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Apple’s stock valuation level, market expectations, and target price as of March 06, 2025

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Apple’s stock valuation level, market expectations, and target price as of March 06, 2025: Apple Stock Valuation Level Apple Inc. (AAPL) is currently one of the most valuable companies globally, with a market capitalization exceeding $3.5 trillion USD as reported in late February 2025. Its valuation is often assessed through key metrics such as the Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio, which stands at approximately 35.7x based on recent data. This is higher than the global tech industry average of 21.7x, suggesting that Apple trades at a premium compared to its peers. This elevated P/E reflects strong investor confidence in Apple’s future growth, particularly driven by its ecosystem and services segment, though some analysts argue it may indicate overvaluation relative to intrinsic value estimates (e.g., one analysis pegs intrinsic value at $163.14 USD versus a market price of around $241.84 USD, suggesting a 33% overvaluation under certain models). Market Expectations Market expectations for […]

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Palantir Stock Rises After Two-Day Slump. Where Wall Street Thinks the Shares Go Next.

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Friday looks set to be a crucial day for Palantir Technologies’ after its two-day 15% slump as investors assess whether the weakness is a blip, or something more sustained. The shares are pointing 1.1% higher ahead of the open so the damage seems to have paused for now. It’s still the third-best performer in the S&P 500 this year, climbing 40% so far in 2025. Two things in particular spooked investors earlier this week — CEO Alex Karp’s new plan to sell up to $1.2 billion worth of shares and reports that the Trump administration has warned the U.S. Department of Defense about budget cuts. The data analytics company has a number of military contracts for the use of its artificial intelligence technology. Both of those things, in the context of Palantir’s impressive rally and lofty valuation, have been cause for concern and raised questions over whether a period of

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Salesforce’s Q4 Results Likely to Top ‘Low Bar,’ Oppenheimer Says

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Salesforce (CRM) is in a slightly stronger “operating environment” in Q4 with stock valuation at reasonable levels, given its growth prospects and cash generation, Oppenheimer said in an earnings preview Friday. The cloud-based software company is expected to deliver positive Q4 results that should “exceed a low bar” and constructive updates on Agentforce, although guidance may fall short of some investors’ estimates, Oppenheimer said. The company is due to report Q4 results on Wednesday. Oppenheimer analysts said they project revenue of about $10 billion for Q4 and predict $2.60 in earnings per share for the quarter. Investor sentiment on Salesforce turned more cautious this year due to a sales leadership transition that may affect the company’s go-to-market approach in 2025, as well as the uncertain timing of revenue from Agentforce, the investment firm said. The upcoming departure of Salesforce’s president and COO was unexpected, raising worries about possible sales restructuring

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‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli Slams Microsoft’s Quantum ‘Breakthrough,’ Predicts IONQ And RGTI Will Plummet As Tech Falls Behind

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Former hedge fund manager Martin Shkreli cast doubt on recent quantum computing advances and stock valuations, particularly targeting IonQ Inc. (NYSE:IONQ) and Rigetti Computing Inc. (NASDAQ:RGTI) in a series of posts on X on Wednesday. What Happened: “IONQ and RGTI are both worth low single digits vs. their $33 and $10 prices today. quantum computing is not commercially viable in any serious way,” Shkreli wrote, suggesting Microsoft Corp.’s (NASDAQ:MSFT) recent quantum announcement could negatively impact both companies’ market positions. His comments come as Microsoft unveiled its Majorana 1 quantum chip, featuring a new Topological Core architecture that the company claims could eventually scale to one million qubits. The chip utilizes topoconductor technology, enabling more reliable and scalable quantum bits through controlled Majorana particles. Shkreli claimed there was an intense effort to prevent Microsoft’s quantum paper from being published, cautioning that the term “breakthrough” should be used with caution. There was a fairly vicious battle to disqualify the Microsoft

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Dell Quarterly AI Server Revenue Could Drop by Double Digits Sequentially, BofA Says

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Dell Technologies (DELL) is expected to log mixed fiscal fourth-quarter results, with artificial intelligence server revenue seen dropping by a double-digit percentage sequentially amid “shipment challenges” with Nvidia’s (NVDA) Blackwell generative AI system, BofA Securities said in a note. The computer manufacturer is scheduled to report results Feb. 27. BofA expects adjusted earnings of $2.50 a share on revenue of $24.67 billion. Wall Street is looking for $2.52 and $24.57 billion, respectively. AI server revenue is projected to decline 14% from the previous quarter to $2.5 billion, according to BofA. The brokerage reduced its price objective on the Dell stock to $150 from $155, while reiterating its buy rating. The infrastructure solutions group division’s fourth-quarter revenue is expected to jump 26% year over year, while client solutions group is seen rising 2.6%, according to BofA. The brokerage sees Dell’s AI server backlog exiting the quarter at $5.6 billion. “Other server

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Nvidia’s Stock Is Climbing Again, and This Overlooked Reason Is Helping

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Stock is having its best month since May and has retraced more than 90% of what it lost during the DeepSeek dive Shares of Nvidia Corp. notched another gain Tuesday, as investors have been given more reason to believe the perceived threat from DeepSeek’s artificial-intelligence platform is overblown. BofA Securities analyst Vivek Arya said while Wall Street continues to debate the impact of China-based DeepSeek’s “overstated” claim of lower costs to develop AI, new plans to boost AI spending keep emerging. Nvidia’s stock (NVDA) rose 0.4% on Tuesday and has climbed 6.9% amid a three-day win streak. It has now retraced about 90% of the selloff it suffered after the DeepSeek threat first came to light – causing a 17% plunge in Nvidia’s stock on Jan. 27, and a total 18.2% dive through Feb. 3. BofA’s Arya said global investors may have also missed the announcement last week at the

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Broadcom and Marvell Could Be the Big Losers If Arm Moves Into Chipmaking. Here’s Why.

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Arm Holdings shares rose on the chip-design firm’s reported move into making its own semiconductors. The losers from the shift could be Broadcom and Marvell Technology. A move into chipmaking would mark a huge shift for Arm, which built its business on licensing out chip designs. The risk is that Arm could be viewed as a competitor for some of its biggest customers such as Qualcomm and Nvidia. However, Arm-produced chips could instead end up taking some value away from Broadcom and Marvell who help design in-house processors for major technology companies. Arm does most of its business licensing its designs for handsets, but it also has a growing position in high-end cloud-server processors. Its first chip is set to be a central processing unit for large data centers, to run artificial-intelligence applications with Meta Platforms as an initial customer, according to a report from the Financial Times. Rather than

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Meta Stock’s Winning Streak Has Outlasted the Biden Administration

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Meta Platforms was set to extend its winning streak for a 20th consecutive trading day on Friday, cruising to new highs on a wave of support for the Instagram and Facebook parent’s artificial-intelligence strategy. Shares of Meta Platforms rose 1.1% to $736.70, on track for a record high, according to Dow Jones Market Data. The stock has stomped its record for the previous longest rally, which lasted 11 days in September 2015. Meta’s latest winning streak kicked off on Jan. 16, following reports that President-elect Donald Trump was weighing an executive order to delay the U.S. ban on TikTok. The rally is so long that it began in the final days of the Biden administration — since then, it has persisted through some of the most significant, market-rocking news. That includes the looming threat of chip tariffs and the broad selloff triggered by Chinese start-up DeepSeek. In fact, Meta was

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Alphabet’s AI Models ‘More Efficient’ Than DeepSeek, Google DeepMind CEO Says

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Alphabet’s (GOOG, GOOGL) Google DeepMind Chief Executive Demis Hassabis told employees that the company’s artificial intelligence models are more efficient than those of China’s DeepSeek, CNBC reported Friday, citing audio from an all-hands meeting in Paris. Hassabis said DeepSeek’s reported AI training costs were “exaggerated” and that it may have used more hardware and relied on Western AI models, according to the report. “We actually have more efficient, more performant models than DeepSeek,” Hassabis reportedly said. “So we’re very calm and confident in our strategy and we have all the ingredients to maintain our leadership into this year.” The meeting, attended by Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai and other executives, included answering employee questions about AI and DeepSeek, CNBC reported.

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Applied Materials Beat Quarterly Estimates. Why the Stock Is Lower.

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Shares of Applied Materials were falling Friday after the chip equipment maker issued mixed financial guidance. Applied Materials stock fell 5% to $175 in premarket trading. Chip maker stocks were also in the red, with Lam Research down 1.3%, while KLA Corp. was 0.7% lower. Late Thursday, the company reported adjusted earnings of $2.38 per share for its first fiscal quarter ended Jan. 26, beating Wall Street’s call for $2.28, according to FactSet. Net revenue of $7.17 billion was above the consensus estimate of $7.15 billion. “We delivered strong financial performance in the first fiscal quarter, with record revenue, gross margin expansion and robust shareholder distributions,” said Chief Financial Officer Brice Hill in the earnings release. One of those metrics was highlighted by William Blair analysts Jed Dorsheimer and Mark Shooter, who rate Applied Materials at Market Perform. “Gross margin reached 48.9%, a level not seen in 25 years, from

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Nvidia Stock Rises. This Is When the Next Big AI Sales Boost Will Come.

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Nvidia stock was rising early Friday. The chip maker could face some obstacles in shipping new artificial-intelligence hardware in the first half of the year but there’s reason to be patient. Nvidia shares were up 0.6% at $136.10 in premarket trading. The stock rose 3.2% on Thursday. Nvidia’s multimillion-dollar GB200 NV liquid-cooled rack systems are expected to be in high demand this year as the most advanced AI infrastructure. However, it could take some time before that turns up on the company’s top line. “Not unexpectedly, Nvidia GPU AI servers with GB200 drive a complex connectivity/power upgrade and, near-term, we estimate some growing pains. Our checks indicate that while JanQ DC [January-quarter data-center revenue] is expected in-line, AprQ could be more flattish as near-term ramps remain modest,” wrote Mizuho analyst Vijay Rakesh in a research note. Rakesh now expects Nvidia to report $36.7 billion in data-center revenue for the April

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Adobe Needs AI to Pay Off. Video Creation Could Be the Key.

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Adobe’s latest announcement could be just what investors eager to see companies start to make money from artificial intelligence have been waiting for. The software company said on Wednesday that its Firefly Video Model will now be available in public beta. Subscribers can use it to create videos straight from text entries, turn existing photos into videos, and change the camera angles of those clips using a variety of prompts. The video creation tool will be available at prices within two tiers: Firefly Standard and Firefly Pro. Firefly Standard starts at $9.99 a month while Pro starts at $29.99. “As we introduce Firefly capabilities, especially with the introduction of video, it gives us an opportunity to provide these new tiers that are additive that are going to bring a lot of value to our customers,” David Wadhwani, president of Adobe’s digital media business, said in an interview with Barron’s. Adobe

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