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This summary was created by AI, based on 109 opinions in the last 12 months.

The experts have varied opinions on Apple Inc. While some believe in its growth potential and resilience, others are concerned about its flat revenues and high valuation. The company is praised for its strong services stream and massive user base, but there are worries about its heavy dependence on iPhone sales and potential headwinds in China. Overall, the reviews reflect a mix of optimism and caution about Apple's future prospects.

Consensus
Mixed
Valuation
Fair Value
DON'T BUY
Apple Inc

The chart is trending sideways since last June so it's not a good time to enter this. Apple is not in trouble, though. The 200-day moving average is trending slightly sideways. Is concerned with Apple's dependence on iPhone sales (52% of overall revenues). Yes, they are moving into other devices and services. If one major country says it will stem the flow of iPhones, Apple will be in trouble. He expects them to announce AI sometime this year.

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HOLD
Apple Inc
Finally bought in, now antitrust threat. Sell?

Antitrust news this morning wasn't unanticipated. Not unusual, it will get played out. Wants to keep ecosystem tight for safety and cybersecurity. Still likes it. BRK is a big shareholder. Expects AI announcement around June. 

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DON'T BUY
Apple Inc

Apple is struggling. As a hardware company, they've satiated demand. They had to go to Google to get AI. Maybe they missed the latest technology. Sells at 25x PE, but will still grow. You don't need this, though the dividend will rise. Their forecast growth isn't enough to justify their multiple.

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Unspecified
Apple Inc

It has a growth problem since the growth rate is down from 6% to 1%. Revenue was down a bit last year. The smart phone side is a massive market but it is hard to move the needle with other products and it dropped the car component. It is doing well with its services division which is 30% of the business. Also it is quite tight with Alphabet/Google.

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BUY
Apple Inc

Shares have been in the doghouse with the street complaining that it isn't innovating particularly in AI and isn't growing. He disagrees. Their services stream is thriving based on a massive user base. Still says own, don't trade it. The news today about Apple talking about licensing Gemini AI for its phone is promising.

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COMMENT
Apple Inc
Bulls and bear prosper, but pigs get slaughtered, but doesn't that contradict "buy, don't trade"?

You can make exceptions, as he has with Apple and Nvidia. You can trim, but he's been reluctantly because these have been his best stocks. It's a subjective call, but you can trim when a stock because too large a stock in a portfolio.

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BUY ON WEAKNESS
Apple Inc

He'd buy mor at $160, but the technicals are ugly, that its 200-day moving average is about to roll over as the market has been rallying. The 50-day wants to cross the 200-day--and you don't want that.

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BUY
Apple Inc

Capital is moving out of the hot momentum (i.e. Nvidia) stocks, so Apple is catching a bid. Apple is almost defensive, buys back a lot of shares and has huge cash flow.

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COMMENT
Apple Inc

It it continues to correct, this may become interesting. But it still trades at a 25x PE with almost no growth and a high market cap. Their share buyback helps.

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BUY
Apple Inc

Today it is snapping a 7-day losing streak. All this bad news about China has been priced into the shares where iPhone sales are down 24% for the first 6 weeks of 2024 and 4th place in cell sales there. That's all in the shares. Apple will figure out AI later as they watch everyone else.

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TOP PICK
Apple Inc

Historically, if you bought AAPL when the RSI was really low, you'd find that those were really good entry points. Lots of negativity and noise right now. Same as there was with META and others a year or two ago. Gets overblown, a buying opportunity. The bluest of blue chip stocks at a substantial discount. Hard to get good entry points on high-quality names. His price target is $220. Yield is 0.6%.

(Analysts’ price target is $199.78)
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1550+ opinions with 4.81 rating (one of the best performing expert).

TOP PICK
Apple Inc
Stockchase Research Editor: Michael O’Reilly

With such a dominate position in the market, over 2.2 billion customers and a billion paid subscriptions (double from 4 years ago), we make AAPL a TOP PICK.  It’s always expensive (at 35x book value), but its astounding ROE demonstrates its market position and now it trades at 26x earnings.  We love that cash reserves are growing while shares are aggressively bought back.  We recommend setting a stop-loss at $140, looking to achieve $201 — upside potential of 18%.  Yield 0.5%

(Analysts’ price target is $201.41)
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PAST TOP PICK
Apple Inc
(A Top Pick Apr 05/23, Up 4%)

Difficult 2023 with iPhone sales in China. People are too focused on this. Good upgrade cycle coming along. Was trading around 35x earnings, now around 27x. Several quarters of slow or no growth. Wearables and services continue to do well. Lots of free cash. Will continue to do well. Buying opportunity, though it could fall more.

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PARTIAL SELL
Apple Inc
Sell Apple to buy Microsoft

Don't. Maybe trim both of them.

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Apple Inc(AAPL-Q) Rating

Ranking : 5 out of 5

Bullish - Buy Signals / Votes : 52

Neutral - Hold Signals / Votes : 13

Bearish - Sell Signals / Votes : 16

Total Signals / Votes : 81

Stockchase rating for Apple Inc is calculated according to the stock experts' signals. A high score means experts mostly recommend to buy the stock while a low score means experts mostly recommend to sell the stock.

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