Apple (AAPL) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Apple Inc. is a technology company that designs, develops and markets consumer electronics, software and digital services. Its best-known products include the iPhone smartphone, Mac personal computers, iPad tablets, Apple Watch, AirPods and other accessories. The company also develops operating systems and software platforms, including iOS, macOS, iPadOS, watchOS and visionOS.

Apple’s services business includes the App Store, Apple Music, Apple TV+, Apple Arcade, Apple News+, Apple Fitness+ and iCloud. The company also provides payment and financial services through Apple Pay and related products. Its devices and services are integrated through a broader ecosystem intended to support customer use across multiple Apple products.

Founded in 1976, Apple serves consumers, businesses, educational institutions and government customers worldwide. The company sells products and services through its retail and online stores, third-party retailers, mobile carriers and other distribution partners across the Americas, Europe, Greater China, Japan and the Asia-Pacific region.

Apple is headquartered in Cupertino, California. Tim Cook has served as the company’s chief executive officer since 2011, following Steve Jobs. Apple’s shares trade on the Nasdaq under the symbol AAPL.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $332.78 to $338.67
• 50-Day Range: $302.25 to $341.07
• 52-Week Range: $243.42 to $345.34
• Volume: 34.10 million shs
• Average Volume: 41.72 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $4.91 trillion
• P/E Ratio: 38.61
• Dividend Yield: 0.32%
• Price Target: $340.02
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Apple Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Apple scored higher than 92% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 48th out of 598 stocks in the technology sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.4 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Apple has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.60, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 25 buy ratings, 14 hold ratings, and 2 sell ratings.

Upside/Downside

The consensus price target for Apple is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Apple has been the subject of 33 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 8.80%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Apple are expected to grow by 8.80% in the coming year, from $8.75 to $9.52 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Apple is 38.61, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.59.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Apple is 38.61, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 81.16.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Apple has a PEG Ratio of 2.66. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Apple has a P/B Ratio of 67.47. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.88% of the float of Apple has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Apple has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.85, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Apple has recently decreased by 7.87%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

Apple has a dividend yield of 0.32%, which is in the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Apple has been increasing its dividend for 14 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Apple is 12.39%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Apple will have a dividend payout ratio of 11.34% next year. This indicates that Apple will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 4.4 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.02

News Sentiment

Apple has a news sentiment score of 1.02. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.44 average news sentiment score of Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 231 news articles for Apple this week, compared to 12 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

467 people have searched for AAPL on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 15% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

358 people have added Apple to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 89% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.4 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Apple insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $92,116,025.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.06% of the stock of Apple is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

67.73% of the stock of Apple is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/30/2026
• Record date for 8/13 Dividend: 8/10/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 8/13 Dividend: 8/10/2026
• Dividend Payable: 8/13/2026
• Today: 10/07/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/29/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 9/30/2027

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Technology
• Industry: Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals
• Sub-Industry: Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:AAPL
• CIK: 320193
• Web: www.apple.com
• Phone: (408) 996-1010
• Fax: 408-974-2483
• Employees: 166,000
• Year Founded: 1976

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Apple: $340.02
• High Price Target: $400.00
• Low Price Target: $245.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +1.0%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.60
• Research Coverage: 42 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $8.72
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 38.61
• Forward P/E Ratio: 38.48
• P/E Growth: 2.66
• Net Income: $112.01 billion
• Net Margins: 27.62%
• Pretax Margin: 33.40%
• Return on Equity: 135.46%
• Return on Assets: 34.11%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.66
• Current Ratio: 1.00
• Quick Ratio: 0.93

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $416.16 billion
• Price / Sales: 11.81
• Cash Flow: $8.45 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 39.85
• Book Value: $4.99 per share
• Price / Book: 67.47

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 14,594,180,000
• Free Float: 14,585,423,000
• Market Cap: $4.91 trillion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.07