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

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

Apple announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, May 1st. Stockholders 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 1.56%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, May 11th. This is a boost 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 created shares were issued to shareholders after the closing bell 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 announced that its board has authorized a share buyback 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 generally an indication that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May, 1st. The iPhone maker reported $2.73 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $2.69 by $0.04. The iPhone maker earned $61.14 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $60.94 billion. Apple had a return on equity of 39.97% and a net margin of 21.55%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 15.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business posted $2.10 earnings per share. 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.

47 analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Apple's stock. Their forecasts range from $26.00 to $999.00. On average, they expect Apple's share price to reach $204.80 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for Apple.

Apple saw a drop in short interest during the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totalling 50,912,078 shares, a drop of 9.4% from the April 13th total of 56,206,108 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 33,978,567 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.5 days. Approximately 1.0% of the shares of the stock are short sold.

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News headlines about AAPL stock have trended somewhat positive recently, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies negative and positive press coverage by reviewing more than 20 million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Apple earned a news sentiment score of 0.14 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the iPhone maker an impact score of 46.83 out of 100, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future.

Apple's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders 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 $187.16.

Apple has a market capitalization of $945.34 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]