EvercoreISI analyst Amit Daryanani sees two ways Apple could benefit from the Democratic midterm sweep. First, Apple is a defensive play amid Washington gridlock, since its earnings rely on iPhone mix, pricing and services rather than data-center construction; he sees resilient demand, with gross-margin recovery and price elasticity as key tests. Second, cooling memory chip prices could ease a major headwind: DRAM and NAND inflation was a 140 bps gross-margin headwind for Apple in the December quarter. He also asks whether slower data-center buildouts could temper memory demand and help companies hit by memory inflation. Apple shares rose 0.5% in pre-market trading on Thursday.
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| Market | US stocks |
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| Sector | Information Technology |
| Industry | Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals |
| Market cap | $5.1T |
| Close on 11/03/2026 | 331.74 |
| Change that session | -1.94% |
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