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Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) is scheduled to report its quarterly earnings on Thursday.

On CNBC's "Options Action," Tony Zhang said that Apple’s stock has been on a “slow and steady uptrend for the past couple of years” but recently there has been “a breakdown of that trend.”

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The risk reward now “favors to the downside going into the earnings event,” he added.

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Apple is currently a slow growing business, Zhang mentioned. “If you look at EPS and revenue growth, we’re looking at single digits over the next couple of years,” he said.

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The stock is currently trading at nearly 24 times next year’s earnings, which is “a pretty rich multiple to where the S&P is trading right now,” Zhang stated. He expects a multiple contraction if the guidance is unfavorable for the rest of the year.

AAPL Price Action: Shares of Apple declined by 0.81% to settle at $154.09 on Friday.


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