NASDAQ:AAPL - Apple Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Question 1

What is Apple's stock symbol?

Answer

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

Question 2

How often does Apple pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for Apple?

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Apple declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, July 31st. Investors of record on Monday, August 13th will be given a dividend of $0.73 per share on Thursday, August 16th. This represents a $2.92 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.36%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 10th. View Apple's Dividend History.

Question 3

When did Apple's stock split? How did Apple's stock split work?

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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.

Question 4

How will Apple's stock buyback program work?

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Apple announced that its board has authorized a share buyback plan on Tuesday, May 1st 2018, which permits the company to buyback $100,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to purchase up to 11.9% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are typically a sign that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Question 5

How were Apple's earnings last quarter?

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Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July, 31st. The iPhone maker reported $2.34 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.18 by $0.16. The iPhone maker had revenue of $53.27 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $52.43 billion. Apple had a return on equity of 43.50% and a net margin of 21.98%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 17.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $1.67 earnings per share. View Apple's Earnings History.

Question 6

When is Apple's next earnings date?

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Apple is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November, 1st 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Apple.

Question 7

What price target have analysts set for AAPL?

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45 brokers have issued twelve-month target prices for Apple's shares. Their forecasts range from $26.00 to $999.00. On average, they anticipate Apple's stock price to reach $221.15 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 2.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Apple.

Question 8

What is the consensus analysts' recommendation for Apple?

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

Question 9

What are Wall Street analysts saying about Apple stock?

Answer

Here are some recent quotes from research analysts about Apple stock:

1. According to Zacks Investment Research, "Apple's Services segment has become the new cash cow for the company. The segment is expected to grow strongly driven by increasing adoption of Apple Music & Apple Pay. Further, the higher ASP of iPhone X is also expected to boost the top-line growth. Going ahead, we believe Apple’s foray into fast-growing technologies like autonomous vehicle, artificial intelligence (AI) & AR/VR will drive growth. Nevertheless, lower shipments of iPhone X due to lack of demand can hurt top-line, particularly due to significant competition in most of its operating markets. The rise of feature-rich smartphones at a much cheaper price also remains a major headwind. Shares have underperformed the industry on a year-to-date basis." (7/11/2018)
2. Wells Fargo & Co analysts commented, "07:1704/19/1804/1907:1704/19/1807:17Apple (AAPL) could outline plans of incremental $100B share repo, says Wells Fargo" (4/24/2018)
3. Maxim Group analysts commented, "Normalized iPhone revenue sell-out up ~17% y/y; our ASP analysis suggests iPhone X represented 20% of the December quarter iPhone mix. Guidance embeds iPhone unit & revenue sell-out accelerates, even on a normalized basis. Bottom line power of iPhone X still not evident, but we continue to also model erosion of the iPhone X price premium in FY19, leading us to continue to utilize normalized valuation. Continue to utilize a normalized earnings framework, though increasing 12- month price target to $210, from $204, due to a lower tax rate than we had assumed new tax law would enable." (2/2/2018)

Question 10

Are investors shorting Apple?

Answer

Apple saw a drop in short interest in July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 37,268,767 shares, a drop of 13.0% from the July 13th total of 42,845,978 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 20,168,669 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.8 days. Currently, 0.8% of the company's shares are short sold. View Apple's Current Options Chain.

Question 11

Who are some of Apple's key competitors?

Answer

Some companies that are related to Apple include Dell Technologies (DVMT), Nice (NICE), CAPCOM Co Ltd/ADR (CCOEY), Teradata (TDC), Omnicell (OMCL), Fitbit (FIT), Super Micro Computer (SMCI), Cray (CRAY), Huami (HMI), One Stop Systems (OSS) and Socket Mobile (SCKT).

Question 12

Who are Apple's key executives?

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Apple's management team includes the folowing people:

Mr. Timothy D. Cook, CEO & Director (Age 57)
Mr. Luca Maestri, CFO & Sr. VP (Age 54)
Mr. Ron Okamoto, Head of Developer Relations
Mr. Daniel J. Riccio, Sr. VP of Hardware Engineering (Age 55)
Ms. Angela J. Ahrendts, Sr. VP of Retail (Age 57)

Question 13

Has Apple been receiving favorable news coverage?

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Headlines about AAPL stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, Accern Sentiment reports. Accern rates the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than twenty million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Apple earned a media and rumor sentiment score of 0.14 on Accern's scale. They also gave media headlines about the iPhone maker an impact score of 46.64 out of 100, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View Recent Headlines for Apple.

Question 14

Who are Apple's major shareholders?

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Apple's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (6.34%), FMR LLC (2.11%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.01%), Morgan Stanley (0.73%), Legal & General Group Plc (0.44%) and Schwab Charles Investment Management Inc. (0.40%). 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.

Question 15

Which institutional investors are selling Apple stock?

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AAPL stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, OppenheimerFunds Inc., Morgan Stanley, Jennison Associates LLC, Janus Henderson Group PLC, Legal & General Group Plc and Swedbank. Company insiders that have sold Apple company stock in the last year include Angela J Ahrendts, Arthur D Levinson, Chris Kondo, Craig Federighi, 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.

Question 16

Which institutional investors are buying Apple stock?

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AAPL stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Cornerstone Wealth Management LLC, Private Advisor Group LLC, Renaissance Technologies LLC, FMR LLC, Charles Schwab Investment Advisory Inc., Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., Sei Investments Co. and Natixis. View Insider Buying and Selling for Apple.

Question 17

How do I buy shares of Apple?

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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.

Question 18

What is Apple's stock price today?

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One share of AAPL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $215.46.

Question 19

How big of a company is Apple?

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Apple has a market capitalization of $1,020.04 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.

Question 20

How can I contact Apple?

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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]

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