Today, Stephanie Link, Chief investment strategist, Hightower and Kevin Simpson commented about whether NFLX-Q, AXP-N, AAPL-Q, PG-N, ISRG-Q, HD-N, TPL-N, IBM-N, META-Q, TFSL-Q, IBM-N, GE-N, FCX-N, HD-N, DHI-N, SLB-N, PG-N, AMZN-Q, AAPL-Q, AXP-N, WFC-N are stocks to buy or sell.
It trades cheaper than Apple, but shares are up only 1.9% in the last quarter, so expectations are very low due to worries over profits and higher costs. But AWS and ads will be great when they next report; these are high-margin businesses at 33% and 50%. If shares stay flat, she may add to her holding. Progress may not show up this quarter, though.
A decade-long theme, not short term is in housing, if interest rates fall from 6.7% to 5.5% (likely in 2025). She prefers Home Depot in this space, since competitor LL Flooring went bankrupt, and HD has easy comparisons. They had 7-straight quarters of negative comps, but will snap that. She expects better gross margins.
She re-bought after they reported a great quarter this week, gaining market share in their non-interest income (investment banking, wealth management, credit cards) and their balance sheet is excellent. They have enormous room to catch up in their assets vs. peers.