Report
Brian Colello

We're Not Alarmed by Reports of Lower iPhone Orders; Maintain FVEs for Apple & Related Suppliers

We will maintain our $175 fair value estimate for narrow-moat Apple, as the Nikkei Asian Review reported, "Apple warns suppliers of 20% drop in new iPhone parts orders." We're also maintaining our fair value estimates for related chip suppliers like narrow-moat Skyworks ($106) and Qorvo ($83). We continue to view Apple as slightly overvalued and see a modest margin of safety in Skyworks today.
If accurate, the report suggests that initial iPhone production for Apple's latest slate of smartphones...
Underlying
Skyworks Solutions Inc.

Skyworks Solutions is a provider of analog semiconductors that connect people, places, and things, spanning a number of applications within the aerospace, automotive, broadband, cellular infrastructure, connected home, industrial, medical, military, smartphone, tablet and wearable markets. The company's product portfolio consists of various solutions, including: amplifiers, antenna tuners, attenuators, circulators/isolators, wireless analog system on chip, direct current (DC)/DC converters, demodulators, detectors, diodes, directional couplers, diversity receive modules, filters, front-end modules, hybrid, light emitting diode drivers, low noise amplifiers, mixers, and modulators.

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Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

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Brian Colello

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