4 years ago
My take: With the Street no longer expecting an iPhone supercycle, the focus will shift to repatriation, stock buybacks and management's guidance for Q3.
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The real story is that Apple overall has excellent growth for a company of its size. Coupled with buybacks, we can expect a sustained EPS growth of around 10% p.a. and dividend growth at a higher rate.
Caveat: All predictions, including the above, are fiction.
Watch what happens to the stock when Apple reports the expansion of its Share Repurchase Program on the order of $250B – $300B over the next 2-3 years.
There has never been a safer time to own this stock.
As Jeff mentions above, Apple projects a 15% yoy growth in revenue last quarter. Assuming net income grew an equal 15% last quarter, that’s a total yoy net income to date of $52.2 B. If Apple simultaneously reduced the share count to 4.866 B, that’s an EPS of $10.73/share. At today’s price of $166.36, that’s a P/E of 15.5, or a P/E compression of 4.3%.
And if Apple’s P/E is equal to 20 at Apple’s next earnings report? At Q1 fy ’18’s “real” EPS of about $10/share, that’s a price of $200/share. At the projected EPS of $10.73, the P/E would compress to 18.64, or a P/E compression of 6.8%.
So how many times does Mr. Market have to get a 2×4 over the head before he wakes up and smells the coffee? What does it take to get him to realize that the reason the P/E is compressing is NOT because there’s something wrong with Apple, but because there’s something right?!