoY to $97.3 B, and they generated a whopping $28 B operating cash flow. Particularly, their Mac segment and services segment led the charge.Apple has been working on becoming self-sufficient and manufacturing key product components internally. A couple of years ago Apple took the noteworthy action of severing ties with Intel and making their own computer chips. The effort has been paying a great dividend. The Apple M1 (their own chip) has been performing very well against Intel and other chips on the market, and Mac sales have been very strong. Additionally, producing their own chips boosted the profit margins on Mac products.Strong performance by Apple Services segment (advertising, AppleCare, Cloud, Digital Content, Payment) is also welcome news for investors. The services segment is a 2x higher gross margin business (72.6%) than the products segment (36.4%), and it has higher growth potential from cloud and digital content. Assisted by its massive installed device base (1.8 B active devices), AppleCare has great potential for increasing revenue as well. Overall, the strong performance from Mac and Services shows that there are good days ahead.Performance by Segments (SEC Filings)Gross Margins of Apple by Segments (SEC Filings)Strong Revenue Growth TrajectoryApple has been growing at a solid pace (10% per year, 5-year average) in the past several years, and the revenue growth is accelerating. This acceleration is due to multiple factors. The first one is the continuing strong performance from new products, and there is no sign that this trend is going to end. During the last quarter, Apple released iPhone SE with 5 G technology, iPad Air with M1 chip, all-new Mac Studio, and all-new Apple Studio Display.As mentioned before, Apple currently has 1.8 B active device bases, and the number is expected to grow with the release of new products. The active base has been growing at about 100-150 million per year (1.4 B, 1.5 B, 1.65 B, and 1.8 B in 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022, respectively). Also, this larger installed base will translate into greater revenue growth from AppleCare, advertising, and cloud services. Currently, Apple has about 785 M subscribers to these services.Data by YChartsFavorable Valuation Thanks to VolatilityOngoing volatility caused by supply chain disruption, inflation, war, and Federal Reserve's changing policies dragged the whole tech sector severely down. Nasdaq index is down from 16,000 in November 2021 to below 12,000. This volatility dragged great companies like Apple along, and now Apple stock is trading below its pre-pandemic level (current P/E ratio of 23.8x vs. pre-pandemic P/E around 25.5x). This presents a great opportunity for investors to grab Apple shares at a bargain.Nasdaq Index (CNBC)Intrinsic Value EstimationI used DCF model to estimate the intrinsic value of Apple. For the estimation, I utilized current EBITDA ($130 B) as a proxy for cash flow and WACC of 9.0% as the discount rate. For the base case, I assumed EBITDA growth of 20% (Sector median) for the next 5 years and zero growth afterwards (zero terminal growth). For the bullish and very bullish case, I assumed EBITDA growth of 22% and 24%, respectively, for the next 5 years and zero growth afterwards.The estimation revealed that the current stock price presents 20-30% upside. Given their technological superiority, organic/inorganic growth, and market dominance, I expect them to achieve this upside with ease.Price TargetUpsideBase Case$170.2316%Bullish Case$182.9224%Very Bullish Case$196.4134%The assumptions and data used for the price target estimation are summarized below:WACC: 9.0%EBITDA Growth Rate: 20% (Base Case), 22% (Bullish Case), 24% (Very Bullish Case)Current EBITDA: $130 BCurrent Stock Price: $147.11 (05/14/2022)Tax rate: 20%Cappuccino Stock RatingThe details of the metric is explained in this article.WeightingAAPLEconomic Moat Strength30%5Financial Strength30%4Growth Rate vs. Sector15%3Margin of Safety15%5Sector Outlook10%4Overall4.3Economic Moat Strength - 5/5Apple gets 5 out of 5. Apple is a clear leader with exceptional competitive edge. Their competitive edge stems from technological superiority, switching costs, and network effects.Financial Strength - 4/5Apple has $51.5 B in cash and a high covered ratio (45.13x), but their liquidity (current ratio at 0.93x and quick ratio of 0.76x) is in line with the sector.Growth Rate - 3/5Apple is growing at a pace consistent with their overall industry. Apple’s most recent annual revenue growth was 18.63% (vs. sector median of 19.98%). Given their leadership position and strong revenue, these revenue growth numbers are great. However, compared to hyper growth companies in the start-up or ramping-up phase with 50-60% growth rates, it’s hard to give out 4 or 5 stars.Margin of Safety - 5/5Apple is trading ~25% under intrinsic value at this point. The ongoing market volatility and tech sector struggles are providing a great opportunity to grab Apple’s shares under intrinsic value. Their P/E ratio is below pre-pandemic level, which just doesn't make sense.Sector Outlook - 4/5The tech sector will keep on growing at a rapid pace with new technology and markets, but the smartphone and laptop segments won’t be the fastest growing segment in tech. There will be adequate, but not exceptional, growth.RiskApple's main segment is still the iPhone, and competition within the smartphone market is only increasing and getting complex. Also, consumer preference is diversifying in terms of preferred features (camera quality, computing/memory performance, weight/size, etc.). The iPhone family still commands a leadership position based on technological superiority, switching cost, and brand image, so I don't expect Apple to struggle. However, I wouldn't expect large growth from the iPhone segment in the future.Global Smartphone Market Share (Counterpoint)As mentioned before, Apple has been moving towards self-sufficiency by manufacturing their own parts. So far, the effort has impacted the business in a positive way by improving margins and mitigating supply chain disruption. However, relying on their own parts can result in isolation, lower technological development, and less market penetration. One example is the Japanese cellphone makers (Panasonic, Sharp, or NEC). They were way ahead in terms of innovation, but they failed to achieve global success. This is an extreme case, and I don't expect this will be the problem for Apple. However, investors should monitor whether Apple is maintaining its cutting-edge technology as they transition towards being more self-sufficient.ConclusionApple has been an outstanding investment for a couple of decades at this point. Their technological superiority, brand image, and switching cost provide a great economic moat, and new products and services will keep their growth engine running. Based on their strong financials and market leading position, I expect Apple to excel in the foreseeable future. I expect 20-30% upside.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":59,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0}],"lives":[]}