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Is Apple Stock a Buy?

Motley Fool2021-11-02

Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock price recently dipped after the tech giant posted a mixed fourth-quarter report on Oct. 28. Its revenue rose 29% year over year to $83.4 billion, which missed analysts' ...

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Babypegasus
·2021-11-03
ALWAYS A BUY
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PearlynCSY
·2021-11-03
Apple is still experiencing strong demand for its products. 4Q result was affected by supply chain constraints due to ongoing Covid pandemic
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- Tonica:
  yes.
  2021-11-03
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SMW
·2021-11-03
x
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Berrylike
·2021-11-03
👍
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Okie_cheong
·2021-11-03
Under
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koolgal
·2021-11-03
It's a great time to buy Apple on dip as it is still a Megastock with huge growth ahead and a wide moat! Go Apple! 👍😊🍎🍎🍎🚀🚀🚀🌙🌙🌙
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- koolgal:
  Good idea. Thanks for sharing 👍😊
  2021-11-03
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- 䛘賀worldview:
  Will buy if dip within my limit to buy
  2021-11-03
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- koolgal:
  Thanks 👍😊
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DZL
·2021-11-02
Apple, to buy, long term robust growth y-o-y amidst a slow quarter with headwinds
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- CPCat:
  it will continue the rise. it's an easy stock to buy, because the product is highly visible. we see it being used daily, and we see the craze over it still...
  2021-11-03
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- Veldora:
  No doubt on it.
  2021-11-02
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- DZL:
  more earnings and dividends to come
  2021-11-02
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HmL
·2021-11-02
Noted BOD & like please...
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- JimmyT:
  yes
  2021-11-02
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Hellokitty8
·2021-11-02
Like pls thanks
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RT126
·2021-11-02
Buy buy buy
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- LeviStrauss:
  👍
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LaiSB
·2021-11-02
Buy buy buy
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39f9005b
·2021-11-02
buy
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- 3109a33d:
  [Cool]
  2021-11-02
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HuatKueh313
·2021-11-02
Apple just buy e dips
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- LimYH:
  yes
  2021-11-02
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- HuatKueh313:
  wil huat
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hotwheels
·2021-11-02
App store is still generating records revenue
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winfredcth
·2021-11-02
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ricebowl
·2021-11-02
Ok
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jovrene
·2021-11-02
Cool
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woshihui
·2021-11-02
like
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- zero79:
  Nice
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Kenny77
·2021-11-02
Buy more
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- woshihui:
  ok
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Chris1233
·2021-11-02
Ok
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- Kenny77:
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Its revenue rose 29% year over year to $83.4 billion, which missed analysts' estimates by $1.6 billion. Its earnings rose 70% to $1.24 per share and matched analysts' expectations.\nApple attributed its slower-than-expected growth to supply chain constraints, which reduced its fourth-quarter sales by $6 billion. It expects those constraints to have an even bigger impact on its first-quarter sales.\nThose challenges largely overshadowed CFO Luca Maestri's claim that Apple was still experiencing \"better-than-expected demand\" for its products during the company's conference call. Should investors avoid Apple after that messy quarter, or consider its latest pullback a buying opportunity?\nImage source: Apple.\nApple's core businesses are still growing\nApple's iPhone, Mac, and iPad businesses all faced supply chain bottlenecks during the quarter, but all three segments still grew year over year:\n\n\n\n\nSegment\nQ4 2021 Revenue\nGrowth (YOY)\n\n\niPhone\n$38.87 billion\n47%\n\n\nMac\n$9.18 billion\n2%\n\n\niPad\n$8.25 billion\n21%\n\n\nWearables, Home, and Accessories\n$8.79 billion\n12%\n\n\nServices\n$18.28 billion\n26%\n\n\nTotal\n$83.36 billion\n29%\n\n\n\nSource: Apple. YOY = Year over year.\nThe wearables, home, and accessories business grew as it sold more Apple Watches and AirPods. 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That ongoing expansion should widen Apple's moat, increase the stickiness of its digital ecosystem, and reinforce the brand loyalty that supports its pricing power in the hardware market.\nThat's why Apple's gross and operating margins expanded significantly in both the fourth quarter and the full year, even as the broader smartphone, tablet, and PC markets were commoditized by cheaper devices:\n\n\n\n\nPeriod\nQ4 2020\nQ4 2021\nFY 2020\nFY 2021\n\n\nGross Margin\n38.2%\n42.2%\n38.2%\n41.8%\n\n\nOperating Margin\n22.8%\n28.5%\n24.1%\n29.8%\n\n\n\nSource: Apple.\nApple's expanding operating margins indicate it still has plenty of bargaining power with its suppliers. It also doesn't need to rely too heavily on pricey marketing campaigns to generate stable sales growth.\nApple also continued to generate double-digit revenue growth across all five of its main geographic regions during the fourth quarter:\n\n\n\n\nRegion\nQ4 2021 Revenue\nGrowth (YOY)\n\n\nAmericas\n$36.82 billion\n20%\n\n\nEurope\n$20.79 billion\n23%\n\n\nGreater China\n$14.56 billion\n83%\n\n\nJapan\n$5.99 billion\n19%\n\n\nRest of Asia Pacific\n$5.19 billion\n26%\n\n\n\nSource: Apple. YOY = Year over year.\nApple's massive growth in the Greater China region, which marked an acceleration from its 58% growth in the third quarter, should silence the bearish claims that it will lose the market to Chinese competitors like Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo, and Huawei.\nIn fact, Apple's share of the Chinese smartphone market actually expanded from 8% to 13% between the third quarters of 2020 and 2021, according to Counterpoint Research, even as the critics fretted over potential boycotts related to the trade war, the tech war, and other geopolitical tensions.\nReturning plenty of cash to investors\nApple's near-term revenue growth might be curbed by chip shortages and other supply chain challenges, but it continues to return a large portion of its free cash flow to shareholders with big buybacks and dividends.\nDuring the fourth quarter, Apple bought back $20 billion in shares and paid out $3.6 billion in dividends. For the full year, it bought back $86 billion in shares and reduced its number of outstanding shares by nearly 4%.\nApple ended the year with $191 billion in cash and marketable securities, which gives it plenty of room for future investments or acquisitions. Its forward dividend yield of 0.6% might seem paltry compared to those of other higher-yielding tech dividend stocks, but that lower yield also gives it more freedom for big buybacks and smart investments.\nRobust growth at a reasonable valuation\nFor the full year, Apple's revenue and earnings per share (EPS) increased 33% and 71%, respectively.\nBut next year, analysts expect its revenue and earnings to only rise 4% and 2%, respectively, as the iPhone faces tougher year-over-year comparisons. That slowdown might seem disappointing, but Apple has always been a cyclical company that relies heavily on hardware upgrade cycles.\nI believe Apple's growth cycles will continue as it expands its services ecosystem and enters new markets like augmented reality devices and connected cars, so its stock still looks reasonably valued at 27 times forward earnings. If you agree with that view, then it's smarter to buy Apple's stock after its latest post-earnings dip than to sell it simply because it faces some near-term supply chain challenges.","kind":null,"is_publish_news":true,"is_publish_highlight":true,"is_publish_live":null,"is_publish_wemedia":null,"editions":null,"column":"","sentiment":"0","news_tag":"","news_rank":0,"symbols":[],"gpt_button":1},"commentList":[{"id":841816814,"gmtCreate":1635900771684,"gmtModify":1635900771993,"author":{"id":"3583893737218100","authorId":"3583893737218100","name":"Babypegasus","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/31f55e881f0d486b542cce91a4a8d8be","vip":1,"crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0},"htmlText":"ALWAYS A BUY","listText":"ALWAYS A BUY","text":"ALWAYS A BUY","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":1,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://laohu8.com/post/841816814","repostId":2180872447,"repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"2180872447","pubTimestamp":1635863109,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/2180872447?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2021-11-02 22:25","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Is Apple Stock a Buy?","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=2180872447","media":"Motley Fool","summary":"The tech giant can't keep up with the market's demand for its products.","content":"Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock price recently dipped after the tech giant posted a mixed fourth-quarter report on Oct. 28. Its revenue rose 29% year over year to $83.4 billion, which missed analysts' estimates by $1.6 billion. Its earnings rose 70% to $1.24 per share and matched analysts' expectations.\nApple attributed its slower-than-expected growth to supply chain constraints, which reduced its fourth-quarter sales by $6 billion. It expects those constraints to have an even bigger impact on its first-quarter sales.\nThose challenges largely overshadowed CFO Luca Maestri's claim that Apple was still experiencing \"better-than-expected demand\" for its products during the company's conference call. Should investors avoid Apple after that messy quarter, or consider its latest pullback a buying opportunity?\n<img src=\"https://g.foolcdn.com/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fg.foolcdn.com%2Feditorial%2Fimages%2F649668%2Fapple_iphone13_design_09142021.jpg&amp;w=700&amp;op=resize\" tg-width=\"700\" tg-height=\"393\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\">Image source: Apple.\n<h2>Apple's core businesses are still growing</h2>\nApple's iPhone, Mac, and iPad businesses all faced supply chain bottlenecks during the quarter, but all three segments still grew year over year:\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"589\">\n <colgroup></colgroup>\n <tbody>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <th width=\"193\">Segment</th>\n <th width=\"205\">Q4 2021 Revenue</th>\n <th width=\"147\">Growth (YOY)</th>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">iPhone</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$38.87 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">47%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Mac</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$9.18 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">2%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">iPad</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$8.25 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">21%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Wearables, Home, and Accessories</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$8.79 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">12%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Services</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$18.28 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">26%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Total</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$83.36 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">29%</td>\n </tr>\n </tbody>\n</table>\nSource: Apple. YOY = Year over year.\nThe wearables, home, and accessories business grew as it sold more Apple Watches and AirPods. Its closely watched services business also expanded as its cloud, video, and music businesses gained more subscribers; its App Store generated \"record\" revenue (despite facing ongoing pressure to lower its fees); and Apple Pay and Apple Care gained more users.\nApple ended the year with 745 million paid subscribers across all of its services, up nearly five times from five years earlier, while its annual services revenue nearly tripled over the past six years. That ongoing expansion should widen Apple's moat, increase the stickiness of its digital ecosystem, and reinforce the brand loyalty that supports its pricing power in the hardware market.\nThat's why Apple's gross and operating margins expanded significantly in both the fourth quarter and the full year, even as the broader smartphone, tablet, and PC markets were commoditized by cheaper devices:\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"604\">\n <colgroup></colgroup>\n <tbody>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <th width=\"147\">Period</th>\n <th width=\"89\">Q4 2020</th>\n <th width=\"94\">Q4 2021</th>\n <th width=\"101\">FY 2020</th>\n <th width=\"101\">FY 2021</th>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"147\">Gross Margin</td>\n <td width=\"89\">38.2%</td>\n <td width=\"94\">42.2%</td>\n <td width=\"101\">38.2%</td>\n <td width=\"101\">41.8%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"147\">Operating Margin</td>\n <td width=\"89\">22.8%</td>\n <td width=\"94\">28.5%</td>\n <td width=\"101\">24.1%</td>\n <td width=\"101\">29.8%</td>\n </tr>\n </tbody>\n</table>\nSource: Apple.\nApple's expanding operating margins indicate it still has plenty of bargaining power with its suppliers. It also doesn't need to rely too heavily on pricey marketing campaigns to generate stable sales growth.\nApple also continued to generate double-digit revenue growth across all five of its main geographic regions during the fourth quarter:\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"589\">\n <colgroup></colgroup>\n <tbody>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <th width=\"193\">Region</th>\n <th width=\"205\">Q4 2021 Revenue</th>\n <th width=\"147\">Growth (YOY)</th>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Americas</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$36.82 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">20%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Europe</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$20.79 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">23%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Greater China</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$14.56 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">83%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Japan</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$5.99 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">19%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Rest of Asia Pacific</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$5.19 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">26%</td>\n </tr>\n </tbody>\n</table>\nSource: Apple. YOY = Year over year.\nApple's massive growth in the Greater China region, which marked an acceleration from its 58% growth in the third quarter, should silence the bearish claims that it will lose the market to Chinese competitors like Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo, and Huawei.\nIn fact, Apple's share of the Chinese smartphone market actually expanded from 8% to 13% between the third quarters of 2020 and 2021, according to Counterpoint Research, even as the critics fretted over potential boycotts related to the trade war, the tech war, and other geopolitical tensions.\n<h2>Returning plenty of cash to investors</h2>\nApple's near-term revenue growth might be curbed by chip shortages and other supply chain challenges, but it continues to return a large portion of its free cash flow to shareholders with big buybacks and dividends.\nDuring the fourth quarter, Apple bought back $20 billion in shares and paid out $3.6 billion in dividends. For the full year, it bought back $86 billion in shares and reduced its number of outstanding shares by nearly 4%.\nApple ended the year with $191 billion in cash and marketable securities, which gives it plenty of room for future investments or acquisitions. Its forward dividend yield of 0.6% might seem paltry compared to those of other higher-yielding tech dividend stocks, but that lower yield also gives it more freedom for big buybacks and smart investments.\n<h2>Robust growth at a reasonable valuation</h2>\nFor the full year, Apple's revenue and earnings per share (EPS) increased 33% and 71%, respectively.\nBut next year, analysts expect its revenue and earnings to only rise 4% and 2%, respectively, as the iPhone faces tougher year-over-year comparisons. That slowdown might seem disappointing, but Apple has always been a cyclical company that relies heavily on hardware upgrade cycles.\nI believe Apple's growth cycles will continue as it expands its services ecosystem and enters new markets like augmented reality devices and connected cars, so its stock still looks reasonably valued at 27 times forward earnings. If you agree with that view, then it's smarter to buy Apple's stock after its latest post-earnings dip than to sell it simply because it faces some near-term supply chain challenges.","source":"fool_stock","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Is Apple Stock a Buy?</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nIs Apple Stock a Buy?\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2021-11-02 22:25 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/11/02/is-apple-stock-a-buy/>Motley Fool</a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\nApple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock price recently dipped after the tech giant posted a mixed fourth-quarter report on Oct. 28. Its revenue rose 29% year over year to $83.4 billion, which missed analysts' ...\n\n<a href=\"https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/11/02/is-apple-stock-a-buy/\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"AAPL":"苹果"},"source_url":"https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/11/02/is-apple-stock-a-buy/","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"2180872447","content_text":"Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock price recently dipped after the tech giant posted a mixed fourth-quarter report on Oct. 28. Its revenue rose 29% year over year to $83.4 billion, which missed analysts' estimates by $1.6 billion. Its earnings rose 70% to $1.24 per share and matched analysts' expectations.\nApple attributed its slower-than-expected growth to supply chain constraints, which reduced its fourth-quarter sales by $6 billion. It expects those constraints to have an even bigger impact on its first-quarter sales.\nThose challenges largely overshadowed CFO Luca Maestri's claim that Apple was still experiencing \"better-than-expected demand\" for its products during the company's conference call. Should investors avoid Apple after that messy quarter, or consider its latest pullback a buying opportunity?\nImage source: Apple.\nApple's core businesses are still growing\nApple's iPhone, Mac, and iPad businesses all faced supply chain bottlenecks during the quarter, but all three segments still grew year over year:\n\n\n\n\nSegment\nQ4 2021 Revenue\nGrowth (YOY)\n\n\niPhone\n$38.87 billion\n47%\n\n\nMac\n$9.18 billion\n2%\n\n\niPad\n$8.25 billion\n21%\n\n\nWearables, Home, and Accessories\n$8.79 billion\n12%\n\n\nServices\n$18.28 billion\n26%\n\n\nTotal\n$83.36 billion\n29%\n\n\n\nSource: Apple. YOY = Year over year.\nThe wearables, home, and accessories business grew as it sold more Apple Watches and AirPods. Its closely watched services business also expanded as its cloud, video, and music businesses gained more subscribers; its App Store generated \"record\" revenue (despite facing ongoing pressure to lower its fees); and Apple Pay and Apple Care gained more users.\nApple ended the year with 745 million paid subscribers across all of its services, up nearly five times from five years earlier, while its annual services revenue nearly tripled over the past six years. That ongoing expansion should widen Apple's moat, increase the stickiness of its digital ecosystem, and reinforce the brand loyalty that supports its pricing power in the hardware market.\nThat's why Apple's gross and operating margins expanded significantly in both the fourth quarter and the full year, even as the broader smartphone, tablet, and PC markets were commoditized by cheaper devices:\n\n\n\n\nPeriod\nQ4 2020\nQ4 2021\nFY 2020\nFY 2021\n\n\nGross Margin\n38.2%\n42.2%\n38.2%\n41.8%\n\n\nOperating Margin\n22.8%\n28.5%\n24.1%\n29.8%\n\n\n\nSource: Apple.\nApple's expanding operating margins indicate it still has plenty of bargaining power with its suppliers. It also doesn't need to rely too heavily on pricey marketing campaigns to generate stable sales growth.\nApple also continued to generate double-digit revenue growth across all five of its main geographic regions during the fourth quarter:\n\n\n\n\nRegion\nQ4 2021 Revenue\nGrowth (YOY)\n\n\nAmericas\n$36.82 billion\n20%\n\n\nEurope\n$20.79 billion\n23%\n\n\nGreater China\n$14.56 billion\n83%\n\n\nJapan\n$5.99 billion\n19%\n\n\nRest of Asia Pacific\n$5.19 billion\n26%\n\n\n\nSource: Apple. YOY = Year over year.\nApple's massive growth in the Greater China region, which marked an acceleration from its 58% growth in the third quarter, should silence the bearish claims that it will lose the market to Chinese competitors like Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo, and Huawei.\nIn fact, Apple's share of the Chinese smartphone market actually expanded from 8% to 13% between the third quarters of 2020 and 2021, according to Counterpoint Research, even as the critics fretted over potential boycotts related to the trade war, the tech war, and other geopolitical tensions.\nReturning plenty of cash to investors\nApple's near-term revenue growth might be curbed by chip shortages and other supply chain challenges, but it continues to return a large portion of its free cash flow to shareholders with big buybacks and dividends.\nDuring the fourth quarter, Apple bought back $20 billion in shares and paid out $3.6 billion in dividends. For the full year, it bought back $86 billion in shares and reduced its number of outstanding shares by nearly 4%.\nApple ended the year with $191 billion in cash and marketable securities, which gives it plenty of room for future investments or acquisitions. Its forward dividend yield of 0.6% might seem paltry compared to those of other higher-yielding tech dividend stocks, but that lower yield also gives it more freedom for big buybacks and smart investments.\nRobust growth at a reasonable valuation\nFor the full year, Apple's revenue and earnings per share (EPS) increased 33% and 71%, respectively.\nBut next year, analysts expect its revenue and earnings to only rise 4% and 2%, respectively, as the iPhone faces tougher year-over-year comparisons. That slowdown might seem disappointing, but Apple has always been a cyclical company that relies heavily on hardware upgrade cycles.\nI believe Apple's growth cycles will continue as it expands its services ecosystem and enters new markets like augmented reality devices and connected cars, so its stock still looks reasonably valued at 27 times forward earnings. If you agree with that view, then it's smarter to buy Apple's stock after its latest post-earnings dip than to sell it simply because it faces some near-term supply chain challenges.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"CN"},{"id":841133286,"gmtCreate":1635895222594,"gmtModify":1635895222741,"author":{"id":"4092458811577680","authorId":"4092458811577680","name":"PearlynCSY","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/b3e9fe7af061efe80a756d23de62e7b3","vip":1,"crmLevel":4,"crmLevelSwitch":0},"htmlText":"Apple is still experiencing strong&nbsp;demand for its products. 4Q result&nbsp;was&nbsp;affected by supply chain constraints due to ongoing&nbsp;Covid pandemic&nbsp;","listText":"Apple is still experiencing strong&nbsp;demand for its products. 4Q result&nbsp;was&nbsp;affected by supply chain constraints due to ongoing&nbsp;Covid pandemic&nbsp;","text":"Apple is still experiencing strong demand for its products. 4Q result was affected by supply chain constraints due to ongoing Covid pandemic","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":4,"commentSize":1,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://laohu8.com/post/841133286","repostId":2180872447,"repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"2180872447","pubTimestamp":1635863109,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/2180872447?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2021-11-02 22:25","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Is Apple Stock a Buy?","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=2180872447","media":"Motley Fool","summary":"The tech giant can't keep up with the market's demand for its products.","content":"Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock price recently dipped after the tech giant posted a mixed fourth-quarter report on Oct. 28. Its revenue rose 29% year over year to $83.4 billion, which missed analysts' estimates by $1.6 billion. Its earnings rose 70% to $1.24 per share and matched analysts' expectations.\nApple attributed its slower-than-expected growth to supply chain constraints, which reduced its fourth-quarter sales by $6 billion. It expects those constraints to have an even bigger impact on its first-quarter sales.\nThose challenges largely overshadowed CFO Luca Maestri's claim that Apple was still experiencing \"better-than-expected demand\" for its products during the company's conference call. Should investors avoid Apple after that messy quarter, or consider its latest pullback a buying opportunity?\n<img src=\"https://g.foolcdn.com/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fg.foolcdn.com%2Feditorial%2Fimages%2F649668%2Fapple_iphone13_design_09142021.jpg&amp;w=700&amp;op=resize\" tg-width=\"700\" tg-height=\"393\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\">Image source: Apple.\n<h2>Apple's core businesses are still growing</h2>\nApple's iPhone, Mac, and iPad businesses all faced supply chain bottlenecks during the quarter, but all three segments still grew year over year:\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"589\">\n <colgroup></colgroup>\n <tbody>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <th width=\"193\">Segment</th>\n <th width=\"205\">Q4 2021 Revenue</th>\n <th width=\"147\">Growth (YOY)</th>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">iPhone</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$38.87 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">47%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Mac</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$9.18 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">2%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">iPad</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$8.25 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">21%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Wearables, Home, and Accessories</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$8.79 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">12%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Services</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$18.28 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">26%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Total</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$83.36 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">29%</td>\n </tr>\n </tbody>\n</table>\nSource: Apple. YOY = Year over year.\nThe wearables, home, and accessories business grew as it sold more Apple Watches and AirPods. Its closely watched services business also expanded as its cloud, video, and music businesses gained more subscribers; its App Store generated \"record\" revenue (despite facing ongoing pressure to lower its fees); and Apple Pay and Apple Care gained more users.\nApple ended the year with 745 million paid subscribers across all of its services, up nearly five times from five years earlier, while its annual services revenue nearly tripled over the past six years. That ongoing expansion should widen Apple's moat, increase the stickiness of its digital ecosystem, and reinforce the brand loyalty that supports its pricing power in the hardware market.\nThat's why Apple's gross and operating margins expanded significantly in both the fourth quarter and the full year, even as the broader smartphone, tablet, and PC markets were commoditized by cheaper devices:\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"604\">\n <colgroup></colgroup>\n <tbody>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <th width=\"147\">Period</th>\n <th width=\"89\">Q4 2020</th>\n <th width=\"94\">Q4 2021</th>\n <th width=\"101\">FY 2020</th>\n <th width=\"101\">FY 2021</th>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"147\">Gross Margin</td>\n <td width=\"89\">38.2%</td>\n <td width=\"94\">42.2%</td>\n <td width=\"101\">38.2%</td>\n <td width=\"101\">41.8%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"147\">Operating Margin</td>\n <td width=\"89\">22.8%</td>\n <td width=\"94\">28.5%</td>\n <td width=\"101\">24.1%</td>\n <td width=\"101\">29.8%</td>\n </tr>\n </tbody>\n</table>\nSource: Apple.\nApple's expanding operating margins indicate it still has plenty of bargaining power with its suppliers. It also doesn't need to rely too heavily on pricey marketing campaigns to generate stable sales growth.\nApple also continued to generate double-digit revenue growth across all five of its main geographic regions during the fourth quarter:\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"589\">\n <colgroup></colgroup>\n <tbody>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <th width=\"193\">Region</th>\n <th width=\"205\">Q4 2021 Revenue</th>\n <th width=\"147\">Growth (YOY)</th>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Americas</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$36.82 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">20%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Europe</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$20.79 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">23%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Greater China</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$14.56 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">83%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Japan</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$5.99 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">19%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Rest of Asia Pacific</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$5.19 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">26%</td>\n </tr>\n </tbody>\n</table>\nSource: Apple. YOY = Year over year.\nApple's massive growth in the Greater China region, which marked an acceleration from its 58% growth in the third quarter, should silence the bearish claims that it will lose the market to Chinese competitors like Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo, and Huawei.\nIn fact, Apple's share of the Chinese smartphone market actually expanded from 8% to 13% between the third quarters of 2020 and 2021, according to Counterpoint Research, even as the critics fretted over potential boycotts related to the trade war, the tech war, and other geopolitical tensions.\n<h2>Returning plenty of cash to investors</h2>\nApple's near-term revenue growth might be curbed by chip shortages and other supply chain challenges, but it continues to return a large portion of its free cash flow to shareholders with big buybacks and dividends.\nDuring the fourth quarter, Apple bought back $20 billion in shares and paid out $3.6 billion in dividends. For the full year, it bought back $86 billion in shares and reduced its number of outstanding shares by nearly 4%.\nApple ended the year with $191 billion in cash and marketable securities, which gives it plenty of room for future investments or acquisitions. Its forward dividend yield of 0.6% might seem paltry compared to those of other higher-yielding tech dividend stocks, but that lower yield also gives it more freedom for big buybacks and smart investments.\n<h2>Robust growth at a reasonable valuation</h2>\nFor the full year, Apple's revenue and earnings per share (EPS) increased 33% and 71%, respectively.\nBut next year, analysts expect its revenue and earnings to only rise 4% and 2%, respectively, as the iPhone faces tougher year-over-year comparisons. That slowdown might seem disappointing, but Apple has always been a cyclical company that relies heavily on hardware upgrade cycles.\nI believe Apple's growth cycles will continue as it expands its services ecosystem and enters new markets like augmented reality devices and connected cars, so its stock still looks reasonably valued at 27 times forward earnings. If you agree with that view, then it's smarter to buy Apple's stock after its latest post-earnings dip than to sell it simply because it faces some near-term supply chain challenges.","source":"fool_stock","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Is Apple Stock a Buy?</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nIs Apple Stock a Buy?\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2021-11-02 22:25 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/11/02/is-apple-stock-a-buy/>Motley Fool</a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\nApple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock price recently dipped after the tech giant posted a mixed fourth-quarter report on Oct. 28. Its revenue rose 29% year over year to $83.4 billion, which missed analysts' ...\n\n<a href=\"https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/11/02/is-apple-stock-a-buy/\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"AAPL":"苹果"},"source_url":"https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/11/02/is-apple-stock-a-buy/","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"2180872447","content_text":"Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock price recently dipped after the tech giant posted a mixed fourth-quarter report on Oct. 28. Its revenue rose 29% year over year to $83.4 billion, which missed analysts' estimates by $1.6 billion. Its earnings rose 70% to $1.24 per share and matched analysts' expectations.\nApple attributed its slower-than-expected growth to supply chain constraints, which reduced its fourth-quarter sales by $6 billion. It expects those constraints to have an even bigger impact on its first-quarter sales.\nThose challenges largely overshadowed CFO Luca Maestri's claim that Apple was still experiencing \"better-than-expected demand\" for its products during the company's conference call. Should investors avoid Apple after that messy quarter, or consider its latest pullback a buying opportunity?\nImage source: Apple.\nApple's core businesses are still growing\nApple's iPhone, Mac, and iPad businesses all faced supply chain bottlenecks during the quarter, but all three segments still grew year over year:\n\n\n\n\nSegment\nQ4 2021 Revenue\nGrowth (YOY)\n\n\niPhone\n$38.87 billion\n47%\n\n\nMac\n$9.18 billion\n2%\n\n\niPad\n$8.25 billion\n21%\n\n\nWearables, Home, and Accessories\n$8.79 billion\n12%\n\n\nServices\n$18.28 billion\n26%\n\n\nTotal\n$83.36 billion\n29%\n\n\n\nSource: Apple. YOY = Year over year.\nThe wearables, home, and accessories business grew as it sold more Apple Watches and AirPods. Its closely watched services business also expanded as its cloud, video, and music businesses gained more subscribers; its App Store generated \"record\" revenue (despite facing ongoing pressure to lower its fees); and Apple Pay and Apple Care gained more users.\nApple ended the year with 745 million paid subscribers across all of its services, up nearly five times from five years earlier, while its annual services revenue nearly tripled over the past six years. That ongoing expansion should widen Apple's moat, increase the stickiness of its digital ecosystem, and reinforce the brand loyalty that supports its pricing power in the hardware market.\nThat's why Apple's gross and operating margins expanded significantly in both the fourth quarter and the full year, even as the broader smartphone, tablet, and PC markets were commoditized by cheaper devices:\n\n\n\n\nPeriod\nQ4 2020\nQ4 2021\nFY 2020\nFY 2021\n\n\nGross Margin\n38.2%\n42.2%\n38.2%\n41.8%\n\n\nOperating Margin\n22.8%\n28.5%\n24.1%\n29.8%\n\n\n\nSource: Apple.\nApple's expanding operating margins indicate it still has plenty of bargaining power with its suppliers. It also doesn't need to rely too heavily on pricey marketing campaigns to generate stable sales growth.\nApple also continued to generate double-digit revenue growth across all five of its main geographic regions during the fourth quarter:\n\n\n\n\nRegion\nQ4 2021 Revenue\nGrowth (YOY)\n\n\nAmericas\n$36.82 billion\n20%\n\n\nEurope\n$20.79 billion\n23%\n\n\nGreater China\n$14.56 billion\n83%\n\n\nJapan\n$5.99 billion\n19%\n\n\nRest of Asia Pacific\n$5.19 billion\n26%\n\n\n\nSource: Apple. YOY = Year over year.\nApple's massive growth in the Greater China region, which marked an acceleration from its 58% growth in the third quarter, should silence the bearish claims that it will lose the market to Chinese competitors like Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo, and Huawei.\nIn fact, Apple's share of the Chinese smartphone market actually expanded from 8% to 13% between the third quarters of 2020 and 2021, according to Counterpoint Research, even as the critics fretted over potential boycotts related to the trade war, the tech war, and other geopolitical tensions.\nReturning plenty of cash to investors\nApple's near-term revenue growth might be curbed by chip shortages and other supply chain challenges, but it continues to return a large portion of its free cash flow to shareholders with big buybacks and dividends.\nDuring the fourth quarter, Apple bought back $20 billion in shares and paid out $3.6 billion in dividends. For the full year, it bought back $86 billion in shares and reduced its number of outstanding shares by nearly 4%.\nApple ended the year with $191 billion in cash and marketable securities, which gives it plenty of room for future investments or acquisitions. Its forward dividend yield of 0.6% might seem paltry compared to those of other higher-yielding tech dividend stocks, but that lower yield also gives it more freedom for big buybacks and smart investments.\nRobust growth at a reasonable valuation\nFor the full year, Apple's revenue and earnings per share (EPS) increased 33% and 71%, respectively.\nBut next year, analysts expect its revenue and earnings to only rise 4% and 2%, respectively, as the iPhone faces tougher year-over-year comparisons. That slowdown might seem disappointing, but Apple has always been a cyclical company that relies heavily on hardware upgrade cycles.\nI believe Apple's growth cycles will continue as it expands its services ecosystem and enters new markets like augmented reality devices and connected cars, so its stock still looks reasonably valued at 27 times forward earnings. If you agree with that view, then it's smarter to buy Apple's stock after its latest post-earnings dip than to sell it simply because it faces some near-term supply chain challenges.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"comments":[{"id":6431422,"gmtCreate":1635898500812,"gmtModify":1635898500846,"authorId":4093583449913140,"author":{"id":4093583449913140,"authorId":4093583449913140,"name":"Tonica","avatar":"https://static.laohu8.com/default-avatar.jpg","vip":1,"crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"individualDisplayBadges":[]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":841133286,"type":1,"supId":0,"prevId":0,"content":"yes.","text":"yes.","html":"yes."}],"langContent":"CN"},{"id":841377089,"gmtCreate":1635893858871,"gmtModify":1635893858959,"author":{"id":"4090589669980690","authorId":"4090589669980690","name":"SMW","avatar":"https://static.laohu8.com/default-avatar.jpg","vip":1,"crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0},"htmlText":"x","listText":"x","text":"x","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":1,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://laohu8.com/post/841377089","repostId":2180872447,"repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"2180872447","pubTimestamp":1635863109,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/2180872447?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2021-11-02 22:25","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Is Apple Stock a Buy?","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=2180872447","media":"Motley Fool","summary":"The tech giant can't keep up with the market's demand for its products.","content":"Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock price recently dipped after the tech giant posted a mixed fourth-quarter report on Oct. 28. Its revenue rose 29% year over year to $83.4 billion, which missed analysts' estimates by $1.6 billion. Its earnings rose 70% to $1.24 per share and matched analysts' expectations.\nApple attributed its slower-than-expected growth to supply chain constraints, which reduced its fourth-quarter sales by $6 billion. It expects those constraints to have an even bigger impact on its first-quarter sales.\nThose challenges largely overshadowed CFO Luca Maestri's claim that Apple was still experiencing \"better-than-expected demand\" for its products during the company's conference call. Should investors avoid Apple after that messy quarter, or consider its latest pullback a buying opportunity?\n<img src=\"https://g.foolcdn.com/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fg.foolcdn.com%2Feditorial%2Fimages%2F649668%2Fapple_iphone13_design_09142021.jpg&amp;w=700&amp;op=resize\" tg-width=\"700\" tg-height=\"393\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\">Image source: Apple.\n<h2>Apple's core businesses are still growing</h2>\nApple's iPhone, Mac, and iPad businesses all faced supply chain bottlenecks during the quarter, but all three segments still grew year over year:\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"589\">\n <colgroup></colgroup>\n <tbody>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <th width=\"193\">Segment</th>\n <th width=\"205\">Q4 2021 Revenue</th>\n <th width=\"147\">Growth (YOY)</th>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">iPhone</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$38.87 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">47%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Mac</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$9.18 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">2%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">iPad</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$8.25 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">21%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Wearables, Home, and Accessories</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$8.79 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">12%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Services</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$18.28 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">26%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Total</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$83.36 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">29%</td>\n </tr>\n </tbody>\n</table>\nSource: Apple. YOY = Year over year.\nThe wearables, home, and accessories business grew as it sold more Apple Watches and AirPods. Its closely watched services business also expanded as its cloud, video, and music businesses gained more subscribers; its App Store generated \"record\" revenue (despite facing ongoing pressure to lower its fees); and Apple Pay and Apple Care gained more users.\nApple ended the year with 745 million paid subscribers across all of its services, up nearly five times from five years earlier, while its annual services revenue nearly tripled over the past six years. That ongoing expansion should widen Apple's moat, increase the stickiness of its digital ecosystem, and reinforce the brand loyalty that supports its pricing power in the hardware market.\nThat's why Apple's gross and operating margins expanded significantly in both the fourth quarter and the full year, even as the broader smartphone, tablet, and PC markets were commoditized by cheaper devices:\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"604\">\n <colgroup></colgroup>\n <tbody>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <th width=\"147\">Period</th>\n <th width=\"89\">Q4 2020</th>\n <th width=\"94\">Q4 2021</th>\n <th width=\"101\">FY 2020</th>\n <th width=\"101\">FY 2021</th>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"147\">Gross Margin</td>\n <td width=\"89\">38.2%</td>\n <td width=\"94\">42.2%</td>\n <td width=\"101\">38.2%</td>\n <td width=\"101\">41.8%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"147\">Operating Margin</td>\n <td width=\"89\">22.8%</td>\n <td width=\"94\">28.5%</td>\n <td width=\"101\">24.1%</td>\n <td width=\"101\">29.8%</td>\n </tr>\n </tbody>\n</table>\nSource: Apple.\nApple's expanding operating margins indicate it still has plenty of bargaining power with its suppliers. It also doesn't need to rely too heavily on pricey marketing campaigns to generate stable sales growth.\nApple also continued to generate double-digit revenue growth across all five of its main geographic regions during the fourth quarter:\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"589\">\n <colgroup></colgroup>\n <tbody>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <th width=\"193\">Region</th>\n <th width=\"205\">Q4 2021 Revenue</th>\n <th width=\"147\">Growth (YOY)</th>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Americas</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$36.82 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">20%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Europe</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$20.79 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">23%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Greater China</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$14.56 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">83%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Japan</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$5.99 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">19%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Rest of Asia Pacific</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$5.19 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">26%</td>\n </tr>\n </tbody>\n</table>\nSource: Apple. YOY = Year over year.\nApple's massive growth in the Greater China region, which marked an acceleration from its 58% growth in the third quarter, should silence the bearish claims that it will lose the market to Chinese competitors like Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo, and Huawei.\nIn fact, Apple's share of the Chinese smartphone market actually expanded from 8% to 13% between the third quarters of 2020 and 2021, according to Counterpoint Research, even as the critics fretted over potential boycotts related to the trade war, the tech war, and other geopolitical tensions.\n<h2>Returning plenty of cash to investors</h2>\nApple's near-term revenue growth might be curbed by chip shortages and other supply chain challenges, but it continues to return a large portion of its free cash flow to shareholders with big buybacks and dividends.\nDuring the fourth quarter, Apple bought back $20 billion in shares and paid out $3.6 billion in dividends. For the full year, it bought back $86 billion in shares and reduced its number of outstanding shares by nearly 4%.\nApple ended the year with $191 billion in cash and marketable securities, which gives it plenty of room for future investments or acquisitions. Its forward dividend yield of 0.6% might seem paltry compared to those of other higher-yielding tech dividend stocks, but that lower yield also gives it more freedom for big buybacks and smart investments.\n<h2>Robust growth at a reasonable valuation</h2>\nFor the full year, Apple's revenue and earnings per share (EPS) increased 33% and 71%, respectively.\nBut next year, analysts expect its revenue and earnings to only rise 4% and 2%, respectively, as the iPhone faces tougher year-over-year comparisons. That slowdown might seem disappointing, but Apple has always been a cyclical company that relies heavily on hardware upgrade cycles.\nI believe Apple's growth cycles will continue as it expands its services ecosystem and enters new markets like augmented reality devices and connected cars, so its stock still looks reasonably valued at 27 times forward earnings. 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Its revenue rose 29% year over year to $83.4 billion, which missed analysts' ...\n\n<a href=\"https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/11/02/is-apple-stock-a-buy/\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"AAPL":"苹果"},"source_url":"https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/11/02/is-apple-stock-a-buy/","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"2180872447","content_text":"Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock price recently dipped after the tech giant posted a mixed fourth-quarter report on Oct. 28. Its revenue rose 29% year over year to $83.4 billion, which missed analysts' estimates by $1.6 billion. Its earnings rose 70% to $1.24 per share and matched analysts' expectations.\nApple attributed its slower-than-expected growth to supply chain constraints, which reduced its fourth-quarter sales by $6 billion. It expects those constraints to have an even bigger impact on its first-quarter sales.\nThose challenges largely overshadowed CFO Luca Maestri's claim that Apple was still experiencing \"better-than-expected demand\" for its products during the company's conference call. Should investors avoid Apple after that messy quarter, or consider its latest pullback a buying opportunity?\nImage source: Apple.\nApple's core businesses are still growing\nApple's iPhone, Mac, and iPad businesses all faced supply chain bottlenecks during the quarter, but all three segments still grew year over year:\n\n\n\n\nSegment\nQ4 2021 Revenue\nGrowth (YOY)\n\n\niPhone\n$38.87 billion\n47%\n\n\nMac\n$9.18 billion\n2%\n\n\niPad\n$8.25 billion\n21%\n\n\nWearables, Home, and Accessories\n$8.79 billion\n12%\n\n\nServices\n$18.28 billion\n26%\n\n\nTotal\n$83.36 billion\n29%\n\n\n\nSource: Apple. YOY = Year over year.\nThe wearables, home, and accessories business grew as it sold more Apple Watches and AirPods. Its closely watched services business also expanded as its cloud, video, and music businesses gained more subscribers; its App Store generated \"record\" revenue (despite facing ongoing pressure to lower its fees); and Apple Pay and Apple Care gained more users.\nApple ended the year with 745 million paid subscribers across all of its services, up nearly five times from five years earlier, while its annual services revenue nearly tripled over the past six years. That ongoing expansion should widen Apple's moat, increase the stickiness of its digital ecosystem, and reinforce the brand loyalty that supports its pricing power in the hardware market.\nThat's why Apple's gross and operating margins expanded significantly in both the fourth quarter and the full year, even as the broader smartphone, tablet, and PC markets were commoditized by cheaper devices:\n\n\n\n\nPeriod\nQ4 2020\nQ4 2021\nFY 2020\nFY 2021\n\n\nGross Margin\n38.2%\n42.2%\n38.2%\n41.8%\n\n\nOperating Margin\n22.8%\n28.5%\n24.1%\n29.8%\n\n\n\nSource: Apple.\nApple's expanding operating margins indicate it still has plenty of bargaining power with its suppliers. It also doesn't need to rely too heavily on pricey marketing campaigns to generate stable sales growth.\nApple also continued to generate double-digit revenue growth across all five of its main geographic regions during the fourth quarter:\n\n\n\n\nRegion\nQ4 2021 Revenue\nGrowth (YOY)\n\n\nAmericas\n$36.82 billion\n20%\n\n\nEurope\n$20.79 billion\n23%\n\n\nGreater China\n$14.56 billion\n83%\n\n\nJapan\n$5.99 billion\n19%\n\n\nRest of Asia Pacific\n$5.19 billion\n26%\n\n\n\nSource: Apple. YOY = Year over year.\nApple's massive growth in the Greater China region, which marked an acceleration from its 58% growth in the third quarter, should silence the bearish claims that it will lose the market to Chinese competitors like Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo, and Huawei.\nIn fact, Apple's share of the Chinese smartphone market actually expanded from 8% to 13% between the third quarters of 2020 and 2021, according to Counterpoint Research, even as the critics fretted over potential boycotts related to the trade war, the tech war, and other geopolitical tensions.\nReturning plenty of cash to investors\nApple's near-term revenue growth might be curbed by chip shortages and other supply chain challenges, but it continues to return a large portion of its free cash flow to shareholders with big buybacks and dividends.\nDuring the fourth quarter, Apple bought back $20 billion in shares and paid out $3.6 billion in dividends. For the full year, it bought back $86 billion in shares and reduced its number of outstanding shares by nearly 4%.\nApple ended the year with $191 billion in cash and marketable securities, which gives it plenty of room for future investments or acquisitions. Its forward dividend yield of 0.6% might seem paltry compared to those of other higher-yielding tech dividend stocks, but that lower yield also gives it more freedom for big buybacks and smart investments.\nRobust growth at a reasonable valuation\nFor the full year, Apple's revenue and earnings per share (EPS) increased 33% and 71%, respectively.\nBut next year, analysts expect its revenue and earnings to only rise 4% and 2%, respectively, as the iPhone faces tougher year-over-year comparisons. That slowdown might seem disappointing, but Apple has always been a cyclical company that relies heavily on hardware upgrade cycles.\nI believe Apple's growth cycles will continue as it expands its services ecosystem and enters new markets like augmented reality devices and connected cars, so its stock still looks reasonably valued at 27 times forward earnings. If you agree with that view, then it's smarter to buy Apple's stock after its latest post-earnings dip than to sell it simply because it faces some near-term supply chain challenges.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"CN"},{"id":841321954,"gmtCreate":1635891088726,"gmtModify":1635891088791,"author":{"id":"3581628095158138","authorId":"3581628095158138","name":"Berrylike","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/4878189d5bac62b3b7d010c5805981e4","vip":1,"crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0},"htmlText":"👍","listText":"👍","text":"👍","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":4,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://laohu8.com/post/841321954","repostId":2180872447,"repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"2180872447","pubTimestamp":1635863109,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/2180872447?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2021-11-02 22:25","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Is Apple Stock a Buy?","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=2180872447","media":"Motley Fool","summary":"The tech giant can't keep up with the market's demand for its products.","content":"Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock price recently dipped after the tech giant posted a mixed fourth-quarter report on Oct. 28. Its revenue rose 29% year over year to $83.4 billion, which missed analysts' estimates by $1.6 billion. Its earnings rose 70% to $1.24 per share and matched analysts' expectations.\nApple attributed its slower-than-expected growth to supply chain constraints, which reduced its fourth-quarter sales by $6 billion. It expects those constraints to have an even bigger impact on its first-quarter sales.\nThose challenges largely overshadowed CFO Luca Maestri's claim that Apple was still experiencing \"better-than-expected demand\" for its products during the company's conference call. Should investors avoid Apple after that messy quarter, or consider its latest pullback a buying opportunity?\n<img src=\"https://g.foolcdn.com/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fg.foolcdn.com%2Feditorial%2Fimages%2F649668%2Fapple_iphone13_design_09142021.jpg&amp;w=700&amp;op=resize\" tg-width=\"700\" tg-height=\"393\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\">Image source: Apple.\n<h2>Apple's core businesses are still growing</h2>\nApple's iPhone, Mac, and iPad businesses all faced supply chain bottlenecks during the quarter, but all three segments still grew year over year:\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"589\">\n <colgroup></colgroup>\n <tbody>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <th width=\"193\">Segment</th>\n <th width=\"205\">Q4 2021 Revenue</th>\n <th width=\"147\">Growth (YOY)</th>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">iPhone</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$38.87 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">47%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Mac</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$9.18 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">2%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">iPad</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$8.25 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">21%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Wearables, Home, and Accessories</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$8.79 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">12%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Services</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$18.28 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">26%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Total</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$83.36 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">29%</td>\n </tr>\n </tbody>\n</table>\nSource: Apple. YOY = Year over year.\nThe wearables, home, and accessories business grew as it sold more Apple Watches and AirPods. Its closely watched services business also expanded as its cloud, video, and music businesses gained more subscribers; its App Store generated \"record\" revenue (despite facing ongoing pressure to lower its fees); and Apple Pay and Apple Care gained more users.\nApple ended the year with 745 million paid subscribers across all of its services, up nearly five times from five years earlier, while its annual services revenue nearly tripled over the past six years. That ongoing expansion should widen Apple's moat, increase the stickiness of its digital ecosystem, and reinforce the brand loyalty that supports its pricing power in the hardware market.\nThat's why Apple's gross and operating margins expanded significantly in both the fourth quarter and the full year, even as the broader smartphone, tablet, and PC markets were commoditized by cheaper devices:\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"604\">\n <colgroup></colgroup>\n <tbody>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <th width=\"147\">Period</th>\n <th width=\"89\">Q4 2020</th>\n <th width=\"94\">Q4 2021</th>\n <th width=\"101\">FY 2020</th>\n <th width=\"101\">FY 2021</th>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"147\">Gross Margin</td>\n <td width=\"89\">38.2%</td>\n <td width=\"94\">42.2%</td>\n <td width=\"101\">38.2%</td>\n <td width=\"101\">41.8%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"147\">Operating Margin</td>\n <td width=\"89\">22.8%</td>\n <td width=\"94\">28.5%</td>\n <td width=\"101\">24.1%</td>\n <td width=\"101\">29.8%</td>\n </tr>\n </tbody>\n</table>\nSource: Apple.\nApple's expanding operating margins indicate it still has plenty of bargaining power with its suppliers. It also doesn't need to rely too heavily on pricey marketing campaigns to generate stable sales growth.\nApple also continued to generate double-digit revenue growth across all five of its main geographic regions during the fourth quarter:\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"589\">\n <colgroup></colgroup>\n <tbody>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <th width=\"193\">Region</th>\n <th width=\"205\">Q4 2021 Revenue</th>\n <th width=\"147\">Growth (YOY)</th>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Americas</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$36.82 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">20%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Europe</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$20.79 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">23%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Greater China</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$14.56 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">83%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Japan</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$5.99 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">19%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Rest of Asia Pacific</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$5.19 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">26%</td>\n </tr>\n </tbody>\n</table>\nSource: Apple. YOY = Year over year.\nApple's massive growth in the Greater China region, which marked an acceleration from its 58% growth in the third quarter, should silence the bearish claims that it will lose the market to Chinese competitors like Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo, and Huawei.\nIn fact, Apple's share of the Chinese smartphone market actually expanded from 8% to 13% between the third quarters of 2020 and 2021, according to Counterpoint Research, even as the critics fretted over potential boycotts related to the trade war, the tech war, and other geopolitical tensions.\n<h2>Returning plenty of cash to investors</h2>\nApple's near-term revenue growth might be curbed by chip shortages and other supply chain challenges, but it continues to return a large portion of its free cash flow to shareholders with big buybacks and dividends.\nDuring the fourth quarter, Apple bought back $20 billion in shares and paid out $3.6 billion in dividends. For the full year, it bought back $86 billion in shares and reduced its number of outstanding shares by nearly 4%.\nApple ended the year with $191 billion in cash and marketable securities, which gives it plenty of room for future investments or acquisitions. Its forward dividend yield of 0.6% might seem paltry compared to those of other higher-yielding tech dividend stocks, but that lower yield also gives it more freedom for big buybacks and smart investments.\n<h2>Robust growth at a reasonable valuation</h2>\nFor the full year, Apple's revenue and earnings per share (EPS) increased 33% and 71%, respectively.\nBut next year, analysts expect its revenue and earnings to only rise 4% and 2%, respectively, as the iPhone faces tougher year-over-year comparisons. That slowdown might seem disappointing, but Apple has always been a cyclical company that relies heavily on hardware upgrade cycles.\nI believe Apple's growth cycles will continue as it expands its services ecosystem and enters new markets like augmented reality devices and connected cars, so its stock still looks reasonably valued at 27 times forward earnings. If you agree with that view, then it's smarter to buy Apple's stock after its latest post-earnings dip than to sell it simply because it faces some near-term supply chain challenges.","source":"fool_stock","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Is Apple Stock a Buy?</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nIs Apple Stock a Buy?\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2021-11-02 22:25 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/11/02/is-apple-stock-a-buy/>Motley Fool</a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\nApple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock price recently dipped after the tech giant posted a mixed fourth-quarter report on Oct. 28. Its revenue rose 29% year over year to $83.4 billion, which missed analysts' ...\n\n<a href=\"https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/11/02/is-apple-stock-a-buy/\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"AAPL":"苹果"},"source_url":"https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/11/02/is-apple-stock-a-buy/","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"2180872447","content_text":"Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock price recently dipped after the tech giant posted a mixed fourth-quarter report on Oct. 28. Its revenue rose 29% year over year to $83.4 billion, which missed analysts' estimates by $1.6 billion. Its earnings rose 70% to $1.24 per share and matched analysts' expectations.\nApple attributed its slower-than-expected growth to supply chain constraints, which reduced its fourth-quarter sales by $6 billion. It expects those constraints to have an even bigger impact on its first-quarter sales.\nThose challenges largely overshadowed CFO Luca Maestri's claim that Apple was still experiencing \"better-than-expected demand\" for its products during the company's conference call. Should investors avoid Apple after that messy quarter, or consider its latest pullback a buying opportunity?\nImage source: Apple.\nApple's core businesses are still growing\nApple's iPhone, Mac, and iPad businesses all faced supply chain bottlenecks during the quarter, but all three segments still grew year over year:\n\n\n\n\nSegment\nQ4 2021 Revenue\nGrowth (YOY)\n\n\niPhone\n$38.87 billion\n47%\n\n\nMac\n$9.18 billion\n2%\n\n\niPad\n$8.25 billion\n21%\n\n\nWearables, Home, and Accessories\n$8.79 billion\n12%\n\n\nServices\n$18.28 billion\n26%\n\n\nTotal\n$83.36 billion\n29%\n\n\n\nSource: Apple. YOY = Year over year.\nThe wearables, home, and accessories business grew as it sold more Apple Watches and AirPods. Its closely watched services business also expanded as its cloud, video, and music businesses gained more subscribers; its App Store generated \"record\" revenue (despite facing ongoing pressure to lower its fees); and Apple Pay and Apple Care gained more users.\nApple ended the year with 745 million paid subscribers across all of its services, up nearly five times from five years earlier, while its annual services revenue nearly tripled over the past six years. That ongoing expansion should widen Apple's moat, increase the stickiness of its digital ecosystem, and reinforce the brand loyalty that supports its pricing power in the hardware market.\nThat's why Apple's gross and operating margins expanded significantly in both the fourth quarter and the full year, even as the broader smartphone, tablet, and PC markets were commoditized by cheaper devices:\n\n\n\n\nPeriod\nQ4 2020\nQ4 2021\nFY 2020\nFY 2021\n\n\nGross Margin\n38.2%\n42.2%\n38.2%\n41.8%\n\n\nOperating Margin\n22.8%\n28.5%\n24.1%\n29.8%\n\n\n\nSource: Apple.\nApple's expanding operating margins indicate it still has plenty of bargaining power with its suppliers. It also doesn't need to rely too heavily on pricey marketing campaigns to generate stable sales growth.\nApple also continued to generate double-digit revenue growth across all five of its main geographic regions during the fourth quarter:\n\n\n\n\nRegion\nQ4 2021 Revenue\nGrowth (YOY)\n\n\nAmericas\n$36.82 billion\n20%\n\n\nEurope\n$20.79 billion\n23%\n\n\nGreater China\n$14.56 billion\n83%\n\n\nJapan\n$5.99 billion\n19%\n\n\nRest of Asia Pacific\n$5.19 billion\n26%\n\n\n\nSource: Apple. YOY = Year over year.\nApple's massive growth in the Greater China region, which marked an acceleration from its 58% growth in the third quarter, should silence the bearish claims that it will lose the market to Chinese competitors like Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo, and Huawei.\nIn fact, Apple's share of the Chinese smartphone market actually expanded from 8% to 13% between the third quarters of 2020 and 2021, according to Counterpoint Research, even as the critics fretted over potential boycotts related to the trade war, the tech war, and other geopolitical tensions.\nReturning plenty of cash to investors\nApple's near-term revenue growth might be curbed by chip shortages and other supply chain challenges, but it continues to return a large portion of its free cash flow to shareholders with big buybacks and dividends.\nDuring the fourth quarter, Apple bought back $20 billion in shares and paid out $3.6 billion in dividends. For the full year, it bought back $86 billion in shares and reduced its number of outstanding shares by nearly 4%.\nApple ended the year with $191 billion in cash and marketable securities, which gives it plenty of room for future investments or acquisitions. Its forward dividend yield of 0.6% might seem paltry compared to those of other higher-yielding tech dividend stocks, but that lower yield also gives it more freedom for big buybacks and smart investments.\nRobust growth at a reasonable valuation\nFor the full year, Apple's revenue and earnings per share (EPS) increased 33% and 71%, respectively.\nBut next year, analysts expect its revenue and earnings to only rise 4% and 2%, respectively, as the iPhone faces tougher year-over-year comparisons. That slowdown might seem disappointing, but Apple has always been a cyclical company that relies heavily on hardware upgrade cycles.\nI believe Apple's growth cycles will continue as it expands its services ecosystem and enters new markets like augmented reality devices and connected cars, so its stock still looks reasonably valued at 27 times forward earnings. If you agree with that view, then it's smarter to buy Apple's stock after its latest post-earnings dip than to sell it simply because it faces some near-term supply chain challenges.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"CN"},{"id":841361936,"gmtCreate":1635890004010,"gmtModify":1635890004083,"author":{"id":"3586231647181730","authorId":"3586231647181730","name":"Okie_cheong","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/58d32683390fe18e22d3aed1e3b8b4bb","vip":1,"crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0},"htmlText":"Under","listText":"Under","text":"Under","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":1,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://laohu8.com/post/841361936","repostId":2180872447,"repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"2180872447","pubTimestamp":1635863109,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/2180872447?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2021-11-02 22:25","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Is Apple Stock a Buy?","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=2180872447","media":"Motley Fool","summary":"The tech giant can't keep up with the market's demand for its products.","content":"Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock price recently dipped after the tech giant posted a mixed fourth-quarter report on Oct. 28. Its revenue rose 29% year over year to $83.4 billion, which missed analysts' estimates by $1.6 billion. Its earnings rose 70% to $1.24 per share and matched analysts' expectations.\nApple attributed its slower-than-expected growth to supply chain constraints, which reduced its fourth-quarter sales by $6 billion. It expects those constraints to have an even bigger impact on its first-quarter sales.\nThose challenges largely overshadowed CFO Luca Maestri's claim that Apple was still experiencing \"better-than-expected demand\" for its products during the company's conference call. Should investors avoid Apple after that messy quarter, or consider its latest pullback a buying opportunity?\n<img src=\"https://g.foolcdn.com/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fg.foolcdn.com%2Feditorial%2Fimages%2F649668%2Fapple_iphone13_design_09142021.jpg&amp;w=700&amp;op=resize\" tg-width=\"700\" tg-height=\"393\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\">Image source: Apple.\n<h2>Apple's core businesses are still growing</h2>\nApple's iPhone, Mac, and iPad businesses all faced supply chain bottlenecks during the quarter, but all three segments still grew year over year:\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"589\">\n <colgroup></colgroup>\n <tbody>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <th width=\"193\">Segment</th>\n <th width=\"205\">Q4 2021 Revenue</th>\n <th width=\"147\">Growth (YOY)</th>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">iPhone</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$38.87 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">47%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Mac</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$9.18 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">2%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">iPad</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$8.25 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">21%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Wearables, Home, and Accessories</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$8.79 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">12%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Services</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$18.28 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">26%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Total</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$83.36 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">29%</td>\n </tr>\n </tbody>\n</table>\nSource: Apple. YOY = Year over year.\nThe wearables, home, and accessories business grew as it sold more Apple Watches and AirPods. Its closely watched services business also expanded as its cloud, video, and music businesses gained more subscribers; its App Store generated \"record\" revenue (despite facing ongoing pressure to lower its fees); and Apple Pay and Apple Care gained more users.\nApple ended the year with 745 million paid subscribers across all of its services, up nearly five times from five years earlier, while its annual services revenue nearly tripled over the past six years. That ongoing expansion should widen Apple's moat, increase the stickiness of its digital ecosystem, and reinforce the brand loyalty that supports its pricing power in the hardware market.\nThat's why Apple's gross and operating margins expanded significantly in both the fourth quarter and the full year, even as the broader smartphone, tablet, and PC markets were commoditized by cheaper devices:\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"604\">\n <colgroup></colgroup>\n <tbody>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <th width=\"147\">Period</th>\n <th width=\"89\">Q4 2020</th>\n <th width=\"94\">Q4 2021</th>\n <th width=\"101\">FY 2020</th>\n <th width=\"101\">FY 2021</th>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"147\">Gross Margin</td>\n <td width=\"89\">38.2%</td>\n <td width=\"94\">42.2%</td>\n <td width=\"101\">38.2%</td>\n <td width=\"101\">41.8%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"147\">Operating Margin</td>\n <td width=\"89\">22.8%</td>\n <td width=\"94\">28.5%</td>\n <td width=\"101\">24.1%</td>\n <td width=\"101\">29.8%</td>\n </tr>\n </tbody>\n</table>\nSource: Apple.\nApple's expanding operating margins indicate it still has plenty of bargaining power with its suppliers. It also doesn't need to rely too heavily on pricey marketing campaigns to generate stable sales growth.\nApple also continued to generate double-digit revenue growth across all five of its main geographic regions during the fourth quarter:\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"589\">\n <colgroup></colgroup>\n <tbody>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <th width=\"193\">Region</th>\n <th width=\"205\">Q4 2021 Revenue</th>\n <th width=\"147\">Growth (YOY)</th>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Americas</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$36.82 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">20%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Europe</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$20.79 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">23%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Greater China</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$14.56 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">83%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Japan</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$5.99 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">19%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Rest of Asia Pacific</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$5.19 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">26%</td>\n </tr>\n </tbody>\n</table>\nSource: Apple. YOY = Year over year.\nApple's massive growth in the Greater China region, which marked an acceleration from its 58% growth in the third quarter, should silence the bearish claims that it will lose the market to Chinese competitors like Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo, and Huawei.\nIn fact, Apple's share of the Chinese smartphone market actually expanded from 8% to 13% between the third quarters of 2020 and 2021, according to Counterpoint Research, even as the critics fretted over potential boycotts related to the trade war, the tech war, and other geopolitical tensions.\n<h2>Returning plenty of cash to investors</h2>\nApple's near-term revenue growth might be curbed by chip shortages and other supply chain challenges, but it continues to return a large portion of its free cash flow to shareholders with big buybacks and dividends.\nDuring the fourth quarter, Apple bought back $20 billion in shares and paid out $3.6 billion in dividends. For the full year, it bought back $86 billion in shares and reduced its number of outstanding shares by nearly 4%.\nApple ended the year with $191 billion in cash and marketable securities, which gives it plenty of room for future investments or acquisitions. Its forward dividend yield of 0.6% might seem paltry compared to those of other higher-yielding tech dividend stocks, but that lower yield also gives it more freedom for big buybacks and smart investments.\n<h2>Robust growth at a reasonable valuation</h2>\nFor the full year, Apple's revenue and earnings per share (EPS) increased 33% and 71%, respectively.\nBut next year, analysts expect its revenue and earnings to only rise 4% and 2%, respectively, as the iPhone faces tougher year-over-year comparisons. That slowdown might seem disappointing, but Apple has always been a cyclical company that relies heavily on hardware upgrade cycles.\nI believe Apple's growth cycles will continue as it expands its services ecosystem and enters new markets like augmented reality devices and connected cars, so its stock still looks reasonably valued at 27 times forward earnings. If you agree with that view, then it's smarter to buy Apple's stock after its latest post-earnings dip than to sell it simply because it faces some near-term supply chain challenges.","source":"fool_stock","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Is Apple Stock a Buy?</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nIs Apple Stock a Buy?\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2021-11-02 22:25 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/11/02/is-apple-stock-a-buy/>Motley Fool</a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\nApple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock price recently dipped after the tech giant posted a mixed fourth-quarter report on Oct. 28. Its revenue rose 29% year over year to $83.4 billion, which missed analysts' ...\n\n<a href=\"https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/11/02/is-apple-stock-a-buy/\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"AAPL":"苹果"},"source_url":"https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/11/02/is-apple-stock-a-buy/","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"2180872447","content_text":"Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock price recently dipped after the tech giant posted a mixed fourth-quarter report on Oct. 28. Its revenue rose 29% year over year to $83.4 billion, which missed analysts' estimates by $1.6 billion. Its earnings rose 70% to $1.24 per share and matched analysts' expectations.\nApple attributed its slower-than-expected growth to supply chain constraints, which reduced its fourth-quarter sales by $6 billion. It expects those constraints to have an even bigger impact on its first-quarter sales.\nThose challenges largely overshadowed CFO Luca Maestri's claim that Apple was still experiencing \"better-than-expected demand\" for its products during the company's conference call. Should investors avoid Apple after that messy quarter, or consider its latest pullback a buying opportunity?\nImage source: Apple.\nApple's core businesses are still growing\nApple's iPhone, Mac, and iPad businesses all faced supply chain bottlenecks during the quarter, but all three segments still grew year over year:\n\n\n\n\nSegment\nQ4 2021 Revenue\nGrowth (YOY)\n\n\niPhone\n$38.87 billion\n47%\n\n\nMac\n$9.18 billion\n2%\n\n\niPad\n$8.25 billion\n21%\n\n\nWearables, Home, and Accessories\n$8.79 billion\n12%\n\n\nServices\n$18.28 billion\n26%\n\n\nTotal\n$83.36 billion\n29%\n\n\n\nSource: Apple. YOY = Year over year.\nThe wearables, home, and accessories business grew as it sold more Apple Watches and AirPods. Its closely watched services business also expanded as its cloud, video, and music businesses gained more subscribers; its App Store generated \"record\" revenue (despite facing ongoing pressure to lower its fees); and Apple Pay and Apple Care gained more users.\nApple ended the year with 745 million paid subscribers across all of its services, up nearly five times from five years earlier, while its annual services revenue nearly tripled over the past six years. That ongoing expansion should widen Apple's moat, increase the stickiness of its digital ecosystem, and reinforce the brand loyalty that supports its pricing power in the hardware market.\nThat's why Apple's gross and operating margins expanded significantly in both the fourth quarter and the full year, even as the broader smartphone, tablet, and PC markets were commoditized by cheaper devices:\n\n\n\n\nPeriod\nQ4 2020\nQ4 2021\nFY 2020\nFY 2021\n\n\nGross Margin\n38.2%\n42.2%\n38.2%\n41.8%\n\n\nOperating Margin\n22.8%\n28.5%\n24.1%\n29.8%\n\n\n\nSource: Apple.\nApple's expanding operating margins indicate it still has plenty of bargaining power with its suppliers. It also doesn't need to rely too heavily on pricey marketing campaigns to generate stable sales growth.\nApple also continued to generate double-digit revenue growth across all five of its main geographic regions during the fourth quarter:\n\n\n\n\nRegion\nQ4 2021 Revenue\nGrowth (YOY)\n\n\nAmericas\n$36.82 billion\n20%\n\n\nEurope\n$20.79 billion\n23%\n\n\nGreater China\n$14.56 billion\n83%\n\n\nJapan\n$5.99 billion\n19%\n\n\nRest of Asia Pacific\n$5.19 billion\n26%\n\n\n\nSource: Apple. YOY = Year over year.\nApple's massive growth in the Greater China region, which marked an acceleration from its 58% growth in the third quarter, should silence the bearish claims that it will lose the market to Chinese competitors like Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo, and Huawei.\nIn fact, Apple's share of the Chinese smartphone market actually expanded from 8% to 13% between the third quarters of 2020 and 2021, according to Counterpoint Research, even as the critics fretted over potential boycotts related to the trade war, the tech war, and other geopolitical tensions.\nReturning plenty of cash to investors\nApple's near-term revenue growth might be curbed by chip shortages and other supply chain challenges, but it continues to return a large portion of its free cash flow to shareholders with big buybacks and dividends.\nDuring the fourth quarter, Apple bought back $20 billion in shares and paid out $3.6 billion in dividends. For the full year, it bought back $86 billion in shares and reduced its number of outstanding shares by nearly 4%.\nApple ended the year with $191 billion in cash and marketable securities, which gives it plenty of room for future investments or acquisitions. Its forward dividend yield of 0.6% might seem paltry compared to those of other higher-yielding tech dividend stocks, but that lower yield also gives it more freedom for big buybacks and smart investments.\nRobust growth at a reasonable valuation\nFor the full year, Apple's revenue and earnings per share (EPS) increased 33% and 71%, respectively.\nBut next year, analysts expect its revenue and earnings to only rise 4% and 2%, respectively, as the iPhone faces tougher year-over-year comparisons. That slowdown might seem disappointing, but Apple has always been a cyclical company that relies heavily on hardware upgrade cycles.\nI believe Apple's growth cycles will continue as it expands its services ecosystem and enters new markets like augmented reality devices and connected cars, so its stock still looks reasonably valued at 27 times forward earnings. 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Go Apple! 👍😊🍎🍎🍎🚀🚀🚀🌙🌙🌙","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":2,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":24,"commentSize":16,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://laohu8.com/post/841363773","repostId":2180872447,"repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"2180872447","pubTimestamp":1635863109,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/2180872447?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2021-11-02 22:25","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Is Apple Stock a Buy?","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=2180872447","media":"Motley Fool","summary":"The tech giant can't keep up with the market's demand for its products.","content":"Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock price recently dipped after the tech giant posted a mixed fourth-quarter report on Oct. 28. Its revenue rose 29% year over year to $83.4 billion, which missed analysts' estimates by $1.6 billion. Its earnings rose 70% to $1.24 per share and matched analysts' expectations.\nApple attributed its slower-than-expected growth to supply chain constraints, which reduced its fourth-quarter sales by $6 billion. It expects those constraints to have an even bigger impact on its first-quarter sales.\nThose challenges largely overshadowed CFO Luca Maestri's claim that Apple was still experiencing \"better-than-expected demand\" for its products during the company's conference call. Should investors avoid Apple after that messy quarter, or consider its latest pullback a buying opportunity?\n<img src=\"https://g.foolcdn.com/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fg.foolcdn.com%2Feditorial%2Fimages%2F649668%2Fapple_iphone13_design_09142021.jpg&amp;w=700&amp;op=resize\" tg-width=\"700\" tg-height=\"393\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\">Image source: Apple.\n<h2>Apple's core businesses are still growing</h2>\nApple's iPhone, Mac, and iPad businesses all faced supply chain bottlenecks during the quarter, but all three segments still grew year over year:\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"589\">\n <colgroup></colgroup>\n <tbody>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <th width=\"193\">Segment</th>\n <th width=\"205\">Q4 2021 Revenue</th>\n <th width=\"147\">Growth (YOY)</th>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">iPhone</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$38.87 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">47%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Mac</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$9.18 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">2%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">iPad</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$8.25 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">21%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Wearables, Home, and Accessories</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$8.79 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">12%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Services</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$18.28 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">26%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Total</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$83.36 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">29%</td>\n </tr>\n </tbody>\n</table>\nSource: Apple. YOY = Year over year.\nThe wearables, home, and accessories business grew as it sold more Apple Watches and AirPods. Its closely watched services business also expanded as its cloud, video, and music businesses gained more subscribers; its App Store generated \"record\" revenue (despite facing ongoing pressure to lower its fees); and Apple Pay and Apple Care gained more users.\nApple ended the year with 745 million paid subscribers across all of its services, up nearly five times from five years earlier, while its annual services revenue nearly tripled over the past six years. That ongoing expansion should widen Apple's moat, increase the stickiness of its digital ecosystem, and reinforce the brand loyalty that supports its pricing power in the hardware market.\nThat's why Apple's gross and operating margins expanded significantly in both the fourth quarter and the full year, even as the broader smartphone, tablet, and PC markets were commoditized by cheaper devices:\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"604\">\n <colgroup></colgroup>\n <tbody>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <th width=\"147\">Period</th>\n <th width=\"89\">Q4 2020</th>\n <th width=\"94\">Q4 2021</th>\n <th width=\"101\">FY 2020</th>\n <th width=\"101\">FY 2021</th>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"147\">Gross Margin</td>\n <td width=\"89\">38.2%</td>\n <td width=\"94\">42.2%</td>\n <td width=\"101\">38.2%</td>\n <td width=\"101\">41.8%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"147\">Operating Margin</td>\n <td width=\"89\">22.8%</td>\n <td width=\"94\">28.5%</td>\n <td width=\"101\">24.1%</td>\n <td width=\"101\">29.8%</td>\n </tr>\n </tbody>\n</table>\nSource: Apple.\nApple's expanding operating margins indicate it still has plenty of bargaining power with its suppliers. It also doesn't need to rely too heavily on pricey marketing campaigns to generate stable sales growth.\nApple also continued to generate double-digit revenue growth across all five of its main geographic regions during the fourth quarter:\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"589\">\n <colgroup></colgroup>\n <tbody>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <th width=\"193\">Region</th>\n <th width=\"205\">Q4 2021 Revenue</th>\n <th width=\"147\">Growth (YOY)</th>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Americas</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$36.82 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">20%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Europe</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$20.79 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">23%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Greater China</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$14.56 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">83%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Japan</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$5.99 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">19%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Rest of Asia Pacific</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$5.19 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">26%</td>\n </tr>\n </tbody>\n</table>\nSource: Apple. YOY = Year over year.\nApple's massive growth in the Greater China region, which marked an acceleration from its 58% growth in the third quarter, should silence the bearish claims that it will lose the market to Chinese competitors like Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo, and Huawei.\nIn fact, Apple's share of the Chinese smartphone market actually expanded from 8% to 13% between the third quarters of 2020 and 2021, according to Counterpoint Research, even as the critics fretted over potential boycotts related to the trade war, the tech war, and other geopolitical tensions.\n<h2>Returning plenty of cash to investors</h2>\nApple's near-term revenue growth might be curbed by chip shortages and other supply chain challenges, but it continues to return a large portion of its free cash flow to shareholders with big buybacks and dividends.\nDuring the fourth quarter, Apple bought back $20 billion in shares and paid out $3.6 billion in dividends. For the full year, it bought back $86 billion in shares and reduced its number of outstanding shares by nearly 4%.\nApple ended the year with $191 billion in cash and marketable securities, which gives it plenty of room for future investments or acquisitions. Its forward dividend yield of 0.6% might seem paltry compared to those of other higher-yielding tech dividend stocks, but that lower yield also gives it more freedom for big buybacks and smart investments.\n<h2>Robust growth at a reasonable valuation</h2>\nFor the full year, Apple's revenue and earnings per share (EPS) increased 33% and 71%, respectively.\nBut next year, analysts expect its revenue and earnings to only rise 4% and 2%, respectively, as the iPhone faces tougher year-over-year comparisons. That slowdown might seem disappointing, but Apple has always been a cyclical company that relies heavily on hardware upgrade cycles.\nI believe Apple's growth cycles will continue as it expands its services ecosystem and enters new markets like augmented reality devices and connected cars, so its stock still looks reasonably valued at 27 times forward earnings. 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Its revenue rose 29% year over year to $83.4 billion, which missed analysts' ...\n\n<a href=\"https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/11/02/is-apple-stock-a-buy/\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"AAPL":"苹果"},"source_url":"https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/11/02/is-apple-stock-a-buy/","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"2180872447","content_text":"Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock price recently dipped after the tech giant posted a mixed fourth-quarter report on Oct. 28. Its revenue rose 29% year over year to $83.4 billion, which missed analysts' estimates by $1.6 billion. Its earnings rose 70% to $1.24 per share and matched analysts' expectations.\nApple attributed its slower-than-expected growth to supply chain constraints, which reduced its fourth-quarter sales by $6 billion. It expects those constraints to have an even bigger impact on its first-quarter sales.\nThose challenges largely overshadowed CFO Luca Maestri's claim that Apple was still experiencing \"better-than-expected demand\" for its products during the company's conference call. Should investors avoid Apple after that messy quarter, or consider its latest pullback a buying opportunity?\nImage source: Apple.\nApple's core businesses are still growing\nApple's iPhone, Mac, and iPad businesses all faced supply chain bottlenecks during the quarter, but all three segments still grew year over year:\n\n\n\n\nSegment\nQ4 2021 Revenue\nGrowth (YOY)\n\n\niPhone\n$38.87 billion\n47%\n\n\nMac\n$9.18 billion\n2%\n\n\niPad\n$8.25 billion\n21%\n\n\nWearables, Home, and Accessories\n$8.79 billion\n12%\n\n\nServices\n$18.28 billion\n26%\n\n\nTotal\n$83.36 billion\n29%\n\n\n\nSource: Apple. YOY = Year over year.\nThe wearables, home, and accessories business grew as it sold more Apple Watches and AirPods. Its closely watched services business also expanded as its cloud, video, and music businesses gained more subscribers; its App Store generated \"record\" revenue (despite facing ongoing pressure to lower its fees); and Apple Pay and Apple Care gained more users.\nApple ended the year with 745 million paid subscribers across all of its services, up nearly five times from five years earlier, while its annual services revenue nearly tripled over the past six years. That ongoing expansion should widen Apple's moat, increase the stickiness of its digital ecosystem, and reinforce the brand loyalty that supports its pricing power in the hardware market.\nThat's why Apple's gross and operating margins expanded significantly in both the fourth quarter and the full year, even as the broader smartphone, tablet, and PC markets were commoditized by cheaper devices:\n\n\n\n\nPeriod\nQ4 2020\nQ4 2021\nFY 2020\nFY 2021\n\n\nGross Margin\n38.2%\n42.2%\n38.2%\n41.8%\n\n\nOperating Margin\n22.8%\n28.5%\n24.1%\n29.8%\n\n\n\nSource: Apple.\nApple's expanding operating margins indicate it still has plenty of bargaining power with its suppliers. It also doesn't need to rely too heavily on pricey marketing campaigns to generate stable sales growth.\nApple also continued to generate double-digit revenue growth across all five of its main geographic regions during the fourth quarter:\n\n\n\n\nRegion\nQ4 2021 Revenue\nGrowth (YOY)\n\n\nAmericas\n$36.82 billion\n20%\n\n\nEurope\n$20.79 billion\n23%\n\n\nGreater China\n$14.56 billion\n83%\n\n\nJapan\n$5.99 billion\n19%\n\n\nRest of Asia Pacific\n$5.19 billion\n26%\n\n\n\nSource: Apple. YOY = Year over year.\nApple's massive growth in the Greater China region, which marked an acceleration from its 58% growth in the third quarter, should silence the bearish claims that it will lose the market to Chinese competitors like Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo, and Huawei.\nIn fact, Apple's share of the Chinese smartphone market actually expanded from 8% to 13% between the third quarters of 2020 and 2021, according to Counterpoint Research, even as the critics fretted over potential boycotts related to the trade war, the tech war, and other geopolitical tensions.\nReturning plenty of cash to investors\nApple's near-term revenue growth might be curbed by chip shortages and other supply chain challenges, but it continues to return a large portion of its free cash flow to shareholders with big buybacks and dividends.\nDuring the fourth quarter, Apple bought back $20 billion in shares and paid out $3.6 billion in dividends. For the full year, it bought back $86 billion in shares and reduced its number of outstanding shares by nearly 4%.\nApple ended the year with $191 billion in cash and marketable securities, which gives it plenty of room for future investments or acquisitions. Its forward dividend yield of 0.6% might seem paltry compared to those of other higher-yielding tech dividend stocks, but that lower yield also gives it more freedom for big buybacks and smart investments.\nRobust growth at a reasonable valuation\nFor the full year, Apple's revenue and earnings per share (EPS) increased 33% and 71%, respectively.\nBut next year, analysts expect its revenue and earnings to only rise 4% and 2%, respectively, as the iPhone faces tougher year-over-year comparisons. That slowdown might seem disappointing, but Apple has always been a cyclical company that relies heavily on hardware upgrade cycles.\nI believe Apple's growth cycles will continue as it expands its services ecosystem and enters new markets like augmented reality devices and connected cars, so its stock still looks reasonably valued at 27 times forward earnings. If you agree with that view, then it's smarter to buy Apple's stock after its latest post-earnings dip than to sell it simply because it faces some near-term supply chain challenges.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"comments":[{"id":6437615,"gmtCreate":1635934783822,"gmtModify":1635934783822,"authorId":3559581955535845,"author":{"id":3559581955535845,"authorId":3559581955535845,"name":"koolgal","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/c05274d88ffc0434623e57350c52c70a","vip":2,"crmLevel":6,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"individualDisplayBadges":[]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":841363773,"type":1,"supId":6437507,"prevId":0,"content":"Good idea.&nbsp; Thanks for sharing 👍😊","text":"Good idea.&nbsp; Thanks for sharing 👍😊","html":"Good idea.&nbsp; Thanks for sharing 👍😊"},{"id":6437507,"gmtCreate":1635933679131,"gmtModify":1635933679235,"authorId":3578185426270736,"author":{"id":3578185426270736,"authorId":3578185426270736,"name":"䛘賀worldview","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/5ceaee97a117a75bb9f98702a63c0240","vip":1,"crmLevel":6,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"individualDisplayBadges":[]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":841363773,"type":1,"supId":0,"prevId":0,"content":"Will buy if dip within my limit to buy","text":"Will buy if dip within my limit to buy","html":"Will buy if dip within my limit to buy"},{"id":6435002,"gmtCreate":1635914662501,"gmtModify":1635914662501,"authorId":3559581955535845,"author":{"id":3559581955535845,"authorId":3559581955535845,"name":"koolgal","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/c05274d88ffc0434623e57350c52c70a","vip":2,"crmLevel":6,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"individualDisplayBadges":[]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":841363773,"type":1,"supId":6434795,"prevId":0,"content":"Thanks 👍😊","text":"Thanks 👍😊","html":"Thanks 👍😊"},{"id":6434795,"gmtCreate":1635913338469,"gmtModify":1635913338505,"authorId":4091089381144950,"author":{"id":4091089381144950,"authorId":4091089381144950,"name":"滚股怪","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/b67621b4133ca0db91bff9766152a448","vip":1,"crmLevel":5,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"individualDisplayBadges":[]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":841363773,"type":1,"supId":0,"prevId":0,"content":"Appl e","text":"Appl e","html":"Appl e"},{"id":6433714,"gmtCreate":1635907496096,"gmtModify":1635907496096,"authorId":3559581955535845,"author":{"id":3559581955535845,"authorId":3559581955535845,"name":"koolgal","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/c05274d88ffc0434623e57350c52c70a","vip":2,"crmLevel":6,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"individualDisplayBadges":[]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":841363773,"type":1,"supId":6433293,"prevId":0,"content":"Yes an apple a day keeps the doctor away! 👍😊","text":"Yes an apple a day keeps the doctor away! 👍😊","html":"Yes an apple a day keeps the doctor away! 👍😊"}],"langContent":"CN"},{"id":841992053,"gmtCreate":1635866735016,"gmtModify":1635866735185,"author":{"id":"3582006183410147","authorId":"3582006183410147","name":"DZL","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/640ac3ae648fded99146300a53c24a5b","vip":1,"crmLevel":3,"crmLevelSwitch":0},"htmlText":"Apple, to buy,&nbsp;long term robust&nbsp;growth y-o-y amidst a slow quarter with headwinds","listText":"Apple, to buy,&nbsp;long term robust&nbsp;growth y-o-y amidst a slow quarter with headwinds","text":"Apple, to buy, long term robust growth y-o-y amidst a slow quarter with headwinds","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":3,"commentSize":3,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://laohu8.com/post/841992053","repostId":2180872447,"repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"2180872447","pubTimestamp":1635863109,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/2180872447?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2021-11-02 22:25","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Is Apple Stock a Buy?","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=2180872447","media":"Motley Fool","summary":"The tech giant can't keep up with the market's demand for its products.","content":"Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock price recently dipped after the tech giant posted a mixed fourth-quarter report on Oct. 28. Its revenue rose 29% year over year to $83.4 billion, which missed analysts' estimates by $1.6 billion. Its earnings rose 70% to $1.24 per share and matched analysts' expectations.\nApple attributed its slower-than-expected growth to supply chain constraints, which reduced its fourth-quarter sales by $6 billion. It expects those constraints to have an even bigger impact on its first-quarter sales.\nThose challenges largely overshadowed CFO Luca Maestri's claim that Apple was still experiencing \"better-than-expected demand\" for its products during the company's conference call. Should investors avoid Apple after that messy quarter, or consider its latest pullback a buying opportunity?\n<img src=\"https://g.foolcdn.com/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fg.foolcdn.com%2Feditorial%2Fimages%2F649668%2Fapple_iphone13_design_09142021.jpg&amp;w=700&amp;op=resize\" tg-width=\"700\" tg-height=\"393\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\">Image source: Apple.\n<h2>Apple's core businesses are still growing</h2>\nApple's iPhone, Mac, and iPad businesses all faced supply chain bottlenecks during the quarter, but all three segments still grew year over year:\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"589\">\n <colgroup></colgroup>\n <tbody>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <th width=\"193\">Segment</th>\n <th width=\"205\">Q4 2021 Revenue</th>\n <th width=\"147\">Growth (YOY)</th>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">iPhone</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$38.87 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">47%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Mac</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$9.18 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">2%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">iPad</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$8.25 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">21%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Wearables, Home, and Accessories</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$8.79 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">12%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Services</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$18.28 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">26%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Total</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$83.36 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">29%</td>\n </tr>\n </tbody>\n</table>\nSource: Apple. YOY = Year over year.\nThe wearables, home, and accessories business grew as it sold more Apple Watches and AirPods. Its closely watched services business also expanded as its cloud, video, and music businesses gained more subscribers; its App Store generated \"record\" revenue (despite facing ongoing pressure to lower its fees); and Apple Pay and Apple Care gained more users.\nApple ended the year with 745 million paid subscribers across all of its services, up nearly five times from five years earlier, while its annual services revenue nearly tripled over the past six years. That ongoing expansion should widen Apple's moat, increase the stickiness of its digital ecosystem, and reinforce the brand loyalty that supports its pricing power in the hardware market.\nThat's why Apple's gross and operating margins expanded significantly in both the fourth quarter and the full year, even as the broader smartphone, tablet, and PC markets were commoditized by cheaper devices:\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"604\">\n <colgroup></colgroup>\n <tbody>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <th width=\"147\">Period</th>\n <th width=\"89\">Q4 2020</th>\n <th width=\"94\">Q4 2021</th>\n <th width=\"101\">FY 2020</th>\n <th width=\"101\">FY 2021</th>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"147\">Gross Margin</td>\n <td width=\"89\">38.2%</td>\n <td width=\"94\">42.2%</td>\n <td width=\"101\">38.2%</td>\n <td width=\"101\">41.8%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"147\">Operating Margin</td>\n <td width=\"89\">22.8%</td>\n <td width=\"94\">28.5%</td>\n <td width=\"101\">24.1%</td>\n <td width=\"101\">29.8%</td>\n </tr>\n </tbody>\n</table>\nSource: Apple.\nApple's expanding operating margins indicate it still has plenty of bargaining power with its suppliers. It also doesn't need to rely too heavily on pricey marketing campaigns to generate stable sales growth.\nApple also continued to generate double-digit revenue growth across all five of its main geographic regions during the fourth quarter:\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"589\">\n <colgroup></colgroup>\n <tbody>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <th width=\"193\">Region</th>\n <th width=\"205\">Q4 2021 Revenue</th>\n <th width=\"147\">Growth (YOY)</th>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Americas</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$36.82 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">20%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Europe</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$20.79 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">23%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Greater China</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$14.56 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">83%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Japan</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$5.99 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">19%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Rest of Asia Pacific</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$5.19 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">26%</td>\n </tr>\n </tbody>\n</table>\nSource: Apple. YOY = Year over year.\nApple's massive growth in the Greater China region, which marked an acceleration from its 58% growth in the third quarter, should silence the bearish claims that it will lose the market to Chinese competitors like Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo, and Huawei.\nIn fact, Apple's share of the Chinese smartphone market actually expanded from 8% to 13% between the third quarters of 2020 and 2021, according to Counterpoint Research, even as the critics fretted over potential boycotts related to the trade war, the tech war, and other geopolitical tensions.\n<h2>Returning plenty of cash to investors</h2>\nApple's near-term revenue growth might be curbed by chip shortages and other supply chain challenges, but it continues to return a large portion of its free cash flow to shareholders with big buybacks and dividends.\nDuring the fourth quarter, Apple bought back $20 billion in shares and paid out $3.6 billion in dividends. For the full year, it bought back $86 billion in shares and reduced its number of outstanding shares by nearly 4%.\nApple ended the year with $191 billion in cash and marketable securities, which gives it plenty of room for future investments or acquisitions. Its forward dividend yield of 0.6% might seem paltry compared to those of other higher-yielding tech dividend stocks, but that lower yield also gives it more freedom for big buybacks and smart investments.\n<h2>Robust growth at a reasonable valuation</h2>\nFor the full year, Apple's revenue and earnings per share (EPS) increased 33% and 71%, respectively.\nBut next year, analysts expect its revenue and earnings to only rise 4% and 2%, respectively, as the iPhone faces tougher year-over-year comparisons. That slowdown might seem disappointing, but Apple has always been a cyclical company that relies heavily on hardware upgrade cycles.\nI believe Apple's growth cycles will continue as it expands its services ecosystem and enters new markets like augmented reality devices and connected cars, so its stock still looks reasonably valued at 27 times forward earnings. 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Its revenue rose 29% year over year to $83.4 billion, which missed analysts' ...\n\n<a href=\"https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/11/02/is-apple-stock-a-buy/\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"AAPL":"苹果"},"source_url":"https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/11/02/is-apple-stock-a-buy/","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"2180872447","content_text":"Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock price recently dipped after the tech giant posted a mixed fourth-quarter report on Oct. 28. Its revenue rose 29% year over year to $83.4 billion, which missed analysts' estimates by $1.6 billion. Its earnings rose 70% to $1.24 per share and matched analysts' expectations.\nApple attributed its slower-than-expected growth to supply chain constraints, which reduced its fourth-quarter sales by $6 billion. It expects those constraints to have an even bigger impact on its first-quarter sales.\nThose challenges largely overshadowed CFO Luca Maestri's claim that Apple was still experiencing \"better-than-expected demand\" for its products during the company's conference call. Should investors avoid Apple after that messy quarter, or consider its latest pullback a buying opportunity?\nImage source: Apple.\nApple's core businesses are still growing\nApple's iPhone, Mac, and iPad businesses all faced supply chain bottlenecks during the quarter, but all three segments still grew year over year:\n\n\n\n\nSegment\nQ4 2021 Revenue\nGrowth (YOY)\n\n\niPhone\n$38.87 billion\n47%\n\n\nMac\n$9.18 billion\n2%\n\n\niPad\n$8.25 billion\n21%\n\n\nWearables, Home, and Accessories\n$8.79 billion\n12%\n\n\nServices\n$18.28 billion\n26%\n\n\nTotal\n$83.36 billion\n29%\n\n\n\nSource: Apple. YOY = Year over year.\nThe wearables, home, and accessories business grew as it sold more Apple Watches and AirPods. Its closely watched services business also expanded as its cloud, video, and music businesses gained more subscribers; its App Store generated \"record\" revenue (despite facing ongoing pressure to lower its fees); and Apple Pay and Apple Care gained more users.\nApple ended the year with 745 million paid subscribers across all of its services, up nearly five times from five years earlier, while its annual services revenue nearly tripled over the past six years. That ongoing expansion should widen Apple's moat, increase the stickiness of its digital ecosystem, and reinforce the brand loyalty that supports its pricing power in the hardware market.\nThat's why Apple's gross and operating margins expanded significantly in both the fourth quarter and the full year, even as the broader smartphone, tablet, and PC markets were commoditized by cheaper devices:\n\n\n\n\nPeriod\nQ4 2020\nQ4 2021\nFY 2020\nFY 2021\n\n\nGross Margin\n38.2%\n42.2%\n38.2%\n41.8%\n\n\nOperating Margin\n22.8%\n28.5%\n24.1%\n29.8%\n\n\n\nSource: Apple.\nApple's expanding operating margins indicate it still has plenty of bargaining power with its suppliers. It also doesn't need to rely too heavily on pricey marketing campaigns to generate stable sales growth.\nApple also continued to generate double-digit revenue growth across all five of its main geographic regions during the fourth quarter:\n\n\n\n\nRegion\nQ4 2021 Revenue\nGrowth (YOY)\n\n\nAmericas\n$36.82 billion\n20%\n\n\nEurope\n$20.79 billion\n23%\n\n\nGreater China\n$14.56 billion\n83%\n\n\nJapan\n$5.99 billion\n19%\n\n\nRest of Asia Pacific\n$5.19 billion\n26%\n\n\n\nSource: Apple. YOY = Year over year.\nApple's massive growth in the Greater China region, which marked an acceleration from its 58% growth in the third quarter, should silence the bearish claims that it will lose the market to Chinese competitors like Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo, and Huawei.\nIn fact, Apple's share of the Chinese smartphone market actually expanded from 8% to 13% between the third quarters of 2020 and 2021, according to Counterpoint Research, even as the critics fretted over potential boycotts related to the trade war, the tech war, and other geopolitical tensions.\nReturning plenty of cash to investors\nApple's near-term revenue growth might be curbed by chip shortages and other supply chain challenges, but it continues to return a large portion of its free cash flow to shareholders with big buybacks and dividends.\nDuring the fourth quarter, Apple bought back $20 billion in shares and paid out $3.6 billion in dividends. For the full year, it bought back $86 billion in shares and reduced its number of outstanding shares by nearly 4%.\nApple ended the year with $191 billion in cash and marketable securities, which gives it plenty of room for future investments or acquisitions. Its forward dividend yield of 0.6% might seem paltry compared to those of other higher-yielding tech dividend stocks, but that lower yield also gives it more freedom for big buybacks and smart investments.\nRobust growth at a reasonable valuation\nFor the full year, Apple's revenue and earnings per share (EPS) increased 33% and 71%, respectively.\nBut next year, analysts expect its revenue and earnings to only rise 4% and 2%, respectively, as the iPhone faces tougher year-over-year comparisons. That slowdown might seem disappointing, but Apple has always been a cyclical company that relies heavily on hardware upgrade cycles.\nI believe Apple's growth cycles will continue as it expands its services ecosystem and enters new markets like augmented reality devices and connected cars, so its stock still looks reasonably valued at 27 times forward earnings. If you agree with that view, then it's smarter to buy Apple's stock after its latest post-earnings dip than to sell it simply because it faces some near-term supply chain challenges.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"comments":[{"id":6428481,"gmtCreate":1635871575725,"gmtModify":1635871575835,"authorId":3582520228861009,"author":{"id":3582520228861009,"authorId":3582520228861009,"name":"CPCat","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/3bafaf3d39abfb78a4bedf785310721a","vip":1,"crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"individualDisplayBadges":[]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":841992053,"type":1,"supId":0,"prevId":0,"content":"it will continue the rise. it's an easy stock to buy, because the product is highly visible. we see it being used daily, and we see the craze over it still...","text":"it will continue the rise. it's an easy stock to buy, because the product is highly visible. we see it being used daily, and we see the craze over it still...","html":"it will continue the rise. it's an easy stock to buy, because the product is highly visible. we see it being used daily, and we see the craze over it still..."},{"id":6427830,"gmtCreate":1635867436494,"gmtModify":1635867436529,"authorId":3580473686930895,"author":{"id":3580473686930895,"authorId":3580473686930895,"name":"Veldora","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/2c60768e017f3418615cd7dea3a291ec","vip":1,"crmLevel":4,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"individualDisplayBadges":[]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":841992053,"type":1,"supId":6427693,"prevId":0,"content":"No doubt on it.","text":"No doubt on it.","html":"No doubt on it."},{"id":6427693,"gmtCreate":1635866794172,"gmtModify":1635866794201,"authorId":3582006183410147,"author":{"id":3582006183410147,"authorId":3582006183410147,"name":"DZL","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/640ac3ae648fded99146300a53c24a5b","vip":1,"crmLevel":3,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"individualDisplayBadges":[]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":841992053,"type":1,"supId":0,"prevId":0,"content":"more earnings and dividends to come","text":"more earnings and dividends to come","html":"more earnings and dividends to come"}],"langContent":"CN"},{"id":841906052,"gmtCreate":1635866222935,"gmtModify":1635866233977,"author":{"id":"3586855910305178","authorId":"3586855910305178","name":"HmL","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/27cbfa0ee176e2ad21747ba1bc1fbc69","vip":1,"crmLevel":1,"crmLevelSwitch":0},"htmlText":"Noted BOD &amp; like please...","listText":"Noted BOD &amp; like please...","text":"Noted BOD & like please...","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":3,"commentSize":1,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://laohu8.com/post/841906052","repostId":2180872447,"repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"2180872447","pubTimestamp":1635863109,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/2180872447?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2021-11-02 22:25","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Is Apple Stock a Buy?","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=2180872447","media":"Motley Fool","summary":"The tech giant can't keep up with the market's demand for its products.","content":"Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock price recently dipped after the tech giant posted a mixed fourth-quarter report on Oct. 28. Its revenue rose 29% year over year to $83.4 billion, which missed analysts' estimates by $1.6 billion. Its earnings rose 70% to $1.24 per share and matched analysts' expectations.\nApple attributed its slower-than-expected growth to supply chain constraints, which reduced its fourth-quarter sales by $6 billion. It expects those constraints to have an even bigger impact on its first-quarter sales.\nThose challenges largely overshadowed CFO Luca Maestri's claim that Apple was still experiencing \"better-than-expected demand\" for its products during the company's conference call. Should investors avoid Apple after that messy quarter, or consider its latest pullback a buying opportunity?\n<img src=\"https://g.foolcdn.com/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fg.foolcdn.com%2Feditorial%2Fimages%2F649668%2Fapple_iphone13_design_09142021.jpg&amp;w=700&amp;op=resize\" tg-width=\"700\" tg-height=\"393\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\">Image source: Apple.\n<h2>Apple's core businesses are still growing</h2>\nApple's iPhone, Mac, and iPad businesses all faced supply chain bottlenecks during the quarter, but all three segments still grew year over year:\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"589\">\n <colgroup></colgroup>\n <tbody>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <th width=\"193\">Segment</th>\n <th width=\"205\">Q4 2021 Revenue</th>\n <th width=\"147\">Growth (YOY)</th>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">iPhone</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$38.87 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">47%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Mac</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$9.18 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">2%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">iPad</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$8.25 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">21%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Wearables, Home, and Accessories</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$8.79 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">12%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Services</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$18.28 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">26%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Total</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$83.36 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">29%</td>\n </tr>\n </tbody>\n</table>\nSource: Apple. YOY = Year over year.\nThe wearables, home, and accessories business grew as it sold more Apple Watches and AirPods. Its closely watched services business also expanded as its cloud, video, and music businesses gained more subscribers; its App Store generated \"record\" revenue (despite facing ongoing pressure to lower its fees); and Apple Pay and Apple Care gained more users.\nApple ended the year with 745 million paid subscribers across all of its services, up nearly five times from five years earlier, while its annual services revenue nearly tripled over the past six years. That ongoing expansion should widen Apple's moat, increase the stickiness of its digital ecosystem, and reinforce the brand loyalty that supports its pricing power in the hardware market.\nThat's why Apple's gross and operating margins expanded significantly in both the fourth quarter and the full year, even as the broader smartphone, tablet, and PC markets were commoditized by cheaper devices:\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"604\">\n <colgroup></colgroup>\n <tbody>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <th width=\"147\">Period</th>\n <th width=\"89\">Q4 2020</th>\n <th width=\"94\">Q4 2021</th>\n <th width=\"101\">FY 2020</th>\n <th width=\"101\">FY 2021</th>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"147\">Gross Margin</td>\n <td width=\"89\">38.2%</td>\n <td width=\"94\">42.2%</td>\n <td width=\"101\">38.2%</td>\n <td width=\"101\">41.8%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"147\">Operating Margin</td>\n <td width=\"89\">22.8%</td>\n <td width=\"94\">28.5%</td>\n <td width=\"101\">24.1%</td>\n <td width=\"101\">29.8%</td>\n </tr>\n </tbody>\n</table>\nSource: Apple.\nApple's expanding operating margins indicate it still has plenty of bargaining power with its suppliers. It also doesn't need to rely too heavily on pricey marketing campaigns to generate stable sales growth.\nApple also continued to generate double-digit revenue growth across all five of its main geographic regions during the fourth quarter:\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"589\">\n <colgroup></colgroup>\n <tbody>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <th width=\"193\">Region</th>\n <th width=\"205\">Q4 2021 Revenue</th>\n <th width=\"147\">Growth (YOY)</th>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Americas</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$36.82 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">20%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Europe</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$20.79 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">23%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Greater China</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$14.56 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">83%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Japan</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$5.99 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">19%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Rest of Asia Pacific</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$5.19 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">26%</td>\n </tr>\n </tbody>\n</table>\nSource: Apple. YOY = Year over year.\nApple's massive growth in the Greater China region, which marked an acceleration from its 58% growth in the third quarter, should silence the bearish claims that it will lose the market to Chinese competitors like Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo, and Huawei.\nIn fact, Apple's share of the Chinese smartphone market actually expanded from 8% to 13% between the third quarters of 2020 and 2021, according to Counterpoint Research, even as the critics fretted over potential boycotts related to the trade war, the tech war, and other geopolitical tensions.\n<h2>Returning plenty of cash to investors</h2>\nApple's near-term revenue growth might be curbed by chip shortages and other supply chain challenges, but it continues to return a large portion of its free cash flow to shareholders with big buybacks and dividends.\nDuring the fourth quarter, Apple bought back $20 billion in shares and paid out $3.6 billion in dividends. For the full year, it bought back $86 billion in shares and reduced its number of outstanding shares by nearly 4%.\nApple ended the year with $191 billion in cash and marketable securities, which gives it plenty of room for future investments or acquisitions. Its forward dividend yield of 0.6% might seem paltry compared to those of other higher-yielding tech dividend stocks, but that lower yield also gives it more freedom for big buybacks and smart investments.\n<h2>Robust growth at a reasonable valuation</h2>\nFor the full year, Apple's revenue and earnings per share (EPS) increased 33% and 71%, respectively.\nBut next year, analysts expect its revenue and earnings to only rise 4% and 2%, respectively, as the iPhone faces tougher year-over-year comparisons. That slowdown might seem disappointing, but Apple has always been a cyclical company that relies heavily on hardware upgrade cycles.\nI believe Apple's growth cycles will continue as it expands its services ecosystem and enters new markets like augmented reality devices and connected cars, so its stock still looks reasonably valued at 27 times forward earnings. 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Its revenue rose 29% year over year to $83.4 billion, which missed analysts' ...\n\n<a href=\"https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/11/02/is-apple-stock-a-buy/\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"AAPL":"苹果"},"source_url":"https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/11/02/is-apple-stock-a-buy/","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"2180872447","content_text":"Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock price recently dipped after the tech giant posted a mixed fourth-quarter report on Oct. 28. Its revenue rose 29% year over year to $83.4 billion, which missed analysts' estimates by $1.6 billion. Its earnings rose 70% to $1.24 per share and matched analysts' expectations.\nApple attributed its slower-than-expected growth to supply chain constraints, which reduced its fourth-quarter sales by $6 billion. It expects those constraints to have an even bigger impact on its first-quarter sales.\nThose challenges largely overshadowed CFO Luca Maestri's claim that Apple was still experiencing \"better-than-expected demand\" for its products during the company's conference call. Should investors avoid Apple after that messy quarter, or consider its latest pullback a buying opportunity?\nImage source: Apple.\nApple's core businesses are still growing\nApple's iPhone, Mac, and iPad businesses all faced supply chain bottlenecks during the quarter, but all three segments still grew year over year:\n\n\n\n\nSegment\nQ4 2021 Revenue\nGrowth (YOY)\n\n\niPhone\n$38.87 billion\n47%\n\n\nMac\n$9.18 billion\n2%\n\n\niPad\n$8.25 billion\n21%\n\n\nWearables, Home, and Accessories\n$8.79 billion\n12%\n\n\nServices\n$18.28 billion\n26%\n\n\nTotal\n$83.36 billion\n29%\n\n\n\nSource: Apple. YOY = Year over year.\nThe wearables, home, and accessories business grew as it sold more Apple Watches and AirPods. Its closely watched services business also expanded as its cloud, video, and music businesses gained more subscribers; its App Store generated \"record\" revenue (despite facing ongoing pressure to lower its fees); and Apple Pay and Apple Care gained more users.\nApple ended the year with 745 million paid subscribers across all of its services, up nearly five times from five years earlier, while its annual services revenue nearly tripled over the past six years. That ongoing expansion should widen Apple's moat, increase the stickiness of its digital ecosystem, and reinforce the brand loyalty that supports its pricing power in the hardware market.\nThat's why Apple's gross and operating margins expanded significantly in both the fourth quarter and the full year, even as the broader smartphone, tablet, and PC markets were commoditized by cheaper devices:\n\n\n\n\nPeriod\nQ4 2020\nQ4 2021\nFY 2020\nFY 2021\n\n\nGross Margin\n38.2%\n42.2%\n38.2%\n41.8%\n\n\nOperating Margin\n22.8%\n28.5%\n24.1%\n29.8%\n\n\n\nSource: Apple.\nApple's expanding operating margins indicate it still has plenty of bargaining power with its suppliers. It also doesn't need to rely too heavily on pricey marketing campaigns to generate stable sales growth.\nApple also continued to generate double-digit revenue growth across all five of its main geographic regions during the fourth quarter:\n\n\n\n\nRegion\nQ4 2021 Revenue\nGrowth (YOY)\n\n\nAmericas\n$36.82 billion\n20%\n\n\nEurope\n$20.79 billion\n23%\n\n\nGreater China\n$14.56 billion\n83%\n\n\nJapan\n$5.99 billion\n19%\n\n\nRest of Asia Pacific\n$5.19 billion\n26%\n\n\n\nSource: Apple. YOY = Year over year.\nApple's massive growth in the Greater China region, which marked an acceleration from its 58% growth in the third quarter, should silence the bearish claims that it will lose the market to Chinese competitors like Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo, and Huawei.\nIn fact, Apple's share of the Chinese smartphone market actually expanded from 8% to 13% between the third quarters of 2020 and 2021, according to Counterpoint Research, even as the critics fretted over potential boycotts related to the trade war, the tech war, and other geopolitical tensions.\nReturning plenty of cash to investors\nApple's near-term revenue growth might be curbed by chip shortages and other supply chain challenges, but it continues to return a large portion of its free cash flow to shareholders with big buybacks and dividends.\nDuring the fourth quarter, Apple bought back $20 billion in shares and paid out $3.6 billion in dividends. For the full year, it bought back $86 billion in shares and reduced its number of outstanding shares by nearly 4%.\nApple ended the year with $191 billion in cash and marketable securities, which gives it plenty of room for future investments or acquisitions. Its forward dividend yield of 0.6% might seem paltry compared to those of other higher-yielding tech dividend stocks, but that lower yield also gives it more freedom for big buybacks and smart investments.\nRobust growth at a reasonable valuation\nFor the full year, Apple's revenue and earnings per share (EPS) increased 33% and 71%, respectively.\nBut next year, analysts expect its revenue and earnings to only rise 4% and 2%, respectively, as the iPhone faces tougher year-over-year comparisons. That slowdown might seem disappointing, but Apple has always been a cyclical company that relies heavily on hardware upgrade cycles.\nI believe Apple's growth cycles will continue as it expands its services ecosystem and enters new markets like augmented reality devices and connected cars, so its stock still looks reasonably valued at 27 times forward earnings. If you agree with that view, then it's smarter to buy Apple's stock after its latest post-earnings dip than to sell it simply because it faces some near-term supply chain challenges.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"comments":[{"id":6427626,"gmtCreate":1635866531641,"gmtModify":1635866531680,"authorId":3581661369298834,"author":{"id":3581661369298834,"authorId":3581661369298834,"name":"JimmyT","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/748bb288232d8c7092b92b303f282d6e","vip":1,"crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"individualDisplayBadges":[]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":841906052,"type":1,"supId":0,"prevId":0,"content":"yes","text":"yes","html":"yes"}],"langContent":"CN"},{"id":841903459,"gmtCreate":1635866038883,"gmtModify":1635866038883,"author":{"id":"3574999301094404","authorId":"3574999301094404","name":"Hellokitty8","avatar":"https://static.laohu8.com/default-avatar.jpg","vip":1,"crmLevel":5,"crmLevelSwitch":0},"htmlText":"Like pls thanks&nbsp;","listText":"Like pls thanks&nbsp;","text":"Like pls thanks","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":4,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://laohu8.com/post/841903459","repostId":2180872447,"repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"2180872447","pubTimestamp":1635863109,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/2180872447?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2021-11-02 22:25","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Is Apple Stock a Buy?","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=2180872447","media":"Motley Fool","summary":"The tech giant can't keep up with the market's demand for its products.","content":"Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock price recently dipped after the tech giant posted a mixed fourth-quarter report on Oct. 28. Its revenue rose 29% year over year to $83.4 billion, which missed analysts' estimates by $1.6 billion. Its earnings rose 70% to $1.24 per share and matched analysts' expectations.\nApple attributed its slower-than-expected growth to supply chain constraints, which reduced its fourth-quarter sales by $6 billion. It expects those constraints to have an even bigger impact on its first-quarter sales.\nThose challenges largely overshadowed CFO Luca Maestri's claim that Apple was still experiencing \"better-than-expected demand\" for its products during the company's conference call. Should investors avoid Apple after that messy quarter, or consider its latest pullback a buying opportunity?\n<img src=\"https://g.foolcdn.com/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fg.foolcdn.com%2Feditorial%2Fimages%2F649668%2Fapple_iphone13_design_09142021.jpg&amp;w=700&amp;op=resize\" tg-width=\"700\" tg-height=\"393\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\">Image source: Apple.\n<h2>Apple's core businesses are still growing</h2>\nApple's iPhone, Mac, and iPad businesses all faced supply chain bottlenecks during the quarter, but all three segments still grew year over year:\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"589\">\n <colgroup></colgroup>\n <tbody>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <th width=\"193\">Segment</th>\n <th width=\"205\">Q4 2021 Revenue</th>\n <th width=\"147\">Growth (YOY)</th>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">iPhone</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$38.87 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">47%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Mac</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$9.18 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">2%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">iPad</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$8.25 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">21%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Wearables, Home, and Accessories</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$8.79 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">12%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Services</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$18.28 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">26%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Total</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$83.36 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">29%</td>\n </tr>\n </tbody>\n</table>\nSource: Apple. YOY = Year over year.\nThe wearables, home, and accessories business grew as it sold more Apple Watches and AirPods. Its closely watched services business also expanded as its cloud, video, and music businesses gained more subscribers; its App Store generated \"record\" revenue (despite facing ongoing pressure to lower its fees); and Apple Pay and Apple Care gained more users.\nApple ended the year with 745 million paid subscribers across all of its services, up nearly five times from five years earlier, while its annual services revenue nearly tripled over the past six years. That ongoing expansion should widen Apple's moat, increase the stickiness of its digital ecosystem, and reinforce the brand loyalty that supports its pricing power in the hardware market.\nThat's why Apple's gross and operating margins expanded significantly in both the fourth quarter and the full year, even as the broader smartphone, tablet, and PC markets were commoditized by cheaper devices:\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"604\">\n <colgroup></colgroup>\n <tbody>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <th width=\"147\">Period</th>\n <th width=\"89\">Q4 2020</th>\n <th width=\"94\">Q4 2021</th>\n <th width=\"101\">FY 2020</th>\n <th width=\"101\">FY 2021</th>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"147\">Gross Margin</td>\n <td width=\"89\">38.2%</td>\n <td width=\"94\">42.2%</td>\n <td width=\"101\">38.2%</td>\n <td width=\"101\">41.8%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"147\">Operating Margin</td>\n <td width=\"89\">22.8%</td>\n <td width=\"94\">28.5%</td>\n <td width=\"101\">24.1%</td>\n <td width=\"101\">29.8%</td>\n </tr>\n </tbody>\n</table>\nSource: Apple.\nApple's expanding operating margins indicate it still has plenty of bargaining power with its suppliers. It also doesn't need to rely too heavily on pricey marketing campaigns to generate stable sales growth.\nApple also continued to generate double-digit revenue growth across all five of its main geographic regions during the fourth quarter:\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"589\">\n <colgroup></colgroup>\n <tbody>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <th width=\"193\">Region</th>\n <th width=\"205\">Q4 2021 Revenue</th>\n <th width=\"147\">Growth (YOY)</th>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Americas</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$36.82 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">20%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Europe</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$20.79 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">23%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Greater China</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$14.56 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">83%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Japan</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$5.99 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">19%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Rest of Asia Pacific</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$5.19 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">26%</td>\n </tr>\n </tbody>\n</table>\nSource: Apple. YOY = Year over year.\nApple's massive growth in the Greater China region, which marked an acceleration from its 58% growth in the third quarter, should silence the bearish claims that it will lose the market to Chinese competitors like Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo, and Huawei.\nIn fact, Apple's share of the Chinese smartphone market actually expanded from 8% to 13% between the third quarters of 2020 and 2021, according to Counterpoint Research, even as the critics fretted over potential boycotts related to the trade war, the tech war, and other geopolitical tensions.\n<h2>Returning plenty of cash to investors</h2>\nApple's near-term revenue growth might be curbed by chip shortages and other supply chain challenges, but it continues to return a large portion of its free cash flow to shareholders with big buybacks and dividends.\nDuring the fourth quarter, Apple bought back $20 billion in shares and paid out $3.6 billion in dividends. For the full year, it bought back $86 billion in shares and reduced its number of outstanding shares by nearly 4%.\nApple ended the year with $191 billion in cash and marketable securities, which gives it plenty of room for future investments or acquisitions. Its forward dividend yield of 0.6% might seem paltry compared to those of other higher-yielding tech dividend stocks, but that lower yield also gives it more freedom for big buybacks and smart investments.\n<h2>Robust growth at a reasonable valuation</h2>\nFor the full year, Apple's revenue and earnings per share (EPS) increased 33% and 71%, respectively.\nBut next year, analysts expect its revenue and earnings to only rise 4% and 2%, respectively, as the iPhone faces tougher year-over-year comparisons. That slowdown might seem disappointing, but Apple has always been a cyclical company that relies heavily on hardware upgrade cycles.\nI believe Apple's growth cycles will continue as it expands its services ecosystem and enters new markets like augmented reality devices and connected cars, so its stock still looks reasonably valued at 27 times forward earnings. If you agree with that view, then it's smarter to buy Apple's stock after its latest post-earnings dip than to sell it simply because it faces some near-term supply chain challenges.","source":"fool_stock","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Is Apple Stock a Buy?</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nIs Apple Stock a Buy?\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2021-11-02 22:25 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/11/02/is-apple-stock-a-buy/>Motley Fool</a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\nApple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock price recently dipped after the tech giant posted a mixed fourth-quarter report on Oct. 28. Its revenue rose 29% year over year to $83.4 billion, which missed analysts' ...\n\n<a href=\"https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/11/02/is-apple-stock-a-buy/\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"AAPL":"苹果"},"source_url":"https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/11/02/is-apple-stock-a-buy/","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"2180872447","content_text":"Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock price recently dipped after the tech giant posted a mixed fourth-quarter report on Oct. 28. Its revenue rose 29% year over year to $83.4 billion, which missed analysts' estimates by $1.6 billion. Its earnings rose 70% to $1.24 per share and matched analysts' expectations.\nApple attributed its slower-than-expected growth to supply chain constraints, which reduced its fourth-quarter sales by $6 billion. It expects those constraints to have an even bigger impact on its first-quarter sales.\nThose challenges largely overshadowed CFO Luca Maestri's claim that Apple was still experiencing \"better-than-expected demand\" for its products during the company's conference call. Should investors avoid Apple after that messy quarter, or consider its latest pullback a buying opportunity?\nImage source: Apple.\nApple's core businesses are still growing\nApple's iPhone, Mac, and iPad businesses all faced supply chain bottlenecks during the quarter, but all three segments still grew year over year:\n\n\n\n\nSegment\nQ4 2021 Revenue\nGrowth (YOY)\n\n\niPhone\n$38.87 billion\n47%\n\n\nMac\n$9.18 billion\n2%\n\n\niPad\n$8.25 billion\n21%\n\n\nWearables, Home, and Accessories\n$8.79 billion\n12%\n\n\nServices\n$18.28 billion\n26%\n\n\nTotal\n$83.36 billion\n29%\n\n\n\nSource: Apple. YOY = Year over year.\nThe wearables, home, and accessories business grew as it sold more Apple Watches and AirPods. Its closely watched services business also expanded as its cloud, video, and music businesses gained more subscribers; its App Store generated \"record\" revenue (despite facing ongoing pressure to lower its fees); and Apple Pay and Apple Care gained more users.\nApple ended the year with 745 million paid subscribers across all of its services, up nearly five times from five years earlier, while its annual services revenue nearly tripled over the past six years. That ongoing expansion should widen Apple's moat, increase the stickiness of its digital ecosystem, and reinforce the brand loyalty that supports its pricing power in the hardware market.\nThat's why Apple's gross and operating margins expanded significantly in both the fourth quarter and the full year, even as the broader smartphone, tablet, and PC markets were commoditized by cheaper devices:\n\n\n\n\nPeriod\nQ4 2020\nQ4 2021\nFY 2020\nFY 2021\n\n\nGross Margin\n38.2%\n42.2%\n38.2%\n41.8%\n\n\nOperating Margin\n22.8%\n28.5%\n24.1%\n29.8%\n\n\n\nSource: Apple.\nApple's expanding operating margins indicate it still has plenty of bargaining power with its suppliers. It also doesn't need to rely too heavily on pricey marketing campaigns to generate stable sales growth.\nApple also continued to generate double-digit revenue growth across all five of its main geographic regions during the fourth quarter:\n\n\n\n\nRegion\nQ4 2021 Revenue\nGrowth (YOY)\n\n\nAmericas\n$36.82 billion\n20%\n\n\nEurope\n$20.79 billion\n23%\n\n\nGreater China\n$14.56 billion\n83%\n\n\nJapan\n$5.99 billion\n19%\n\n\nRest of Asia Pacific\n$5.19 billion\n26%\n\n\n\nSource: Apple. YOY = Year over year.\nApple's massive growth in the Greater China region, which marked an acceleration from its 58% growth in the third quarter, should silence the bearish claims that it will lose the market to Chinese competitors like Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo, and Huawei.\nIn fact, Apple's share of the Chinese smartphone market actually expanded from 8% to 13% between the third quarters of 2020 and 2021, according to Counterpoint Research, even as the critics fretted over potential boycotts related to the trade war, the tech war, and other geopolitical tensions.\nReturning plenty of cash to investors\nApple's near-term revenue growth might be curbed by chip shortages and other supply chain challenges, but it continues to return a large portion of its free cash flow to shareholders with big buybacks and dividends.\nDuring the fourth quarter, Apple bought back $20 billion in shares and paid out $3.6 billion in dividends. For the full year, it bought back $86 billion in shares and reduced its number of outstanding shares by nearly 4%.\nApple ended the year with $191 billion in cash and marketable securities, which gives it plenty of room for future investments or acquisitions. Its forward dividend yield of 0.6% might seem paltry compared to those of other higher-yielding tech dividend stocks, but that lower yield also gives it more freedom for big buybacks and smart investments.\nRobust growth at a reasonable valuation\nFor the full year, Apple's revenue and earnings per share (EPS) increased 33% and 71%, respectively.\nBut next year, analysts expect its revenue and earnings to only rise 4% and 2%, respectively, as the iPhone faces tougher year-over-year comparisons. That slowdown might seem disappointing, but Apple has always been a cyclical company that relies heavily on hardware upgrade cycles.\nI believe Apple's growth cycles will continue as it expands its services ecosystem and enters new markets like augmented reality devices and connected cars, so its stock still looks reasonably valued at 27 times forward earnings. If you agree with that view, then it's smarter to buy Apple's stock after its latest post-earnings dip than to sell it simply because it faces some near-term supply chain challenges.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"CN"},{"id":841075639,"gmtCreate":1635865780105,"gmtModify":1635865780105,"author":{"id":"4095412450481050","authorId":"4095412450481050","name":"RT126","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/71bd4d86dba111820dfaead92c1969c1","vip":1,"crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0},"htmlText":"Buy buy buy","listText":"Buy buy buy","text":"Buy buy buy","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":4,"commentSize":1,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://laohu8.com/post/841075639","repostId":2180872447,"repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"2180872447","pubTimestamp":1635863109,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/2180872447?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2021-11-02 22:25","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Is Apple Stock a Buy?","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=2180872447","media":"Motley Fool","summary":"The tech giant can't keep up with the market's demand for its products.","content":"Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock price recently dipped after the tech giant posted a mixed fourth-quarter report on Oct. 28. Its revenue rose 29% year over year to $83.4 billion, which missed analysts' estimates by $1.6 billion. Its earnings rose 70% to $1.24 per share and matched analysts' expectations.\nApple attributed its slower-than-expected growth to supply chain constraints, which reduced its fourth-quarter sales by $6 billion. It expects those constraints to have an even bigger impact on its first-quarter sales.\nThose challenges largely overshadowed CFO Luca Maestri's claim that Apple was still experiencing \"better-than-expected demand\" for its products during the company's conference call. Should investors avoid Apple after that messy quarter, or consider its latest pullback a buying opportunity?\n<img src=\"https://g.foolcdn.com/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fg.foolcdn.com%2Feditorial%2Fimages%2F649668%2Fapple_iphone13_design_09142021.jpg&amp;w=700&amp;op=resize\" tg-width=\"700\" tg-height=\"393\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\">Image source: Apple.\n<h2>Apple's core businesses are still growing</h2>\nApple's iPhone, Mac, and iPad businesses all faced supply chain bottlenecks during the quarter, but all three segments still grew year over year:\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"589\">\n <colgroup></colgroup>\n <tbody>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <th width=\"193\">Segment</th>\n <th width=\"205\">Q4 2021 Revenue</th>\n <th width=\"147\">Growth (YOY)</th>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">iPhone</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$38.87 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">47%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Mac</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$9.18 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">2%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">iPad</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$8.25 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">21%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Wearables, Home, and Accessories</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$8.79 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">12%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Services</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$18.28 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">26%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Total</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$83.36 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">29%</td>\n </tr>\n </tbody>\n</table>\nSource: Apple. YOY = Year over year.\nThe wearables, home, and accessories business grew as it sold more Apple Watches and AirPods. Its closely watched services business also expanded as its cloud, video, and music businesses gained more subscribers; its App Store generated \"record\" revenue (despite facing ongoing pressure to lower its fees); and Apple Pay and Apple Care gained more users.\nApple ended the year with 745 million paid subscribers across all of its services, up nearly five times from five years earlier, while its annual services revenue nearly tripled over the past six years. That ongoing expansion should widen Apple's moat, increase the stickiness of its digital ecosystem, and reinforce the brand loyalty that supports its pricing power in the hardware market.\nThat's why Apple's gross and operating margins expanded significantly in both the fourth quarter and the full year, even as the broader smartphone, tablet, and PC markets were commoditized by cheaper devices:\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"604\">\n <colgroup></colgroup>\n <tbody>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <th width=\"147\">Period</th>\n <th width=\"89\">Q4 2020</th>\n <th width=\"94\">Q4 2021</th>\n <th width=\"101\">FY 2020</th>\n <th width=\"101\">FY 2021</th>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"147\">Gross Margin</td>\n <td width=\"89\">38.2%</td>\n <td width=\"94\">42.2%</td>\n <td width=\"101\">38.2%</td>\n <td width=\"101\">41.8%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"147\">Operating Margin</td>\n <td width=\"89\">22.8%</td>\n <td width=\"94\">28.5%</td>\n <td width=\"101\">24.1%</td>\n <td width=\"101\">29.8%</td>\n </tr>\n </tbody>\n</table>\nSource: Apple.\nApple's expanding operating margins indicate it still has plenty of bargaining power with its suppliers. It also doesn't need to rely too heavily on pricey marketing campaigns to generate stable sales growth.\nApple also continued to generate double-digit revenue growth across all five of its main geographic regions during the fourth quarter:\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"589\">\n <colgroup></colgroup>\n <tbody>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <th width=\"193\">Region</th>\n <th width=\"205\">Q4 2021 Revenue</th>\n <th width=\"147\">Growth (YOY)</th>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Americas</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$36.82 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">20%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Europe</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$20.79 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">23%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Greater China</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$14.56 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">83%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Japan</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$5.99 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">19%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Rest of Asia Pacific</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$5.19 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">26%</td>\n </tr>\n </tbody>\n</table>\nSource: Apple. YOY = Year over year.\nApple's massive growth in the Greater China region, which marked an acceleration from its 58% growth in the third quarter, should silence the bearish claims that it will lose the market to Chinese competitors like Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo, and Huawei.\nIn fact, Apple's share of the Chinese smartphone market actually expanded from 8% to 13% between the third quarters of 2020 and 2021, according to Counterpoint Research, even as the critics fretted over potential boycotts related to the trade war, the tech war, and other geopolitical tensions.\n<h2>Returning plenty of cash to investors</h2>\nApple's near-term revenue growth might be curbed by chip shortages and other supply chain challenges, but it continues to return a large portion of its free cash flow to shareholders with big buybacks and dividends.\nDuring the fourth quarter, Apple bought back $20 billion in shares and paid out $3.6 billion in dividends. For the full year, it bought back $86 billion in shares and reduced its number of outstanding shares by nearly 4%.\nApple ended the year with $191 billion in cash and marketable securities, which gives it plenty of room for future investments or acquisitions. Its forward dividend yield of 0.6% might seem paltry compared to those of other higher-yielding tech dividend stocks, but that lower yield also gives it more freedom for big buybacks and smart investments.\n<h2>Robust growth at a reasonable valuation</h2>\nFor the full year, Apple's revenue and earnings per share (EPS) increased 33% and 71%, respectively.\nBut next year, analysts expect its revenue and earnings to only rise 4% and 2%, respectively, as the iPhone faces tougher year-over-year comparisons. That slowdown might seem disappointing, but Apple has always been a cyclical company that relies heavily on hardware upgrade cycles.\nI believe Apple's growth cycles will continue as it expands its services ecosystem and enters new markets like augmented reality devices and connected cars, so its stock still looks reasonably valued at 27 times forward earnings. If you agree with that view, then it's smarter to buy Apple's stock after its latest post-earnings dip than to sell it simply because it faces some near-term supply chain challenges.","source":"fool_stock","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Is Apple Stock a Buy?</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nIs Apple Stock a Buy?\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2021-11-02 22:25 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/11/02/is-apple-stock-a-buy/>Motley Fool</a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\nApple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock price recently dipped after the tech giant posted a mixed fourth-quarter report on Oct. 28. Its revenue rose 29% year over year to $83.4 billion, which missed analysts' ...\n\n<a href=\"https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/11/02/is-apple-stock-a-buy/\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"AAPL":"苹果"},"source_url":"https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/11/02/is-apple-stock-a-buy/","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"2180872447","content_text":"Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock price recently dipped after the tech giant posted a mixed fourth-quarter report on Oct. 28. Its revenue rose 29% year over year to $83.4 billion, which missed analysts' estimates by $1.6 billion. Its earnings rose 70% to $1.24 per share and matched analysts' expectations.\nApple attributed its slower-than-expected growth to supply chain constraints, which reduced its fourth-quarter sales by $6 billion. It expects those constraints to have an even bigger impact on its first-quarter sales.\nThose challenges largely overshadowed CFO Luca Maestri's claim that Apple was still experiencing \"better-than-expected demand\" for its products during the company's conference call. Should investors avoid Apple after that messy quarter, or consider its latest pullback a buying opportunity?\nImage source: Apple.\nApple's core businesses are still growing\nApple's iPhone, Mac, and iPad businesses all faced supply chain bottlenecks during the quarter, but all three segments still grew year over year:\n\n\n\n\nSegment\nQ4 2021 Revenue\nGrowth (YOY)\n\n\niPhone\n$38.87 billion\n47%\n\n\nMac\n$9.18 billion\n2%\n\n\niPad\n$8.25 billion\n21%\n\n\nWearables, Home, and Accessories\n$8.79 billion\n12%\n\n\nServices\n$18.28 billion\n26%\n\n\nTotal\n$83.36 billion\n29%\n\n\n\nSource: Apple. YOY = Year over year.\nThe wearables, home, and accessories business grew as it sold more Apple Watches and AirPods. Its closely watched services business also expanded as its cloud, video, and music businesses gained more subscribers; its App Store generated \"record\" revenue (despite facing ongoing pressure to lower its fees); and Apple Pay and Apple Care gained more users.\nApple ended the year with 745 million paid subscribers across all of its services, up nearly five times from five years earlier, while its annual services revenue nearly tripled over the past six years. That ongoing expansion should widen Apple's moat, increase the stickiness of its digital ecosystem, and reinforce the brand loyalty that supports its pricing power in the hardware market.\nThat's why Apple's gross and operating margins expanded significantly in both the fourth quarter and the full year, even as the broader smartphone, tablet, and PC markets were commoditized by cheaper devices:\n\n\n\n\nPeriod\nQ4 2020\nQ4 2021\nFY 2020\nFY 2021\n\n\nGross Margin\n38.2%\n42.2%\n38.2%\n41.8%\n\n\nOperating Margin\n22.8%\n28.5%\n24.1%\n29.8%\n\n\n\nSource: Apple.\nApple's expanding operating margins indicate it still has plenty of bargaining power with its suppliers. It also doesn't need to rely too heavily on pricey marketing campaigns to generate stable sales growth.\nApple also continued to generate double-digit revenue growth across all five of its main geographic regions during the fourth quarter:\n\n\n\n\nRegion\nQ4 2021 Revenue\nGrowth (YOY)\n\n\nAmericas\n$36.82 billion\n20%\n\n\nEurope\n$20.79 billion\n23%\n\n\nGreater China\n$14.56 billion\n83%\n\n\nJapan\n$5.99 billion\n19%\n\n\nRest of Asia Pacific\n$5.19 billion\n26%\n\n\n\nSource: Apple. YOY = Year over year.\nApple's massive growth in the Greater China region, which marked an acceleration from its 58% growth in the third quarter, should silence the bearish claims that it will lose the market to Chinese competitors like Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo, and Huawei.\nIn fact, Apple's share of the Chinese smartphone market actually expanded from 8% to 13% between the third quarters of 2020 and 2021, according to Counterpoint Research, even as the critics fretted over potential boycotts related to the trade war, the tech war, and other geopolitical tensions.\nReturning plenty of cash to investors\nApple's near-term revenue growth might be curbed by chip shortages and other supply chain challenges, but it continues to return a large portion of its free cash flow to shareholders with big buybacks and dividends.\nDuring the fourth quarter, Apple bought back $20 billion in shares and paid out $3.6 billion in dividends. For the full year, it bought back $86 billion in shares and reduced its number of outstanding shares by nearly 4%.\nApple ended the year with $191 billion in cash and marketable securities, which gives it plenty of room for future investments or acquisitions. Its forward dividend yield of 0.6% might seem paltry compared to those of other higher-yielding tech dividend stocks, but that lower yield also gives it more freedom for big buybacks and smart investments.\nRobust growth at a reasonable valuation\nFor the full year, Apple's revenue and earnings per share (EPS) increased 33% and 71%, respectively.\nBut next year, analysts expect its revenue and earnings to only rise 4% and 2%, respectively, as the iPhone faces tougher year-over-year comparisons. That slowdown might seem disappointing, but Apple has always been a cyclical company that relies heavily on hardware upgrade cycles.\nI believe Apple's growth cycles will continue as it expands its services ecosystem and enters new markets like augmented reality devices and connected cars, so its stock still looks reasonably valued at 27 times forward earnings. 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Its revenue rose 29% year over year to $83.4 billion, which missed analysts' estimates by $1.6 billion. Its earnings rose 70% to $1.24 per share and matched analysts' expectations.\nApple attributed its slower-than-expected growth to supply chain constraints, which reduced its fourth-quarter sales by $6 billion. It expects those constraints to have an even bigger impact on its first-quarter sales.\nThose challenges largely overshadowed CFO Luca Maestri's claim that Apple was still experiencing \"better-than-expected demand\" for its products during the company's conference call. Should investors avoid Apple after that messy quarter, or consider its latest pullback a buying opportunity?\n<img src=\"https://g.foolcdn.com/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fg.foolcdn.com%2Feditorial%2Fimages%2F649668%2Fapple_iphone13_design_09142021.jpg&amp;w=700&amp;op=resize\" tg-width=\"700\" tg-height=\"393\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\">Image source: Apple.\n<h2>Apple's core businesses are still growing</h2>\nApple's iPhone, Mac, and iPad businesses all faced supply chain bottlenecks during the quarter, but all three segments still grew year over year:\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"589\">\n <colgroup></colgroup>\n <tbody>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <th width=\"193\">Segment</th>\n <th width=\"205\">Q4 2021 Revenue</th>\n <th width=\"147\">Growth (YOY)</th>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">iPhone</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$38.87 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">47%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Mac</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$9.18 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">2%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">iPad</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$8.25 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">21%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Wearables, Home, and Accessories</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$8.79 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">12%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Services</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$18.28 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">26%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Total</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$83.36 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">29%</td>\n </tr>\n </tbody>\n</table>\nSource: Apple. YOY = Year over year.\nThe wearables, home, and accessories business grew as it sold more Apple Watches and AirPods. Its closely watched services business also expanded as its cloud, video, and music businesses gained more subscribers; its App Store generated \"record\" revenue (despite facing ongoing pressure to lower its fees); and Apple Pay and Apple Care gained more users.\nApple ended the year with 745 million paid subscribers across all of its services, up nearly five times from five years earlier, while its annual services revenue nearly tripled over the past six years. That ongoing expansion should widen Apple's moat, increase the stickiness of its digital ecosystem, and reinforce the brand loyalty that supports its pricing power in the hardware market.\nThat's why Apple's gross and operating margins expanded significantly in both the fourth quarter and the full year, even as the broader smartphone, tablet, and PC markets were commoditized by cheaper devices:\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"604\">\n <colgroup></colgroup>\n <tbody>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <th width=\"147\">Period</th>\n <th width=\"89\">Q4 2020</th>\n <th width=\"94\">Q4 2021</th>\n <th width=\"101\">FY 2020</th>\n <th width=\"101\">FY 2021</th>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"147\">Gross Margin</td>\n <td width=\"89\">38.2%</td>\n <td width=\"94\">42.2%</td>\n <td width=\"101\">38.2%</td>\n <td width=\"101\">41.8%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"147\">Operating Margin</td>\n <td width=\"89\">22.8%</td>\n <td width=\"94\">28.5%</td>\n <td width=\"101\">24.1%</td>\n <td width=\"101\">29.8%</td>\n </tr>\n </tbody>\n</table>\nSource: Apple.\nApple's expanding operating margins indicate it still has plenty of bargaining power with its suppliers. It also doesn't need to rely too heavily on pricey marketing campaigns to generate stable sales growth.\nApple also continued to generate double-digit revenue growth across all five of its main geographic regions during the fourth quarter:\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"589\">\n <colgroup></colgroup>\n <tbody>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <th width=\"193\">Region</th>\n <th width=\"205\">Q4 2021 Revenue</th>\n <th width=\"147\">Growth (YOY)</th>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Americas</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$36.82 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">20%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Europe</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$20.79 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">23%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Greater China</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$14.56 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">83%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Japan</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$5.99 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">19%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Rest of Asia Pacific</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$5.19 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">26%</td>\n </tr>\n </tbody>\n</table>\nSource: Apple. YOY = Year over year.\nApple's massive growth in the Greater China region, which marked an acceleration from its 58% growth in the third quarter, should silence the bearish claims that it will lose the market to Chinese competitors like Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo, and Huawei.\nIn fact, Apple's share of the Chinese smartphone market actually expanded from 8% to 13% between the third quarters of 2020 and 2021, according to Counterpoint Research, even as the critics fretted over potential boycotts related to the trade war, the tech war, and other geopolitical tensions.\n<h2>Returning plenty of cash to investors</h2>\nApple's near-term revenue growth might be curbed by chip shortages and other supply chain challenges, but it continues to return a large portion of its free cash flow to shareholders with big buybacks and dividends.\nDuring the fourth quarter, Apple bought back $20 billion in shares and paid out $3.6 billion in dividends. For the full year, it bought back $86 billion in shares and reduced its number of outstanding shares by nearly 4%.\nApple ended the year with $191 billion in cash and marketable securities, which gives it plenty of room for future investments or acquisitions. Its forward dividend yield of 0.6% might seem paltry compared to those of other higher-yielding tech dividend stocks, but that lower yield also gives it more freedom for big buybacks and smart investments.\n<h2>Robust growth at a reasonable valuation</h2>\nFor the full year, Apple's revenue and earnings per share (EPS) increased 33% and 71%, respectively.\nBut next year, analysts expect its revenue and earnings to only rise 4% and 2%, respectively, as the iPhone faces tougher year-over-year comparisons. That slowdown might seem disappointing, but Apple has always been a cyclical company that relies heavily on hardware upgrade cycles.\nI believe Apple's growth cycles will continue as it expands its services ecosystem and enters new markets like augmented reality devices and connected cars, so its stock still looks reasonably valued at 27 times forward earnings. 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Its revenue rose 29% year over year to $83.4 billion, which missed analysts' ...\n\n<a href=\"https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/11/02/is-apple-stock-a-buy/\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"AAPL":"苹果"},"source_url":"https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/11/02/is-apple-stock-a-buy/","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"2180872447","content_text":"Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock price recently dipped after the tech giant posted a mixed fourth-quarter report on Oct. 28. Its revenue rose 29% year over year to $83.4 billion, which missed analysts' estimates by $1.6 billion. Its earnings rose 70% to $1.24 per share and matched analysts' expectations.\nApple attributed its slower-than-expected growth to supply chain constraints, which reduced its fourth-quarter sales by $6 billion. It expects those constraints to have an even bigger impact on its first-quarter sales.\nThose challenges largely overshadowed CFO Luca Maestri's claim that Apple was still experiencing \"better-than-expected demand\" for its products during the company's conference call. Should investors avoid Apple after that messy quarter, or consider its latest pullback a buying opportunity?\nImage source: Apple.\nApple's core businesses are still growing\nApple's iPhone, Mac, and iPad businesses all faced supply chain bottlenecks during the quarter, but all three segments still grew year over year:\n\n\n\n\nSegment\nQ4 2021 Revenue\nGrowth (YOY)\n\n\niPhone\n$38.87 billion\n47%\n\n\nMac\n$9.18 billion\n2%\n\n\niPad\n$8.25 billion\n21%\n\n\nWearables, Home, and Accessories\n$8.79 billion\n12%\n\n\nServices\n$18.28 billion\n26%\n\n\nTotal\n$83.36 billion\n29%\n\n\n\nSource: Apple. YOY = Year over year.\nThe wearables, home, and accessories business grew as it sold more Apple Watches and AirPods. Its closely watched services business also expanded as its cloud, video, and music businesses gained more subscribers; its App Store generated \"record\" revenue (despite facing ongoing pressure to lower its fees); and Apple Pay and Apple Care gained more users.\nApple ended the year with 745 million paid subscribers across all of its services, up nearly five times from five years earlier, while its annual services revenue nearly tripled over the past six years. That ongoing expansion should widen Apple's moat, increase the stickiness of its digital ecosystem, and reinforce the brand loyalty that supports its pricing power in the hardware market.\nThat's why Apple's gross and operating margins expanded significantly in both the fourth quarter and the full year, even as the broader smartphone, tablet, and PC markets were commoditized by cheaper devices:\n\n\n\n\nPeriod\nQ4 2020\nQ4 2021\nFY 2020\nFY 2021\n\n\nGross Margin\n38.2%\n42.2%\n38.2%\n41.8%\n\n\nOperating Margin\n22.8%\n28.5%\n24.1%\n29.8%\n\n\n\nSource: Apple.\nApple's expanding operating margins indicate it still has plenty of bargaining power with its suppliers. It also doesn't need to rely too heavily on pricey marketing campaigns to generate stable sales growth.\nApple also continued to generate double-digit revenue growth across all five of its main geographic regions during the fourth quarter:\n\n\n\n\nRegion\nQ4 2021 Revenue\nGrowth (YOY)\n\n\nAmericas\n$36.82 billion\n20%\n\n\nEurope\n$20.79 billion\n23%\n\n\nGreater China\n$14.56 billion\n83%\n\n\nJapan\n$5.99 billion\n19%\n\n\nRest of Asia Pacific\n$5.19 billion\n26%\n\n\n\nSource: Apple. YOY = Year over year.\nApple's massive growth in the Greater China region, which marked an acceleration from its 58% growth in the third quarter, should silence the bearish claims that it will lose the market to Chinese competitors like Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo, and Huawei.\nIn fact, Apple's share of the Chinese smartphone market actually expanded from 8% to 13% between the third quarters of 2020 and 2021, according to Counterpoint Research, even as the critics fretted over potential boycotts related to the trade war, the tech war, and other geopolitical tensions.\nReturning plenty of cash to investors\nApple's near-term revenue growth might be curbed by chip shortages and other supply chain challenges, but it continues to return a large portion of its free cash flow to shareholders with big buybacks and dividends.\nDuring the fourth quarter, Apple bought back $20 billion in shares and paid out $3.6 billion in dividends. For the full year, it bought back $86 billion in shares and reduced its number of outstanding shares by nearly 4%.\nApple ended the year with $191 billion in cash and marketable securities, which gives it plenty of room for future investments or acquisitions. Its forward dividend yield of 0.6% might seem paltry compared to those of other higher-yielding tech dividend stocks, but that lower yield also gives it more freedom for big buybacks and smart investments.\nRobust growth at a reasonable valuation\nFor the full year, Apple's revenue and earnings per share (EPS) increased 33% and 71%, respectively.\nBut next year, analysts expect its revenue and earnings to only rise 4% and 2%, respectively, as the iPhone faces tougher year-over-year comparisons. That slowdown might seem disappointing, but Apple has always been a cyclical company that relies heavily on hardware upgrade cycles.\nI believe Apple's growth cycles will continue as it expands its services ecosystem and enters new markets like augmented reality devices and connected cars, so its stock still looks reasonably valued at 27 times forward earnings. If you agree with that view, then it's smarter to buy Apple's stock after its latest post-earnings dip than to sell it simply because it faces some near-term supply chain challenges.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"CN"},{"id":841078899,"gmtCreate":1635865652134,"gmtModify":1635865652354,"author":{"id":"4090136256817710","authorId":"4090136256817710","name":"39f9005b","avatar":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/default-avatar.jpg","vip":1,"crmLevel":1,"crmLevelSwitch":0},"htmlText":"buy","listText":"buy","text":"buy","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":3,"commentSize":1,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://laohu8.com/post/841078899","repostId":2180872447,"repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"2180872447","pubTimestamp":1635863109,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/2180872447?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2021-11-02 22:25","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Is Apple Stock a Buy?","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=2180872447","media":"Motley Fool","summary":"The tech giant can't keep up with the market's demand for its products.","content":"Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock price recently dipped after the tech giant posted a mixed fourth-quarter report on Oct. 28. Its revenue rose 29% year over year to $83.4 billion, which missed analysts' estimates by $1.6 billion. Its earnings rose 70% to $1.24 per share and matched analysts' expectations.\nApple attributed its slower-than-expected growth to supply chain constraints, which reduced its fourth-quarter sales by $6 billion. It expects those constraints to have an even bigger impact on its first-quarter sales.\nThose challenges largely overshadowed CFO Luca Maestri's claim that Apple was still experiencing \"better-than-expected demand\" for its products during the company's conference call. Should investors avoid Apple after that messy quarter, or consider its latest pullback a buying opportunity?\n<img src=\"https://g.foolcdn.com/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fg.foolcdn.com%2Feditorial%2Fimages%2F649668%2Fapple_iphone13_design_09142021.jpg&amp;w=700&amp;op=resize\" tg-width=\"700\" tg-height=\"393\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\">Image source: Apple.\n<h2>Apple's core businesses are still growing</h2>\nApple's iPhone, Mac, and iPad businesses all faced supply chain bottlenecks during the quarter, but all three segments still grew year over year:\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"589\">\n <colgroup></colgroup>\n <tbody>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <th width=\"193\">Segment</th>\n <th width=\"205\">Q4 2021 Revenue</th>\n <th width=\"147\">Growth (YOY)</th>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">iPhone</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$38.87 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">47%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Mac</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$9.18 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">2%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">iPad</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$8.25 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">21%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Wearables, Home, and Accessories</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$8.79 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">12%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Services</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$18.28 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">26%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Total</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$83.36 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">29%</td>\n </tr>\n </tbody>\n</table>\nSource: Apple. YOY = Year over year.\nThe wearables, home, and accessories business grew as it sold more Apple Watches and AirPods. Its closely watched services business also expanded as its cloud, video, and music businesses gained more subscribers; its App Store generated \"record\" revenue (despite facing ongoing pressure to lower its fees); and Apple Pay and Apple Care gained more users.\nApple ended the year with 745 million paid subscribers across all of its services, up nearly five times from five years earlier, while its annual services revenue nearly tripled over the past six years. That ongoing expansion should widen Apple's moat, increase the stickiness of its digital ecosystem, and reinforce the brand loyalty that supports its pricing power in the hardware market.\nThat's why Apple's gross and operating margins expanded significantly in both the fourth quarter and the full year, even as the broader smartphone, tablet, and PC markets were commoditized by cheaper devices:\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"604\">\n <colgroup></colgroup>\n <tbody>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <th width=\"147\">Period</th>\n <th width=\"89\">Q4 2020</th>\n <th width=\"94\">Q4 2021</th>\n <th width=\"101\">FY 2020</th>\n <th width=\"101\">FY 2021</th>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"147\">Gross Margin</td>\n <td width=\"89\">38.2%</td>\n <td width=\"94\">42.2%</td>\n <td width=\"101\">38.2%</td>\n <td width=\"101\">41.8%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"147\">Operating Margin</td>\n <td width=\"89\">22.8%</td>\n <td width=\"94\">28.5%</td>\n <td width=\"101\">24.1%</td>\n <td width=\"101\">29.8%</td>\n </tr>\n </tbody>\n</table>\nSource: Apple.\nApple's expanding operating margins indicate it still has plenty of bargaining power with its suppliers. It also doesn't need to rely too heavily on pricey marketing campaigns to generate stable sales growth.\nApple also continued to generate double-digit revenue growth across all five of its main geographic regions during the fourth quarter:\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"589\">\n <colgroup></colgroup>\n <tbody>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <th width=\"193\">Region</th>\n <th width=\"205\">Q4 2021 Revenue</th>\n <th width=\"147\">Growth (YOY)</th>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Americas</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$36.82 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">20%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Europe</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$20.79 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">23%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Greater China</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$14.56 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">83%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Japan</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$5.99 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">19%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Rest of Asia Pacific</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$5.19 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">26%</td>\n </tr>\n </tbody>\n</table>\nSource: Apple. YOY = Year over year.\nApple's massive growth in the Greater China region, which marked an acceleration from its 58% growth in the third quarter, should silence the bearish claims that it will lose the market to Chinese competitors like Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo, and Huawei.\nIn fact, Apple's share of the Chinese smartphone market actually expanded from 8% to 13% between the third quarters of 2020 and 2021, according to Counterpoint Research, even as the critics fretted over potential boycotts related to the trade war, the tech war, and other geopolitical tensions.\n<h2>Returning plenty of cash to investors</h2>\nApple's near-term revenue growth might be curbed by chip shortages and other supply chain challenges, but it continues to return a large portion of its free cash flow to shareholders with big buybacks and dividends.\nDuring the fourth quarter, Apple bought back $20 billion in shares and paid out $3.6 billion in dividends. For the full year, it bought back $86 billion in shares and reduced its number of outstanding shares by nearly 4%.\nApple ended the year with $191 billion in cash and marketable securities, which gives it plenty of room for future investments or acquisitions. Its forward dividend yield of 0.6% might seem paltry compared to those of other higher-yielding tech dividend stocks, but that lower yield also gives it more freedom for big buybacks and smart investments.\n<h2>Robust growth at a reasonable valuation</h2>\nFor the full year, Apple's revenue and earnings per share (EPS) increased 33% and 71%, respectively.\nBut next year, analysts expect its revenue and earnings to only rise 4% and 2%, respectively, as the iPhone faces tougher year-over-year comparisons. That slowdown might seem disappointing, but Apple has always been a cyclical company that relies heavily on hardware upgrade cycles.\nI believe Apple's growth cycles will continue as it expands its services ecosystem and enters new markets like augmented reality devices and connected cars, so its stock still looks reasonably valued at 27 times forward earnings. If you agree with that view, then it's smarter to buy Apple's stock after its latest post-earnings dip than to sell it simply because it faces some near-term supply chain challenges.","source":"fool_stock","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Is Apple Stock a Buy?</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nIs Apple Stock a Buy?\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2021-11-02 22:25 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/11/02/is-apple-stock-a-buy/>Motley Fool</a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\nApple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock price recently dipped after the tech giant posted a mixed fourth-quarter report on Oct. 28. Its revenue rose 29% year over year to $83.4 billion, which missed analysts' ...\n\n<a href=\"https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/11/02/is-apple-stock-a-buy/\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"AAPL":"苹果"},"source_url":"https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/11/02/is-apple-stock-a-buy/","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"2180872447","content_text":"Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock price recently dipped after the tech giant posted a mixed fourth-quarter report on Oct. 28. Its revenue rose 29% year over year to $83.4 billion, which missed analysts' estimates by $1.6 billion. Its earnings rose 70% to $1.24 per share and matched analysts' expectations.\nApple attributed its slower-than-expected growth to supply chain constraints, which reduced its fourth-quarter sales by $6 billion. It expects those constraints to have an even bigger impact on its first-quarter sales.\nThose challenges largely overshadowed CFO Luca Maestri's claim that Apple was still experiencing \"better-than-expected demand\" for its products during the company's conference call. Should investors avoid Apple after that messy quarter, or consider its latest pullback a buying opportunity?\nImage source: Apple.\nApple's core businesses are still growing\nApple's iPhone, Mac, and iPad businesses all faced supply chain bottlenecks during the quarter, but all three segments still grew year over year:\n\n\n\n\nSegment\nQ4 2021 Revenue\nGrowth (YOY)\n\n\niPhone\n$38.87 billion\n47%\n\n\nMac\n$9.18 billion\n2%\n\n\niPad\n$8.25 billion\n21%\n\n\nWearables, Home, and Accessories\n$8.79 billion\n12%\n\n\nServices\n$18.28 billion\n26%\n\n\nTotal\n$83.36 billion\n29%\n\n\n\nSource: Apple. YOY = Year over year.\nThe wearables, home, and accessories business grew as it sold more Apple Watches and AirPods. Its closely watched services business also expanded as its cloud, video, and music businesses gained more subscribers; its App Store generated \"record\" revenue (despite facing ongoing pressure to lower its fees); and Apple Pay and Apple Care gained more users.\nApple ended the year with 745 million paid subscribers across all of its services, up nearly five times from five years earlier, while its annual services revenue nearly tripled over the past six years. That ongoing expansion should widen Apple's moat, increase the stickiness of its digital ecosystem, and reinforce the brand loyalty that supports its pricing power in the hardware market.\nThat's why Apple's gross and operating margins expanded significantly in both the fourth quarter and the full year, even as the broader smartphone, tablet, and PC markets were commoditized by cheaper devices:\n\n\n\n\nPeriod\nQ4 2020\nQ4 2021\nFY 2020\nFY 2021\n\n\nGross Margin\n38.2%\n42.2%\n38.2%\n41.8%\n\n\nOperating Margin\n22.8%\n28.5%\n24.1%\n29.8%\n\n\n\nSource: Apple.\nApple's expanding operating margins indicate it still has plenty of bargaining power with its suppliers. It also doesn't need to rely too heavily on pricey marketing campaigns to generate stable sales growth.\nApple also continued to generate double-digit revenue growth across all five of its main geographic regions during the fourth quarter:\n\n\n\n\nRegion\nQ4 2021 Revenue\nGrowth (YOY)\n\n\nAmericas\n$36.82 billion\n20%\n\n\nEurope\n$20.79 billion\n23%\n\n\nGreater China\n$14.56 billion\n83%\n\n\nJapan\n$5.99 billion\n19%\n\n\nRest of Asia Pacific\n$5.19 billion\n26%\n\n\n\nSource: Apple. YOY = Year over year.\nApple's massive growth in the Greater China region, which marked an acceleration from its 58% growth in the third quarter, should silence the bearish claims that it will lose the market to Chinese competitors like Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo, and Huawei.\nIn fact, Apple's share of the Chinese smartphone market actually expanded from 8% to 13% between the third quarters of 2020 and 2021, according to Counterpoint Research, even as the critics fretted over potential boycotts related to the trade war, the tech war, and other geopolitical tensions.\nReturning plenty of cash to investors\nApple's near-term revenue growth might be curbed by chip shortages and other supply chain challenges, but it continues to return a large portion of its free cash flow to shareholders with big buybacks and dividends.\nDuring the fourth quarter, Apple bought back $20 billion in shares and paid out $3.6 billion in dividends. For the full year, it bought back $86 billion in shares and reduced its number of outstanding shares by nearly 4%.\nApple ended the year with $191 billion in cash and marketable securities, which gives it plenty of room for future investments or acquisitions. Its forward dividend yield of 0.6% might seem paltry compared to those of other higher-yielding tech dividend stocks, but that lower yield also gives it more freedom for big buybacks and smart investments.\nRobust growth at a reasonable valuation\nFor the full year, Apple's revenue and earnings per share (EPS) increased 33% and 71%, respectively.\nBut next year, analysts expect its revenue and earnings to only rise 4% and 2%, respectively, as the iPhone faces tougher year-over-year comparisons. That slowdown might seem disappointing, but Apple has always been a cyclical company that relies heavily on hardware upgrade cycles.\nI believe Apple's growth cycles will continue as it expands its services ecosystem and enters new markets like augmented reality devices and connected cars, so its stock still looks reasonably valued at 27 times forward earnings. If you agree with that view, then it's smarter to buy Apple's stock after its latest post-earnings dip than to sell it simply because it faces some near-term supply chain challenges.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"comments":[{"id":6427418,"gmtCreate":1635865680503,"gmtModify":1635865680616,"authorId":3581508813289626,"author":{"id":3581508813289626,"authorId":3581508813289626,"name":"3109a33d","avatar":"https://static.laohu8.com/default-avatar.jpg","vip":1,"crmLevel":1,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"individualDisplayBadges":[]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":841078899,"type":1,"supId":0,"prevId":0,"content":"[Cool]","text":"[Cool]","html":"[Cool]"}],"langContent":"CN"},{"id":841079486,"gmtCreate":1635865506009,"gmtModify":1635865506009,"author":{"id":"3565832091209909","authorId":"3565832091209909","name":"HuatKueh313","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/31fbe827eb784eecc8d7e3bf6018cb01","vip":1,"crmLevel":5,"crmLevelSwitch":0},"htmlText":"Apple just buy e dips","listText":"Apple just buy e dips","text":"Apple just buy e dips","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":6,"commentSize":2,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://laohu8.com/post/841079486","repostId":2180872447,"repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"2180872447","pubTimestamp":1635863109,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/2180872447?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2021-11-02 22:25","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Is Apple Stock a Buy?","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=2180872447","media":"Motley Fool","summary":"The tech giant can't keep up with the market's demand for its products.","content":"Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock price recently dipped after the tech giant posted a mixed fourth-quarter report on Oct. 28. Its revenue rose 29% year over year to $83.4 billion, which missed analysts' estimates by $1.6 billion. Its earnings rose 70% to $1.24 per share and matched analysts' expectations.\nApple attributed its slower-than-expected growth to supply chain constraints, which reduced its fourth-quarter sales by $6 billion. It expects those constraints to have an even bigger impact on its first-quarter sales.\nThose challenges largely overshadowed CFO Luca Maestri's claim that Apple was still experiencing \"better-than-expected demand\" for its products during the company's conference call. Should investors avoid Apple after that messy quarter, or consider its latest pullback a buying opportunity?\n<img src=\"https://g.foolcdn.com/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fg.foolcdn.com%2Feditorial%2Fimages%2F649668%2Fapple_iphone13_design_09142021.jpg&amp;w=700&amp;op=resize\" tg-width=\"700\" tg-height=\"393\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\">Image source: Apple.\n<h2>Apple's core businesses are still growing</h2>\nApple's iPhone, Mac, and iPad businesses all faced supply chain bottlenecks during the quarter, but all three segments still grew year over year:\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"589\">\n <colgroup></colgroup>\n <tbody>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <th width=\"193\">Segment</th>\n <th width=\"205\">Q4 2021 Revenue</th>\n <th width=\"147\">Growth (YOY)</th>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">iPhone</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$38.87 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">47%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Mac</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$9.18 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">2%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">iPad</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$8.25 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">21%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Wearables, Home, and Accessories</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$8.79 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">12%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Services</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$18.28 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">26%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Total</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$83.36 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">29%</td>\n </tr>\n </tbody>\n</table>\nSource: Apple. YOY = Year over year.\nThe wearables, home, and accessories business grew as it sold more Apple Watches and AirPods. Its closely watched services business also expanded as its cloud, video, and music businesses gained more subscribers; its App Store generated \"record\" revenue (despite facing ongoing pressure to lower its fees); and Apple Pay and Apple Care gained more users.\nApple ended the year with 745 million paid subscribers across all of its services, up nearly five times from five years earlier, while its annual services revenue nearly tripled over the past six years. That ongoing expansion should widen Apple's moat, increase the stickiness of its digital ecosystem, and reinforce the brand loyalty that supports its pricing power in the hardware market.\nThat's why Apple's gross and operating margins expanded significantly in both the fourth quarter and the full year, even as the broader smartphone, tablet, and PC markets were commoditized by cheaper devices:\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"604\">\n <colgroup></colgroup>\n <tbody>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <th width=\"147\">Period</th>\n <th width=\"89\">Q4 2020</th>\n <th width=\"94\">Q4 2021</th>\n <th width=\"101\">FY 2020</th>\n <th width=\"101\">FY 2021</th>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"147\">Gross Margin</td>\n <td width=\"89\">38.2%</td>\n <td width=\"94\">42.2%</td>\n <td width=\"101\">38.2%</td>\n <td width=\"101\">41.8%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"147\">Operating Margin</td>\n <td width=\"89\">22.8%</td>\n <td width=\"94\">28.5%</td>\n <td width=\"101\">24.1%</td>\n <td width=\"101\">29.8%</td>\n </tr>\n </tbody>\n</table>\nSource: Apple.\nApple's expanding operating margins indicate it still has plenty of bargaining power with its suppliers. It also doesn't need to rely too heavily on pricey marketing campaigns to generate stable sales growth.\nApple also continued to generate double-digit revenue growth across all five of its main geographic regions during the fourth quarter:\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"589\">\n <colgroup></colgroup>\n <tbody>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <th width=\"193\">Region</th>\n <th width=\"205\">Q4 2021 Revenue</th>\n <th width=\"147\">Growth (YOY)</th>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Americas</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$36.82 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">20%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Europe</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$20.79 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">23%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Greater China</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$14.56 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">83%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Japan</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$5.99 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">19%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Rest of Asia Pacific</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$5.19 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">26%</td>\n </tr>\n </tbody>\n</table>\nSource: Apple. YOY = Year over year.\nApple's massive growth in the Greater China region, which marked an acceleration from its 58% growth in the third quarter, should silence the bearish claims that it will lose the market to Chinese competitors like Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo, and Huawei.\nIn fact, Apple's share of the Chinese smartphone market actually expanded from 8% to 13% between the third quarters of 2020 and 2021, according to Counterpoint Research, even as the critics fretted over potential boycotts related to the trade war, the tech war, and other geopolitical tensions.\n<h2>Returning plenty of cash to investors</h2>\nApple's near-term revenue growth might be curbed by chip shortages and other supply chain challenges, but it continues to return a large portion of its free cash flow to shareholders with big buybacks and dividends.\nDuring the fourth quarter, Apple bought back $20 billion in shares and paid out $3.6 billion in dividends. For the full year, it bought back $86 billion in shares and reduced its number of outstanding shares by nearly 4%.\nApple ended the year with $191 billion in cash and marketable securities, which gives it plenty of room for future investments or acquisitions. Its forward dividend yield of 0.6% might seem paltry compared to those of other higher-yielding tech dividend stocks, but that lower yield also gives it more freedom for big buybacks and smart investments.\n<h2>Robust growth at a reasonable valuation</h2>\nFor the full year, Apple's revenue and earnings per share (EPS) increased 33% and 71%, respectively.\nBut next year, analysts expect its revenue and earnings to only rise 4% and 2%, respectively, as the iPhone faces tougher year-over-year comparisons. That slowdown might seem disappointing, but Apple has always been a cyclical company that relies heavily on hardware upgrade cycles.\nI believe Apple's growth cycles will continue as it expands its services ecosystem and enters new markets like augmented reality devices and connected cars, so its stock still looks reasonably valued at 27 times forward earnings. If you agree with that view, then it's smarter to buy Apple's stock after its latest post-earnings dip than to sell it simply because it faces some near-term supply chain challenges.","source":"fool_stock","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Is Apple Stock a Buy?</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nIs Apple Stock a Buy?\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2021-11-02 22:25 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/11/02/is-apple-stock-a-buy/>Motley Fool</a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\nApple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock price recently dipped after the tech giant posted a mixed fourth-quarter report on Oct. 28. Its revenue rose 29% year over year to $83.4 billion, which missed analysts' ...\n\n<a href=\"https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/11/02/is-apple-stock-a-buy/\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"AAPL":"苹果"},"source_url":"https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/11/02/is-apple-stock-a-buy/","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"2180872447","content_text":"Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock price recently dipped after the tech giant posted a mixed fourth-quarter report on Oct. 28. Its revenue rose 29% year over year to $83.4 billion, which missed analysts' estimates by $1.6 billion. Its earnings rose 70% to $1.24 per share and matched analysts' expectations.\nApple attributed its slower-than-expected growth to supply chain constraints, which reduced its fourth-quarter sales by $6 billion. It expects those constraints to have an even bigger impact on its first-quarter sales.\nThose challenges largely overshadowed CFO Luca Maestri's claim that Apple was still experiencing \"better-than-expected demand\" for its products during the company's conference call. Should investors avoid Apple after that messy quarter, or consider its latest pullback a buying opportunity?\nImage source: Apple.\nApple's core businesses are still growing\nApple's iPhone, Mac, and iPad businesses all faced supply chain bottlenecks during the quarter, but all three segments still grew year over year:\n\n\n\n\nSegment\nQ4 2021 Revenue\nGrowth (YOY)\n\n\niPhone\n$38.87 billion\n47%\n\n\nMac\n$9.18 billion\n2%\n\n\niPad\n$8.25 billion\n21%\n\n\nWearables, Home, and Accessories\n$8.79 billion\n12%\n\n\nServices\n$18.28 billion\n26%\n\n\nTotal\n$83.36 billion\n29%\n\n\n\nSource: Apple. YOY = Year over year.\nThe wearables, home, and accessories business grew as it sold more Apple Watches and AirPods. Its closely watched services business also expanded as its cloud, video, and music businesses gained more subscribers; its App Store generated \"record\" revenue (despite facing ongoing pressure to lower its fees); and Apple Pay and Apple Care gained more users.\nApple ended the year with 745 million paid subscribers across all of its services, up nearly five times from five years earlier, while its annual services revenue nearly tripled over the past six years. That ongoing expansion should widen Apple's moat, increase the stickiness of its digital ecosystem, and reinforce the brand loyalty that supports its pricing power in the hardware market.\nThat's why Apple's gross and operating margins expanded significantly in both the fourth quarter and the full year, even as the broader smartphone, tablet, and PC markets were commoditized by cheaper devices:\n\n\n\n\nPeriod\nQ4 2020\nQ4 2021\nFY 2020\nFY 2021\n\n\nGross Margin\n38.2%\n42.2%\n38.2%\n41.8%\n\n\nOperating Margin\n22.8%\n28.5%\n24.1%\n29.8%\n\n\n\nSource: Apple.\nApple's expanding operating margins indicate it still has plenty of bargaining power with its suppliers. It also doesn't need to rely too heavily on pricey marketing campaigns to generate stable sales growth.\nApple also continued to generate double-digit revenue growth across all five of its main geographic regions during the fourth quarter:\n\n\n\n\nRegion\nQ4 2021 Revenue\nGrowth (YOY)\n\n\nAmericas\n$36.82 billion\n20%\n\n\nEurope\n$20.79 billion\n23%\n\n\nGreater China\n$14.56 billion\n83%\n\n\nJapan\n$5.99 billion\n19%\n\n\nRest of Asia Pacific\n$5.19 billion\n26%\n\n\n\nSource: Apple. YOY = Year over year.\nApple's massive growth in the Greater China region, which marked an acceleration from its 58% growth in the third quarter, should silence the bearish claims that it will lose the market to Chinese competitors like Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo, and Huawei.\nIn fact, Apple's share of the Chinese smartphone market actually expanded from 8% to 13% between the third quarters of 2020 and 2021, according to Counterpoint Research, even as the critics fretted over potential boycotts related to the trade war, the tech war, and other geopolitical tensions.\nReturning plenty of cash to investors\nApple's near-term revenue growth might be curbed by chip shortages and other supply chain challenges, but it continues to return a large portion of its free cash flow to shareholders with big buybacks and dividends.\nDuring the fourth quarter, Apple bought back $20 billion in shares and paid out $3.6 billion in dividends. For the full year, it bought back $86 billion in shares and reduced its number of outstanding shares by nearly 4%.\nApple ended the year with $191 billion in cash and marketable securities, which gives it plenty of room for future investments or acquisitions. Its forward dividend yield of 0.6% might seem paltry compared to those of other higher-yielding tech dividend stocks, but that lower yield also gives it more freedom for big buybacks and smart investments.\nRobust growth at a reasonable valuation\nFor the full year, Apple's revenue and earnings per share (EPS) increased 33% and 71%, respectively.\nBut next year, analysts expect its revenue and earnings to only rise 4% and 2%, respectively, as the iPhone faces tougher year-over-year comparisons. That slowdown might seem disappointing, but Apple has always been a cyclical company that relies heavily on hardware upgrade cycles.\nI believe Apple's growth cycles will continue as it expands its services ecosystem and enters new markets like augmented reality devices and connected cars, so its stock still looks reasonably valued at 27 times forward earnings. 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Its revenue rose 29% year over year to $83.4 billion, which missed analysts' estimates by $1.6 billion. Its earnings rose 70% to $1.24 per share and matched analysts' expectations.\nApple attributed its slower-than-expected growth to supply chain constraints, which reduced its fourth-quarter sales by $6 billion. It expects those constraints to have an even bigger impact on its first-quarter sales.\nThose challenges largely overshadowed CFO Luca Maestri's claim that Apple was still experiencing \"better-than-expected demand\" for its products during the company's conference call. Should investors avoid Apple after that messy quarter, or consider its latest pullback a buying opportunity?\n<img src=\"https://g.foolcdn.com/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fg.foolcdn.com%2Feditorial%2Fimages%2F649668%2Fapple_iphone13_design_09142021.jpg&amp;w=700&amp;op=resize\" tg-width=\"700\" tg-height=\"393\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\">Image source: Apple.\n<h2>Apple's core businesses are still growing</h2>\nApple's iPhone, Mac, and iPad businesses all faced supply chain bottlenecks during the quarter, but all three segments still grew year over year:\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"589\">\n <colgroup></colgroup>\n <tbody>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <th width=\"193\">Segment</th>\n <th width=\"205\">Q4 2021 Revenue</th>\n <th width=\"147\">Growth (YOY)</th>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">iPhone</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$38.87 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">47%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Mac</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$9.18 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">2%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">iPad</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$8.25 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">21%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Wearables, Home, and Accessories</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$8.79 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">12%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Services</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$18.28 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">26%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Total</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$83.36 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">29%</td>\n </tr>\n </tbody>\n</table>\nSource: Apple. YOY = Year over year.\nThe wearables, home, and accessories business grew as it sold more Apple Watches and AirPods. Its closely watched services business also expanded as its cloud, video, and music businesses gained more subscribers; its App Store generated \"record\" revenue (despite facing ongoing pressure to lower its fees); and Apple Pay and Apple Care gained more users.\nApple ended the year with 745 million paid subscribers across all of its services, up nearly five times from five years earlier, while its annual services revenue nearly tripled over the past six years. That ongoing expansion should widen Apple's moat, increase the stickiness of its digital ecosystem, and reinforce the brand loyalty that supports its pricing power in the hardware market.\nThat's why Apple's gross and operating margins expanded significantly in both the fourth quarter and the full year, even as the broader smartphone, tablet, and PC markets were commoditized by cheaper devices:\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"604\">\n <colgroup></colgroup>\n <tbody>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <th width=\"147\">Period</th>\n <th width=\"89\">Q4 2020</th>\n <th width=\"94\">Q4 2021</th>\n <th width=\"101\">FY 2020</th>\n <th width=\"101\">FY 2021</th>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"147\">Gross Margin</td>\n <td width=\"89\">38.2%</td>\n <td width=\"94\">42.2%</td>\n <td width=\"101\">38.2%</td>\n <td width=\"101\">41.8%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"147\">Operating Margin</td>\n <td width=\"89\">22.8%</td>\n <td width=\"94\">28.5%</td>\n <td width=\"101\">24.1%</td>\n <td width=\"101\">29.8%</td>\n </tr>\n </tbody>\n</table>\nSource: Apple.\nApple's expanding operating margins indicate it still has plenty of bargaining power with its suppliers. It also doesn't need to rely too heavily on pricey marketing campaigns to generate stable sales growth.\nApple also continued to generate double-digit revenue growth across all five of its main geographic regions during the fourth quarter:\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"589\">\n <colgroup></colgroup>\n <tbody>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <th width=\"193\">Region</th>\n <th width=\"205\">Q4 2021 Revenue</th>\n <th width=\"147\">Growth (YOY)</th>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Americas</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$36.82 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">20%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Europe</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$20.79 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">23%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Greater China</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$14.56 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">83%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Japan</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$5.99 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">19%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Rest of Asia Pacific</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$5.19 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">26%</td>\n </tr>\n </tbody>\n</table>\nSource: Apple. YOY = Year over year.\nApple's massive growth in the Greater China region, which marked an acceleration from its 58% growth in the third quarter, should silence the bearish claims that it will lose the market to Chinese competitors like Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo, and Huawei.\nIn fact, Apple's share of the Chinese smartphone market actually expanded from 8% to 13% between the third quarters of 2020 and 2021, according to Counterpoint Research, even as the critics fretted over potential boycotts related to the trade war, the tech war, and other geopolitical tensions.\n<h2>Returning plenty of cash to investors</h2>\nApple's near-term revenue growth might be curbed by chip shortages and other supply chain challenges, but it continues to return a large portion of its free cash flow to shareholders with big buybacks and dividends.\nDuring the fourth quarter, Apple bought back $20 billion in shares and paid out $3.6 billion in dividends. For the full year, it bought back $86 billion in shares and reduced its number of outstanding shares by nearly 4%.\nApple ended the year with $191 billion in cash and marketable securities, which gives it plenty of room for future investments or acquisitions. Its forward dividend yield of 0.6% might seem paltry compared to those of other higher-yielding tech dividend stocks, but that lower yield also gives it more freedom for big buybacks and smart investments.\n<h2>Robust growth at a reasonable valuation</h2>\nFor the full year, Apple's revenue and earnings per share (EPS) increased 33% and 71%, respectively.\nBut next year, analysts expect its revenue and earnings to only rise 4% and 2%, respectively, as the iPhone faces tougher year-over-year comparisons. That slowdown might seem disappointing, but Apple has always been a cyclical company that relies heavily on hardware upgrade cycles.\nI believe Apple's growth cycles will continue as it expands its services ecosystem and enters new markets like augmented reality devices and connected cars, so its stock still looks reasonably valued at 27 times forward earnings. If you agree with that view, then it's smarter to buy Apple's stock after its latest post-earnings dip than to sell it simply because it faces some near-term supply chain challenges.","source":"fool_stock","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Is Apple Stock a Buy?</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nIs Apple Stock a Buy?\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2021-11-02 22:25 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/11/02/is-apple-stock-a-buy/>Motley Fool</a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\nApple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock price recently dipped after the tech giant posted a mixed fourth-quarter report on Oct. 28. Its revenue rose 29% year over year to $83.4 billion, which missed analysts' ...\n\n<a href=\"https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/11/02/is-apple-stock-a-buy/\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"AAPL":"苹果"},"source_url":"https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/11/02/is-apple-stock-a-buy/","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"2180872447","content_text":"Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock price recently dipped after the tech giant posted a mixed fourth-quarter report on Oct. 28. Its revenue rose 29% year over year to $83.4 billion, which missed analysts' estimates by $1.6 billion. Its earnings rose 70% to $1.24 per share and matched analysts' expectations.\nApple attributed its slower-than-expected growth to supply chain constraints, which reduced its fourth-quarter sales by $6 billion. It expects those constraints to have an even bigger impact on its first-quarter sales.\nThose challenges largely overshadowed CFO Luca Maestri's claim that Apple was still experiencing \"better-than-expected demand\" for its products during the company's conference call. Should investors avoid Apple after that messy quarter, or consider its latest pullback a buying opportunity?\nImage source: Apple.\nApple's core businesses are still growing\nApple's iPhone, Mac, and iPad businesses all faced supply chain bottlenecks during the quarter, but all three segments still grew year over year:\n\n\n\n\nSegment\nQ4 2021 Revenue\nGrowth (YOY)\n\n\niPhone\n$38.87 billion\n47%\n\n\nMac\n$9.18 billion\n2%\n\n\niPad\n$8.25 billion\n21%\n\n\nWearables, Home, and Accessories\n$8.79 billion\n12%\n\n\nServices\n$18.28 billion\n26%\n\n\nTotal\n$83.36 billion\n29%\n\n\n\nSource: Apple. YOY = Year over year.\nThe wearables, home, and accessories business grew as it sold more Apple Watches and AirPods. Its closely watched services business also expanded as its cloud, video, and music businesses gained more subscribers; its App Store generated \"record\" revenue (despite facing ongoing pressure to lower its fees); and Apple Pay and Apple Care gained more users.\nApple ended the year with 745 million paid subscribers across all of its services, up nearly five times from five years earlier, while its annual services revenue nearly tripled over the past six years. That ongoing expansion should widen Apple's moat, increase the stickiness of its digital ecosystem, and reinforce the brand loyalty that supports its pricing power in the hardware market.\nThat's why Apple's gross and operating margins expanded significantly in both the fourth quarter and the full year, even as the broader smartphone, tablet, and PC markets were commoditized by cheaper devices:\n\n\n\n\nPeriod\nQ4 2020\nQ4 2021\nFY 2020\nFY 2021\n\n\nGross Margin\n38.2%\n42.2%\n38.2%\n41.8%\n\n\nOperating Margin\n22.8%\n28.5%\n24.1%\n29.8%\n\n\n\nSource: Apple.\nApple's expanding operating margins indicate it still has plenty of bargaining power with its suppliers. It also doesn't need to rely too heavily on pricey marketing campaigns to generate stable sales growth.\nApple also continued to generate double-digit revenue growth across all five of its main geographic regions during the fourth quarter:\n\n\n\n\nRegion\nQ4 2021 Revenue\nGrowth (YOY)\n\n\nAmericas\n$36.82 billion\n20%\n\n\nEurope\n$20.79 billion\n23%\n\n\nGreater China\n$14.56 billion\n83%\n\n\nJapan\n$5.99 billion\n19%\n\n\nRest of Asia Pacific\n$5.19 billion\n26%\n\n\n\nSource: Apple. YOY = Year over year.\nApple's massive growth in the Greater China region, which marked an acceleration from its 58% growth in the third quarter, should silence the bearish claims that it will lose the market to Chinese competitors like Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo, and Huawei.\nIn fact, Apple's share of the Chinese smartphone market actually expanded from 8% to 13% between the third quarters of 2020 and 2021, according to Counterpoint Research, even as the critics fretted over potential boycotts related to the trade war, the tech war, and other geopolitical tensions.\nReturning plenty of cash to investors\nApple's near-term revenue growth might be curbed by chip shortages and other supply chain challenges, but it continues to return a large portion of its free cash flow to shareholders with big buybacks and dividends.\nDuring the fourth quarter, Apple bought back $20 billion in shares and paid out $3.6 billion in dividends. For the full year, it bought back $86 billion in shares and reduced its number of outstanding shares by nearly 4%.\nApple ended the year with $191 billion in cash and marketable securities, which gives it plenty of room for future investments or acquisitions. Its forward dividend yield of 0.6% might seem paltry compared to those of other higher-yielding tech dividend stocks, but that lower yield also gives it more freedom for big buybacks and smart investments.\nRobust growth at a reasonable valuation\nFor the full year, Apple's revenue and earnings per share (EPS) increased 33% and 71%, respectively.\nBut next year, analysts expect its revenue and earnings to only rise 4% and 2%, respectively, as the iPhone faces tougher year-over-year comparisons. That slowdown might seem disappointing, but Apple has always been a cyclical company that relies heavily on hardware upgrade cycles.\nI believe Apple's growth cycles will continue as it expands its services ecosystem and enters new markets like augmented reality devices and connected cars, so its stock still looks reasonably valued at 27 times forward earnings. If you agree with that view, then it's smarter to buy Apple's stock after its latest post-earnings dip than to sell it simply because it faces some near-term supply chain challenges.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"CN"},{"id":841045265,"gmtCreate":1635865328678,"gmtModify":1635865328678,"author":{"id":"4090372448888540","authorId":"4090372448888540","name":"winfredcth","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/c465570918f25ab6c6a51f818aeceaf0","vip":1,"crmLevel":5,"crmLevelSwitch":0},"htmlText":"👍","listText":"👍","text":"👍","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":3,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://laohu8.com/post/841045265","repostId":2180872447,"repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"2180872447","pubTimestamp":1635863109,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/2180872447?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2021-11-02 22:25","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Is Apple Stock a Buy?","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=2180872447","media":"Motley Fool","summary":"The tech giant can't keep up with the market's demand for its products.","content":"Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock price recently dipped after the tech giant posted a mixed fourth-quarter report on Oct. 28. Its revenue rose 29% year over year to $83.4 billion, which missed analysts' estimates by $1.6 billion. Its earnings rose 70% to $1.24 per share and matched analysts' expectations.\nApple attributed its slower-than-expected growth to supply chain constraints, which reduced its fourth-quarter sales by $6 billion. It expects those constraints to have an even bigger impact on its first-quarter sales.\nThose challenges largely overshadowed CFO Luca Maestri's claim that Apple was still experiencing \"better-than-expected demand\" for its products during the company's conference call. Should investors avoid Apple after that messy quarter, or consider its latest pullback a buying opportunity?\n<img src=\"https://g.foolcdn.com/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fg.foolcdn.com%2Feditorial%2Fimages%2F649668%2Fapple_iphone13_design_09142021.jpg&amp;w=700&amp;op=resize\" tg-width=\"700\" tg-height=\"393\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\">Image source: Apple.\n<h2>Apple's core businesses are still growing</h2>\nApple's iPhone, Mac, and iPad businesses all faced supply chain bottlenecks during the quarter, but all three segments still grew year over year:\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"589\">\n <colgroup></colgroup>\n <tbody>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <th width=\"193\">Segment</th>\n <th width=\"205\">Q4 2021 Revenue</th>\n <th width=\"147\">Growth (YOY)</th>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">iPhone</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$38.87 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">47%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Mac</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$9.18 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">2%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">iPad</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$8.25 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">21%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Wearables, Home, and Accessories</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$8.79 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">12%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Services</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$18.28 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">26%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Total</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$83.36 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">29%</td>\n </tr>\n </tbody>\n</table>\nSource: Apple. YOY = Year over year.\nThe wearables, home, and accessories business grew as it sold more Apple Watches and AirPods. Its closely watched services business also expanded as its cloud, video, and music businesses gained more subscribers; its App Store generated \"record\" revenue (despite facing ongoing pressure to lower its fees); and Apple Pay and Apple Care gained more users.\nApple ended the year with 745 million paid subscribers across all of its services, up nearly five times from five years earlier, while its annual services revenue nearly tripled over the past six years. That ongoing expansion should widen Apple's moat, increase the stickiness of its digital ecosystem, and reinforce the brand loyalty that supports its pricing power in the hardware market.\nThat's why Apple's gross and operating margins expanded significantly in both the fourth quarter and the full year, even as the broader smartphone, tablet, and PC markets were commoditized by cheaper devices:\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"604\">\n <colgroup></colgroup>\n <tbody>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <th width=\"147\">Period</th>\n <th width=\"89\">Q4 2020</th>\n <th width=\"94\">Q4 2021</th>\n <th width=\"101\">FY 2020</th>\n <th width=\"101\">FY 2021</th>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"147\">Gross Margin</td>\n <td width=\"89\">38.2%</td>\n <td width=\"94\">42.2%</td>\n <td width=\"101\">38.2%</td>\n <td width=\"101\">41.8%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"147\">Operating Margin</td>\n <td width=\"89\">22.8%</td>\n <td width=\"94\">28.5%</td>\n <td width=\"101\">24.1%</td>\n <td width=\"101\">29.8%</td>\n </tr>\n </tbody>\n</table>\nSource: Apple.\nApple's expanding operating margins indicate it still has plenty of bargaining power with its suppliers. It also doesn't need to rely too heavily on pricey marketing campaigns to generate stable sales growth.\nApple also continued to generate double-digit revenue growth across all five of its main geographic regions during the fourth quarter:\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"589\">\n <colgroup></colgroup>\n <tbody>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <th width=\"193\">Region</th>\n <th width=\"205\">Q4 2021 Revenue</th>\n <th width=\"147\">Growth (YOY)</th>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Americas</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$36.82 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">20%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Europe</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$20.79 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">23%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Greater China</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$14.56 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">83%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Japan</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$5.99 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">19%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Rest of Asia Pacific</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$5.19 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">26%</td>\n </tr>\n </tbody>\n</table>\nSource: Apple. YOY = Year over year.\nApple's massive growth in the Greater China region, which marked an acceleration from its 58% growth in the third quarter, should silence the bearish claims that it will lose the market to Chinese competitors like Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo, and Huawei.\nIn fact, Apple's share of the Chinese smartphone market actually expanded from 8% to 13% between the third quarters of 2020 and 2021, according to Counterpoint Research, even as the critics fretted over potential boycotts related to the trade war, the tech war, and other geopolitical tensions.\n<h2>Returning plenty of cash to investors</h2>\nApple's near-term revenue growth might be curbed by chip shortages and other supply chain challenges, but it continues to return a large portion of its free cash flow to shareholders with big buybacks and dividends.\nDuring the fourth quarter, Apple bought back $20 billion in shares and paid out $3.6 billion in dividends. For the full year, it bought back $86 billion in shares and reduced its number of outstanding shares by nearly 4%.\nApple ended the year with $191 billion in cash and marketable securities, which gives it plenty of room for future investments or acquisitions. Its forward dividend yield of 0.6% might seem paltry compared to those of other higher-yielding tech dividend stocks, but that lower yield also gives it more freedom for big buybacks and smart investments.\n<h2>Robust growth at a reasonable valuation</h2>\nFor the full year, Apple's revenue and earnings per share (EPS) increased 33% and 71%, respectively.\nBut next year, analysts expect its revenue and earnings to only rise 4% and 2%, respectively, as the iPhone faces tougher year-over-year comparisons. That slowdown might seem disappointing, but Apple has always been a cyclical company that relies heavily on hardware upgrade cycles.\nI believe Apple's growth cycles will continue as it expands its services ecosystem and enters new markets like augmented reality devices and connected cars, so its stock still looks reasonably valued at 27 times forward earnings. 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Its revenue rose 29% year over year to $83.4 billion, which missed analysts' ...\n\n<a href=\"https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/11/02/is-apple-stock-a-buy/\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"AAPL":"苹果"},"source_url":"https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/11/02/is-apple-stock-a-buy/","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"2180872447","content_text":"Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock price recently dipped after the tech giant posted a mixed fourth-quarter report on Oct. 28. Its revenue rose 29% year over year to $83.4 billion, which missed analysts' estimates by $1.6 billion. Its earnings rose 70% to $1.24 per share and matched analysts' expectations.\nApple attributed its slower-than-expected growth to supply chain constraints, which reduced its fourth-quarter sales by $6 billion. It expects those constraints to have an even bigger impact on its first-quarter sales.\nThose challenges largely overshadowed CFO Luca Maestri's claim that Apple was still experiencing \"better-than-expected demand\" for its products during the company's conference call. Should investors avoid Apple after that messy quarter, or consider its latest pullback a buying opportunity?\nImage source: Apple.\nApple's core businesses are still growing\nApple's iPhone, Mac, and iPad businesses all faced supply chain bottlenecks during the quarter, but all three segments still grew year over year:\n\n\n\n\nSegment\nQ4 2021 Revenue\nGrowth (YOY)\n\n\niPhone\n$38.87 billion\n47%\n\n\nMac\n$9.18 billion\n2%\n\n\niPad\n$8.25 billion\n21%\n\n\nWearables, Home, and Accessories\n$8.79 billion\n12%\n\n\nServices\n$18.28 billion\n26%\n\n\nTotal\n$83.36 billion\n29%\n\n\n\nSource: Apple. YOY = Year over year.\nThe wearables, home, and accessories business grew as it sold more Apple Watches and AirPods. Its closely watched services business also expanded as its cloud, video, and music businesses gained more subscribers; its App Store generated \"record\" revenue (despite facing ongoing pressure to lower its fees); and Apple Pay and Apple Care gained more users.\nApple ended the year with 745 million paid subscribers across all of its services, up nearly five times from five years earlier, while its annual services revenue nearly tripled over the past six years. That ongoing expansion should widen Apple's moat, increase the stickiness of its digital ecosystem, and reinforce the brand loyalty that supports its pricing power in the hardware market.\nThat's why Apple's gross and operating margins expanded significantly in both the fourth quarter and the full year, even as the broader smartphone, tablet, and PC markets were commoditized by cheaper devices:\n\n\n\n\nPeriod\nQ4 2020\nQ4 2021\nFY 2020\nFY 2021\n\n\nGross Margin\n38.2%\n42.2%\n38.2%\n41.8%\n\n\nOperating Margin\n22.8%\n28.5%\n24.1%\n29.8%\n\n\n\nSource: Apple.\nApple's expanding operating margins indicate it still has plenty of bargaining power with its suppliers. It also doesn't need to rely too heavily on pricey marketing campaigns to generate stable sales growth.\nApple also continued to generate double-digit revenue growth across all five of its main geographic regions during the fourth quarter:\n\n\n\n\nRegion\nQ4 2021 Revenue\nGrowth (YOY)\n\n\nAmericas\n$36.82 billion\n20%\n\n\nEurope\n$20.79 billion\n23%\n\n\nGreater China\n$14.56 billion\n83%\n\n\nJapan\n$5.99 billion\n19%\n\n\nRest of Asia Pacific\n$5.19 billion\n26%\n\n\n\nSource: Apple. YOY = Year over year.\nApple's massive growth in the Greater China region, which marked an acceleration from its 58% growth in the third quarter, should silence the bearish claims that it will lose the market to Chinese competitors like Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo, and Huawei.\nIn fact, Apple's share of the Chinese smartphone market actually expanded from 8% to 13% between the third quarters of 2020 and 2021, according to Counterpoint Research, even as the critics fretted over potential boycotts related to the trade war, the tech war, and other geopolitical tensions.\nReturning plenty of cash to investors\nApple's near-term revenue growth might be curbed by chip shortages and other supply chain challenges, but it continues to return a large portion of its free cash flow to shareholders with big buybacks and dividends.\nDuring the fourth quarter, Apple bought back $20 billion in shares and paid out $3.6 billion in dividends. For the full year, it bought back $86 billion in shares and reduced its number of outstanding shares by nearly 4%.\nApple ended the year with $191 billion in cash and marketable securities, which gives it plenty of room for future investments or acquisitions. Its forward dividend yield of 0.6% might seem paltry compared to those of other higher-yielding tech dividend stocks, but that lower yield also gives it more freedom for big buybacks and smart investments.\nRobust growth at a reasonable valuation\nFor the full year, Apple's revenue and earnings per share (EPS) increased 33% and 71%, respectively.\nBut next year, analysts expect its revenue and earnings to only rise 4% and 2%, respectively, as the iPhone faces tougher year-over-year comparisons. That slowdown might seem disappointing, but Apple has always been a cyclical company that relies heavily on hardware upgrade cycles.\nI believe Apple's growth cycles will continue as it expands its services ecosystem and enters new markets like augmented reality devices and connected cars, so its stock still looks reasonably valued at 27 times forward earnings. If you agree with that view, then it's smarter to buy Apple's stock after its latest post-earnings dip than to sell it simply because it faces some near-term supply chain challenges.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"CN"},{"id":841045909,"gmtCreate":1635865306774,"gmtModify":1635865306887,"author":{"id":"3578561901514206","authorId":"3578561901514206","name":"ricebowl","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/a9ec802718dde5068862a7df929de4ed","vip":1,"crmLevel":4,"crmLevelSwitch":0},"htmlText":"Ok","listText":"Ok","text":"Ok","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":3,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://laohu8.com/post/841045909","repostId":2180872447,"repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"2180872447","pubTimestamp":1635863109,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/2180872447?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2021-11-02 22:25","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Is Apple Stock a Buy?","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=2180872447","media":"Motley Fool","summary":"The tech giant can't keep up with the market's demand for its products.","content":"Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock price recently dipped after the tech giant posted a mixed fourth-quarter report on Oct. 28. Its revenue rose 29% year over year to $83.4 billion, which missed analysts' estimates by $1.6 billion. Its earnings rose 70% to $1.24 per share and matched analysts' expectations.\nApple attributed its slower-than-expected growth to supply chain constraints, which reduced its fourth-quarter sales by $6 billion. It expects those constraints to have an even bigger impact on its first-quarter sales.\nThose challenges largely overshadowed CFO Luca Maestri's claim that Apple was still experiencing \"better-than-expected demand\" for its products during the company's conference call. Should investors avoid Apple after that messy quarter, or consider its latest pullback a buying opportunity?\n<img src=\"https://g.foolcdn.com/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fg.foolcdn.com%2Feditorial%2Fimages%2F649668%2Fapple_iphone13_design_09142021.jpg&amp;w=700&amp;op=resize\" tg-width=\"700\" tg-height=\"393\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\">Image source: Apple.\n<h2>Apple's core businesses are still growing</h2>\nApple's iPhone, Mac, and iPad businesses all faced supply chain bottlenecks during the quarter, but all three segments still grew year over year:\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"589\">\n <colgroup></colgroup>\n <tbody>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <th width=\"193\">Segment</th>\n <th width=\"205\">Q4 2021 Revenue</th>\n <th width=\"147\">Growth (YOY)</th>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">iPhone</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$38.87 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">47%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Mac</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$9.18 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">2%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">iPad</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$8.25 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">21%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Wearables, Home, and Accessories</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$8.79 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">12%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Services</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$18.28 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">26%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Total</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$83.36 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">29%</td>\n </tr>\n </tbody>\n</table>\nSource: Apple. YOY = Year over year.\nThe wearables, home, and accessories business grew as it sold more Apple Watches and AirPods. Its closely watched services business also expanded as its cloud, video, and music businesses gained more subscribers; its App Store generated \"record\" revenue (despite facing ongoing pressure to lower its fees); and Apple Pay and Apple Care gained more users.\nApple ended the year with 745 million paid subscribers across all of its services, up nearly five times from five years earlier, while its annual services revenue nearly tripled over the past six years. That ongoing expansion should widen Apple's moat, increase the stickiness of its digital ecosystem, and reinforce the brand loyalty that supports its pricing power in the hardware market.\nThat's why Apple's gross and operating margins expanded significantly in both the fourth quarter and the full year, even as the broader smartphone, tablet, and PC markets were commoditized by cheaper devices:\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"604\">\n <colgroup></colgroup>\n <tbody>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <th width=\"147\">Period</th>\n <th width=\"89\">Q4 2020</th>\n <th width=\"94\">Q4 2021</th>\n <th width=\"101\">FY 2020</th>\n <th width=\"101\">FY 2021</th>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"147\">Gross Margin</td>\n <td width=\"89\">38.2%</td>\n <td width=\"94\">42.2%</td>\n <td width=\"101\">38.2%</td>\n <td width=\"101\">41.8%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"147\">Operating Margin</td>\n <td width=\"89\">22.8%</td>\n <td width=\"94\">28.5%</td>\n <td width=\"101\">24.1%</td>\n <td width=\"101\">29.8%</td>\n </tr>\n </tbody>\n</table>\nSource: Apple.\nApple's expanding operating margins indicate it still has plenty of bargaining power with its suppliers. It also doesn't need to rely too heavily on pricey marketing campaigns to generate stable sales growth.\nApple also continued to generate double-digit revenue growth across all five of its main geographic regions during the fourth quarter:\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"589\">\n <colgroup></colgroup>\n <tbody>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <th width=\"193\">Region</th>\n <th width=\"205\">Q4 2021 Revenue</th>\n <th width=\"147\">Growth (YOY)</th>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Americas</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$36.82 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">20%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Europe</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$20.79 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">23%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Greater China</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$14.56 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">83%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Japan</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$5.99 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">19%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Rest of Asia Pacific</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$5.19 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">26%</td>\n </tr>\n </tbody>\n</table>\nSource: Apple. YOY = Year over year.\nApple's massive growth in the Greater China region, which marked an acceleration from its 58% growth in the third quarter, should silence the bearish claims that it will lose the market to Chinese competitors like Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo, and Huawei.\nIn fact, Apple's share of the Chinese smartphone market actually expanded from 8% to 13% between the third quarters of 2020 and 2021, according to Counterpoint Research, even as the critics fretted over potential boycotts related to the trade war, the tech war, and other geopolitical tensions.\n<h2>Returning plenty of cash to investors</h2>\nApple's near-term revenue growth might be curbed by chip shortages and other supply chain challenges, but it continues to return a large portion of its free cash flow to shareholders with big buybacks and dividends.\nDuring the fourth quarter, Apple bought back $20 billion in shares and paid out $3.6 billion in dividends. For the full year, it bought back $86 billion in shares and reduced its number of outstanding shares by nearly 4%.\nApple ended the year with $191 billion in cash and marketable securities, which gives it plenty of room for future investments or acquisitions. Its forward dividend yield of 0.6% might seem paltry compared to those of other higher-yielding tech dividend stocks, but that lower yield also gives it more freedom for big buybacks and smart investments.\n<h2>Robust growth at a reasonable valuation</h2>\nFor the full year, Apple's revenue and earnings per share (EPS) increased 33% and 71%, respectively.\nBut next year, analysts expect its revenue and earnings to only rise 4% and 2%, respectively, as the iPhone faces tougher year-over-year comparisons. That slowdown might seem disappointing, but Apple has always been a cyclical company that relies heavily on hardware upgrade cycles.\nI believe Apple's growth cycles will continue as it expands its services ecosystem and enters new markets like augmented reality devices and connected cars, so its stock still looks reasonably valued at 27 times forward earnings. If you agree with that view, then it's smarter to buy Apple's stock after its latest post-earnings dip than to sell it simply because it faces some near-term supply chain challenges.","source":"fool_stock","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Is Apple Stock a Buy?</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nIs Apple Stock a Buy?\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2021-11-02 22:25 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/11/02/is-apple-stock-a-buy/>Motley Fool</a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\nApple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock price recently dipped after the tech giant posted a mixed fourth-quarter report on Oct. 28. Its revenue rose 29% year over year to $83.4 billion, which missed analysts' ...\n\n<a href=\"https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/11/02/is-apple-stock-a-buy/\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"AAPL":"苹果"},"source_url":"https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/11/02/is-apple-stock-a-buy/","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"2180872447","content_text":"Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock price recently dipped after the tech giant posted a mixed fourth-quarter report on Oct. 28. Its revenue rose 29% year over year to $83.4 billion, which missed analysts' estimates by $1.6 billion. Its earnings rose 70% to $1.24 per share and matched analysts' expectations.\nApple attributed its slower-than-expected growth to supply chain constraints, which reduced its fourth-quarter sales by $6 billion. It expects those constraints to have an even bigger impact on its first-quarter sales.\nThose challenges largely overshadowed CFO Luca Maestri's claim that Apple was still experiencing \"better-than-expected demand\" for its products during the company's conference call. Should investors avoid Apple after that messy quarter, or consider its latest pullback a buying opportunity?\nImage source: Apple.\nApple's core businesses are still growing\nApple's iPhone, Mac, and iPad businesses all faced supply chain bottlenecks during the quarter, but all three segments still grew year over year:\n\n\n\n\nSegment\nQ4 2021 Revenue\nGrowth (YOY)\n\n\niPhone\n$38.87 billion\n47%\n\n\nMac\n$9.18 billion\n2%\n\n\niPad\n$8.25 billion\n21%\n\n\nWearables, Home, and Accessories\n$8.79 billion\n12%\n\n\nServices\n$18.28 billion\n26%\n\n\nTotal\n$83.36 billion\n29%\n\n\n\nSource: Apple. YOY = Year over year.\nThe wearables, home, and accessories business grew as it sold more Apple Watches and AirPods. Its closely watched services business also expanded as its cloud, video, and music businesses gained more subscribers; its App Store generated \"record\" revenue (despite facing ongoing pressure to lower its fees); and Apple Pay and Apple Care gained more users.\nApple ended the year with 745 million paid subscribers across all of its services, up nearly five times from five years earlier, while its annual services revenue nearly tripled over the past six years. That ongoing expansion should widen Apple's moat, increase the stickiness of its digital ecosystem, and reinforce the brand loyalty that supports its pricing power in the hardware market.\nThat's why Apple's gross and operating margins expanded significantly in both the fourth quarter and the full year, even as the broader smartphone, tablet, and PC markets were commoditized by cheaper devices:\n\n\n\n\nPeriod\nQ4 2020\nQ4 2021\nFY 2020\nFY 2021\n\n\nGross Margin\n38.2%\n42.2%\n38.2%\n41.8%\n\n\nOperating Margin\n22.8%\n28.5%\n24.1%\n29.8%\n\n\n\nSource: Apple.\nApple's expanding operating margins indicate it still has plenty of bargaining power with its suppliers. It also doesn't need to rely too heavily on pricey marketing campaigns to generate stable sales growth.\nApple also continued to generate double-digit revenue growth across all five of its main geographic regions during the fourth quarter:\n\n\n\n\nRegion\nQ4 2021 Revenue\nGrowth (YOY)\n\n\nAmericas\n$36.82 billion\n20%\n\n\nEurope\n$20.79 billion\n23%\n\n\nGreater China\n$14.56 billion\n83%\n\n\nJapan\n$5.99 billion\n19%\n\n\nRest of Asia Pacific\n$5.19 billion\n26%\n\n\n\nSource: Apple. YOY = Year over year.\nApple's massive growth in the Greater China region, which marked an acceleration from its 58% growth in the third quarter, should silence the bearish claims that it will lose the market to Chinese competitors like Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo, and Huawei.\nIn fact, Apple's share of the Chinese smartphone market actually expanded from 8% to 13% between the third quarters of 2020 and 2021, according to Counterpoint Research, even as the critics fretted over potential boycotts related to the trade war, the tech war, and other geopolitical tensions.\nReturning plenty of cash to investors\nApple's near-term revenue growth might be curbed by chip shortages and other supply chain challenges, but it continues to return a large portion of its free cash flow to shareholders with big buybacks and dividends.\nDuring the fourth quarter, Apple bought back $20 billion in shares and paid out $3.6 billion in dividends. For the full year, it bought back $86 billion in shares and reduced its number of outstanding shares by nearly 4%.\nApple ended the year with $191 billion in cash and marketable securities, which gives it plenty of room for future investments or acquisitions. Its forward dividend yield of 0.6% might seem paltry compared to those of other higher-yielding tech dividend stocks, but that lower yield also gives it more freedom for big buybacks and smart investments.\nRobust growth at a reasonable valuation\nFor the full year, Apple's revenue and earnings per share (EPS) increased 33% and 71%, respectively.\nBut next year, analysts expect its revenue and earnings to only rise 4% and 2%, respectively, as the iPhone faces tougher year-over-year comparisons. That slowdown might seem disappointing, but Apple has always been a cyclical company that relies heavily on hardware upgrade cycles.\nI believe Apple's growth cycles will continue as it expands its services ecosystem and enters new markets like augmented reality devices and connected cars, so its stock still looks reasonably valued at 27 times forward earnings. If you agree with that view, then it's smarter to buy Apple's stock after its latest post-earnings dip than to sell it simply because it faces some near-term supply chain challenges.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"CN"},{"id":841026205,"gmtCreate":1635864171190,"gmtModify":1635864171258,"author":{"id":"4095592624574210","authorId":"4095592624574210","name":"jovrene","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/a068b755584903947da2a9b01a9599de","vip":1,"crmLevel":1,"crmLevelSwitch":0},"htmlText":"Cool","listText":"Cool","text":"Cool","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":5,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://laohu8.com/post/841026205","repostId":2180872447,"repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"2180872447","pubTimestamp":1635863109,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/2180872447?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2021-11-02 22:25","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Is Apple Stock a Buy?","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=2180872447","media":"Motley Fool","summary":"The tech giant can't keep up with the market's demand for its products.","content":"Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock price recently dipped after the tech giant posted a mixed fourth-quarter report on Oct. 28. Its revenue rose 29% year over year to $83.4 billion, which missed analysts' estimates by $1.6 billion. Its earnings rose 70% to $1.24 per share and matched analysts' expectations.\nApple attributed its slower-than-expected growth to supply chain constraints, which reduced its fourth-quarter sales by $6 billion. It expects those constraints to have an even bigger impact on its first-quarter sales.\nThose challenges largely overshadowed CFO Luca Maestri's claim that Apple was still experiencing \"better-than-expected demand\" for its products during the company's conference call. Should investors avoid Apple after that messy quarter, or consider its latest pullback a buying opportunity?\n<img src=\"https://g.foolcdn.com/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fg.foolcdn.com%2Feditorial%2Fimages%2F649668%2Fapple_iphone13_design_09142021.jpg&amp;w=700&amp;op=resize\" tg-width=\"700\" tg-height=\"393\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\">Image source: Apple.\n<h2>Apple's core businesses are still growing</h2>\nApple's iPhone, Mac, and iPad businesses all faced supply chain bottlenecks during the quarter, but all three segments still grew year over year:\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"589\">\n <colgroup></colgroup>\n <tbody>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <th width=\"193\">Segment</th>\n <th width=\"205\">Q4 2021 Revenue</th>\n <th width=\"147\">Growth (YOY)</th>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">iPhone</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$38.87 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">47%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Mac</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$9.18 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">2%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">iPad</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$8.25 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">21%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Wearables, Home, and Accessories</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$8.79 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">12%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Services</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$18.28 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">26%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Total</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$83.36 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">29%</td>\n </tr>\n </tbody>\n</table>\nSource: Apple. YOY = Year over year.\nThe wearables, home, and accessories business grew as it sold more Apple Watches and AirPods. Its closely watched services business also expanded as its cloud, video, and music businesses gained more subscribers; its App Store generated \"record\" revenue (despite facing ongoing pressure to lower its fees); and Apple Pay and Apple Care gained more users.\nApple ended the year with 745 million paid subscribers across all of its services, up nearly five times from five years earlier, while its annual services revenue nearly tripled over the past six years. That ongoing expansion should widen Apple's moat, increase the stickiness of its digital ecosystem, and reinforce the brand loyalty that supports its pricing power in the hardware market.\nThat's why Apple's gross and operating margins expanded significantly in both the fourth quarter and the full year, even as the broader smartphone, tablet, and PC markets were commoditized by cheaper devices:\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"604\">\n <colgroup></colgroup>\n <tbody>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <th width=\"147\">Period</th>\n <th width=\"89\">Q4 2020</th>\n <th width=\"94\">Q4 2021</th>\n <th width=\"101\">FY 2020</th>\n <th width=\"101\">FY 2021</th>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"147\">Gross Margin</td>\n <td width=\"89\">38.2%</td>\n <td width=\"94\">42.2%</td>\n <td width=\"101\">38.2%</td>\n <td width=\"101\">41.8%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"147\">Operating Margin</td>\n <td width=\"89\">22.8%</td>\n <td width=\"94\">28.5%</td>\n <td width=\"101\">24.1%</td>\n <td width=\"101\">29.8%</td>\n </tr>\n </tbody>\n</table>\nSource: Apple.\nApple's expanding operating margins indicate it still has plenty of bargaining power with its suppliers. It also doesn't need to rely too heavily on pricey marketing campaigns to generate stable sales growth.\nApple also continued to generate double-digit revenue growth across all five of its main geographic regions during the fourth quarter:\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"589\">\n <colgroup></colgroup>\n <tbody>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <th width=\"193\">Region</th>\n <th width=\"205\">Q4 2021 Revenue</th>\n <th width=\"147\">Growth (YOY)</th>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Americas</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$36.82 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">20%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Europe</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$20.79 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">23%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Greater China</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$14.56 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">83%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Japan</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$5.99 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">19%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Rest of Asia Pacific</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$5.19 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">26%</td>\n </tr>\n </tbody>\n</table>\nSource: Apple. YOY = Year over year.\nApple's massive growth in the Greater China region, which marked an acceleration from its 58% growth in the third quarter, should silence the bearish claims that it will lose the market to Chinese competitors like Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo, and Huawei.\nIn fact, Apple's share of the Chinese smartphone market actually expanded from 8% to 13% between the third quarters of 2020 and 2021, according to Counterpoint Research, even as the critics fretted over potential boycotts related to the trade war, the tech war, and other geopolitical tensions.\n<h2>Returning plenty of cash to investors</h2>\nApple's near-term revenue growth might be curbed by chip shortages and other supply chain challenges, but it continues to return a large portion of its free cash flow to shareholders with big buybacks and dividends.\nDuring the fourth quarter, Apple bought back $20 billion in shares and paid out $3.6 billion in dividends. For the full year, it bought back $86 billion in shares and reduced its number of outstanding shares by nearly 4%.\nApple ended the year with $191 billion in cash and marketable securities, which gives it plenty of room for future investments or acquisitions. Its forward dividend yield of 0.6% might seem paltry compared to those of other higher-yielding tech dividend stocks, but that lower yield also gives it more freedom for big buybacks and smart investments.\n<h2>Robust growth at a reasonable valuation</h2>\nFor the full year, Apple's revenue and earnings per share (EPS) increased 33% and 71%, respectively.\nBut next year, analysts expect its revenue and earnings to only rise 4% and 2%, respectively, as the iPhone faces tougher year-over-year comparisons. That slowdown might seem disappointing, but Apple has always been a cyclical company that relies heavily on hardware upgrade cycles.\nI believe Apple's growth cycles will continue as it expands its services ecosystem and enters new markets like augmented reality devices and connected cars, so its stock still looks reasonably valued at 27 times forward earnings. If you agree with that view, then it's smarter to buy Apple's stock after its latest post-earnings dip than to sell it simply because it faces some near-term supply chain challenges.","source":"fool_stock","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Is Apple Stock a Buy?</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nIs Apple Stock a Buy?\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2021-11-02 22:25 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/11/02/is-apple-stock-a-buy/>Motley Fool</a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\nApple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock price recently dipped after the tech giant posted a mixed fourth-quarter report on Oct. 28. Its revenue rose 29% year over year to $83.4 billion, which missed analysts' ...\n\n<a href=\"https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/11/02/is-apple-stock-a-buy/\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"AAPL":"苹果"},"source_url":"https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/11/02/is-apple-stock-a-buy/","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"2180872447","content_text":"Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock price recently dipped after the tech giant posted a mixed fourth-quarter report on Oct. 28. Its revenue rose 29% year over year to $83.4 billion, which missed analysts' estimates by $1.6 billion. Its earnings rose 70% to $1.24 per share and matched analysts' expectations.\nApple attributed its slower-than-expected growth to supply chain constraints, which reduced its fourth-quarter sales by $6 billion. It expects those constraints to have an even bigger impact on its first-quarter sales.\nThose challenges largely overshadowed CFO Luca Maestri's claim that Apple was still experiencing \"better-than-expected demand\" for its products during the company's conference call. Should investors avoid Apple after that messy quarter, or consider its latest pullback a buying opportunity?\nImage source: Apple.\nApple's core businesses are still growing\nApple's iPhone, Mac, and iPad businesses all faced supply chain bottlenecks during the quarter, but all three segments still grew year over year:\n\n\n\n\nSegment\nQ4 2021 Revenue\nGrowth (YOY)\n\n\niPhone\n$38.87 billion\n47%\n\n\nMac\n$9.18 billion\n2%\n\n\niPad\n$8.25 billion\n21%\n\n\nWearables, Home, and Accessories\n$8.79 billion\n12%\n\n\nServices\n$18.28 billion\n26%\n\n\nTotal\n$83.36 billion\n29%\n\n\n\nSource: Apple. YOY = Year over year.\nThe wearables, home, and accessories business grew as it sold more Apple Watches and AirPods. Its closely watched services business also expanded as its cloud, video, and music businesses gained more subscribers; its App Store generated \"record\" revenue (despite facing ongoing pressure to lower its fees); and Apple Pay and Apple Care gained more users.\nApple ended the year with 745 million paid subscribers across all of its services, up nearly five times from five years earlier, while its annual services revenue nearly tripled over the past six years. That ongoing expansion should widen Apple's moat, increase the stickiness of its digital ecosystem, and reinforce the brand loyalty that supports its pricing power in the hardware market.\nThat's why Apple's gross and operating margins expanded significantly in both the fourth quarter and the full year, even as the broader smartphone, tablet, and PC markets were commoditized by cheaper devices:\n\n\n\n\nPeriod\nQ4 2020\nQ4 2021\nFY 2020\nFY 2021\n\n\nGross Margin\n38.2%\n42.2%\n38.2%\n41.8%\n\n\nOperating Margin\n22.8%\n28.5%\n24.1%\n29.8%\n\n\n\nSource: Apple.\nApple's expanding operating margins indicate it still has plenty of bargaining power with its suppliers. It also doesn't need to rely too heavily on pricey marketing campaigns to generate stable sales growth.\nApple also continued to generate double-digit revenue growth across all five of its main geographic regions during the fourth quarter:\n\n\n\n\nRegion\nQ4 2021 Revenue\nGrowth (YOY)\n\n\nAmericas\n$36.82 billion\n20%\n\n\nEurope\n$20.79 billion\n23%\n\n\nGreater China\n$14.56 billion\n83%\n\n\nJapan\n$5.99 billion\n19%\n\n\nRest of Asia Pacific\n$5.19 billion\n26%\n\n\n\nSource: Apple. YOY = Year over year.\nApple's massive growth in the Greater China region, which marked an acceleration from its 58% growth in the third quarter, should silence the bearish claims that it will lose the market to Chinese competitors like Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo, and Huawei.\nIn fact, Apple's share of the Chinese smartphone market actually expanded from 8% to 13% between the third quarters of 2020 and 2021, according to Counterpoint Research, even as the critics fretted over potential boycotts related to the trade war, the tech war, and other geopolitical tensions.\nReturning plenty of cash to investors\nApple's near-term revenue growth might be curbed by chip shortages and other supply chain challenges, but it continues to return a large portion of its free cash flow to shareholders with big buybacks and dividends.\nDuring the fourth quarter, Apple bought back $20 billion in shares and paid out $3.6 billion in dividends. For the full year, it bought back $86 billion in shares and reduced its number of outstanding shares by nearly 4%.\nApple ended the year with $191 billion in cash and marketable securities, which gives it plenty of room for future investments or acquisitions. Its forward dividend yield of 0.6% might seem paltry compared to those of other higher-yielding tech dividend stocks, but that lower yield also gives it more freedom for big buybacks and smart investments.\nRobust growth at a reasonable valuation\nFor the full year, Apple's revenue and earnings per share (EPS) increased 33% and 71%, respectively.\nBut next year, analysts expect its revenue and earnings to only rise 4% and 2%, respectively, as the iPhone faces tougher year-over-year comparisons. That slowdown might seem disappointing, but Apple has always been a cyclical company that relies heavily on hardware upgrade cycles.\nI believe Apple's growth cycles will continue as it expands its services ecosystem and enters new markets like augmented reality devices and connected cars, so its stock still looks reasonably valued at 27 times forward earnings. If you agree with that view, then it's smarter to buy Apple's stock after its latest post-earnings dip than to sell it simply because it faces some near-term supply chain challenges.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"CN"},{"id":841066493,"gmtCreate":1635863777086,"gmtModify":1635863777237,"author":{"id":"3576497026121990","authorId":"3576497026121990","name":"woshihui","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/16c7aa4a45306830522180ff7b026e56","vip":1,"crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0},"htmlText":"like","listText":"like","text":"like","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":6,"commentSize":1,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://laohu8.com/post/841066493","repostId":2180872447,"repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"2180872447","pubTimestamp":1635863109,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/2180872447?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2021-11-02 22:25","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Is Apple Stock a Buy?","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=2180872447","media":"Motley Fool","summary":"The tech giant can't keep up with the market's demand for its products.","content":"Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock price recently dipped after the tech giant posted a mixed fourth-quarter report on Oct. 28. Its revenue rose 29% year over year to $83.4 billion, which missed analysts' estimates by $1.6 billion. Its earnings rose 70% to $1.24 per share and matched analysts' expectations.\nApple attributed its slower-than-expected growth to supply chain constraints, which reduced its fourth-quarter sales by $6 billion. It expects those constraints to have an even bigger impact on its first-quarter sales.\nThose challenges largely overshadowed CFO Luca Maestri's claim that Apple was still experiencing \"better-than-expected demand\" for its products during the company's conference call. Should investors avoid Apple after that messy quarter, or consider its latest pullback a buying opportunity?\n<img src=\"https://g.foolcdn.com/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fg.foolcdn.com%2Feditorial%2Fimages%2F649668%2Fapple_iphone13_design_09142021.jpg&amp;w=700&amp;op=resize\" tg-width=\"700\" tg-height=\"393\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\">Image source: Apple.\n<h2>Apple's core businesses are still growing</h2>\nApple's iPhone, Mac, and iPad businesses all faced supply chain bottlenecks during the quarter, but all three segments still grew year over year:\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"589\">\n <colgroup></colgroup>\n <tbody>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <th width=\"193\">Segment</th>\n <th width=\"205\">Q4 2021 Revenue</th>\n <th width=\"147\">Growth (YOY)</th>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">iPhone</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$38.87 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">47%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Mac</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$9.18 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">2%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">iPad</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$8.25 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">21%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Wearables, Home, and Accessories</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$8.79 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">12%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Services</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$18.28 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">26%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Total</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$83.36 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">29%</td>\n </tr>\n </tbody>\n</table>\nSource: Apple. YOY = Year over year.\nThe wearables, home, and accessories business grew as it sold more Apple Watches and AirPods. Its closely watched services business also expanded as its cloud, video, and music businesses gained more subscribers; its App Store generated \"record\" revenue (despite facing ongoing pressure to lower its fees); and Apple Pay and Apple Care gained more users.\nApple ended the year with 745 million paid subscribers across all of its services, up nearly five times from five years earlier, while its annual services revenue nearly tripled over the past six years. That ongoing expansion should widen Apple's moat, increase the stickiness of its digital ecosystem, and reinforce the brand loyalty that supports its pricing power in the hardware market.\nThat's why Apple's gross and operating margins expanded significantly in both the fourth quarter and the full year, even as the broader smartphone, tablet, and PC markets were commoditized by cheaper devices:\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"604\">\n <colgroup></colgroup>\n <tbody>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <th width=\"147\">Period</th>\n <th width=\"89\">Q4 2020</th>\n <th width=\"94\">Q4 2021</th>\n <th width=\"101\">FY 2020</th>\n <th width=\"101\">FY 2021</th>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"147\">Gross Margin</td>\n <td width=\"89\">38.2%</td>\n <td width=\"94\">42.2%</td>\n <td width=\"101\">38.2%</td>\n <td width=\"101\">41.8%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"147\">Operating Margin</td>\n <td width=\"89\">22.8%</td>\n <td width=\"94\">28.5%</td>\n <td width=\"101\">24.1%</td>\n <td width=\"101\">29.8%</td>\n </tr>\n </tbody>\n</table>\nSource: Apple.\nApple's expanding operating margins indicate it still has plenty of bargaining power with its suppliers. It also doesn't need to rely too heavily on pricey marketing campaigns to generate stable sales growth.\nApple also continued to generate double-digit revenue growth across all five of its main geographic regions during the fourth quarter:\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"589\">\n <colgroup></colgroup>\n <tbody>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <th width=\"193\">Region</th>\n <th width=\"205\">Q4 2021 Revenue</th>\n <th width=\"147\">Growth (YOY)</th>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Americas</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$36.82 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">20%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Europe</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$20.79 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">23%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Greater China</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$14.56 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">83%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Japan</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$5.99 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">19%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Rest of Asia Pacific</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$5.19 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">26%</td>\n </tr>\n </tbody>\n</table>\nSource: Apple. YOY = Year over year.\nApple's massive growth in the Greater China region, which marked an acceleration from its 58% growth in the third quarter, should silence the bearish claims that it will lose the market to Chinese competitors like Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo, and Huawei.\nIn fact, Apple's share of the Chinese smartphone market actually expanded from 8% to 13% between the third quarters of 2020 and 2021, according to Counterpoint Research, even as the critics fretted over potential boycotts related to the trade war, the tech war, and other geopolitical tensions.\n<h2>Returning plenty of cash to investors</h2>\nApple's near-term revenue growth might be curbed by chip shortages and other supply chain challenges, but it continues to return a large portion of its free cash flow to shareholders with big buybacks and dividends.\nDuring the fourth quarter, Apple bought back $20 billion in shares and paid out $3.6 billion in dividends. For the full year, it bought back $86 billion in shares and reduced its number of outstanding shares by nearly 4%.\nApple ended the year with $191 billion in cash and marketable securities, which gives it plenty of room for future investments or acquisitions. Its forward dividend yield of 0.6% might seem paltry compared to those of other higher-yielding tech dividend stocks, but that lower yield also gives it more freedom for big buybacks and smart investments.\n<h2>Robust growth at a reasonable valuation</h2>\nFor the full year, Apple's revenue and earnings per share (EPS) increased 33% and 71%, respectively.\nBut next year, analysts expect its revenue and earnings to only rise 4% and 2%, respectively, as the iPhone faces tougher year-over-year comparisons. That slowdown might seem disappointing, but Apple has always been a cyclical company that relies heavily on hardware upgrade cycles.\nI believe Apple's growth cycles will continue as it expands its services ecosystem and enters new markets like augmented reality devices and connected cars, so its stock still looks reasonably valued at 27 times forward earnings. If you agree with that view, then it's smarter to buy Apple's stock after its latest post-earnings dip than to sell it simply because it faces some near-term supply chain challenges.","source":"fool_stock","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Is Apple Stock a Buy?</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nIs Apple Stock a Buy?\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2021-11-02 22:25 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/11/02/is-apple-stock-a-buy/>Motley Fool</a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\nApple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock price recently dipped after the tech giant posted a mixed fourth-quarter report on Oct. 28. Its revenue rose 29% year over year to $83.4 billion, which missed analysts' ...\n\n<a href=\"https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/11/02/is-apple-stock-a-buy/\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"AAPL":"苹果"},"source_url":"https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/11/02/is-apple-stock-a-buy/","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"2180872447","content_text":"Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock price recently dipped after the tech giant posted a mixed fourth-quarter report on Oct. 28. Its revenue rose 29% year over year to $83.4 billion, which missed analysts' estimates by $1.6 billion. Its earnings rose 70% to $1.24 per share and matched analysts' expectations.\nApple attributed its slower-than-expected growth to supply chain constraints, which reduced its fourth-quarter sales by $6 billion. It expects those constraints to have an even bigger impact on its first-quarter sales.\nThose challenges largely overshadowed CFO Luca Maestri's claim that Apple was still experiencing \"better-than-expected demand\" for its products during the company's conference call. Should investors avoid Apple after that messy quarter, or consider its latest pullback a buying opportunity?\nImage source: Apple.\nApple's core businesses are still growing\nApple's iPhone, Mac, and iPad businesses all faced supply chain bottlenecks during the quarter, but all three segments still grew year over year:\n\n\n\n\nSegment\nQ4 2021 Revenue\nGrowth (YOY)\n\n\niPhone\n$38.87 billion\n47%\n\n\nMac\n$9.18 billion\n2%\n\n\niPad\n$8.25 billion\n21%\n\n\nWearables, Home, and Accessories\n$8.79 billion\n12%\n\n\nServices\n$18.28 billion\n26%\n\n\nTotal\n$83.36 billion\n29%\n\n\n\nSource: Apple. YOY = Year over year.\nThe wearables, home, and accessories business grew as it sold more Apple Watches and AirPods. Its closely watched services business also expanded as its cloud, video, and music businesses gained more subscribers; its App Store generated \"record\" revenue (despite facing ongoing pressure to lower its fees); and Apple Pay and Apple Care gained more users.\nApple ended the year with 745 million paid subscribers across all of its services, up nearly five times from five years earlier, while its annual services revenue nearly tripled over the past six years. That ongoing expansion should widen Apple's moat, increase the stickiness of its digital ecosystem, and reinforce the brand loyalty that supports its pricing power in the hardware market.\nThat's why Apple's gross and operating margins expanded significantly in both the fourth quarter and the full year, even as the broader smartphone, tablet, and PC markets were commoditized by cheaper devices:\n\n\n\n\nPeriod\nQ4 2020\nQ4 2021\nFY 2020\nFY 2021\n\n\nGross Margin\n38.2%\n42.2%\n38.2%\n41.8%\n\n\nOperating Margin\n22.8%\n28.5%\n24.1%\n29.8%\n\n\n\nSource: Apple.\nApple's expanding operating margins indicate it still has plenty of bargaining power with its suppliers. It also doesn't need to rely too heavily on pricey marketing campaigns to generate stable sales growth.\nApple also continued to generate double-digit revenue growth across all five of its main geographic regions during the fourth quarter:\n\n\n\n\nRegion\nQ4 2021 Revenue\nGrowth (YOY)\n\n\nAmericas\n$36.82 billion\n20%\n\n\nEurope\n$20.79 billion\n23%\n\n\nGreater China\n$14.56 billion\n83%\n\n\nJapan\n$5.99 billion\n19%\n\n\nRest of Asia Pacific\n$5.19 billion\n26%\n\n\n\nSource: Apple. YOY = Year over year.\nApple's massive growth in the Greater China region, which marked an acceleration from its 58% growth in the third quarter, should silence the bearish claims that it will lose the market to Chinese competitors like Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo, and Huawei.\nIn fact, Apple's share of the Chinese smartphone market actually expanded from 8% to 13% between the third quarters of 2020 and 2021, according to Counterpoint Research, even as the critics fretted over potential boycotts related to the trade war, the tech war, and other geopolitical tensions.\nReturning plenty of cash to investors\nApple's near-term revenue growth might be curbed by chip shortages and other supply chain challenges, but it continues to return a large portion of its free cash flow to shareholders with big buybacks and dividends.\nDuring the fourth quarter, Apple bought back $20 billion in shares and paid out $3.6 billion in dividends. For the full year, it bought back $86 billion in shares and reduced its number of outstanding shares by nearly 4%.\nApple ended the year with $191 billion in cash and marketable securities, which gives it plenty of room for future investments or acquisitions. Its forward dividend yield of 0.6% might seem paltry compared to those of other higher-yielding tech dividend stocks, but that lower yield also gives it more freedom for big buybacks and smart investments.\nRobust growth at a reasonable valuation\nFor the full year, Apple's revenue and earnings per share (EPS) increased 33% and 71%, respectively.\nBut next year, analysts expect its revenue and earnings to only rise 4% and 2%, respectively, as the iPhone faces tougher year-over-year comparisons. That slowdown might seem disappointing, but Apple has always been a cyclical company that relies heavily on hardware upgrade cycles.\nI believe Apple's growth cycles will continue as it expands its services ecosystem and enters new markets like augmented reality devices and connected cars, so its stock still looks reasonably valued at 27 times forward earnings. 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Its revenue rose 29% year over year to $83.4 billion, which missed analysts' estimates by $1.6 billion. Its earnings rose 70% to $1.24 per share and matched analysts' expectations.\nApple attributed its slower-than-expected growth to supply chain constraints, which reduced its fourth-quarter sales by $6 billion. It expects those constraints to have an even bigger impact on its first-quarter sales.\nThose challenges largely overshadowed CFO Luca Maestri's claim that Apple was still experiencing \"better-than-expected demand\" for its products during the company's conference call. Should investors avoid Apple after that messy quarter, or consider its latest pullback a buying opportunity?\n<img src=\"https://g.foolcdn.com/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fg.foolcdn.com%2Feditorial%2Fimages%2F649668%2Fapple_iphone13_design_09142021.jpg&amp;w=700&amp;op=resize\" tg-width=\"700\" tg-height=\"393\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\">Image source: Apple.\n<h2>Apple's core businesses are still growing</h2>\nApple's iPhone, Mac, and iPad businesses all faced supply chain bottlenecks during the quarter, but all three segments still grew year over year:\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"589\">\n <colgroup></colgroup>\n <tbody>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <th width=\"193\">Segment</th>\n <th width=\"205\">Q4 2021 Revenue</th>\n <th width=\"147\">Growth (YOY)</th>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">iPhone</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$38.87 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">47%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Mac</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$9.18 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">2%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">iPad</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$8.25 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">21%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Wearables, Home, and Accessories</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$8.79 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">12%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Services</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$18.28 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">26%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Total</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$83.36 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">29%</td>\n </tr>\n </tbody>\n</table>\nSource: Apple. YOY = Year over year.\nThe wearables, home, and accessories business grew as it sold more Apple Watches and AirPods. Its closely watched services business also expanded as its cloud, video, and music businesses gained more subscribers; its App Store generated \"record\" revenue (despite facing ongoing pressure to lower its fees); and Apple Pay and Apple Care gained more users.\nApple ended the year with 745 million paid subscribers across all of its services, up nearly five times from five years earlier, while its annual services revenue nearly tripled over the past six years. That ongoing expansion should widen Apple's moat, increase the stickiness of its digital ecosystem, and reinforce the brand loyalty that supports its pricing power in the hardware market.\nThat's why Apple's gross and operating margins expanded significantly in both the fourth quarter and the full year, even as the broader smartphone, tablet, and PC markets were commoditized by cheaper devices:\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"604\">\n <colgroup></colgroup>\n <tbody>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <th width=\"147\">Period</th>\n <th width=\"89\">Q4 2020</th>\n <th width=\"94\">Q4 2021</th>\n <th width=\"101\">FY 2020</th>\n <th width=\"101\">FY 2021</th>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"147\">Gross Margin</td>\n <td width=\"89\">38.2%</td>\n <td width=\"94\">42.2%</td>\n <td width=\"101\">38.2%</td>\n <td width=\"101\">41.8%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"147\">Operating Margin</td>\n <td width=\"89\">22.8%</td>\n <td width=\"94\">28.5%</td>\n <td width=\"101\">24.1%</td>\n <td width=\"101\">29.8%</td>\n </tr>\n </tbody>\n</table>\nSource: Apple.\nApple's expanding operating margins indicate it still has plenty of bargaining power with its suppliers. It also doesn't need to rely too heavily on pricey marketing campaigns to generate stable sales growth.\nApple also continued to generate double-digit revenue growth across all five of its main geographic regions during the fourth quarter:\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"589\">\n <colgroup></colgroup>\n <tbody>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <th width=\"193\">Region</th>\n <th width=\"205\">Q4 2021 Revenue</th>\n <th width=\"147\">Growth (YOY)</th>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Americas</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$36.82 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">20%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Europe</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$20.79 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">23%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Greater China</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$14.56 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">83%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Japan</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$5.99 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">19%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Rest of Asia Pacific</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$5.19 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">26%</td>\n </tr>\n </tbody>\n</table>\nSource: Apple. YOY = Year over year.\nApple's massive growth in the Greater China region, which marked an acceleration from its 58% growth in the third quarter, should silence the bearish claims that it will lose the market to Chinese competitors like Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo, and Huawei.\nIn fact, Apple's share of the Chinese smartphone market actually expanded from 8% to 13% between the third quarters of 2020 and 2021, according to Counterpoint Research, even as the critics fretted over potential boycotts related to the trade war, the tech war, and other geopolitical tensions.\n<h2>Returning plenty of cash to investors</h2>\nApple's near-term revenue growth might be curbed by chip shortages and other supply chain challenges, but it continues to return a large portion of its free cash flow to shareholders with big buybacks and dividends.\nDuring the fourth quarter, Apple bought back $20 billion in shares and paid out $3.6 billion in dividends. For the full year, it bought back $86 billion in shares and reduced its number of outstanding shares by nearly 4%.\nApple ended the year with $191 billion in cash and marketable securities, which gives it plenty of room for future investments or acquisitions. Its forward dividend yield of 0.6% might seem paltry compared to those of other higher-yielding tech dividend stocks, but that lower yield also gives it more freedom for big buybacks and smart investments.\n<h2>Robust growth at a reasonable valuation</h2>\nFor the full year, Apple's revenue and earnings per share (EPS) increased 33% and 71%, respectively.\nBut next year, analysts expect its revenue and earnings to only rise 4% and 2%, respectively, as the iPhone faces tougher year-over-year comparisons. That slowdown might seem disappointing, but Apple has always been a cyclical company that relies heavily on hardware upgrade cycles.\nI believe Apple's growth cycles will continue as it expands its services ecosystem and enters new markets like augmented reality devices and connected cars, so its stock still looks reasonably valued at 27 times forward earnings. 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Its revenue rose 29% year over year to $83.4 billion, which missed analysts' ...\n\n<a href=\"https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/11/02/is-apple-stock-a-buy/\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"AAPL":"苹果"},"source_url":"https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/11/02/is-apple-stock-a-buy/","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"2180872447","content_text":"Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock price recently dipped after the tech giant posted a mixed fourth-quarter report on Oct. 28. Its revenue rose 29% year over year to $83.4 billion, which missed analysts' estimates by $1.6 billion. Its earnings rose 70% to $1.24 per share and matched analysts' expectations.\nApple attributed its slower-than-expected growth to supply chain constraints, which reduced its fourth-quarter sales by $6 billion. It expects those constraints to have an even bigger impact on its first-quarter sales.\nThose challenges largely overshadowed CFO Luca Maestri's claim that Apple was still experiencing \"better-than-expected demand\" for its products during the company's conference call. Should investors avoid Apple after that messy quarter, or consider its latest pullback a buying opportunity?\nImage source: Apple.\nApple's core businesses are still growing\nApple's iPhone, Mac, and iPad businesses all faced supply chain bottlenecks during the quarter, but all three segments still grew year over year:\n\n\n\n\nSegment\nQ4 2021 Revenue\nGrowth (YOY)\n\n\niPhone\n$38.87 billion\n47%\n\n\nMac\n$9.18 billion\n2%\n\n\niPad\n$8.25 billion\n21%\n\n\nWearables, Home, and Accessories\n$8.79 billion\n12%\n\n\nServices\n$18.28 billion\n26%\n\n\nTotal\n$83.36 billion\n29%\n\n\n\nSource: Apple. YOY = Year over year.\nThe wearables, home, and accessories business grew as it sold more Apple Watches and AirPods. Its closely watched services business also expanded as its cloud, video, and music businesses gained more subscribers; its App Store generated \"record\" revenue (despite facing ongoing pressure to lower its fees); and Apple Pay and Apple Care gained more users.\nApple ended the year with 745 million paid subscribers across all of its services, up nearly five times from five years earlier, while its annual services revenue nearly tripled over the past six years. That ongoing expansion should widen Apple's moat, increase the stickiness of its digital ecosystem, and reinforce the brand loyalty that supports its pricing power in the hardware market.\nThat's why Apple's gross and operating margins expanded significantly in both the fourth quarter and the full year, even as the broader smartphone, tablet, and PC markets were commoditized by cheaper devices:\n\n\n\n\nPeriod\nQ4 2020\nQ4 2021\nFY 2020\nFY 2021\n\n\nGross Margin\n38.2%\n42.2%\n38.2%\n41.8%\n\n\nOperating Margin\n22.8%\n28.5%\n24.1%\n29.8%\n\n\n\nSource: Apple.\nApple's expanding operating margins indicate it still has plenty of bargaining power with its suppliers. It also doesn't need to rely too heavily on pricey marketing campaigns to generate stable sales growth.\nApple also continued to generate double-digit revenue growth across all five of its main geographic regions during the fourth quarter:\n\n\n\n\nRegion\nQ4 2021 Revenue\nGrowth (YOY)\n\n\nAmericas\n$36.82 billion\n20%\n\n\nEurope\n$20.79 billion\n23%\n\n\nGreater China\n$14.56 billion\n83%\n\n\nJapan\n$5.99 billion\n19%\n\n\nRest of Asia Pacific\n$5.19 billion\n26%\n\n\n\nSource: Apple. YOY = Year over year.\nApple's massive growth in the Greater China region, which marked an acceleration from its 58% growth in the third quarter, should silence the bearish claims that it will lose the market to Chinese competitors like Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo, and Huawei.\nIn fact, Apple's share of the Chinese smartphone market actually expanded from 8% to 13% between the third quarters of 2020 and 2021, according to Counterpoint Research, even as the critics fretted over potential boycotts related to the trade war, the tech war, and other geopolitical tensions.\nReturning plenty of cash to investors\nApple's near-term revenue growth might be curbed by chip shortages and other supply chain challenges, but it continues to return a large portion of its free cash flow to shareholders with big buybacks and dividends.\nDuring the fourth quarter, Apple bought back $20 billion in shares and paid out $3.6 billion in dividends. For the full year, it bought back $86 billion in shares and reduced its number of outstanding shares by nearly 4%.\nApple ended the year with $191 billion in cash and marketable securities, which gives it plenty of room for future investments or acquisitions. Its forward dividend yield of 0.6% might seem paltry compared to those of other higher-yielding tech dividend stocks, but that lower yield also gives it more freedom for big buybacks and smart investments.\nRobust growth at a reasonable valuation\nFor the full year, Apple's revenue and earnings per share (EPS) increased 33% and 71%, respectively.\nBut next year, analysts expect its revenue and earnings to only rise 4% and 2%, respectively, as the iPhone faces tougher year-over-year comparisons. That slowdown might seem disappointing, but Apple has always been a cyclical company that relies heavily on hardware upgrade cycles.\nI believe Apple's growth cycles will continue as it expands its services ecosystem and enters new markets like augmented reality devices and connected cars, so its stock still looks reasonably valued at 27 times forward earnings. If you agree with that view, then it's smarter to buy Apple's stock after its latest post-earnings dip than to sell it simply because it faces some near-term supply chain challenges.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"comments":[{"id":6426943,"gmtCreate":1635863772189,"gmtModify":1635863772294,"authorId":3576497026121990,"author":{"id":3576497026121990,"authorId":3576497026121990,"name":"woshihui","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/16c7aa4a45306830522180ff7b026e56","vip":1,"crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"individualDisplayBadges":[]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":841068650,"type":1,"supId":0,"prevId":0,"content":"ok","text":"ok","html":"ok"}],"langContent":"CN"},{"id":841063062,"gmtCreate":1635863565469,"gmtModify":1635863565469,"author":{"id":"3586558475553764","authorId":"3586558475553764","name":"Chris1233","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/91b62810815621977e2e6cc6da25ff49","vip":1,"crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0},"htmlText":"Ok","listText":"Ok","text":"Ok","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":8,"commentSize":1,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://laohu8.com/post/841063062","repostId":2180872447,"repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"2180872447","pubTimestamp":1635863109,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/2180872447?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2021-11-02 22:25","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Is Apple Stock a Buy?","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=2180872447","media":"Motley Fool","summary":"The tech giant can't keep up with the market's demand for its products.","content":"Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock price recently dipped after the tech giant posted a mixed fourth-quarter report on Oct. 28. Its revenue rose 29% year over year to $83.4 billion, which missed analysts' estimates by $1.6 billion. Its earnings rose 70% to $1.24 per share and matched analysts' expectations.\nApple attributed its slower-than-expected growth to supply chain constraints, which reduced its fourth-quarter sales by $6 billion. It expects those constraints to have an even bigger impact on its first-quarter sales.\nThose challenges largely overshadowed CFO Luca Maestri's claim that Apple was still experiencing \"better-than-expected demand\" for its products during the company's conference call. Should investors avoid Apple after that messy quarter, or consider its latest pullback a buying opportunity?\n<img src=\"https://g.foolcdn.com/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fg.foolcdn.com%2Feditorial%2Fimages%2F649668%2Fapple_iphone13_design_09142021.jpg&amp;w=700&amp;op=resize\" tg-width=\"700\" tg-height=\"393\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\">Image source: Apple.\n<h2>Apple's core businesses are still growing</h2>\nApple's iPhone, Mac, and iPad businesses all faced supply chain bottlenecks during the quarter, but all three segments still grew year over year:\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"589\">\n <colgroup></colgroup>\n <tbody>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <th width=\"193\">Segment</th>\n <th width=\"205\">Q4 2021 Revenue</th>\n <th width=\"147\">Growth (YOY)</th>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">iPhone</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$38.87 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">47%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Mac</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$9.18 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">2%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">iPad</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$8.25 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">21%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Wearables, Home, and Accessories</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$8.79 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">12%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Services</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$18.28 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">26%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Total</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$83.36 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">29%</td>\n </tr>\n </tbody>\n</table>\nSource: Apple. YOY = Year over year.\nThe wearables, home, and accessories business grew as it sold more Apple Watches and AirPods. Its closely watched services business also expanded as its cloud, video, and music businesses gained more subscribers; its App Store generated \"record\" revenue (despite facing ongoing pressure to lower its fees); and Apple Pay and Apple Care gained more users.\nApple ended the year with 745 million paid subscribers across all of its services, up nearly five times from five years earlier, while its annual services revenue nearly tripled over the past six years. That ongoing expansion should widen Apple's moat, increase the stickiness of its digital ecosystem, and reinforce the brand loyalty that supports its pricing power in the hardware market.\nThat's why Apple's gross and operating margins expanded significantly in both the fourth quarter and the full year, even as the broader smartphone, tablet, and PC markets were commoditized by cheaper devices:\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"604\">\n <colgroup></colgroup>\n <tbody>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <th width=\"147\">Period</th>\n <th width=\"89\">Q4 2020</th>\n <th width=\"94\">Q4 2021</th>\n <th width=\"101\">FY 2020</th>\n <th width=\"101\">FY 2021</th>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"147\">Gross Margin</td>\n <td width=\"89\">38.2%</td>\n <td width=\"94\">42.2%</td>\n <td width=\"101\">38.2%</td>\n <td width=\"101\">41.8%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"147\">Operating Margin</td>\n <td width=\"89\">22.8%</td>\n <td width=\"94\">28.5%</td>\n <td width=\"101\">24.1%</td>\n <td width=\"101\">29.8%</td>\n </tr>\n </tbody>\n</table>\nSource: Apple.\nApple's expanding operating margins indicate it still has plenty of bargaining power with its suppliers. It also doesn't need to rely too heavily on pricey marketing campaigns to generate stable sales growth.\nApple also continued to generate double-digit revenue growth across all five of its main geographic regions during the fourth quarter:\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"589\">\n <colgroup></colgroup>\n <tbody>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <th width=\"193\">Region</th>\n <th width=\"205\">Q4 2021 Revenue</th>\n <th width=\"147\">Growth (YOY)</th>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Americas</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$36.82 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">20%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Europe</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$20.79 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">23%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Greater China</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$14.56 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">83%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Japan</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$5.99 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">19%</td>\n </tr>\n <tr valign=\"TOP\">\n <td width=\"193\">Rest of Asia Pacific</td>\n <td width=\"205\">$5.19 billion</td>\n <td width=\"147\">26%</td>\n </tr>\n </tbody>\n</table>\nSource: Apple. YOY = Year over year.\nApple's massive growth in the Greater China region, which marked an acceleration from its 58% growth in the third quarter, should silence the bearish claims that it will lose the market to Chinese competitors like Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo, and Huawei.\nIn fact, Apple's share of the Chinese smartphone market actually expanded from 8% to 13% between the third quarters of 2020 and 2021, according to Counterpoint Research, even as the critics fretted over potential boycotts related to the trade war, the tech war, and other geopolitical tensions.\n<h2>Returning plenty of cash to investors</h2>\nApple's near-term revenue growth might be curbed by chip shortages and other supply chain challenges, but it continues to return a large portion of its free cash flow to shareholders with big buybacks and dividends.\nDuring the fourth quarter, Apple bought back $20 billion in shares and paid out $3.6 billion in dividends. For the full year, it bought back $86 billion in shares and reduced its number of outstanding shares by nearly 4%.\nApple ended the year with $191 billion in cash and marketable securities, which gives it plenty of room for future investments or acquisitions. Its forward dividend yield of 0.6% might seem paltry compared to those of other higher-yielding tech dividend stocks, but that lower yield also gives it more freedom for big buybacks and smart investments.\n<h2>Robust growth at a reasonable valuation</h2>\nFor the full year, Apple's revenue and earnings per share (EPS) increased 33% and 71%, respectively.\nBut next year, analysts expect its revenue and earnings to only rise 4% and 2%, respectively, as the iPhone faces tougher year-over-year comparisons. That slowdown might seem disappointing, but Apple has always been a cyclical company that relies heavily on hardware upgrade cycles.\nI believe Apple's growth cycles will continue as it expands its services ecosystem and enters new markets like augmented reality devices and connected cars, so its stock still looks reasonably valued at 27 times forward earnings. If you agree with that view, then it's smarter to buy Apple's stock after its latest post-earnings dip than to sell it simply because it faces some near-term supply chain challenges.","source":"fool_stock","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Is Apple Stock a Buy?</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nIs Apple Stock a Buy?\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2021-11-02 22:25 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/11/02/is-apple-stock-a-buy/>Motley Fool</a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\nApple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock price recently dipped after the tech giant posted a mixed fourth-quarter report on Oct. 28. Its revenue rose 29% year over year to $83.4 billion, which missed analysts' ...\n\n<a href=\"https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/11/02/is-apple-stock-a-buy/\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"AAPL":"苹果"},"source_url":"https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/11/02/is-apple-stock-a-buy/","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"2180872447","content_text":"Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock price recently dipped after the tech giant posted a mixed fourth-quarter report on Oct. 28. Its revenue rose 29% year over year to $83.4 billion, which missed analysts' estimates by $1.6 billion. Its earnings rose 70% to $1.24 per share and matched analysts' expectations.\nApple attributed its slower-than-expected growth to supply chain constraints, which reduced its fourth-quarter sales by $6 billion. It expects those constraints to have an even bigger impact on its first-quarter sales.\nThose challenges largely overshadowed CFO Luca Maestri's claim that Apple was still experiencing \"better-than-expected demand\" for its products during the company's conference call. Should investors avoid Apple after that messy quarter, or consider its latest pullback a buying opportunity?\nImage source: Apple.\nApple's core businesses are still growing\nApple's iPhone, Mac, and iPad businesses all faced supply chain bottlenecks during the quarter, but all three segments still grew year over year:\n\n\n\n\nSegment\nQ4 2021 Revenue\nGrowth (YOY)\n\n\niPhone\n$38.87 billion\n47%\n\n\nMac\n$9.18 billion\n2%\n\n\niPad\n$8.25 billion\n21%\n\n\nWearables, Home, and Accessories\n$8.79 billion\n12%\n\n\nServices\n$18.28 billion\n26%\n\n\nTotal\n$83.36 billion\n29%\n\n\n\nSource: Apple. YOY = Year over year.\nThe wearables, home, and accessories business grew as it sold more Apple Watches and AirPods. Its closely watched services business also expanded as its cloud, video, and music businesses gained more subscribers; its App Store generated \"record\" revenue (despite facing ongoing pressure to lower its fees); and Apple Pay and Apple Care gained more users.\nApple ended the year with 745 million paid subscribers across all of its services, up nearly five times from five years earlier, while its annual services revenue nearly tripled over the past six years. That ongoing expansion should widen Apple's moat, increase the stickiness of its digital ecosystem, and reinforce the brand loyalty that supports its pricing power in the hardware market.\nThat's why Apple's gross and operating margins expanded significantly in both the fourth quarter and the full year, even as the broader smartphone, tablet, and PC markets were commoditized by cheaper devices:\n\n\n\n\nPeriod\nQ4 2020\nQ4 2021\nFY 2020\nFY 2021\n\n\nGross Margin\n38.2%\n42.2%\n38.2%\n41.8%\n\n\nOperating Margin\n22.8%\n28.5%\n24.1%\n29.8%\n\n\n\nSource: Apple.\nApple's expanding operating margins indicate it still has plenty of bargaining power with its suppliers. It also doesn't need to rely too heavily on pricey marketing campaigns to generate stable sales growth.\nApple also continued to generate double-digit revenue growth across all five of its main geographic regions during the fourth quarter:\n\n\n\n\nRegion\nQ4 2021 Revenue\nGrowth (YOY)\n\n\nAmericas\n$36.82 billion\n20%\n\n\nEurope\n$20.79 billion\n23%\n\n\nGreater China\n$14.56 billion\n83%\n\n\nJapan\n$5.99 billion\n19%\n\n\nRest of Asia Pacific\n$5.19 billion\n26%\n\n\n\nSource: Apple. YOY = Year over year.\nApple's massive growth in the Greater China region, which marked an acceleration from its 58% growth in the third quarter, should silence the bearish claims that it will lose the market to Chinese competitors like Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo, and Huawei.\nIn fact, Apple's share of the Chinese smartphone market actually expanded from 8% to 13% between the third quarters of 2020 and 2021, according to Counterpoint Research, even as the critics fretted over potential boycotts related to the trade war, the tech war, and other geopolitical tensions.\nReturning plenty of cash to investors\nApple's near-term revenue growth might be curbed by chip shortages and other supply chain challenges, but it continues to return a large portion of its free cash flow to shareholders with big buybacks and dividends.\nDuring the fourth quarter, Apple bought back $20 billion in shares and paid out $3.6 billion in dividends. For the full year, it bought back $86 billion in shares and reduced its number of outstanding shares by nearly 4%.\nApple ended the year with $191 billion in cash and marketable securities, which gives it plenty of room for future investments or acquisitions. Its forward dividend yield of 0.6% might seem paltry compared to those of other higher-yielding tech dividend stocks, but that lower yield also gives it more freedom for big buybacks and smart investments.\nRobust growth at a reasonable valuation\nFor the full year, Apple's revenue and earnings per share (EPS) increased 33% and 71%, respectively.\nBut next year, analysts expect its revenue and earnings to only rise 4% and 2%, respectively, as the iPhone faces tougher year-over-year comparisons. That slowdown might seem disappointing, but Apple has always been a cyclical company that relies heavily on hardware upgrade cycles.\nI believe Apple's growth cycles will continue as it expands its services ecosystem and enters new markets like augmented reality devices and connected cars, so its stock still looks reasonably valued at 27 times forward earnings. If you agree with that view, then it's smarter to buy Apple's stock after its latest post-earnings dip than to sell it simply because it faces some near-term supply chain challenges.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"comments":[{"id":6426926,"gmtCreate":1635863709598,"gmtModify":1635863709705,"authorId":3553679778150469,"author":{"id":3553679778150469,"authorId":3553679778150469,"name":"Kenny77","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/77c5e512c4b7983d3f3075d8ec4c2f2d","vip":1,"crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"individualDisplayBadges":[]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":841063062,"type":1,"supId":0,"prevId":0,"content":"Ok","text":"Ok","html":"Ok"}],"langContent":"CN"}],"hasMoreComments":true,"newsSizeData":{"likeSize":112,"commentSize":21,"repostSize":0,"favoriteSize":2,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false}}