Apple Investing Outlook 2025 📊

Early Bird Prime for July 6, 2025

Apple $AAPL ( ▲ 0.52% ) , the tech behemoth that brought us the iPhone and the iPad, is now facing a bit of a pickle in 2025. After reaching an all-time high price in late December 2024, Apple’s stock fell. The stock is down 12.43% this year, trailing behind its big tech buddies.

Even some of Apple's most loyal analysts have decided to downgrade the stock this year. The company has been dealing with a trifecta of woes: lackluster product announcements, AI advancements that are more "meh" than "wow," and macroeconomic pressures such as tariffs.

This past week, Apple received a lukewarm analyst upgrade. Jeffries decided to upgrade Apple to Hold from Underperform, which is kind of like saying, “Well, it's not terrible.” They also lifted the price target to $188.32 thanks to better iPhone sales in China. However, the analyst still has nightmares about the impact of tariffs on iPhones and envisions flat iPhone sales later in the year.

And then, just when you thought Apple was down for the count, more good news arrived. Counterpoint Research reported that iPhone sales in China rose 8% year-over-year in the three months ending June 30. This marks the first iPhone sales growth in China in two years. It's a small victory, but hey, we'll take it!

With the stock down, Apple's valuation is now more attractive. 

Should you buy Apple’s stock in 2025 or avoid it? Here’s the answer:

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