{"id":199572,"date":"2026-01-20T12:25:03","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T17:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/midatlanticconsulting.com\/blog\/?p=199572"},"modified":"2026-01-20T12:25:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T17:25:03","slug":"apple-stock-poised-for-gains-ahead-of-earnings-as-iphone-sales-surge-analysts-predict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/midatlanticconsulting.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/apple-stock-poised-for-gains-ahead-of-earnings-as-iphone-sales-surge-analysts-predict\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple stock poised for gains ahead of earnings as iPhone sales surge, analysts predict"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/macdailynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/250409_stock_chart.png?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/macdailynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/250409_stock_chart.png?resize=600%2C400ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-281623\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Analysts are bullish on Apple stock heading into its upcoming earnings report, citing strong iPhone demand. iPhones \u201cflew off the shelves\u201d in recent months, driven by robust sales figures that exceeded expectations. This performance is expected to translate into positive upside for the stock, with Wall Street anticipating solid results that could push shares higher.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barrons.com\/articles\/apple-stock-earnings-iphone-sales-f6616c29\">Nate Wolf for Barron\u2019s<\/a>:<br \/>  \u200e<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p> Evercore ISI added Apple to its Tactical Outperform list on Tuesday, arguing that robust iPhone demand positions the company for a strong earnings print. The firm reiterated an Outperform rating and a $330 price target on Apple stock, which remain its top pick for 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Evercore expects iPhone revenue to climb 17% from the same period last year, well above the consensus call for 11% growth. Sales skewed toward higher-end models over the holiday quarter, the firm noted, which should mean higher-than-expected average sales prices.<\/p>\n<p>Analysts at Citi agree that a surge in demand for iPhone 17 models carried through the end of the year. The firm expects an earnings beat for the December quarter, driven by the sale of 82 million iPhone units\u2014ahead of consensus. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u200e<br \/> The analyst firm kept its Buy rating on Apple stock intact while lowering the price target to $315 from $330, citing concerns that escalating memory prices could pressure margins.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>\u200e <\/p>\n<p><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader \u201cFred Mertz\u201d for the heads up.]<\/p>\n<div class=\"macdailynews-after-content macdailynews-target\" id=\"macdailynews-1577342616\" data-macdailynews-trackid=\"221186\" data-macdailynews-trackbid=\"1\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9654279268749293\" data-ad-slot=\"3250525581\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"false\"><\/ins>  <\/div>\n<p>Source link: https:\/\/macdailynews.com\/2026\/01\/20\/apple-stock-poised-for-gains-ahead-of-earnings-as-iphone-sales-surge-analysts-predict\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Analysts are bullish on Apple stock heading into its upcoming earnings report, citing strong iPhone demand. iPhones \u201cflew off the shelves\u201d in recent months, driven by robust sales figures that exceeded expectations. This performance is expected to translate into positive upside for the stock, with Wall Street anticipating solid results that could push shares higher&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":32045,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-199572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-allnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/midatlanticconsulting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/midatlanticconsulting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/midatlanticconsulting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midatlanticconsulting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midatlanticconsulting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=199572"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/midatlanticconsulting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":199573,"href":"https:\/\/midatlanticconsulting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199572\/revisions\/199573"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midatlanticconsulting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/midatlanticconsulting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midatlanticconsulting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midatlanticconsulting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}