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Why Right Now Is The Perfect Time To Buy Facebook Stock

Loading the player… After Facebook ’s ( FB ) stellar quarterly report Wednesday evening, the social networking giant’s stock is trading in buy range in the stock market today . The breakout comes as other big names have recently neared buying opportunities but crumbled on their quarterly results, including Google owner Alphabet ( GOOGL ), Microsoft ( MSFT ) and Starbucks ( SBUX ). Facebook’s earnings jumped 83%, while sales grew 52%. Both topped views and marked a third straight quarter of accelerating growth for the top and bottom lines. Shares jumped 8% in huge volume, hitting a new all-time high in intraday trade and breaking out of a cup-with-handle base with a 117.09 buy point. Shares are in buy range to 122.94. But the stock is now trading at the lower end of the day’s range, about 50 cents above the buy point. Facebook earns an IBD Composite Rating of 95 out of 99, meaning its shares outperform 95% of all stocks in the market, based on fundamental and technical factors. IBD’s Take: How healthy are the shares of Facebook and its rivals? Find out at IBD Stock Checkup Alphabet gapped below its 50-day line after its report last week. Shares tested support at the 200-day line in Wednesday’s session and are breaching that level today. Alphabet is now trading 12% below its February high, down 1.4% in intraday trade. Microsoft also gapped below its 50-day line in the wake of its results last week. Shares are breaking below their 200-day line in intraday trade Thursday, falling 1.6%, and are about 11% below their December peak. Starbucks is now trading below its 50-day and 200-day lines, and hit a new two-month low in intraday trade as it fell a fraction. Shares are 11% below their October high. And while Apple ( AAPL ) wasn’t near buy range ahead of its report Tuesday night, shares gapped down to a two-month low on disappointing results. Apple is 27% below its high, reached exactly one year ago today, with shares down 1.8%. Meanwhile, Amazon ( AMZN ) is trading in buy range ahead of its quarterly report after the close. Amazon risked dropping back below the buy zone in Wednesday’s session, but shares are trading up 1% today in anticipation of the report.

Texas Instruments Beats Q1 Views Despite Apple iPhone ‘Shortfall’

Texas Instruments ( TXN ) joined NXP Semiconductors ( NXPI ) and Cirrus Logic ( CRUS ) late Wednesday, weathering an  Apple ( AAPL ) iPhone shipment dip by bolstering embedded-processing sales to top Wall Street’s first-quarter expectations. On Thursday, at least eight analysts boosted their price targets on Texas Instruments stock. On the stock market today , Texas Instruments shares were up a fraction intraday. The stock has been on a run since Jan. 15, climbing 25% after a two-week fall. NXP and Cirrus Logic stocks split the difference in Thursday trading, up 0.2% and down 2.1%, respectively. Skyworks Solutions ( SWKS ) and Qorvo ( QRVO ) were up 1.6% and 0.3%, respectively, after Apple reported its first ever year-over-year iPhone shipment decline late Tuesday. For the first quarter, Texas Instruments reported $3.01 billion in sales and 65 cents earnings per share, down 5% and up 7%, respectively, vs. the year-earlier quarter. Both measures topped the consensus of 36 analysts polled by Thomson Reuters for $2.98 billion and 62 cents. Analog sales — which includes power management chips used in the iPhone 6S — declined 8% year over year to $1.88 billion. The drop was expected MKM analyst Ian Ing wrote in a research report. Apple comprised 15% of Texas Instruments’ 2015 sales. “While the year-over-year shortfall in smartphones was $150 million, the inclusion of (a) weak PC (segment) results in an even greater shortfall,” he wrote in a research report. “The year-over-year revenue gap is expected to decline somewhat in June, but still be significant.” Embedded-processing revenue grew 8% vs. the year-earlier quarter to $729 million in sales. Sales of custom integrated circuits drove a 10% year-over-year decline in Texas Instruments’ other sales. Texas Instruments’ current-quarter guidance for $3.07 billion to $3.33 billion in sales and 67 cents to 77 cents EPS would be flat and down 1%, respectively, on a year-over-year basis. But that outlook topped analyst views for $3.18 billion and 71 cents at the midpoints. Credit Suisse analyst John Pitzer noted that Texas Instruments is “consistently executing on consistent execution.” He boosted his price target on Texas Instruments stock to 65 from 60, but reiterated his neutral rating. During Q1, Texas Instruments hit a record 60.6% gross margin. Pitzer and RBC analyst Amit Daryanani expect that to continue, driven by better manufacturing gains, improved mix and impressive execution. Daryanani upped his price target on Texas Instruments stock to 68 from 65, but kept his outperform rating.