NASDAQ:AAPLApple Stock Price, Forecast & News

Apple's stock was trading at $275.43 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, AAPL shares have increased by 39.5% and is now trading at $384.26. 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) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April, 30th. The iPhone maker reported $2.55 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $2.26 by $0.29. The iPhone maker earned $58.31 billion during 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% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $2.46 EPS. View Apple's earnings history.

Apple declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 30th. Shareholders of record on Monday, May 11th will be given a dividend of $0.82 per share on Thursday, May 14th. This represents a $3.28 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.85%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, May 8th. This is an increase from Apple's previous quarterly dividend of $0.77. View Apple's dividend history.

Apple's stock split on the morning of Monday, June 9th 2014. The 7-1 split was announced on Wednesday, April 23rd 2014. The newly issued 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 announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock buyback plan on Tuesday, April 30th 2019, which authorizes the company to buyback $75,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to buy up to 7.6% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are generally a sign that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

43 brokers have issued 1-year price targets for Apple's stock. Their forecasts range from $155.00 to $425.00. On average, they expect Apple's share price to reach $328.32 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 14.6%. View analysts' price targets for Apple.

News articles about AAPL stock have trended negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Apple earned a media sentiment score of -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the iPhone maker a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. 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 a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.04%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.01%), Park National Corp OH (0.01%), Livforsakringsbolaget Skandia Omsesidigt (0.00%) and Cacti Asset Management LLC (0.00%). 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 HNP Capital LLC, Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan, Cacti Asset Management LLC, Thomasville National Bank, Legacy Capital Partners Inc., Cullinan Associates Inc., Nexus Investment Management ULC, and Cox Capital Mgt LLC. 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including DNB Asset Management AS, Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Platte River Wealth Advisors LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, First American Trust FSB, Foundations Investment Advisors LLC, TRUE Private Wealth Advisors, and Ayalon Holdings Ltd.. 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 $384.26.

Apple has a market capitalization of $1.67 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]