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 given 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 1.53%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, May 11th. This is an increase 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 payable 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 declared that its board has authorized 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 reacquire up to 11.9% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are often a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) posted its earnings results on Tuesday, May, 1st. The iPhone maker reported $2.73 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $2.69 by $0.04. The iPhone maker earned $61.14 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $60.94 billion. Apple had a return on equity of 39.97% and a net margin of 21.55%. Apple's revenue was up 15.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $2.10 EPS. View Apple's Earnings History.

Apple is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, July, 31st 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Apple.

45 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Apple's stock. Their predictions range from $26.00 to $999.00. On average, they expect Apple's share price to reach $208.8619 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 9.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings for Apple.

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

Apple saw a drop in short interest in the month of June. As of June 29th, there was short interest totalling 38,080,068 shares, a drop of 15.9% from the June 15th total of 45,270,714 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 24,684,978 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.5 days. Approximately 0.8% of the company's shares are sold short. View Apple's Current Options Chain.

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News stories about AAPL stock have trended somewhat positive this week, Accern reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than twenty million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Apple earned a media sentiment score of 0.20 on Accern's scale. They also gave press coverage about the iPhone maker an impact score of 46.05 out of 100, indicating that recent media 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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Cornerstone Wealth Management LLC (0.33%), Fisher Asset Management LLC (0.24%), Swedbank (0.12%), Fred Alger Management Inc. (0.08%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.06%) and Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.05%). 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 Swedbank, Fred Alger Management Inc., Hartford Investment Management Co., Retirement Systems of Alabama, Boston Advisors LLC, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Columbia Partners L L C Investment Management and Gateway Investment Advisers LLC. 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 Cornerstone Wealth Management LLC, Fisher Asset Management LLC, Hexavest Inc., Nikko Asset Management Americas Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Addenda Capital Inc., Addenda Capital Inc. and IFM Investors Pty Ltd. 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 $191.44.

Apple has a market capitalization of $971.37 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]