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Postby winston » Mon Jun 05, 2017 9:44 pm

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Apple Gets Major Downgrade

By Douglas A. McIntyre

Small but well-regarded research firm Pacific Crest cut its Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) rating to Sector Weight from Overweight, which is the same as from a “buy” to a “hold.” The reason is that, while the iPhone 8 may be a success, its sales will taper off within a few quarters of its launch.

CNBC quoted the note from Pacific Crest analyst Andy Hargreaves:
We believe AAPL anticipates strong performance in the iPhone 8 cycle, while providing relatively little weight to risks through the cycle or the potential for iPhone sales to decline in FY19.

The analysis gets to the core of Apple’s largest challenge. The iPhone is the great majority of its revenue, and the company is handcuffed in an upgrade cycle in which a new model drives sudden and huge sales, and then slowly tapers until the next model is released. Over these cycle periods, holiday sales always provide a bump, but it is only temporary.

In its fiscal second quarter, which ended April 1, iPhone sales were $33.3 billion of Apple’s $53 billion total. iPad sales were $3.9 billion. Mac sales were $5.8 billion. The iPad and Mac are both mature products that are upgraded occasionally.

The iPhone 8 will be the fourth full generation of the smartphone, although there have been intermittent releases with small upgrades. The first iPhone was released 10 years ago.

It has more stiff competition now. Samsung in particular jockeys with Apple for the lead in global smartphone sales. A number of other companies that use the Android OS from Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOGL) continue to chase Apple with varying degrees of success.

Apple’s attempts to launch a product that might add substantially to product sales have been a failure. The most notable is the Apple Watch, the wearable leader in sales worldwide. However, for now, wearables are a niche product, so Apple’s lead does not mean much.

Very few people think Apple can create a product that can challenge the iPhone in total revenue, which means it will be trapped by the iPhone’s success, no matter how spectacular it is from time to time.

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Re: Apple (AAPL) / Steve Jobs 04 (Mar 01 - Dec 17)

Postby winston » Thu Jun 08, 2017 10:16 am

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Sell Apple Inc. (AAPL) Stock Before Everyone Else Does

If history repeats itself, AAPL stock could be due for some serious pain over the next several months

By Luke Lango

“At current levels, we believe investors are anticipating an extremely strong iPhone 8 cycle, while giving relatively little weight to risks around gross margins, elasticity, supply issues, or the likelihood for declines beyond the iPhone 8 cycle.”


Source: Investor Place

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Re: Apple (AAPL) / Steve Jobs 04 (Mar 01 - Dec 17)

Postby winston » Wed Jun 14, 2017 2:33 pm

Traders are loading up on bets against Apple

by Joe Ciolli

Short interest on Apple has climbed by $1.3 billion since May 15, while an exchange-traded fund tracking the tech sector has actually seen short interest fall by $316 million, according to data compiled by financial analytics firm S3 Partners.

Apple is now the third most-shorted company in the world, trailing only Tesla and Alibaba.


The fact that investors are building bearish positions on the company while reducing bets against the broader tech sector shows that they're getting increasingly worried about Apple-specific fundamental issues.


Through last Thursday, the company's stock had surged 34% in 2017, compared to a 8.7% increase for the S&P 500.


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Re: Apple (AAPL) / Steve Jobs 04 (Mar 01 - Dec 17)

Postby winston » Thu Jun 15, 2017 10:15 am

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Apple Inc. (AAPL) Stock Will Recover Soon. This Is Your Trade.

This trade will let you capture the cash as AAPL stock dusts itself off

By Tim Biggam

Apple trades below 30 times earnings. Apple’s current 17 P/E ratio is also a major discount to the roughly 23x multiple for the S&P 500.


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Re: Apple (AAPL) / Steve Jobs 04 (Mar 01 - Dec 17)

Postby winston » Thu Jun 29, 2017 10:59 am

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Does Apple Inc. (AAPL) Stock Still Have Double-Digit Downside?

If AAPL stock falls another 13%, it will be a screaming buy

By Bret Kenwell

As of now, it’s finding pretty good support at the 21-week moving average.

What would be really healthy to see is a pullback to $127-$133. In that area, investors should feel comfortable scooping up some AAPL stock.



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Re: Apple (AAPL) / Steve Jobs 04 (Mar 01 - Dec 17)

Postby winston » Sat Jul 01, 2017 9:05 pm

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This Buffett Stock is Absolutely a Good Buy

By Michael Vodicka

Its forward P/E ratio of 14 is a 30% discount to the S&P 500′s 20.

Earnings are on pace to grow almost 8% in 2017 and another 18% in 2018.

Apple Has $246 Billion In Cash On Its Balance Sheet


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Re: Apple (AAPL) / Steve Jobs 04 (Mar 01 - Dec 17)

Postby winston » Sun Jul 02, 2017 8:05 pm

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Apple Inc. (AAPL) Must Contend With “Peak Smartphone”

AAPL stock is merely staying level right now, but the real concern when it comes to plateaus is the smartphone market

By Josh Enomoto

According to Statista, smartphone sales in the U.S. this year are expected to hit $55.6 billion. If so, that would only represent a modest 1% increase from last year.


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Re: Apple (AAPL) / Steve Jobs 04 (Mar 01 - Dec 17)

Postby winston » Wed Jul 05, 2017 7:22 am

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Trade of the Day: Apple Inc. (AAPL) Stock Needs a Change to Become a Buy

AAPL stock needs to do this before a better buying opportunity rears its head

By Serge Berger

AAPL stock is scheduled to report its next batch of earnings on July 25, which from today is a little more than two weeks away.

As such, it is entirely possible that the stock will tread more water until then. Where the stock will bottom at this point is anyone’s guess, which is why I will first need to see a strong bullish reversal to buy it again in the near to intermediate term.

If the stock can get back above $148-$149-ish from current levels, then a squeeze back into the high $150s looks likely.

However, until a strong bullish reversal rears its head, it is entirely possible that the stock sees further weakness into the low $130s and thus toward its red 200-day moving average and the lower end of the up-trending channel (purple dotted parallels).


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Re: Apple (AAPL) / Steve Jobs 04 (Mar 01 - Dec 17)

Postby winston » Sat Jul 08, 2017 9:46 pm

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Apple Inc. (AAPL) Stock Is More Than Just the iPhone

AAPL stock is a solid long-term tech buy

By Richard Band

Most people are overlooking is AAPL’s Services division, which includes its cloud, music and pay services groups.

Last quarter, it pulled in $7 billion in revenue. That makes it almost twice the size of Amazon.com Inc.’s (NASDAQ:AMZN) legendary cloud services division, AWS.

And, AAPL just signed a deal with Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL, NASDAQ:GOOG) to support its cloud, taking business away from AMZN.


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Re: Apple (AAPL) / Steve Jobs 04 (Mar 01 - Dec 17)

Postby winston » Mon Jul 10, 2017 5:26 am

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AAPL Stock Update – Is Apple Inc. a Value Buy or Value Trap?

Verdict: A look at the metrics show Apple stock is a good buy

Apple Inc. has a trailing twelve months PE ratio of 14.44.

Apple has a forward PE ratio (price relative to this year’s earnings) of 16.11.


PEG ratio for Apple is just 1.59


Source: Zacks Investment Research

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