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Bank of America says a shift in AI is playing into Apple's hands. And the stock should benefit
The push into agentic artificial intelligence places the technology company in the perfect place to win leverage over companies developing AI models.
TL;DR
- Bank of America reiterates buy rating on Apple and raises price target to $380.
- The shift to agentic AI favors Apple due to its control over user data via Apple silicon and iOS.
- Apple's silicon dictates local inference capabilities, while iOS manages AI access to user context and app interactions.
- Analyst Wamsi Mohan believes Apple has a significant opportunity with its Siri product, potentially generating $15 billion to $30 billion in incremental revenues by fiscal 2030.
- Value in an agentic AI world accrues to platforms controlling user intent, personal context, app access, permissions, identity, authentication, payments, and trust.