NASDAQ:AAPLApple Stock Price, Forecast & News

Apple's stock was trading at $275.43 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, AAPL shares have increased by 38.3% and is now trading at $381.00. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

43 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Apple in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 12 hold ratings and 28 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Apple.

Apple is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 30th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Apple.

Apple will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, July 30th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April, 30th. The iPhone maker reported $2.55 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $2.26 by $0.29. The iPhone maker had revenue of $58.31 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $54.64 billion. Apple had a return on equity of 64.49% and a net margin of 21.35%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up .5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $2.46 earnings per share. View Apple's earnings history.

Apple announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 30th. Stockholders of record on Monday, May 11th will be paid a dividend of $0.82 per share on Thursday, May 14th. This represents a $3.28 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.86%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, May 8th. This is an increase from Apple's previous quarterly dividend of $0.77. View Apple's dividend history.

Shares of Apple split 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 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 share repurchase program on Tuesday, April 30th 2019, which authorizes the company to repurchase $75,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to purchase up to 7.6% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are usually an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

43 analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Apple's stock. Their forecasts range from $155.00 to $425.00. On average, they expect Apple's stock price to reach $328.32 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 13.8%. View analysts' price targets for Apple.

News stories about AAPL stock have been trending positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Apple earned a coverage optimism score of 3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the iPhone maker a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View the latest news about Apple.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Apple investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Alibaba Group (BABA), Micron Technology (MU), General Electric (GE), Netflix (NFLX), Tesla (TSLA), Walt Disney (DIS), Canopy Growth (CGC), AT&T (T) and Alphabet (GOOG).

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

Apple's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.04%), WELLCOME TRUST LTD THE as trustee of the WELLCOME TRUST (0.03%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.01%), Independent Investors Inc. (0.01%) and Park National Corp OH (0.01%). Company insiders that own Apple stock include Angela J Ahrendts, Arthur D Levinson, Chris Kondo, Craig Federighi, Deirdre O'brien, Jeffrey E Williams, Johny Srouji, Luca Maestri 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 WELLCOME TRUST LTD THE as trustee of the WELLCOME TRUST, Hexavest Inc., HNP Capital LLC, Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan, Cacti Asset Management LLC, Thomasville National Bank, Legacy Capital Partners Inc., and 6 Meridian. Company insiders that have sold Apple company stock in the last year include Arthur D Levinson, Chris Kondo, Deirdre O'brien, Jeffrey E Williams, Luca Maestri, and Timothy D Cook. View insider buying and selling activity for Apple.

AAPL stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including DNB Asset Management AS, Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Canandaigua National Corp, Platte River Wealth Advisors LLC, N.E.W. Advisory Services LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Mount Yale Investment Advisors LLC, and Legacy Private Trust Co.. View insider buying and selling activity 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, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of AAPL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $381.00.

Apple has a market capitalization of $1.65 trillion and generates $260.17 billion in revenue each year. The iPhone maker earns $55.26 billion in net income (profit) each year or $11.89 on an earnings per share basis. Apple employs 137,000 workers across the globe.

The official website for Apple is www.apple.com.

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]