Apple Stock Spikes On iPhone 13 News. Buy Now?
Apple stock (AAPL) – Get Apple Inc. (AAPL) Report is off to a strong start in September. Despite the S&P 500 having traded sideways in the past few business days, AAPL has already climbed 3% for the month, with half of the gains coming on September 7 alone.
Below is a quick summary of what moved Apple’s share price higher during the post-holiday trading session.
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Apple news of the day
The big development of the day was Apple’s announcement of its September 14 product launch event. It is not a secret to anyone what the Cupertino company’s key topic of conversation will probably be: the iPhone 13. That said, the Apple Watch Series 7 and new AirPods are likely devices to see the light of day as well.
As recently addressed by the Apple Maven, the iPhone 13 is widely expected to ignite a successful upgrade cycle in fiscal 2022. Morgan Stanley’s Katy Huberty has talked about the following factors supporting smartphone sales:
- 5G adoption,
- device replacement cycle,
- new features (namely camera and battery),
- competitive momentum against Huawei,
- the reopening of physical stores.
Bullishness is also shared by Wedbush’s Dan Ives. According to him, the iPhone 12 and 13 are only the first innings in a multi-year super cycle that, in his view, will drive Apple stock’s valuation to $3 trillion in the next six to nine months.
Also worth mentioning, Big Tech saw modest positive returns on a day that the S&P 500 and Dow Jones indices remained under pressure. This was true despite rising treasury yields, which tend to be bearish for tech and growth stocks.
For a number of reasons (or maybe no good reason at all), shares of Amazon, Facebook and Google also climbed, in some cases by more than 1%, despite broad-market softness.
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Key metrics on Apple stock
Since the start of June, Apple stock has been on a tear. Below are a few key AAPL-related metrics to keep tabs on:
- AAPL is up 18% for the year vs. the S&P 500’s 21% and the Nasdaq’s 22% gains.
- AAPL is at an all-time high.
- The company’s equity is worth $2.6 trillion, the highest in the US stock market.
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