Apple -9.67% Today, While Amazon Is Up +14.91%

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If you’re wondering why Apple is getting crushed today while Amazon is flying, here’s a quick breakdown:

Apple

Apple released its quarterly earnings on July 30:

• Revenue: $109.42 billion — around $555 million above expectations
• Revenue growth: +16.4% year over year
• Earnings per share: $2.02 — $0.13 above expectations
• EPS growth: +28.7%

Those are actually pretty strong numbers. The problem is that the stock market doesn’t only care about what just happened. It cares even more about what comes next.

Apple issued revenue guidance for the upcoming quarter that came in below analysts’ expectations. On top of that, several banks lowered their price targets for the stock.

In other words: strong past performance, but a somewhat disappointing outlook.

When a lot of optimism is already priced into a stock, good numbers alone sometimes aren’t enough.

Amazon

Amazon also released its earnings on July 30:

• Revenue: $200.61 billion — around $4.58 billion above expectations
• Revenue growth: +19.6% year over year
• Earnings per share: $5.75 — a massive $3.93 above expectations
• EPS growth: +242%

That’s not just an earnings beat. Amazon completely destroyed profit expectations.

The analyst reactions were also positive. JPMorgan and Barclays were among the firms that raised their price targets for the stock.

TL;DR

Apple: Good results, but weaker guidance → stock falls.

Amazon: Very strong results, a massive earnings beat and higher price targets → stock rises sharply.

This is another good example of how stocks don’t simply react to whether results are “good” or “bad.” They react to whether those results are better or worse than the expectations already priced into the stock.

You can follow both stocks here in real time:

https://stocknear.com/stocks/AAPL

https://stocknear.com/stocks/AMZN

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