History shows now has been a great time to buy Apple’s stock
It’s historically been a smart move to buy Apple shares around this time of year coming off the technology giant’s developer conference, according to Morgan Stanley’s sales team. Data from Morgan Stanley shows that over the last 10 years, about half of the megacap tech stock’s outperformance against the broad S & P 500 has come in the three months following its annual Worldwide Developers Conference. This year’s gathering took place on Monday , with shares finishing the trading session down nearly 2%. Apple’s biggest announcement was its push into artificial intelligence — the buzzy software that has helped propel large tech names, such as Nvidia , to record highs. Apple executives at the event unveiled Apple Intelligence, AI tools that will be available on the Mac, iPhone and iPad. Apple also announced that OpenAI’s ChatGPT is coming to Siri and devices will have custom AI-powered emojis called Genmoji. AAPL YTD mountain Apple, year to date Shares rebounded on Tuesday, rallying more than 6% to a new all-time high. But the stock has underperformed both the S & P 500 and tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite this year with a gain of just over 6%. And Wall Street analysts generally see limited upside from here. While the average analyst has a buy rating, the typical price target suggests that shares can add just over 1% in the next 12 months, according to LSEG.