Apple's earnings were awful - and analysts LOVED it

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Apple CEO Tim Cook

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Apple reported a pretty terrible Q2 earnings last night, with revenue down 13% to $50.6 billion and EPS down 22% to $1.90, below expectations.

This morning, analysts in The City and on Wall Street say ... they loved it!

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The main theme from notes to investors this morning is that the bad news about iPhone - declining units sold this quarter and maybe throughout the rest of the fiscal year - is now priced in and quantified. So they are looking further ahead to the launch of iPhone 7 in autumn, which they believe will kickstart sales growth again.

Many analysts thus have a buy rating on AAPL right now, even though the stock flopped by 7% overnight and sits at about $104.35 prior to the opening of the New York markets.

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Here's a look at who is saying what.