NASDAQ:AAPLApple Stock Price, Forecast & News

Apple's stock was trading at $275.43 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, AAPL shares have increased by 33.4% and is now trading at $367.3150. 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 Tuesday, August 4th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Apple.

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April, 30th. The iPhone maker reported $2.55 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $2.26 by $0.29. The iPhone maker earned $58.31 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates 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 in the previous year, the company earned $2.46 earnings per share. View Apple's earnings history.

Apple declared 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 dividend yield of 0.89%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, May 8th. This is a boost 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 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 declared that its board has approved a share repurchase plan on Tuesday, April 30th 2019, which allows the company to buyback $75,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to purchase up to 7.6% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are usually an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

43 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Apple's stock. Their forecasts range from $155.00 to $425.00. On average, they anticipate Apple's share price to reach $325.51 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 11.4%. View analysts' price targets for Apple.

Media coverage about AAPL stock has trended very negative this week, according to InfoTrie. The research firm ranks the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Apple earned a daily sentiment score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the iPhone maker a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news about Apple.

Some companies that are related to Apple include Dell (DELL), HP (HPQ), NCR (NCR), Super Micro Computer (SMCI), Stratasys (SSYS), 3D Systems (DDD), Diebold Nixdorf (DBD), Avid Technology (AVID) and Kopin (KOPN). View all competitors.

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 number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Park National Corp OH (0.01%), Thomasville National Bank (0.00%), M&R Capital Management Inc. (0.00%), First Financial Bank Trust Division (0.00%), Smithbridge Asset Management Inc. DE (0.00%) and Gantzert Investment Co. LLC ADV (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 Thomasville National Bank, Cox Capital Mgt LLC, Park National Corp OH, Gantzert Investment Co. LLC ADV, First Financial Bank Trust Division, Smithbridge Asset Management Inc. DE, M&R Capital Management Inc., and Boltwood Capital Management. 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 Modus Advisors LLC, and Ellenbecker Investment Group. 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 $367.32.

Apple has a market capitalization of $1.59 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]