Apple Stock Price, News & Analysis (NASDAQ:AAPL)

35 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Apple in the last twelve months. There are currently 9 hold ratings, 25 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" AAPL shares.
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35 brokers have issued 12 month price targets for Apple's stock. Their AAPL share price targets range from $54.00 to $240.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $198.25 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 4.7% from the stock's current price.
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Apple's stock was trading at $129.93 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, AAPL stock has increased by 45.7% and is now trading at $189.37.
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Apple saw a increase in short interest during the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totaling 105,840,000 shares, an increase of 7.8% from the October 31st total of 98,190,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 57,920,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.8 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 1st 2024.
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Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, November, 2nd. The iPhone maker reported $1.46 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.39 by $0.07. The iPhone maker earned $89.50 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $89.34 billion. Apple had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 160.78% and a net margin of 25.31%. Apple's revenue for the quarter was down .7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $1.29 earnings per share.
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Apple declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, November 2nd. Stockholders of record on Monday, November 13th will be paid a dividend of $0.24 per share on Thursday, November 16th. This represents a $0.96 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.51%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, November 10th.
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Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.51%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 12 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 15.69%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, AAPL will have a dividend payout ratio of 13.52% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock in their portfolio include Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLK), Vanguard Information Technology ETF (VGT), Fidelity MSCI Information Technology Index ETF (FTEC), iShares Global Tech ETF (IXN), iShares U.S. Technology ETF (IYW), Direxion Daily Technology Bull 3X Shares (TECL), Vanguard Mega Cap Growth ETF (MGK) and Direxion AAPL Bull 1.5X Shares (AAPU).

Apple shares split before market open on Monday, August 31st 2020. The 4-1 split was announced on Thursday, July 30th 2020. The newly created shares were payable to shareholders after the closing bell on Friday, August 28th 2020. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the split would have 400 shares after the split.

Apple declared that its board has initiated a stock repurchase program on Thursday, May 4th 2023, which authorizes the company to buyback $90,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to purchase up to 3.4% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are often an indication that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

11,001 employees have rated Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook on Glassdoor.com. Tim Cook has an approval rating of 94% among the company's employees. This puts Tim Cook in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Apple investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Alibaba Group (BABA), Tesla (TSLA), Micron Technology (MU), Netflix (NFLX), General Electric (GE), Walt Disney (DIS), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), AT&T (T) and Boeing (BA).

Apple's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include FMR LLC (1.92%), Morgan Stanley (1.33%), Northern Trust Corp (1.09%), Legal & General Group Plc (0.72%), Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (0.53%) and Swiss National Bank (0.33%). Insiders that own company stock include Arthur D Levinson, Chris Kondo, Deirdre O'brien, Jeffrey E Williams, Jeffrey E Williams, Katherine L Adams, Katherine L Adams, Luca Maestri and Timothy D Cook.
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Shares of AAPL stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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