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Should you buy Apple at a near-$5 trillion valuation?
Apple just posted a quarter that looked flawless until you find the hidden ingredient propping up its margins, and now the stock trades above what 47 analysts think it is worth.
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iPhone and iPad maker Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) reported revenue ahead of Wall Street’s expectations in Q2 CY2026, with sales up 16.4% year on year to $109.4 billion. Its non-GAAP profit of $2.02 per share was 7% above analysts’ consensus estimates.
Investing.com -- South Korean exports grew faster than expected in July, supported by strong global demand for semiconductors and computers used in artificial intelligence infrastructure, preliminary trade data showed on Saturday.
Ever the Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) bull, Jim Cramer is nothing but ecstatic about the firm’s recent fortunes. With a market capitalization of $4.90 trillion when Cramer made his remarks, the firm was the most valuable company in the world once again after losing the place to NVIDIA. Most of the debate surrounding Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) […]
Component constraints are slowing the tech titan's growth.
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SEOUL, Aug 1 (Reuters) - South Korea's exports grew more strongly than expected in July on global chip and computer demand for AI investments.
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<body><p>STORY: Wall Street ended higher on Friday, with the Dow adding more than half a percent, the S&P 500 gaining seven-tenths of a percent and the Nasdaq climbing one percent.</p><p>:: Amazon</p><p>Amazon surged more than 15% after the tech giant posted its biggest quarterly revenue growth in over four years. Its results, along with a similar report from Microsoft this week, alleviated investor concerns about potential overspending on AI data centers.</p><p>Meanwhile, shares of Apple tumbled more than 7% after a disappointing forecast showed that the iPhone maker was struggling to secure enough components, as the AI-driven data center boom strains global supply chains.</p><p>Friday marked the end of a bumpy week for stocks that included a Fed policy meeting in which the central bank left rates unchanged - but with three dissenters pushing for a 25 basis point hike.</p><p>Dean Smith is chief strategist & portfolio manager at FolioBeyond.</p><p>"I think there was a decent case to be made that a hike is in order. Inflation, we had a slightly softer print on the most recent one, but inflation is now running well above Fed's 2% stated target. It's higher now than it was a year ago and it seems to be reaccelerating. [FLASH] So it was a close call probably, but I think, you know, if I had been on that voting committee, I would have voted for a rate hike as well."</p><p>:: Archive</p><p>Other stocks on the move Friday included Monolithic Power Systems, which rose more than 8% after forecasting third-quarter revenue above estimates.</p><p>But shares of GoDaddy slid nearly 17% after the domain registrar narrowed its annual revenue forecast.</p></body>
Amazon rode to the rescue for the Nasdaq composite today. Shares in the tech giant jumped 15%, their best one-day performance since 2012. The gains helped Nasdaq end the week with a 1% boost. The company reported higher-than-expected revenue on Thursday from Amazon Web Services.
A surge in Amazon stock Friday gave the Nasdaq enough momentum to obscure Apple slump. Beneath the surface of the Nasdaq composite’s 1% gain was a tug of war between Apple stock, which fell 7.4%, and Amazon’s which surged 15%. The post-earnings slide, Apple’s largest since 2014, followed company forecasts for its September quarter that fell short of Wall Street’s expectations.
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<body><p>STORY: :: Recorded on July 31</p><p>:: Lisa Bernhard, Reuters</p><p>:: Dean Smith, Portfolio Manager, FolioBeyond</p><p>Shares of Apple tumbled as much as 10% on Friday after a disappointing forecast showed that the iPhone maker was struggling to secure enough components as the AI-driven data center boom strains global supply chains.</p><p>The drop, if sustained, would erase nearly $500 billion from Apple's market capitalization and return the crown of the world's most valuable company to AI chip giant Nvidia, days after reclaiming it.</p><p>Meanwhile, shares of Amazon soared as much as 15% after the tech giant's solid cloud sales growth reinforced investor confidence in its massive AI bets.</p><p>"There's two really different trends going on," said Smith. "One is the hardware constraint, the [other is] cloud compute capacity, and those are going to continue to drive what we see in the AI investment thesis."</p><p>Next week, the focus will remain on AI when SpaceX delivers its first quarterly earnings results since going public.</p><p>"There's no mystery about how many rockets they're firing off, we can see them," said Dean with a laugh. "So what I'm looking for in SpaceX is to see what is their plan for the AI side of the business."</p></body>
Apple stock tumbled 7.4% to $308.91 on Friday after its fiscal third-quarter earnings report left investors disappointed. The drop wiped out $359 billion in value, bringing Apple's market capitalization to $4.
Apple's (AAPL) supply chain-related concerns could persist into fiscal 2027, UBS Securities said, af
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AI-driven component shortages limited Apple's growth outlook and threatened to erase approximately $500 billion in market value.
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LPL Financial strategist Adam Turnquist noted investors could argue that Apple's comments on memory chip prices mean the chip stock sell-off is overdone.
By Noel Randewich and Johann M Cherian July 31 (Reuters) - Wall Street climbed on Friday, lifted by Amazon as the tech heavyweight's strong quarterly report bolstered investor confidence in AI-related
Investing.com -- A packed week of Big Tech earnings produced significant moves in both directions, with memory stocks experiencing significant volatility.
Apple's services division, which includes advertising, reached a record of $30.7 billion in revenue for Q3 2026, up 12% year-over-year. Ads were a key growth driver supporting App Store and Music, but services slightly missed analyst estimates of $31.2 billion.
Wall Street offered mixed views on Apple’s outlook after earnings, while Stocktwits retail traders largely shrugged off the selloff and stayed bullish.