Apple's growth problem is expectations, TLDR Business explains
Jack Kelly examines strong hardware sales, memory-chip pressures and the valuation question in the channel's only new upload.
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Has Apple Stagnated?
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- 0:00Strong revenue growth meets an after-hours share-price dip as investors worry about margins.
- 1:08iPhone and Mac sales drive Apple's results, alongside growth in services.
- 3:26Folding-iPhone production constraints and memory shortages put pressure on hardware supply.
- 5:09Kelly examines Apple's price-to-earnings multiple and investors' concerns about limits to future growth.
How can rising sales leave investors worried? Jack Kelly's answer in "Has Apple Stagnated?" separates Apple's business from the expectations attached to its share price. Revenue grew, but concerns about margins accompanied an after-hours stock dip.
The episode starts with healthy iPhone and Mac sales before reaching the less comfortable part: making those devices. Kelly examines production constraints for the folding iPhone Duo and memory-chip shortages linked to demand from AI. Then comes a different constraint, whether investors can keep justifying Apple's valuation if its growth has a ceiling.
That distinction has carried into the comments. Viewers question the expectation of endless growth, debate whether AI companies deserve their valuations, and distinguish innovation in phone design from progress in Apple Silicon. Several ask why selling tangible products should count for less in the market's imagination than AI ambitions.
The upload reached roughly 142,000 views, most arriving during its opening day. Across the channel, subscribers increased modestly, although daily viewing is running at about a fifth of its usual level. Among nearby business channels, Kyla Scanlon had a substantially busier week, while Inc. and Natalie Barbu added no subscribers.
Apple supplied the new release, but "How BuzzBallz Took Over the Drinks Business" is currently drawing the most daily views. Its question is a neatly different business puzzle: how a drinks brand found success against a backdrop of younger adults apparently drinking less. Google's AI-finance episode also continues to attract viewers, keeping the cost of the AI boom in the channel's conversation.
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What viewers say
Infinite growth is such a ridiculous expectation
@StraightRocketFuelSee it on YouTubeI would argue no AI company deserves their valuations either
@KommandantAegisSee it on YouTubeHaven’t put much thought into this but it depends on what you mean by stagnate. Stagnating in terms of design and revolutionary innovation? Maybe. But in terms of Apple Silicon, their development are genuinely worth of praise
@dekapasSee it on YouTube
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Costco has a highter PE ratio than all tech companies..valuation is so subjective
@DF-dx1efSee it on YouTubeThe issue they have is kind of a lack of innovation, there's not really that much more you can do with an apple phone, and it's kind of hard to justify buying a new one every year. They're also not really competing in AI like alphabet and Microsoft so they're not on that wave.
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