Apple stock decline seen as an opportunity to buy at a favorable price, according to analyst opinion。

Microsoft overtook Apple last week to become the world's most publicly traded company by market capitalization, and Microsoft shares rose more than 3 percent to 2 percent in the week..$89 trillion in market value, while Apple fell more than 3% to 2.87 trillion dollars。This reflects the market's optimistic view of Microsoft's solid performance and artificial intelligence development, as well as some concerns about Apple's iPhone growth.。Microsoft's AI activities received positive reviews, demonstrating its leadership in emerging technologies。In the future, the market will pay close attention to the competition and innovation dynamics of the two tech giants。

Katz said: "Apple's growth is nothing special, while Microsoft is doing better in terms of execution and earnings growth.。"

On Jan. 4, local time, investment bank Piper Sandler downgraded Apple's rating to neutral from overweight, the second downgrade Apple has suffered this week。

Apple will report fiscal fourth-quarter results in early November, and analysts widely expect the company's revenue to fall 1% from the same period last year.。Apple's stock is showing signs of decline ahead of earnings, having fallen for five consecutive sessions。

On Tuesday, September 12, US Eastern Time, Apple's heaviest new product launch event of the year opened。This time mainly released a new generation of smart phones iPhone 15 series and smart watches。In line with previous rumors, the iPhone 15 is all switched to Smart Island, bid farewell to the bangs, all switched to USB-C ports, the high-end iPhone 15 Pro series is equipped with Apple's most advanced A17 bionic chip, the highest-end model iPhone 15 Pro Max is equipped with a periscope lens for the first time, while the price is up $100 compared to the previous generation。As of September 12, local time, Apple closed at 176.$3, down 1.71%, Market Capitalization 2.8 trillion dollars。Its market value evaporated overnight by $47.8 billion (about RMB348.5 billion).。

On September 6, U.S. Eastern Time, Apple's shares fell sharply after the opening, with the biggest drop of 4.34%, ending at 182.91 dollars, down 3.58% of the daily market value evaporated by 106.2 billion US dollars (about 777.1 billion yuan)

On August 3, local time, Apple released its results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2023 ended July 1, 2023.。Report shows that Apple's revenue for the quarter was 817.$9.7 billion, down 1.4%, down for three consecutive quarters。As of the close of trading on August 3, local time, Apple closed at 191.$17 / share, down 0.73%。It is worth noting that revenue from major products such as iPhone, Mac and iPad all declined this quarter due to the continued downturn in the global consumer electronics market.。Apple earnings show that this quarter, iPhone revenue was 396.$700 million, down 2.4%; Mac revenue was 68.$400 million, down 7.3%; iPad revenue was 57.$900 million, down 19.8%。

At 1 p.m. EDT on Monday, June 5, Apple's 2023 Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) was held, and after an introduction to the 15-inch MacBook Air, the new Mac Studio, and software system upgrades, Apple unveiled its long-awaited first interactive headset Vision Pro。