Apple Inc AAPL shined on the 94th Academy Awards on Sunday night time after “CODA” gained the Greatest Image honor. Wedbush analyst Dan Ives had stated in a latest notice the tech big may gain advantage if such an eventuality got here to cross.
The Apple Analyst: Ives maintained his “outperform” score on the iPhone maker and has a 12-month worth goal of $200.
The Apple Thesis: The Academy Awards turned out to be a “monumental occasion” for the Tim Cook dinner-led know-how big, simply as predicted by Ives.
CODA, a remake of the 2014 French movie “La Famille Bélier,” tracks the story of Ruby Rossi — a toddler of deaf dad and mom who makes an attempt to pursue her singing ardour whereas supporting her household.
“If Apple was to win the coveted Greatest Image award with CODA it will catalyze extra A+ expertise coming to Apple first (or within the prime bracket) and will propel Cupertino’s content material efforts by multiples over the approaching years with a serious paid subscriber enhance,” Ives had stated in a latest notice.
Ives stated Apple via the awards season has already established itself as a “premium content material contender” with respect to each conventional Hollywood stalwarts and different streaming rivals equivalent to Netflix Inc NFLX.
Ives famous that Apple TV+’s 25 million home subscribers and 50 million globally is a fraction in contrast with rivals however the Oscar nominations ought to “speed up” the quantity and provides the corporate extra confidence on doubling down on content material efforts over the following yr.
The Wedbush analyst stated Apple spends practically $7 billion annually on unique content material and it has virtually $200 billion on its stability sheet. Ives stated that Wedbush believes the iPhone maker is pushing the pedals on unique content material and likewise bidding on upcoming sports activities packages equivalent to NFL Sunday Evening Ticket.
“Apple TV+ is a small, however extremely strategic element of the general providers ecosystem ($80 billion annual income in FY22) that’s changing into a key monetization engine for the corporate over the approaching years to faucet its golden and unmatched put in base,” the analyst had stated.
Apple Value Motion: Apple shares closed 0.4% larger at $174.42 within the common session on Friday and gained 0.2% within the after-hours buying and selling, in accordance with Benzinga Professional information.
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