Loop Capital Downgrades Apple to Hold on Weaker iPhone Recovery Outlook
Loop Capital downgraded Apple to Hold and cut its price target to $330, citing weaker iPhone recovery prospects and rising memory costs.
Loop Capital downgraded Apple to Hold and cut its price target to $330, citing weaker iPhone recovery prospects and rising memory costs.
Delivery now delayed to December or later.
Apple’s first close above $5 trillion came as AI stocks sold off on Anthropic’s weaker sequential growth and a hotter-than-expected CPI.
Rising memory chip costs and $100 price hikes have led Apple to cut iPhone 18 Pro component orders, according to a Nikkei Asia report.
A San Diego jury awarded Taction $5.72 billion after finding Apple’s Taptic Engine infringed two patents. Apple says it will appeal.
Qualcomm renewed its Apple patent license from April 1, 2027. After their 2019 legal fight, Apple still needs the patents even as it builds its own modems. Analysts are split.