Before getting too concerned here, Peter Misek of Jefferies only has a Hold rating, which is being maintained. The target downgrade today reflects that iPhone shipments will be 27 million this quarter rather than 30 million. The large cut comes in the following quarter, where projections are down to 45 million from 50 million. Sales expectations were down more than 4% to $36.6 billion for the quarter, but fourth-quarter sales estimates were cut by 5% to $48.3 billion.
On the Apple stock impact, earnings are being taken down to $7.02 per share from $7.64 per share, and the key fourth-quarter estimates were trimmed to $10.58 from $11.45.
The biggest issue is that Apple has just dropped below $400 on its stock price again. Shares are down more than 3% at $398.62 in late-morning trading on Monday, and the stock has traded in a range of $385.10 to $705.07 over the past 52-weeks.
If Tim Cook is really going to hoist his future on the price of Apple stock, he just took a pay cut.
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