NASDAQ:AAPL - Apple Stock Price, Price Target & More

Apple trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "AAPL."

Apple declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, May 1st. Shareholders of record on Monday, May 14th will be paid a dividend of $0.73 per share on Thursday, May 17th. This represents a $2.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.55%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, May 11th. This is a positive change from Apple's previous quarterly dividend of $0.63. View Apple's Dividend History.

Apple shares split before market open on Monday, June 9th 2014. The 7-1 split was announced on Wednesday, April 23rd 2014. The newly minted shares were distributed to shareholders after the market closes on Friday, June 6th 2014. An investor that had 100 shares of Apple stock prior to the split would have 700 shares after the split.

Apple declared that its Board of Directors has approved a stock buyback plan on Tuesday, May 1st 2018, which allows the company to repurchase $100,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to repurchase up to 11.9% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are typically a sign that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, May, 1st. The iPhone maker reported $2.73 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $2.69 by $0.04. The iPhone maker earned $61.14 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $60.94 billion. Apple had a net margin of 21.55% and a return on equity of 39.97%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 15.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $2.10 EPS. View Apple's Earnings History.

Apple is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August, 7th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Apple.

46 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Apple's stock. Their forecasts range from $26.00 to $999.00. On average, they expect Apple's share price to reach $205.9349 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for Apple.

Apple saw a drop in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totalling 46,385,494 shares, a drop of 8.9% from the April 30th total of 50,912,078 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 36,664,932 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.3 days. Approximately 0.9% of the shares of the stock are sold short.

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Media coverage about AAPL stock has trended somewhat positive on Sunday, Accern reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by monitoring more than 20 million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Apple earned a media sentiment score of 0.13 on Accern's scale. They also gave media headlines about the iPhone maker an impact score of 43.79 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term.

Apple's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (6.31%), Northern Trust Corp (1.25%), Legal & General Group Plc (0.46%), Summit Trail Advisors LLC (0.40%), Schwab Charles Investment Management Inc. (0.39%) and Swiss National Bank (0.33%). Company insiders that own Apple stock include Albert Gore Jr, Angela J Ahrendts, Arthur D Levinson, Chris Kondo, Craig Federighi, D Bruce Sewell, Daniel J Riccio, Eduardo H Cue, Jeffrey E Williams, Johny Srouji, Luca Maestri, Philip W Schiller and Timothy D Cook. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Apple.

AAPL stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Magellan Asset Management Ltd, Boston Partners, Swiss National Bank, Northern Trust Corp, Prudential Financial Inc., Legal & General Group Plc, Epoch Investment Partners Inc. and Franklin Resources Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Apple company stock in the last year include Angela J Ahrendts, Arthur D Levinson, Chris Kondo, Craig Federighi, D Bruce Sewell, Daniel J Riccio, Eduardo H Cue, Jeffrey E Williams, Johny Srouji, Luca Maestri, Philip W Schiller and Timothy D Cook. View Insider Buying and Selling for Apple.

AAPL stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Summit Trail Advisors LLC, Russell Investments Group Ltd., SG Americas Securities LLC, Mackay Shields LLC, Harvard Management Co. Inc., Comerica Bank, Achmea Investment Management B.V. and ProShare Advisors LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Apple.

Shares of AAPL can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of AAPL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $188.58.

Apple has a market capitalization of $956.86 billion and generates $229.23 billion in revenue each year. The iPhone maker earns $48.35 billion in net income (profit) each year or $9.21 on an earnings per share basis. Apple employs 123,000 workers across the globe.

Apple's mailing address is ONE APPLE PARK WAY, CUPERTINO CA, 95014. The iPhone maker can be reached via phone at 408-996-1010 or via email at [email protected]