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Fly News Breaks for November 13, 2018
AAPL, QRVO
Nov 13, 2018 | 14:51 EDT
JPMorgan analyst Bill Peterson notes that following other announced cuts in the Apple (AAPL) supply chain, Qorvo (QRVO) also reset near-term revenue expectations as a result of lower demand from Apple. The analyst believes that not only is Qorvo seeing weaker unit demand, but likely is seeing reduced demand for the iPhone XR model in particular. Nonetheless, Peterson expects Qorvo to outperform through his modeling period on content gains in mobile, broad-based across smartphone makers, compensating for weaker smartphone unit demand and on strong double-digit percentage year over year revenue growth in non-mobile on infrastructure, 5G, and GaN. As expectations have been reset, and with investors becoming more comfortable with the content growth story in mobile and outsized growth in non-mobile, the analyst sees "significant upside" in Qorvo shares over the mid-term, and reiterates an Overweight rating on the stock.