According to estimates by IDC and Canalys, overall iPhone market share fell 1% year over year in Q4 to 23% despite the broader market for smartphone shipments increasing by 3%. Apple kicked off its big AI push in October, releasing the first raft of its Apple Intelligence updates.

Jefferies Financial Group downgraded shares of Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL – Free Report) from a hold rating to an underperform rating in a research note issued to investors on Tuesday, MarketBeat reports. Jefferies Financial Group currently has $200.

Apple Inc. was downgraded to perform from outperform at Oppenheimer, in the latest sign of caution building ahead of the company’s results.

Update: The story was updated with Loop Capital's rating action on Apple and stock price movement. Jefferies downgraded Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) rating to Underperform from Hold noting that it expects results and guidance to miss estimates. In addition ...

Today, analysts at Jefferies and Loop Capital each downgraded their ratings on Apple.

In a rare move, analysts at Jefferies downgraded one of the largest companies in the world, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), to underperform. Wall Street analysts are known for being bullish, so underperform and sell ratings tend to make up only a small percentage of overall analyst ratings.

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Investing.com -- Jefferies analysts downgraded Apple stock to Underperform from Hold on Monday as they expect the tech giant to miss both earnings and guidance targets in its upcoming fiscal Q1 2025 report. The company's shares fell around 1% in premarket trading Tuesday.

Today, hit a new four-month low, following a report from Bloomberg indicating the company has seen an 18% slide in iPhone sales in China during the holiday season. The stock is also reeling from two downgrades by Loop Capital and Jefferies.

According to estimates by IDC and Canalys, overall iPhone market share fell 1% year over year in Q4 to 23% despite the broader market for smartphone shipments increasing by 3%. Apple kicked off its big AI push in October, releasing the first raft of its Apple Intelligence updates.

Apple was downgraded by not one but two Wall Street sell-side analysts, as preliminary figures for the December quarter suggest disappointing iPhone sales. Jefferies and Loop take Apple down a ...

The bosses of the magnificent seven tech companies, which drove the S&P 500′s more than 50 per cent surge over the past years on Wall Street, turned out in force for US president Donald Trump ’s swearing-in ceremony in Washington on Monday.