Analysts tracking the "aapl stock forecast" are highlighting services revenue as the primary growth engine, projecting over $85B annually in high-margin segments like App Store and Apple Music, supporting long-term valuation expansion. Bernstein’s Newman likes what’s on offer here and sees a path to future gains. The analyst writes, “As the gateway to the Intelligence Revolution, Apple is well positioned to reap rewards from AI. We believe that the Google remedies decision not only clears a significant downside risk, but opens the path for Apple to leverage Gemini’s AI, ruling out the most severe downside cases… We continue to view Apple’s core asset – the most lucrative and sticky 1 billion users as highly attractive, which provides significant potential upside from AI if executed well. With >2.35B devices and ~1B unique users currently onboarded on Apple’s platform, an ever-growing installed base and above-industry margins, the value of the Apple brand and its ecosystem speaks for itself.” Stocks slipped at the open as the US careened toward the first government shutdown since 2018 Credit Suisse’s "aapl stock forecast" notes that capital expenditure discipline and supply chain optimization could sustain gross margins near 44%.