Oppenheimer: 'Apple is moving into a new era for consumer hardware'

Oppenheimer analyst Martin Yang reiterated a Perform rating on Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL).

The analyst comments "On 4/20, Apple announced that its CEO Tim Cook will transition to Executive Chairman role effective on September 1. John Ternus, SVP of Hardware Engineering will be the new CEO. Also announced is Johny Srouji, Apple’s SVP of Hardware Technologies, will become Chief Hardware Officer with expanded responsibilities in hardware engineering. We look favorably upon the announcements. Apple is moving into a new era for consumer hardware where on-device inference and edge AI capabilities may create new use cases, form factors, and even new device categories. Ternus and Srouji's elevated positions ensure Apple's core competency in product design is preserved, if not improved, with the same playbook (integrated silicon/hw/sw) that have worked increasingly well since Apple Silicon was introduced in 2020."

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Shares of Apple closed at $273.05 yesterday.

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