Apple: Time To Reset Expectations

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Hold it for long term
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Apple is a good buy growth stock. I bought a few recently. Its future is great. I like Apple stock.
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·2022-11-05
$Apple(AAPL)$is one of those stocks that is both value and growth at the same time [Happy] Always good to have a few Apples in your basket at all times. [LOL]
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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. 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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,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"comments":[{"id":104690138,"gmtCreate":1667785298924,"gmtModify":1667785312781,"authorId":3564398446314499,"author":{"id":3564398446314499,"idStr":"3564398446314499","authorId":3564398446314499,"name":"Gibbie","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/ac29ad2a0a11289a908ae00b770dc0c5","vip":1,"crmLevel":6,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"individualDisplayBadges":[]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":9987903449,"type":1,"supId":0,"prevId":0,"content":"15","text":"15","html":"15"},{"id":104690136,"gmtCreate":1667785292727,"gmtModify":1667785307801,"authorId":3564398446314499,"author":{"id":3564398446314499,"idStr":"3564398446314499","authorId":3564398446314499,"name":"Gibbie","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/ac29ad2a0a11289a908ae00b770dc0c5","vip":1,"crmLevel":6,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"individualDisplayBadges":[]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":9987903449,"type":1,"supId":0,"prevId":0,"content":"14","text":"14","html":"14"},{"id":104690133,"gmtCreate":1667785286316,"gmtModify":1667785299728,"authorId":3564398446314499,"author":{"id":3564398446314499,"idStr":"3564398446314499","authorId":3564398446314499,"name":"Gibbie","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/ac29ad2a0a11289a908ae00b770dc0c5","vip":1,"crmLevel":6,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"individualDisplayBadges":[]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":9987903449,"type":1,"supId":0,"prevId":0,"content":"13","text":"13","html":"13"},{"id":104690131,"gmtCreate":1667785277493,"gmtModify":1667785290704,"authorId":3564398446314499,"author":{"id":3564398446314499,"idStr":"3564398446314499","authorId":3564398446314499,"name":"Gibbie","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/ac29ad2a0a11289a908ae00b770dc0c5","vip":1,"crmLevel":6,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"individualDisplayBadges":[]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":9987903449,"type":1,"supId":0,"prevId":0,"content":"12","text":"12","html":"12"},{"id":104690129,"gmtCreate":1667785272175,"gmtModify":1667785284787,"authorId":3564398446314499,"author":{"id":3564398446314499,"idStr":"3564398446314499","authorId":3564398446314499,"name":"Gibbie","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/ac29ad2a0a11289a908ae00b770dc0c5","vip":1,"crmLevel":6,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"individualDisplayBadges":[]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":9987903449,"type":1,"supId":0,"prevId":0,"content":"11","text":"11","html":"11"}],"langContent":"EN"},{"id":9984711713,"gmtCreate":1667741048632,"gmtModify":1676537957671,"author":{"id":"3569316529855154","authorId":"3569316529855154","name":"Deonc","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/d9aa45dd2eb58357f6477dcfb99d1415","vip":1,"crmLevel":3,"crmLevelSwitch":1,"idStr":"3569316529855154","authorIdStr":"3569316529855154"},"htmlText":"<a href=\"https://ttm.financial/S/AAPL\">$Apple(AAPL)$</a><v-v data-views=\"0\"></v-v>","listText":"<a href=\"https://ttm.financial/S/AAPL\">$Apple(AAPL)$</a><v-v data-views=\"0\"></v-v>","text":"$Apple(AAPL)$","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":4,"commentSize":1,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/9984711713","repostId":2280527752,"repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"2280527752","kind":"highlight","pubTimestamp":1667576825,"share":"https://ttm.financial/m/news/2280527752?lang=&edition=fundamental","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,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"comments":[{"id":104684716,"gmtCreate":1667741061214,"gmtModify":1667741074601,"authorId":3569316529855154,"author":{"id":3569316529855154,"idStr":"3569316529855154","authorId":3569316529855154,"name":"Deonc","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/d9aa45dd2eb58357f6477dcfb99d1415","vip":1,"crmLevel":3,"crmLevelSwitch":1,"individualDisplayBadges":[{"badgeId":"9427a906234c4b18a82ec3d7730b7fa8-1","templateUuid":"9427a906234c4b18a82ec3d7730b7fa8","name":"Star Contributor","description":"Have published 3 or more picked posts, and have published at least one picked post and participated in comments within 30 days","bigImgUrl":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/1866dcf97a73be1c330f85862546aedc","smallImgUrl":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/4f5c5fa8e2c7683bb5a7fce8753ee456","redirectLinkEnabled":1,"redirectLink":"https://ttm.financial/activity/market/2023/star-contributors/","hasAllocated":1,"isWearing":0,"stampPosition":0,"hasStamp":0,"allocationCount":1,"allocatedDate":"2024.12.20","individualDisplayEnabled":1,"backgroundColor":{"dark":"#675a37","tint":"#f9ebc2"},"fontColor":{"dark":"#ffffff","tint":"#ab7a0e"},"individualDisplaySort":0,"categoryType":2007}]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":9984711713,"type":1,"supId":0,"prevId":0,"content":"please like and comm","text":"please like and comm","html":"please like and comm"}],"langContent":"EN"},{"id":9984478266,"gmtCreate":1667723574555,"gmtModify":1676537956309,"author":{"id":"3575125836760247","authorId":"3575125836760247","name":"Singman","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/d770feb757705f2d631d2d5f381ae07b","vip":1,"crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"idStr":"3575125836760247","authorIdStr":"3575125836760247"},"htmlText":"Like","listText":"Like","text":"Like","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":1,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/9984478266","repostId":2280527752,"repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"2280527752","kind":"highlight","pubTimestamp":1667576825,"share":"https://ttm.financial/m/news/2280527752?lang=&edition=fundamental","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,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"EN"},{"id":9984489589,"gmtCreate":1667707339641,"gmtModify":1676537954576,"author":{"id":"3570598542159923","authorId":"3570598542159923","name":"ShawnKoh1","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/0045c4894f8a2755b17a9e8518df4d5e","vip":1,"crmLevel":5,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"idStr":"3570598542159923","authorIdStr":"3570598542159923"},"htmlText":"Ok","listText":"Ok","text":"Ok","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":1,"commentSize":1,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/9984489589","repostId":2280527752,"repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"2280527752","kind":"highlight","pubTimestamp":1667576825,"share":"https://ttm.financial/m/news/2280527752?lang=&edition=fundamental","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 $407.5 billion, which would equate to growth of 2.8% and 3.3%, respectively. Paying 24x for a company growing at those fractions is much too high, which is why I believe the stock needs to come down.I love AAPL and believe it can be an essential part of your portfolio, but adding shares at these levels is not in the cards for me at the moment.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"comments":[{"id":104680279,"gmtCreate":1667707347775,"gmtModify":1667707357868,"authorId":3570598542159923,"author":{"id":3570598542159923,"idStr":"3570598542159923","authorId":3570598542159923,"name":"ShawnKoh1","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/0045c4894f8a2755b17a9e8518df4d5e","vip":1,"crmLevel":5,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"individualDisplayBadges":[]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":9984489589,"type":1,"supId":0,"prevId":0,"content":"ok","text":"ok","html":"ok"}],"langContent":"EN"},{"id":9984413286,"gmtCreate":1667705599845,"gmtModify":1676537954276,"author":{"id":"3569316529855154","authorId":"3569316529855154","name":"Deonc","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/d9aa45dd2eb58357f6477dcfb99d1415","vip":1,"crmLevel":3,"crmLevelSwitch":1,"idStr":"3569316529855154","authorIdStr":"3569316529855154"},"htmlText":"‌<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/META\">$Meta Platforms, Inc.(META)$</a>‌dips","listText":"‌<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/META\">$Meta Platforms, Inc.(META)$</a>‌dips","text":"‌$Meta Platforms, Inc.(META)$‌dips","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":2,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/9984413286","repostId":2280527752,"repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"2280527752","kind":"highlight","pubTimestamp":1667576825,"share":"https://ttm.financial/m/news/2280527752?lang=&edition=fundamental","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,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"EN"},{"id":9984430160,"gmtCreate":1667703390850,"gmtModify":1676537953911,"author":{"id":"3567411499210880","authorId":"3567411499210880","name":"Nebhol","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/b0bfc2a45b91e41a283614268857b3a5","vip":1,"crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"idStr":"3567411499210880","authorIdStr":"3567411499210880"},"htmlText":"Ok","listText":"Ok","text":"Ok","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/9984430160","repostId":2280527752,"repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"2280527752","kind":"highlight","pubTimestamp":1667576825,"share":"https://ttm.financial/m/news/2280527752?lang=&edition=fundamental","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,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"EN"},{"id":9984573064,"gmtCreate":1667699287558,"gmtModify":1676537952965,"author":{"id":"3581990957315863","authorId":"3581990957315863","name":"newminted","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/f7fb0ce2c2c4a88e9708e5c7eaf6cfbf","vip":1,"crmLevel":7,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"idStr":"3581990957315863","authorIdStr":"3581990957315863"},"htmlText":"Ok","listText":"Ok","text":"Ok","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":0,"commentSize":1,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/9984573064","repostId":2280527752,"repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"2280527752","kind":"highlight","pubTimestamp":1667576825,"share":"https://ttm.financial/m/news/2280527752?lang=&edition=fundamental","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,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"comments":[{"id":104679538,"gmtCreate":1667704390512,"gmtModify":1667704403440,"authorId":3562878340714678,"author":{"id":3562878340714678,"idStr":"3562878340714678","authorId":3562878340714678,"name":"ADRIANLAI","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/f923a4d4ce1d6ce163c1bab37fc375b5","vip":1,"crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"individualDisplayBadges":[]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":9984573064,"type":1,"supId":0,"prevId":0,"content":"ok","text":"ok","html":"ok"}],"langContent":"EN"},{"id":9984542058,"gmtCreate":1667698547074,"gmtModify":1676537952799,"author":{"id":"3560241002253187","authorId":"3560241002253187","name":"CL777","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/e9aef3dd830373a0427a3447b1b564e3","vip":1,"crmLevel":6,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"idStr":"3560241002253187","authorIdStr":"3560241002253187"},"htmlText":"Good","listText":"Good","text":"Good","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/9984542058","repostId":2280527752,"repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"2280527752","kind":"highlight","pubTimestamp":1667576825,"share":"https://ttm.financial/m/news/2280527752?lang=&edition=fundamental","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,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"EN"},{"id":9984546271,"gmtCreate":1667698487094,"gmtModify":1676537952782,"author":{"id":"3569935580474431","authorId":"3569935580474431","name":"EY12","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/103e86782b34598ff73873d5f9259adb","vip":1,"crmLevel":7,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"idStr":"3569935580474431","authorIdStr":"3569935580474431"},"htmlText":"Like","listText":"Like","text":"Like","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":1,"commentSize":1,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/9984546271","repostId":2280527752,"repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"2280527752","kind":"highlight","pubTimestamp":1667576825,"share":"https://ttm.financial/m/news/2280527752?lang=&edition=fundamental","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,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"comments":[{"id":104677837,"gmtCreate":1667698495039,"gmtModify":1667698508783,"authorId":3569935580474431,"author":{"id":3569935580474431,"idStr":"3569935580474431","authorId":3569935580474431,"name":"EY12","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/103e86782b34598ff73873d5f9259adb","vip":1,"crmLevel":7,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"individualDisplayBadges":[]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":9984546271,"type":1,"supId":0,"prevId":0,"content":"<u>hi</u>","text":"<u>hi</u>","html":"<u>hi</u>"}],"langContent":"EN"},{"id":9984225383,"gmtCreate":1667657871042,"gmtModify":1676537949291,"author":{"id":"4095412450481050","authorId":"4095412450481050","name":"RT126","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/71bd4d86dba111820dfaead92c1969c1","vip":1,"hat":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/b073a07f77dbe6b3bec6b12311fde6bd","crmLevel":1,"crmLevelSwitch":1,"idStr":"4095412450481050","authorIdStr":"4095412450481050"},"htmlText":"Hold it for long term","listText":"Hold it for long term","text":"Hold it for long term","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":2,"commentSize":2,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/9984225383","repostId":2280527752,"repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"2280527752","kind":"highlight","pubTimestamp":1667576825,"share":"https://ttm.financial/m/news/2280527752?lang=&edition=fundamental","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,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"comments":[{"id":104677043,"gmtCreate":1667696408687,"gmtModify":1667696421820,"authorId":3576809938838823,"author":{"id":3576809938838823,"idStr":"3576809938838823","authorId":3576809938838823,"name":"ProtectorK","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/0f4a0243c51fa5f1ce93b852ff65effc","vip":1,"crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"individualDisplayBadges":[]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":9984225383,"type":1,"supId":0,"prevId":0,"content":"<span class=\"s1\">Ok</span>","text":"<span class=\"s1\">Ok</span>","html":"<span class=\"s1\">Ok</span>"},{"id":104673860,"gmtCreate":1667663392093,"gmtModify":1667663405910,"authorId":4130763697039232,"author":{"id":4130763697039232,"idStr":"4130763697039232","authorId":4130763697039232,"name":"凌云齐天","avatar":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/5dd63ae4f3f3f811e5e441e7e709bda7","vip":1,"crmLevel":1,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"individualDisplayBadges":[]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":9984225383,"type":1,"supId":0,"prevId":0,"content":"<span class=\"s1\">现在已经快要到底了，可以布局建仓了</span>","text":"<span class=\"s1\">现在已经快要到底了，可以布局建仓了</span>","html":"<span class=\"s1\">现在已经快要到底了，可以布局建仓了</span>"}],"langContent":"EN"},{"id":9984281127,"gmtCreate":1667648171270,"gmtModify":1676537948519,"author":{"id":"3582922989777578","authorId":"3582922989777578","name":"SPOT_ON","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/080f029371339d9db26930961de6adb1","vip":1,"hat":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/a3dee1aa3a3a3c1814833a4d3f8a5669","crmLevel":4,"crmLevelSwitch":1,"idStr":"3582922989777578","authorIdStr":"3582922989777578"},"htmlText":"Ok","listText":"Ok","text":"Ok","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":1,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/9984281127","repostId":2280527752,"repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"2280527752","kind":"highlight","pubTimestamp":1667576825,"share":"https://ttm.financial/m/news/2280527752?lang=&edition=fundamental","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,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"EN"},{"id":9984239166,"gmtCreate":1667638592155,"gmtModify":1676537947741,"author":{"id":"3583623343213909","authorId":"3583623343213909","name":"Ivy Chow","avatar":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/9c670cce7e9b5a3d69c003dec76214f9","vip":1,"crmLevel":6,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"idStr":"3583623343213909","authorIdStr":"3583623343213909"},"htmlText":"Apple is a good buy growth stock. I bought a few recently. Its future is great. I like Apple stock.&nbsp;","listText":"Apple is a good buy growth stock. I bought a few recently. Its future is great. 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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,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"comments":[{"id":104676106,"gmtCreate":1667693656536,"gmtModify":1667693669115,"authorId":3573540190522229,"author":{"id":3573540190522229,"idStr":"3573540190522229","authorId":3573540190522229,"name":"Targarean","avatar":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/59de1c73df3e7e460bd84cc786850fa6","vip":1,"currentWearingBadge":{"badgeId":"1026c425416b44e0aac28c11a0848493-2","templateUuid":"1026c425416b44e0aac28c11a0848493","name":"Senior Tiger","description":"Join the tiger community for 1000 days","bigImgUrl":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/0063fb68ea29c9ae6858c58630e182d5","smallImgUrl":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/96c699a93be4214d4b49aea6a5a5d1a4","grayImgUrl":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/35b0e542a9ff77046ed69ef602bc105d","redirectLinkEnabled":0,"hasAllocated":1,"isWearing":1,"stampPosition":0,"hasStamp":0,"allocationCount":1,"allocatedDate":"2023.10.11","individualDisplayEnabled":0,"individualDisplaySort":0,"categoryType":1001},"crmLevel":7,"crmLevelSwitch":1,"individualDisplayBadges":[]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":9984239166,"type":1,"supId":0,"prevId":0,"content":"<span class=\"s1\">Absolutely! 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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 $407.5 billion, which would equate to growth of 2.8% and 3.3%, respectively. Paying 24x for a company growing at those fractions is much too high, which is why I believe the stock needs to come down.I love AAPL and believe it can be an essential part of your portfolio, but adding shares at these levels is not in the cards for me at the moment.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"EN"},{"id":9984650202,"gmtCreate":1667621064406,"gmtModify":1676537946011,"author":{"id":"3582028884093480","authorId":"3582028884093480","name":"慢的老人","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/d8809bb976396889eb133162af0901b8","vip":1,"crmLevel":4,"crmLevelSwitch":1,"idStr":"3582028884093480","authorIdStr":"3582028884093480"},"htmlText":"<a href=\"https://ttm.financial/S/AAPL\">$Apple(AAPL)$</a><v-v data-views=\"1\"></v-v>is one of those stocks that is both value and growth at the same time&nbsp;[Happy]&nbsp;&nbsp;Always good to have a few Apples in your basket at all times.&nbsp;[LOL]&nbsp;","listText":"<a href=\"https://ttm.financial/S/AAPL\">$Apple(AAPL)$</a><v-v data-views=\"1\"></v-v>is one of those stocks that is both value and growth at the same time&nbsp;[Happy]&nbsp;&nbsp;Always good to have a few Apples in your basket at all times.&nbsp;[LOL]&nbsp;","text":"$Apple(AAPL)$is one of those stocks that is both value and growth at the same time [Happy] Always good to have a few Apples in your basket at all times. [LOL]","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":1,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/9984650202","repostId":2280527752,"repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"2280527752","kind":"highlight","pubTimestamp":1667576825,"share":"https://ttm.financial/m/news/2280527752?lang=&edition=fundamental","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,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"EN"},{"id":9984617048,"gmtCreate":1667616009684,"gmtModify":1676537945037,"author":{"id":"3554959936968759","authorId":"3554959936968759","name":"Ashish","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/3be2c16a3f991c655e70424d200c7389","vip":1,"crmLevel":5,"crmLevelSwitch":1,"idStr":"3554959936968759","authorIdStr":"3554959936968759"},"htmlText":"Ok","listText":"Ok","text":"Ok","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":2,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/9984617048","repostId":2280527752,"repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"2280527752","kind":"highlight","pubTimestamp":1667576825,"share":"https://ttm.financial/m/news/2280527752?lang=&edition=fundamental","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,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"EN"},{"id":9984693283,"gmtCreate":1667613121843,"gmtModify":1676537944274,"author":{"id":"3581990957315863","authorId":"3581990957315863","name":"newminted","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/f7fb0ce2c2c4a88e9708e5c7eaf6cfbf","vip":1,"crmLevel":7,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"idStr":"3581990957315863","authorIdStr":"3581990957315863"},"htmlText":"Ok","listText":"Ok","text":"Ok","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":1,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/9984693283","repostId":2280527752,"repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"2280527752","kind":"highlight","pubTimestamp":1667576825,"share":"https://ttm.financial/m/news/2280527752?lang=&edition=fundamental","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,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"EN"},{"id":9984878649,"gmtCreate":1667610979982,"gmtModify":1676537943688,"author":{"id":"3565700003213382","authorId":"3565700003213382","name":"Blading23","avatar":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/4cd7ba668d1c755bf79285b205abdfb2","vip":1,"crmLevel":4,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"idStr":"3565700003213382","authorIdStr":"3565700003213382"},"htmlText":"Ok","listText":"Ok","text":"Ok","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":2,"commentSize":2,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/9984878649","repostId":2280527752,"repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"2280527752","kind":"highlight","pubTimestamp":1667576825,"share":"https://ttm.financial/m/news/2280527752?lang=&edition=fundamental","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,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"comments":[{"id":104667188,"gmtCreate":1667617400345,"gmtModify":1667617413433,"authorId":3558608283589593,"author":{"id":3558608283589593,"idStr":"3558608283589593","authorId":3558608283589593,"name":"ND80","avatar":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/bb0f12b9cd568049d5ef4fd8cc522646","vip":1,"currentWearingBadge":{"badgeId":"44212b71d0be4ec88898348dbe882e03-1","templateUuid":"44212b71d0be4ec88898348dbe882e03","name":"Boss Tiger","description":"The transaction amount of the securities account reaches $100,000","bigImgUrl":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/c8dfc27c1ee0e25db1c93e9d0b641101","smallImgUrl":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/f43908c142f8a33c78f5bdf0e2897488","grayImgUrl":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/82165ff19cb8a786e8919f92acee5213","redirectLinkEnabled":0,"hasAllocated":1,"isWearing":1,"stampPosition":0,"hasStamp":0,"allocationCount":1,"allocatedDate":"2024.12.14","exceedPercentage":"60.50%","individualDisplayEnabled":0,"individualDisplaySort":0,"categoryType":1101},"crmLevel":6,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"individualDisplayBadges":[]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":9984878649,"type":1,"supId":0,"prevId":0,"content":"<span class=\"s1\">K</span>","text":"<span class=\"s1\">K</span>","html":"<span class=\"s1\">K</span>"},{"id":104664422,"gmtCreate":1667610986117,"gmtModify":1667610999737,"authorId":3565700003213382,"author":{"id":3565700003213382,"idStr":"3565700003213382","authorId":3565700003213382,"name":"Blading23","avatar":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/4cd7ba668d1c755bf79285b205abdfb2","vip":1,"crmLevel":4,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"individualDisplayBadges":[]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":9984878649,"type":1,"supId":0,"prevId":0,"content":"<u>like</u>","text":"<u>like</u>","html":"<u>like</u>"}],"langContent":"EN"},{"id":9984857532,"gmtCreate":1667609048926,"gmtModify":1676537943261,"author":{"id":"3573432013960035","authorId":"3573432013960035","name":"Sphere","avatar":"https://static.laohu8.com/default-avatar.jpg","vip":1,"hat":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/b073a07f77dbe6b3bec6b12311fde6bd","crmLevel":4,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"idStr":"3573432013960035","authorIdStr":"3573432013960035"},"htmlText":"I buy more instead&nbsp;","listText":"I buy more instead&nbsp;","text":"I buy more instead","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":2,"commentSize":1,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/9984857532","repostId":2280527752,"repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"2280527752","kind":"highlight","pubTimestamp":1667576825,"share":"https://ttm.financial/m/news/2280527752?lang=&edition=fundamental","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,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"comments":[{"id":104663873,"gmtCreate":1667609056674,"gmtModify":1667609069474,"authorId":3573432013960035,"author":{"id":3573432013960035,"idStr":"3573432013960035","authorId":3573432013960035,"name":"Sphere","avatar":"https://static.laohu8.com/default-avatar.jpg","vip":1,"crmLevel":4,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"individualDisplayBadges":[]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":9984857532,"type":1,"supId":0,"prevId":0,"content":"<span class=\"s1\">Up</span>","text":"<span class=\"s1\">Up</span>","html":"<span class=\"s1\">Up</span>"}],"langContent":"EN"},{"id":9984856866,"gmtCreate":1667608602555,"gmtModify":1676537943147,"author":{"id":"4087109808120260","authorId":"4087109808120260","name":"Tanyl","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/174329973340cf0f5b68791ee5b08afd","vip":1,"crmLevel":9,"crmLevelSwitch":1,"idStr":"4087109808120260","authorIdStr":"4087109808120260"},"htmlText":"Be continue to support Apple","listText":"Be continue to support Apple","text":"Be continue to support Apple","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":2,"commentSize":2,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/9984856866","repostId":2280527752,"repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"2280527752","kind":"highlight","pubTimestamp":1667576825,"share":"https://ttm.financial/m/news/2280527752?lang=&edition=fundamental","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,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"comments":[{"id":104664312,"gmtCreate":1667610664340,"gmtModify":1667610678014,"authorId":3587035779894315,"author":{"id":3587035779894315,"idStr":"3587035779894315","authorId":3587035779894315,"name":"StLiaS","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/d128f37c753a5fb3a7b118c38d312807","vip":1,"crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"individualDisplayBadges":[]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":9984856866,"type":1,"supId":0,"prevId":0,"content":"<u>k</u>","text":"<u>k</u>","html":"<u>k</u>"},{"id":104664216,"gmtCreate":1667610315957,"gmtModify":1667610329772,"authorId":4100388417063180,"author":{"id":4100388417063180,"idStr":"4100388417063180","authorId":4100388417063180,"name":"LifeLearner","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/7e4707e55ac97e56f0c605261b2ddcdb","vip":1,"crmLevel":4,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"individualDisplayBadges":[]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":9984856866,"type":1,"supId":0,"prevId":0,"content":"ok","text":"ok","html":"ok"}],"langContent":"EN"},{"id":9984827938,"gmtCreate":1667607819424,"gmtModify":1676537942947,"author":{"id":"4125148185432112","authorId":"4125148185432112","name":"AlanChong","avatar":"https://static.laohu8.com/default-avatar.jpg","vip":1,"hat":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/a3dee1aa3a3a3c1814833a4d3f8a5669","crmLevel":4,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"idStr":"4125148185432112","authorIdStr":"4125148185432112"},"htmlText":"Ok","listText":"Ok","text":"Ok","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":3,"commentSize":3,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/9984827938","repostId":2280527752,"repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"2280527752","kind":"highlight","pubTimestamp":1667576825,"share":"https://ttm.financial/m/news/2280527752?lang=&edition=fundamental","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,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"comments":[{"id":104665144,"gmtCreate":1667613126857,"gmtModify":1667613140947,"authorId":3581990957315863,"author":{"id":3581990957315863,"idStr":"3581990957315863","authorId":3581990957315863,"name":"newminted","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/f7fb0ce2c2c4a88e9708e5c7eaf6cfbf","vip":1,"crmLevel":7,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"individualDisplayBadges":[]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":9984827938,"type":1,"supId":104664023,"prevId":0,"content":"<u>ok</u>","text":"<u>ok</u>","html":"<u>ok</u>"},{"id":104664023,"gmtCreate":1667609569187,"gmtModify":1667609581919,"authorId":3565606031340333,"author":{"id":3565606031340333,"idStr":"3565606031340333","authorId":3565606031340333,"name":"YaocH","avatar":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/bd36b13b6f78e9fd2dc60b5637a51b9c","vip":1,"currentWearingBadge":{"badgeId":"44212b71d0be4ec88898348dbe882e03-1","templateUuid":"44212b71d0be4ec88898348dbe882e03","name":"Boss Tiger","description":"The transaction amount of the securities account reaches $100,000","bigImgUrl":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/c8dfc27c1ee0e25db1c93e9d0b641101","smallImgUrl":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/f43908c142f8a33c78f5bdf0e2897488","grayImgUrl":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/82165ff19cb8a786e8919f92acee5213","redirectLinkEnabled":0,"hasAllocated":1,"isWearing":1,"stampPosition":0,"hasStamp":0,"allocationCount":1,"allocatedDate":"2024.09.25","exceedPercentage":"60.70%","individualDisplayEnabled":0,"individualDisplaySort":0,"categoryType":1101},"crmLevel":5,"crmLevelSwitch":1,"individualDisplayBadges":[]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":9984827938,"type":1,"supId":0,"prevId":0,"content":"<span class=\"s1\">A</span>","text":"<span class=\"s1\">A</span>","html":"<span class=\"s1\">A</span>"},{"id":104664000,"gmtCreate":1667609527702,"gmtModify":1667609541669,"authorId":3557460658824677,"author":{"id":3557460658824677,"idStr":"3557460658824677","authorId":3557460658824677,"name":"Firework peh","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/9873e8ddb08004279796752daf19a999","vip":1,"currentWearingBadge":{"badgeId":"1026c425416b44e0aac28c11a0848493-3","templateUuid":"1026c425416b44e0aac28c11a0848493","name":" Tiger Idol","description":"Join the tiger community for 1500 days","bigImgUrl":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/8b40ae7da5bf081a1c84df14bf9e6367","smallImgUrl":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/f160eceddd7c284a8e1136557615cfad","grayImgUrl":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/11792805c468334a9b31c39f95a41c6a","redirectLinkEnabled":0,"hasAllocated":1,"isWearing":1,"stampPosition":0,"hasStamp":0,"allocationCount":1,"allocatedDate":"2024.08.19","individualDisplayEnabled":0,"individualDisplaySort":0,"categoryType":1001},"crmLevel":7,"crmLevelSwitch":1,"individualDisplayBadges":[]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":9984827938,"type":1,"supId":0,"prevId":0,"content":"<span class=\"s1\">Yes</span>","text":"<span class=\"s1\">Yes</span>","html":"<span class=\"s1\">Yes</span>"}],"langContent":"EN"}],"hasMoreComments":true,"newsSizeData":{"likeSize":598,"commentSize":77,"repostSize":0,"favoriteSize":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false}}