$AAPL peaks Monday for 2023!?!?!
Probe & Press or Probe & Punt?
Here is the set-up:
1) Your stock is up 39.2% year to date.
2) Your P/E is 30.35 times 2023 earnings.
3) You are buying back stock at 30x EPS or a 3% earnings yield which is non accretive to EPS and you could invest your massive FCF in 5% T Bills.
4) Your own stock now is a measly 3.6% FCF yield.
5) You sell expensive consumer electronics that have seen few material reasons to upgrade (a better camera, etc) in an environment where other consumer-facing companies are saying demand is weakening.