NASDAQ:AAPL - Apple Stock Price, Price Target & More

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?

Answer

Apple announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, May 1st. Investors of record on Monday, May 14th will be paid a dividend of $0.73 per share on Thursday, May 17th. This represents a $2.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.52%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, May 11th. This is a positive change from Apple's previous quarterly dividend of $0.63. View Apple's Dividend History.

Question 3

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

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Shares of Apple split before market open on Monday, June 9th 2014. The 7-1 split was announced on Wednesday, April 23rd 2014. The newly minted 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 declared that its board has authorized a share repurchase plan on Tuesday, May 1st 2018, which permits the company to buyback $100,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to repurchase up to 11.9% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are generally 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) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, May, 1st. The iPhone maker reported $2.73 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $2.69 by $0.04. The iPhone maker earned $61.14 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $60.94 billion. Apple had a return on equity of 39.97% and a net margin of 21.55%. The business's revenue was up 15.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned $2.10 EPS. View Apple's Earnings History.

Question 6

When is Apple's next earnings date?

Answer

Apple is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, July, 31st 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Apple.

Question 7

What price target have analysts set for AAPL?

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45 analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Apple's stock. Their forecasts range from $26.00 to $999.00. On average, they expect Apple's share price to reach $208.8619 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 8.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings 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 1 sell rating, 15 hold ratings, 27 buy ratings and 2 strong buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."

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 the month of June. As of June 29th, there was short interest totalling 38,080,068 shares, a drop of 15.9% from the June 15th total of 45,270,714 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 24,684,978 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.5 days. Currently, 0.8% of the shares of the stock are sold short. 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 trended somewhat positive this week, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. Accern identifies positive and negative press coverage by monitoring more than 20 million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Apple earned a daily sentiment score of 0.13 on Accern's scale. They also gave headlines about the iPhone maker an impact score of 47.05 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future.

Question 14

Who are Apple's major shareholders?

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Apple's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Fisher Asset Management LLC (0.24%), Swedbank (0.12%), Fred Alger Management Inc. (0.08%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.06%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.05%) and Calamos Advisors LLC (0.04%). 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 major investors are selling Apple stock?

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AAPL stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Swedbank, Fred Alger Management Inc., Hartford Investment Management Co., Retirement Systems of Alabama, Boston Advisors LLC, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Columbia Partners L L C Investment Management and Gateway Investment Advisers LLC. Company insiders that have sold Apple company stock in the last year include 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 Insider Buying and Selling for Apple.

Question 16

Which major investors are buying Apple stock?

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AAPL stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Fisher Asset Management LLC, Hexavest Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Addenda Capital Inc., Addenda Capital Inc., IFM Investors Pty Ltd, Cornerstone Investment Partners LLC and Stonebridge Capital Management Inc.. 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 $191.88.

Question 19

How big of a company is Apple?

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Apple has a market capitalization of $966.09 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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