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Update: Churchill Capital Corp IV (NYSE: CCIV) has risen by 11.63% on Monday, closing at $24.95 after already hitting a high of $27.30. It is essential to note that the holding company's value has been rising at a rapid clip in recent days and has reached a valuation of $6.4 billion. Some investors are opting to cash in on profits, with Tuesday's premarket trading pointing to a drop of around 3% to below $24.50. Are some investors worried that Churchill would be unable to buy into Lucid Motors? Officially, all sides involved remain silent. Nevertheless, if the SPAC merger does go through, Lucid could pose substantial competition to Tesla. The Arizona-based electric vehicle firm is producing luxury cars that may outshine Elon Musk's models. More Best Stocks to Buy Forecast 2021: Vaccines and zero rates to broaden recovery
Chinese electric vehicles out, a new American one in? Churchill Capital Corp IV (NYSE: CCIV) is a Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) – or "blank check" –company with no business behind it. However, various press reports suggest that Churchill is on the verge of a merge with Lucid Motors – and that may be exciting.
Lucid's CEO Peter Rawlinson is the engineer behind Tesla's Model S, and his new venture may compete with Elon Musk's firm. The company is a smaller one that is working gradually and has its feet on the ground – contrary to Musk's often ambitious and unachievable financial goals.
For investors, the fact that Lucid Motors is currently small serves as motivation to jump into a potential growth story. Rawlinson's firm aims to produce 400,000 vehicles using just-in-time supply chains.
Will the merger go through? Investors could be disappointed if nothing happens on Monday, but if fresh media reports suggest that talks are on the cusp of an agreement, could keep CCIV shares bid.
CCIV stock forecast
NYSE: CCIV is set to continue rising while hopes for the Lucid Motors SPAC merger are high. If it does happen, the focus will likely shift to the prospects of the emerging EV company. Investors have been eyeing Nio, Nikola, Li Auto, and others, and have scarce knowledge about Lucid.
Currently, Churchill Capital Corp IV is valued at under $6 billion, which seems minuscule in comparison to other firms. Will
Services have become a bigger and bigger piece of Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) business over the years. With a greater focus on the segment, Apple has recently expanded it to include music, video, gaming, fitness, and financial services to go along with its App Store, AppleCare, and iCloud products. Last year, the company generated $53.8 billion in revenue with an average gross margin twice as wide as its hardware business.
Apple will continue to look for ways to expand the services business in 2021. Here are three areas the company may explore.
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Apple's default podcast app is still the most popular way to listen to podcasts. But Spotify (NYSE:SPOT) is gaining ground on Apple, stealing away listeners and signing top-tier podcast creators to exclusive deals. Spotify previously said its podcast strategy is leading to greater conversion from free to paid listeners. Analysts recently cast doubt on that thesis, and Spotify's reporting change last year (allocating podcast content costs into the ad-supported segment) suggests it may only impact free listening.
Apple is reportedly planning to launch a podcast subscription product this year, according to tech news site The Information.
It's hard to see Apple having much success launching premium podcasts as a stand-alone service. Spotify is reportedly exploring that idea, but hasn't launched a podcast-only product. Indeed, podcasts are more of a complementary service that could fit in with a couple of other Apple services.
Apple could add exclusive podcasts to Apple Music much the same way Spotify offers them. That could help retain subscribers and keep them from testing the waters with Spotify.
Additionally, podcasts could work to bolster Apple News. Some sources in Apple News allow you to listen to stories instead of reading them. Podcasts could be a further extension of the service.
New financial services
Apple already offers a handful of financial services focused primarily on payments. 2021 could see the company expand its services to include those found in other digital wallet apps like Square's (NYSE:SQ) Cash App.
Apple could also add investment accounts like those found in Cash App or Robinhood. Analysts at Loup Ventures point out that the Stocks app "is already a go-to app for many investors, and there's more the company could do." They also suggest Apple could offer robo-advisory services like Wealthfront.
While Apple could generate revenue directly from brokerage services, the real value would come from drawing more users into its financial services ecosystem. Square says it generates three to four times the gross profit from Cash App users who use multiple services in the app. So, if brokerage services can drive more Apple Card signups, it could be a very profitable endeavor for Apple.
The iPhone as a service
Apple currently offers the iPhone Upgrade Program. For a monthly fee, you get AppleCare+ and you can upgrade your iPhone every 12 months. It also now offers an Apple One subscription service, which bundles up to six Apple services for a monthly fee, and notably doesn't include AppleCare.
There's an opportunity here for Apple to bundle the iPhone Upgrade Program with Apple One, so customers pay just one monthly bill to Apple and get practically everything the company has to offer.
While the iPhone already has strong retention numbers, the phone upgrade cycle has become much more extended over the last few years. Pushing more consumers to the subscription model, where they can upgrade every year, will help cut down the average lifespan of the iPhone and spur additional sales of Apple's most important product.
Adding a top tier to Apple One that includes the iPhone, AppleCare+, and perhaps additional exclusive perks or offers, could produce a meaningful boost to revenue if it drives more frequent device upgrades.
The services business will continue to change
Apple may not launch any of the above services, but investors should expect the services business to remain a focus of management and undergo further changes in 2021. The fast-growing segment is a key driver of Apple's bottom line, but it's bolstered by existing stalwart services like the App Store. Incremental changes this year with services like those mentioned above won't have a significant impact in 2021, but they could become long-term drivers of the broader Apple ecosystem, which would result in the FAANG stock price moving higher.
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Potential Merger Monday please and thank you $$$$$$$$$$
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Up more than 1,150% in the past year, Chinese electric-vehicle maker NIO (NIO) turned into one of the best-performing stocks of 2020 -- but one analyst thinks there are more gains to come.
Initiating coverage on the "epitome of Chinese luxury brand[s]" and "domestic leader in EV manufacturing," Nomura analyst Martin Heung argues that even after its steep run-up, Nio stock remains a "buy" and has at least another 30% to run (above Friday's closing share price of $61.95).
So why does Heung like Nio? In one word: Growth. And in another word: Batteries.
On the growth front, Heung observes that EV-friendly infrastructure in China is improving, encouraging more car buyers to make the leap to electrics. "Conservatively," says the analyst, by as early as 2025 16.5% of new cars sold in the Middle Kingdom should be electrics, which implies an overall 31% annual sales growth rate for the industry (and probably a faster growth rate for leaders like Nio). Additionally, at some point electrics should reach critical mass (Heung estimates this will happen at 20% market penetration), which will convince even more car buyers to transition to electrics -- accelerating sales growth further.
Helping Nio to maintain a market-leading position in China will be its "batteries as a service" (BaaS) business model, in which Nio sells cars to customers, leases the batteries to run those cars -- and then offers customers the ability to swap out their current batteries for new, fully-charged batteries as a faster alternative to charging the batteries.
"By improving swapping time to only three minutes" and by placing such battery swapping stations throughout "most parts of the major cities in China, NIO hopes to redefine the whole user experience of owning an EV," says Heung. Swappable batteries, notes the analyst, helps to eliminate customers' range anxiety at the same time as it reduces wait times at charging stations, improving the customer experience in two different ways. Additionally, when arguably the most expensive and most important part of an electric car -- the battery -- is removed from the equation, customers will no longer need to worry about whether an aged car battery might reduce the resale value of their cars years down the road, removing yet another impediment to making a sale.
In this way, Nio's BaaS strategy also helps to differentiate Nio's offerings, and builds a moat around the business. Widening and deepening that moat even further (to steal a phrase from Warren Buffett), Nio is encouraging customers to sign up for long-term, five-year battery leases in exchange for a lower cost per year -- essentially locking customers into its ecosystem for the lease term.
All of the above, says Heung, positions Nio to become "the dominant power in China," in electric vehicles, at a time when EV adoption is surging, says the analyst. Even valuing the stock at a 25% discount to the prices investors are paying for its highest profile US rival, Tesla (on a price-to-sales basis), Heung feels these factors justify placing an $80.30 price target on Nio stock.
So, that’s Nomura's view. Let’s have a look at what the rest of the Street has in mind for NIO shares. Based on 8 Buys and 6 Holds, the analyst consensus is a Moderate Buy. However, going by the $59.40 average price target, shares are anticipated to be changing hands at a 4% discount. (See NIO stock analysis on TipRanks
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