StockTargets, Inc., a private Swiss company and an innovator in investor sentiment tracking on listed stocks, measured a firm shift in investor targets over the past few days on Apple Computer Inc. (Pink Sheets: AAPL), following a new recommendation.
Investor sentiment and forecast shows a substantial increase, and remains resolutely positive on the stock’s prospects, following the latest news and a revaluation of the company by TTS Zurich. Investors now forecast the stock rising to US$139 during the next 12 months. The StockTargets consensus 12 months target was US$131 recently.
Targets indicators on stocks are an aggregate of all the news, sentiment and forecasts available on the company at a given moment in time, as perceived by investors.
The 12 months target by TTS Zurich for the stock is US$116, which represents an upside of 51%. These different targets can be reviewed by clicking the following link:
http://www.stocktargets.com/cgi-bin/ticker.pl?command=AAPL
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “LinuxGuy and Mac Prodigal Son” for the heads up.]
MacDailyNews Note: Q4 06 Apple Quarterly Earnings Call is scheduled for 10/18/2006 after market close.
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thats good for appl
Apple look pretty awesome compared to what used to be the competition.
http://www.stocktargets.com/cgi-bin/ticker.pl?command=MSFT
$139??? These people are crazy! That’s an extremely aggressive price target.
The stock is at $75 and they’re saying it will double in 12 months? What possible info justifies such a possible massive share price increase?
I call this insane spculation. Even if an iphone is released, it may not be a breakthrough product like the ipod. And if it holds mp3s it will take sales away from the ipod.
If Wall Street analysts ever get around to looking at Apple’s nearly complete failure at the high calling of customer care, look out!
Their pricing for extended warranties would suggest they are ready to help – then, you call and find out that you know more than the ‘customer care’ rep on the other end of the phone line.
Crashes, software problems, faulty hardware – worse than it’s ever been!
Prediction: share price will soon reflect this travesty.
Well, I for one wouldn’t be surprised to see AAPL double in one year.
Peterson/MacDude…
you forgot the “trusted computing” post
It looks like not everyone feels the way citigroup does as far as the outlook goes for Apple.
For “Outrageous”:
Your reaction to this item, then, should be a very simple one. DON’T BUY THE DAMNED STOCK! Why get in a huff when YOUR opinion is clearly superior to that of StockTargets, Inc.? Jeez, just say “Phhhttt” to those guys and go back to bed!
Actually, the only reason you should react like this to the StockTargets, Inc. prediction is that you’re WAY short on AAPL. ARE YOU? (If so, hemlock is the appropriate celebratory beverage, I believe.)
Peterson. Get over yourself. Go troll somewhere else.
I thought $75 doubled is $150. Crap! No wonder I did poorly on the math part of the SAT.
Peterson is, in fact, “Stock) Boy” in disguise, ladies and gents. He can no longer show his face on this site after his catastrophically incorrect predictions that AAPL would be in the high 40’s right now, hence the modified “nom de net.”
Just ignore him, good people, and watch AAPL rocket up this coming year. I can ALMOST guarantee you that MonkeySoft’s latest debacle (“Vista”) will not ship until the second half of 2007 (perhaps even later if Europe has anything to say about it), so watch what “Leopard” does to that part of the bottom line in the coming four quarters.
With OS 10.5, the new ViPod, the iPhone–and who knows what else coming to market as well–we will all be reaping whirlwind profits in the next 12 months. Peterson (aka “StockBoy”) is an empty-pocketed fool who sincerely WISHES he had gotten on board at $50 (or earlier) and just can’t handle the financial self-recriminations.
I’d pity him if he weren’t so VERY amusing.
MDN,
thankyou for the date of the 4th quarter results.
I’ve been waiting impatiently for them.
All indications are that it will be a fantastic quarter for Apple – even when compared to recent record-breaking quarters.
Let’s see what happens to AAPL the next day, on the 19th.
I can’t wait!
thats 139 new taiwan dollars.
I am sitting here re-arranging my broker’s statements and smiling as I look at my stock 4 years ago worth roughly an order of magnitude less than it does now. And Apple is now in far better position to compete and dominate in both its old and in new market segments.
Apple is an incredible business. My money is on the table and in play in AAPL.
“thankyou for the date of the 4th quarter results.
I’ve been waiting impatiently for them.
All indications are that it will be a fantastic quarter for Apple – even when compared to recent record-breaking quarters.
Let’s see what happens to AAPL the next day, on the 19th.”
Well, if everyting goes as it has in the past, Apple will blow away analysts’ expectations, and the stock will then tank anyway.
My analysis tells me that APPL will go to $350 in 3 years. I project Apple will have 40% of the enterprise market in 3 years, 35% of all PC sales, Apple Television, Cell phones, and much more. As Microsoft implodes, Vista gets delayed even more, it will be a great time for APPL. The parasites and low-lifes will lose- Big Time.
Always amazing how participants in this forum are always assigning names to people who are saying things they don’t like.
Because there are so many of you satisfied with below par customer care from Apple means it won’t get better. And that’s hurting my efforts to demand that Steve’s underlings earn their keep.
Pretty soon there won’t be any advantages to being an Apple customer as the rush to be average takes over in Cupertino.
So, keep up the denial, the name-calling, and the acceptance of Apple’s crap and we’ll soon find ourselves with nothing but agreement with those we now look down upon as inferior PC suckers.
Thank you once again for telling me what I like.
notice Peterson/MacDude didn’t deny actually being MacDude… just whinned about being called MacDude.
Seriously Peterson/MacDude…. just give it up. You come back with a new name every month but you sing the same out of tune song again and again, and you type the same phrases… and the same yadayadayada….
it’s old. really old.
or… in your next reincarnation… try coming up with a new subject to talk about.
Outrageous,
its actually an increase of 1.853
This stock forecasting thing is utterly ridiculous. Citibank lowers their “expectation” and the price of Apple stock falls. Somebody else thinks the price will rise and, sure enough, it does. When do the dancing chickens take the stage?
Peterson, you’re such a dick.
What’s the matter, did Apple Care fail to give you a refund on that iPod nano you sat on and broke,
you fat ass.