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Apple (AAPL)’s A Free Rider, Says Jim Cramer
Apple (AAPL)’s A Free Rider, Says Jim Cramer
Ramish Cheema
Mon, February 16, 2026 at 12:13 AM GMT+9 2 min read
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We recently published 13 Stocks Jim Cramer Talked About. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is one of the stocks that Jim Cramer talked about.
Consumer electronics giant Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) remains one of Jim Cramer’s favorite stocks. The CNBC TV host continues to stick with his long-held belief of owning the shares instead of trading them. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)’s stock is up by 4.5% over the past year and is down by 5.6% year-to-date. Evercore ISI kept an Outperform rating and a $330 share price target on the firm in February. The firm’s coverage focused on Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)’s Apple Intelligence AI platform. It pointed out that the March launch of the highly coveted feature could face a delay given internal testing problems. Goldman Sachs kept a Buy rating and a $330 share price in February. It outlined Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)’s App Store spending accelerated to 7% year-over-year in January over the 6% figures for December. In his remarks about the firm following its earnings, Cramer commented that the technology company had managed to save billions of dollars in AI investment by partnering up with Google. In this appearance, he elaborated his opinion:
Apple (AAPL)'s A Free Rider, Says Jim Cramer
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