“2015 has been less than stellar for shares of Apple,” Julie Verhage reports for Bloomberg. “The stock opened 2015 around $111 and is currently trading near $115 despite hitting an all time high of $134 earlier this year. That swift 15 percent decline is one of the steepest the stock has ever seen.”
“Morgan Stanley analysts Katy Huberty, Jerry Liu, and Elizabeth Elliott address some of the most prevalent investor concerns in their note that was sent out this morning,” Verhage reports. “They also say point blank that they view this as a place to buy.”
We are buyers on any related weakness as we see an upward bias to our iPhone unit and gross margin assumptions… We do not view the current set-up as similar to 2012 given 1) gross margins are improving (not deteriorating) as we head into the next iPhone cycle, 2) low institutional ownership, 3) competitive product line-up / stickier ecosystem against Android handsets, and 4) more robust product / services roadmap. — Morgan Stanley analysts Katy Huberty, Jerry Liu, and Elizabeth Elliott
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Time to put the brakes on already? Enough with the faux “concern” so soon? Sheesh, we were hoping for $110, at least.
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Me too- I’m buying if it hits 110. That’s a really sweet point…
Great stock in a bad market. Wait and buy at $99
Fanboys have been wailing about Apple’s stock woes. Morons. This is a chance to purchase Apple stock at a discount. If you believe Apple’s future is bright you will reap dividends. However, if you believe Apple’s best days are behind them sell now and move on. Your choice.
Dumbass troll is back.
It’s not a matter of whether Apple’s best days are behind them or not. It’s a matter of whether Wall Street thinks so. Even if Apple has a bright future, the share price can still end up in the toilet. It’s a risk for new investors to buy Apple when they can easily go elsewhere to make huge gains without the risk. Google, Amazon and Netflix have gains with little risk because they’re not being rigged to fail. Apple is being rigged to fail every quarter. How long it will last is anyone’s guess. Based on peer companies, Apple shouldn’t even have a P/E of 13 but it does and can probably go lower if Wall Street wants it that way. The risk isn’t Apple. The risk is Wall Street’s senseless valuations.
However, for me, Apple is definitely a buy even if just for the dividends. Still, I see no guarantee of Apple going back up to $130 this year despite the higher target prices.
Here Brian White has a great track records. listen to him defended Apple stock. So lighten up.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/apple-rare-territory-time-bounce-125138503.html?soc_src=mediacontentstory&soc_trk=fb
BUY, BUY, BUY, BUY.
You can be sure that Apple bought AAPL.
I think the stock has been manipulated by the typical hedge fund guys who used deceit and criminal conduct to take a good stock down so they can make big money on both a short and then a long as they operate a roller coaster.
But there is one other possibility. It may be that Tim Cook’s diversity plan is to have the stock appeal mainly to LGBTQMIA people, many of whom are not investors because they detest capitalism. So, we could have a exit by non homosexual non transsexual non intersexauls from the stock bringing down demand in a significant way. It could be the same strategy will impact sales a the oddball “heterosexual” demographic senses their business is not wanted and buys inferior competing products from companies that appreciate their existence. This could be what is happening. If so, it would logically drive the stock to about 2% of its former value as the stock adjusts to the size of the LGBTQMIA market.
If Apple’s future is dependent on investment firms and not Apple itself Apple’s future is not too promising. Apple should control its own destiny.
But, but, but . . . what’s the point of buying a stock at a low point when everyone else is running from it? Isn’t that dangerous, scary, and financially risky?
Uh, YEAH, IT IS!! But that’s the whole point of investing: Buying low and selling high! And, make no mistake, only those with cojones the size of basketballs can successfully effect sometimes-terrifying decisions in and around bad news. Note: my family’s per share price of AAPL is $1.71 @ 40,000, split adjusted over the years (3 times, 2x2x7), and NO ONE ever applauded our decisions then or now to invest in this “losing,” down-on-its-luck company. NO ONE! EVER!
Are times rough for AAPL right now? Yes. Period. But they have been equally rough–OR WORSE–before. If one truly believes in Apple Inc’s future, now is the time to grab and hold for the long term. But that is not easy. Not at all. Knowledge, faith, and cojones, a powerful trio in tough times.