Apple - AAPL Stock Forecast, Price & News

31 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Apple in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 6 hold ratings, 22 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" AAPL shares.
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31 brokers have issued 1-year price objectives for Apple's stock. Their AAPL share price forecasts range from $54.00 to $210.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $166.19 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 16.0% from the stock's current price.
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Apple's stock was trading at $129.93 at the start of the year. Since then, AAPL shares have increased by 10.2% and is now trading at $143.23.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 2nd 2023.
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Apple will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, February 2nd at 5:00 PM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, October, 27th. The iPhone maker reported $1.24 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting analysts' consensus estimates of $1.24. The iPhone maker earned $83.40 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $84.94 billion. Apple had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 160.90% and a net margin of 25.31%. Apple's revenue for the quarter was up 28.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.73 EPS.
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Apple declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 27th. Stockholders of record on Monday, November 7th will be given a dividend of $0.23 per share on Thursday, November 10th. This represents a $0.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.64%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, November 4th.
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Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.65%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 11 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 15.06%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, AAPL will have a dividend payout ratio of 13.73% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Apple shares split on Monday, August 31st 2020. The 4-1 split was announced on Thursday, July 30th 2020. The newly minted shares were distributed to shareholders after the market closes 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 announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a share repurchase program on Thursday, April 28th 2022, which permits the company to repurchase $90,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to purchase up to 3.5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are generally a sign that the company's board of directors 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 trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "AAPL."

Apple's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Strs Ohio (0.04%), International Assets Investment Management LLC (0.04%), Fifth Third Bancorp (0.04%), Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (0.04%), Cottage Street Advisors LLC (0.03%) and Everett Harris & Co. CA (0.03%). 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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One share of AAPL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $143.23.

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) has a market capitalization of $2.27 trillion and generates $394.33 billion in revenue each year. The iPhone maker earns $99.80 billion in net income (profit) each year or $6.11 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 164,000 workers across the globe.

Apple's mailing address is ONE APPLE PARK WAY, CUPERTINO CA, 95014. The official website for the company is www.apple.com. The iPhone maker can be reached via phone at (408) 996-1010, via email at tgala@apple.com, or via fax at 408-974-2483.