Apple - AAPL Stock Forecast, Price & News

30 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Apple in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 5 hold ratings, 22 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" AAPL shares.
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30 brokerages have issued twelve-month target prices for Apple's shares. Their AAPL share price forecasts range from $136.00 to $220.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $181.90 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 20.0% from the stock's current price.
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Apple's stock was trading at $177.57 at the start of the year. Since then, AAPL shares have decreased by 14.6% and is now trading at $151.62.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 27th 2022.
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Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 28th. The iPhone maker reported $1.20 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.14 by $0.06. The iPhone maker had revenue of $82.96 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $82.97 billion. Apple had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 152.97% and a net margin of 25.71%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 1.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $1.30 EPS.
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Apple announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 28th. Shareholders of record on Monday, August 8th will be paid a dividend of $0.23 per share on Thursday, August 11th. This represents a $0.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.61%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 5th.
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Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.61%. 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 15.18%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, AAPL will have a dividend payout ratio of 14.15% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Apple's stock split before market open on Monday, August 31st 2020. The 4-1 split was announced on Thursday, July 30th 2020. The newly minted shares were issued 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 approved a share buyback plan on Thursday, April 28th 2022, which allows the company to buyback $90,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to reacquire up to 3.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are often an indication that the company's management 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 State Street Corp (3.72%), FMR LLC (2.14%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (1.48%), Northern Trust Corp (1.12%), Legal & General Group Plc (0.77%) and UBS Asset Management Americas Inc. (0.50%). 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 $151.62.

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) has a market capitalization of $2.44 trillion and generates $365.82 billion in revenue each year. The iPhone maker earns $94.68 billion in net income (profit) each year or $6.06 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 154,000 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.