NASDAQ:AAPL - Apple Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

Apple announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, July 31st. Stockholders of record on Monday, August 13th will be paid a dividend of $0.73 per share on Thursday, August 16th. This represents a $2.92 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.36%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, August 10th. View Apple's Dividend History.

Apple's stock split before market open on Monday, June 9th 2014. The 7-1 split was announced on Wednesday, April 23rd 2014. The newly created 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 authorized a stock repurchase plan on Tuesday, May 1st 2018, which authorizes the company to buyback $100,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to reacquire up to 11.9% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are often an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) posted its earnings results on Tuesday, July, 31st. The iPhone maker reported $2.34 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $2.18 by $0.16. The iPhone maker had revenue of $53.27 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $52.43 billion. Apple had a return on equity of 43.50% and a net margin of 21.98%. Apple's revenue for the quarter was up 17.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $1.67 EPS. View Apple's Earnings History.

Apple is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November, 1st 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Apple.

45 equities research analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Apple's shares. Their predictions range from $26.00 to $999.00. On average, they expect Apple's share price to reach $221.15 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 2.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Apple.

45 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Apple in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 15 hold ratings, 27 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Apple.

Apple saw a decline in short interest in July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 37,268,767 shares, a decline of 13.0% from the July 13th total of 42,845,978 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 20,168,669 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.8 days. Approximately 0.8% of the company's shares are short sold. View Apple's Current Options Chain.

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News articles about AAPL stock have trended somewhat positive recently, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research group identifies positive and negative press coverage by monitoring more than twenty million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Apple earned a media and rumor sentiment score of 0.13 on Accern's scale. They also gave media headlines about the iPhone maker an impact score of 46.63 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. View Recent Headlines for Apple.

Apple's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (6.34%), FMR LLC (2.11%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.01%), Morgan Stanley (0.73%), Legal & General Group Plc (0.44%) and Schwab Charles Investment Management Inc. (0.40%). 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 BlackRock Inc., Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, OppenheimerFunds Inc., Morgan Stanley, Jennison Associates LLC, Janus Henderson Group PLC, Legal & General Group Plc and Swedbank. Company insiders that have sold Apple company stock in the last year include Angela J Ahrendts, Arthur D Levinson, Chris Kondo, Craig Federighi, 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Cornerstone Wealth Management LLC, Private Advisor Group LLC, Renaissance Technologies LLC, FMR LLC, Charles Schwab Investment Advisory Inc., Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., Sei Investments Co. and Natixis. 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 $215.46.

Apple has a market capitalization of $1,020.04 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]