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Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. McDonald’s — Shares fell more than 6% after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said an E. coli outbreak linked to the fast food company’s Quarter Pounder burgers has resulted in the hospitalization of 10 people and one death. Starbucks — The coffee chain fell 4.5% after its preliminary fiscal fourth-quarter results showed a decline in sales. Starbucks also suspended its 2025 forecast. Boeing — The defense stock slipped 0.6% after its third-quarter results were released. Revenues of $17.84 billion, which the company had preannounced, topped an LSEG estimate of $17.82 billion. Boeing reported a loss of $10.44 per share. Free cash flow was also negative $1.95 billion owing to losses in its commercial airplanes and defense segments. Enphase Energy — The solar energy tech company declined 15% after issuing a lower-than-expected fourth-quarter revenue outlook. Enphase expects revenue in the current quarter in a range between $360 million and $400 million, while analysts polled by LSEG forecast $435.8 million. Third-quarter results also missed expectations. AT & T — Shares of the telecom company advanced more than 2% on a bottom-line beat in the third quarter. Adjusted earnings of 60 cents per share topped analysts’ forecasts of 57 cents per share. However, revenue of $30.21 billion fell short of the consensus estimate for $30.44 billion. Coca-Cola — Shares slipped 2.1% despite better-than-expected third-quarter results . Coca-Cola posted 77 cents adjusted earnings per share on adjusted revenue of $11.95 billion. Analysts polled by LSGE had estimated 74 cents earnings per share and $11.6 billion in revenue. While the company has not yet released its full 2025 outlook, it said it is expected currency headwinds will impact its results next year. Hilton Worldwide Holdings — The hotel chain slid 4.3% after posting third-quarter revenue of $2.87 billion, under the $2.91 billion figure expected from analysts polled by LSEG. The company also issued weak guidance for current-quarter earnings guidance. Texas Instruments — Shares rose 3% after the semiconductor company posted a third-quarter earnings and revenue beat. Texas Instruments’ earnings per share of $1.47 on revenue of $4.15 billion topped analysts’ expectations of $1.38 per share on revenue of $4.12 billion, according to LSEG. Seagate Technology — The data storage stock shed more than 4%. Seagate guided for $2.3 billion in revenue for its fiscal second quarter, which came about in line with an LSEG estimate. Seagate’s first-quarter results did top analysts’ estimates on both top and bottom lines. Deutsche Bank — U.S.-traded shares of the investment bank declined around 2%. Although the company reported a profit, it was below analyst expectations. Deutsche Bank reported net income of 1.46 billion euros in the third quarter, falling short of a FactSet estimate for 1.52 billion euros. GE Vernova — The electric power company lost more than 4% after reporting weaker-than-expected quarterly earnings. GE Vernova reported adjusted earnings of 4 cents per share in the third quarter, while analysts surveyed by LSEG had expected 18 cents per share. Meanwhile, revenue of $8.91 billion topped forecasts of $8.78 billion. Qualcomm — Shares fell 3.5% after Bloomberg reported, citing a document, that British chip designer Arm is planning to cancel a key license agreement with the firm. Stride – Shares surged more than 25% after the tech company’s quarterly results beat Wall Street’s expectations. For its first quarter of fiscal 2025, Stride earned 94 cents per share on revenue of $551.1 million. That’s well above the 22 cents per share and $504.3 million in revenue that analysts polled by FactSet anticipated. Winnebago Industries — The recreational vehicle maker fell more than 8% after earnings in the fiscal fourth quarter fell short of expectations. The company posted 28 cents earnings per share, ex-items, versus a FactSet consensus estimate of 89 cents per share. Full-year guidance fell short of estimates. General Dynamics — Shares of the defense contractor dipped 1.3% after third-quarter results missed expectations. General Dynamics reported $3.35 in earnings per share on $11.67 billion of revenue. Analysts surveyed by LSEG were looking for $3.47 per share on $11.64 billion of revenue. Earnings and revenue were both up year over year. Spirit Airlines — The budget airline stock surged more than 28% after The Wall Street Journal reported that it has revived merger discussions with Frontier Airlines. — CNBC’s Sarah Min, Alex Harring, Lisa Kailai Han, Jesse Pound and Sean Conlon contributed reporting
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U.S. brands are rapidly losing their appeal in China as locals increasingly prefer competitive homegrown players, especially as economic growth slows, according to a TD Cowen survey released Thursday. While overall preference for Western brands dropped to 9%, down from 14% last year, certain American companies face higher risks than others, the report said, citing in-person interviews of 2,000 consumers with varied income levels in larger Chinese cities. TD Cowen partnered with an unnamed Beijing-based advisory firm to conduct the survey in February 2025, following a similar study in May 2024. The analysts see Apple ranking among the better-positioned brands in China. But they warned that several other American companies face high regional risks despite management optimism. China’s top leaders on Friday acknowledged the growing effect of trade tensions, and pledged targeted measures for struggling businesses. The official readout stopped short of a full-on stimulus announcement. “This year’s survey was conducted before the US-China trade war intensified, though threats were on the horizon,” the TD Cowen analysts said. “Add this factor to the equation, and it’s easy to see why uncertainty will remain elevated and households are likely to remain cautious going forward.” The survey found income expectations declined, with the share of respondents expecting a decline in pay over the next 12 months rising to 10% from 6%. In particular, Chinese consumers plan to spend less on a beauty items over the next six months, the survey showed, while increasing their preference for Chinese brands. U.S. cosmetics giant Estée Lauder retained first place in terms of highest awareness among Western beauty brands in China, but preference among consumers dropped to 19.6% of respondents, down from 24.3% last year. That contrasted with increases in respondents expressing a preference for the second and third market players Lancome and Chanel, respectively. In the quarter that ended Dec. 31, Estée Lauder said its Asia Pacific net sales fell 11%, due partly to “subdued consumer sentiment in mainland China, Korea and Hong Kong.” Asia Pacific accounted for 32% of overall sales in the quarter. In the lucrative sportswear category, Nike “lost meaningful preference in every category” versus last year, while local competitors Li-Ning and Anta saw gains, the survey found. TD Cowen’s analysis showed that among U.S. sportswear brands facing the most earnings risk relative to consensus expectations, Nike has the highest China sales exposure at 15%. “The China market is one characterized as a growth opportunity for sport according to Nike management in its recent fiscal Q3:25 earnings call in March 2025,” the analysts said, “but that the macro offers an increasingly challenging operating environment.” It’s not necessarily about slower growth or nationalism. While the survey found a 4-percentage-point drop in preference for foreign apparel and footwear brands, it also showed a 3-percentage-point increase in the inclination to buy the “best” product regardless of origin. “The implied perception here is that Western brands are offering less in the way of best product or value,” the TD Cowen analysts said. Starbucks similarly is running into fierce local competition while trying to maintain prices one-third or more above that of competitor Luckin Coffee, the report said. The survey found that the U.S. coffee giant “lags peers in terms of value and quality perception improvement.” Other coffee brands such as Manner, Tim’s, Cotti, %Arabica and M Stand have also expanded recently in China. Starbucks’ same-store sales in China fell 6% year on year in the quarter that ended Dec. 29, bringing the region’s share of total revenue to just under 8%. More worrisome is that a highly anticipated coffee boom in China may not materialize. “We note daily and weekly frequency of purchase among coffee drinkers are decreasing, suggesting the coffee habit seen in the U.S. is not taking hold in China,” the analysts said. They noted a new ownership structure for Starbucks‘ China business would be positive for the stock given the lack of near-term catalysts. TD Cowen rates Starbucks a buy, but has hold ratings on Nike and Estée Lauder.
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Apple iPhone assembly in India won’t cushion China tariffs: Moffett
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April 26, 2025

Leading analyst Craig Moffett suggests any plans to move U.S. iPhone assembly to India is unrealistic.
Moffett, ranked as a top analyst multiple times by Institutional Investor, sent a memo to clients on Friday after the Financial Times reported Apple was aiming to shift production toward India from China by the end of next year.
He’s questioning how a move could bring down costs tied to tariffs because the iPhone components would still be made in China.
“You have a tremendous menu of problems created by tariffs, and moving to India doesn’t solve all the problems. Now granted, it helps to some degree,” the MoffettNathanson partner and senior managing director told CNBC’s “Fast Money” on Friday. “I would question how that’s going to work.”
Moffett contends it’s not so easy to diversify to India — telling clients Apple’s supply chain would still be anchored in China and would likely face resistance.
“The bottom line is a global trade war is a two-front battle, impacting costs and sales. Moving assembly to India might (and we emphasize might) help with the former. The latter may ultimately be the bigger issue,” he wrote to clients.
Moffett cut his Apple price target on Monday to $141 from $184 a share. It implies a 33% drop from Friday’s close. The price target is also the Street low, according to FactSet.
“I don’t think of myself as the biggest Apple bear,” he said. “I think quite highly of Apple. My concern about Apple has been the valuation more than the company.”
Moffett has had a “sell” rating on Apple since Jan. 7. Since then, the company’s shares are down about 14%.
“None of this is because Apple is a bad company. They still have a great balance sheet [and] a great consumer franchise,” he said. “It’s just the reality of there are no good answers when you are a product company, and your products are going to be significantly tariffed, and you’re heading into a market that is likely to have at least some deceleration in consumer demand because of the macro economy.”
Moffett notes Apple also isn’t getting help from its carriers to cushion the blow of tariffs.
“You also have the demand destruction that’s created by potentially higher prices. Remember, you had AT&T, Verizon and T. Mobile all this week come out and say we’re not going to underwrite the additional cost of tariff [on] handsets,” he added. “The consumer is going to have to pay for that. So, you’re going to have some demand destruction that’s going to show up in even longer holding periods and slower upgrade rates — all of which probably trims estimates next year’s consensus.”
According to Moffett, the backlash against Apple in China over U.S. tariffs will also hurt iPhone sales.
“It’s a very real problem,” Moffett said. “Volumes are really going to the Huaweis and the Vivos and the local competitors in China rather than to Apple.”
Apple stock is coming off a winning week — up more than 6%. It comes ahead of the iPhone maker’s quarterly earnings report due next Thursday after the market close.
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