The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights Apple, Novartis, Charles Schwab, Community Bancorp and Optex Systems

Fri, Sep 5, 2025, 10:45 AM 7 min read

Chicago, IL – September 5, 2025 – Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include: Apple Inc. AAPL, Novartis AG NVS, The Charles Schwab Corp. SCHW, Community Bancorp CMTV and Optex Systems Holdings, Inc OPXS.

The Zacks Research Daily presents the best research output of our analyst team. Today’s Research Daily features new research reports on 16 major stocks, including Apple Inc., Novartis AG and The Charles Schwab Corp., as well as two micro-cap stocks Community Bancorp and Optex Systems Holdings, Inc. The Zacks microcap research is unique as our research content on these small and under-the-radar companies is the only research of its type in the country.

These research reports have been hand-picked from the roughly 70 reports published by our analyst team today.

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Shares of Apple have gained +7.7% over the past year against the Zacks Computer – Micro Computers industry’s gain of +7.8%. The company is benefiting from strong growth in Services revenues. AAPL now has more than 1 billion paid subscribers across its Services portfolio. Both paid accounts and paid subscriptions grew double digits year over year in third-quarter fiscal 2025.

Apple TV+ viewership soared double-digit year over year. Expanding capabilities of AI Intelligence is noteworthy. Apple expects the September quarter’s (fourth-quarter fiscal 2025) net sales to grow mid- to high-single-digits on a year-over-year basis. AAPL expects the Services year-over-year growth rate to be similar to that of the June quarter.

Gross margins are expected to be 46-47% in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2025, including a tariff impact of $1.1 billion. Increasing regulatory headwinds and tariffs are a concern for investors.