The new year promises positive catalysts for hardware and software players.
“Heading into 2020 there is clear momentum for the tech space/stocks as a number of transformational trends such as 5G, cloud, autonomous, and the streaming content wars will be front and center for the Street,” Wedbush analysts led by Daniel Ives wrote in a report.
The Rating
Ives maintained Outperform ratings on Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN), Cyberark Software Ltd (NASDAQ:CYBR), Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ:FB), LYFT Inc (NASDAQ:LYFT), Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), Palo Alto Networks Inc (NYSE:PANW), Uber Technologies Inc (NYSE:UBER), VMware, Inc. (NYSE:VMW) and Zscaler Inc (NASDAQ:ZS).
He maintained an Underperform rating on Netflix Inc (NASDAQ:NFLX).
The Thesis
Here are the analysts’ top tech predictions for 2020:
Apple will dominate the upcoming “year of the 5G Super Cycle,” Microsoft will outperform Amazon in cloud development, and Walt Disney Co (NYSE:DIS) will beat Netflix in video streaming.
Meanwhile, cyber security will rapidly consolidate, and Google will acquire a public cloud vendor to expand its GCP initiative. Alphabet, Amazon and Apple will build out and acquire into healthcare and banking services.
Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) could strike 100,000 deliveries in China faster than it did in the U.S. and Europe, and competition and poor profitability could force Uber to shutter its Uber Eats segment.
In a more macro view, federal tech regulation will drive fines but not changes to business models. Local crackdowns could prove more painful.
“AB5 California legislation will be a major ‘gut punch’ to the Gig Economy and throw a major wrench in the business models of Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, Postmates, and other players once passed (with all eyes on the impending court battle),” Ives wrote.
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