Apple (AAPL) Stock Forecast & Price Target

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Apple - Analysts' Recommendations and Stock Price Forecast (2026)

Consensus Rating

Moderate Buy

Based on 42 Analyst Ratings

Sell
2

Hold
13

Buy
27

Based on 42 Wall Street analysts who have issued ratings for Apple in the last 12 months, the stock has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy." Out of the 42 analysts, 2 have given a sell rating, 13 have given a hold rating, 26 have given a buy rating, and 1 has given a strong buy rating for AAPL.

Consensus Price Target

$340.14
0.52% Upside

According to the 42 analysts' twelve-month price targets for Apple, the average price target is $340.14. The highest price target for AAPL is $400.00, while the lowest price target for AAPL is $245.00. The average price target represents a forecasted upside of 0.52% from the current price of $338.40.

MarketBeat calculates consensus analyst ratings for stocks using the most recent rating from each Wall Street analyst that has rated a stock within the last twelve months. Each analyst's rating is normalized to a standardized rating score of 1 (sell), 2 (hold), 3 (buy) or 4 (strong buy). Analyst consensus ratings scores are calculated using the mean average of the number of normalized sell, hold, buy and strong buy ratings from Wall Street analysts. Each stock's consensus analyst rating is derived from its calculated consensus ratings score (0 to .5 = Strong Sell, .5 to 1 = Sell, 1 to 1.5 = Reduce, 1.5 to 2.5 = Hold, 2.5 to 3.0 = Moderate Buy, 3.0 to 3.5 = Buy, >3.5 = Strong Buy). MarketBeat's consensus price targets are a mean average of the most recent available price targets set by each analyst that has set a price target for the stock in the last twelve months. MarketBeat's consensus ratings and consensus price targets may differ from those calculated by other firms due to differences in methodology and available data.

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AAPL Analyst Ratings Over Time

Type	Current Forecast 9/28/25 to 9/28/26	1 Month Ago 8/29/25 to 8/29/26	3 Months Ago 6/30/25 to 6/30/26	1 Year Ago 9/28/24 to 9/28/25
Strong Buy	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)
Buy	26 Buy rating(s)	25 Buy rating(s)	23 Buy rating(s)	15 Buy rating(s)
Hold	13 Hold rating(s)	13 Hold rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	14 Hold rating(s)
Sell	2 Sell rating(s)	3 Sell rating(s)	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Sell rating(s)
Consensus Price Target	$340.14	$335.71	$316.86	$245.66
Forecasted Upside	0.52% Upside	5.01% Upside	9.50% Upside	-3.84% Downside
Consensus Rating	Moderate Buy	Moderate Buy	Moderate Buy	Moderate Buy

AAPL Analyst Recommendations By Month

The chart below shows how a company's ratings by analysts have changed over time. Each bar represents the previous year of ratings for that month. Within each bar, the sell ratings are shown in red, the hold ratings are shown in yellow, the buy ratings are shown in green, and the strong buy ratings are shown in dark green.

AAPL Price Targets by Month

The chart below shows how a company's share price and consensus price target have changed over time. The dark blue line represents the company's actual price. The lighter blue line represents the stock's consensus price target. The even lighter blue range in the background of the two lines represents the low price target and the high price target for each stock.

Apple Stock vs. The Competition

Type	Apple	Technology Companies	Broader Market
Consensus Rating Score	2.62	2.23	2.53
Consensus Rating	Moderate Buy	Hold	Moderate Buy
Predicted Upside	-0.27% Downside	370.40% Upside	19.20% Upside
News Sentiment Rating	Positive News See Recent AAPL News	Positive News	Positive News

Recent Analyst Forecasts and Stock Ratings

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Date	Brokerage	Analyst	Action	Rating	Price Target	Report Date Upside/Downside
9/25/2026	Sanford C. Bernstein 3 of 5 stars		Reiterated Rating	Outperform
9/23/2026	Bank of America 4 of 5 stars	Wamsi Mohan 5 of 5 stars	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$370.00	+9.81%
9/21/2026	JPMorgan Chase & Co. 3 of 5 stars	Samik Chatterjee 5 of 5 stars	Reiterated Rating	Buy
9/18/2026	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Downgrade	Buy (B) ➝ Buy (B-)
9/18/2026	Evercore Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Set Target	Outperform	$365.00 ➝ $380.00	+12.76%
9/18/2026	Loop Capital Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Set Target		$380.00	+12.76%
9/17/2026	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	David Vogt Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy
9/14/2026	Phillip Securities Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Neutral	$290.00 ➝ $300.00	-9.93%
9/10/2026	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Atif Malik Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy
9/10/2026	Oppenheimer Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Reiterated Rating	Market Perform
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9/10/2026	TD Cowen Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Krish Sankar Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$400.00	+25.13%
9/10/2026	Rosenblatt Securities Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Barton Crockett Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Neutral	$303.00	-3.91%
9/9/2026	Jefferies Financial Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Edison Lee Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Underperform
9/8/2026	HSBC Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Nicolas Cote-Colisson Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$366.00	+14.39%
9/8/2026	Needham & Company LLC Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Laura Martin Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Hold
9/8/2026	Moffett Nathanson Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Reiterated Rating	Neutral	$270.00 ➝ $304.00	-4.99%
9/4/2026	KeyCorp Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Brandon Nispel Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Underweight
9/2/2026	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Erik Woodring Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Overweight	$360.00	+10.57%
9/2/2026	DA Davidson Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Gil Luria Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Neutral	$270.00	-16.92%
8/17/2026	The Goldman Sachs Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Michael Ng Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Buy
8/17/2026	BTIG Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Initiated Coverage	Neutral
8/17/2026	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Downgrade	Buy ➝ Hold
8/17/2026	Piper Sandler Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Initiated Coverage	Neutral ➝ Overweight
8/17/2026	Rothschild & Co Redburn Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Timm Schulze-Melander Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Target	Neutral ➝ Buy	$400.00	+30.75%
8/11/2026	Daiwa Securities Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Outperform	$325.00 ➝ $335.00	+0.58%
8/6/2026	Citic Securities Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target		$300.00 ➝ $349.00	+4.78%
8/4/2026	CICC Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Outperform	$310.00 ➝ $340.00	+2.08%
8/4/2026	China Renaissance Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Downgrade	Buy ➝ Hold	$329.00 ➝ $280.00	-7.72%
8/4/2026	DZ Bank Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Downgrade	Buy ➝ Hold	$310.00	+2.17%
7/31/2026	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Aaron Rakers Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Overweight	$310.00 ➝ $350.00	+4.97%
7/31/2026	Raymond James Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Reiterated Rating	Market Perform
7/31/2026	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Tim Long Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Underweight	$253.00 ➝ $245.00	-26.52%
7/31/2026	Maxim Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Tom Forte Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Buy	$350.00 ➝ $380.00	+14.09%
7/24/2026	Robert W. Baird Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	William Power Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Outperform	$310.00 ➝ $330.00	+2.59%
7/15/2026	Royal Bank Of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Set Target		$365.00	+11.83%
6/24/2026	Arete Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Buy	$305.00 ➝ $335.00	+0.58%
6/22/2026	KGI Securities Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Downgrade	Outperform ➝ Hold	$315.00	+5.70%
6/8/2026	Argus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target		$325.00 ➝ $375.00	+12.59%
6/5/2026	Wedbush Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Daniel Ives Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Outperform	$400.00	+28.52%
5/14/2026	Tigress Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Ivan Feinseth Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Strong-Buy	$305.00 ➝ $375.00	+25.81%
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5/1/2026	Monness Crespi & Hardt Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Buy	$315.00 ➝ $335.00	+23.46%
4/17/2026	BNP Paribas Exane Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	David O'Connor Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Neutral ➝ Outperform	$300.00	+13.90%
3/2/2026	Stifel Nicolaus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Set Target		$330.00	+24.38%
2/2/2026	Scotiabank Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Set Target		$330.00	+22.20%
1/26/2026	Stephens Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Set Target		$315.00	+23.43%
12/5/2025	CLSA Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Bhavtosh Vajpayee Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Outperform	$265.00 ➝ $330.00	+17.56%
10/31/2025	Melius Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Ben Reitzes Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Target		$345.00	+27.12%
8/13/2025	BMO Capital Markets Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Reiterated Rating	Buy

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Should I Buy Apple Stock? AAPL Pros and Cons Explained

These pros and cons were generated based on recent news and financial data from MarketBeat in order to provide readers with the fastest and most accurate insights. They were last updated on Monday, September 28, 2026. Please send any questions or comments about these Apple pros and cons to contact@marketbeat.com.

Apple
Bull Case

Here are some ways that investors could benefit from investing in Apple:

Apple shares are trading at $338.40, a level that reflects strong recent momentum as the stock has gained roughly 10% over the past month and is approaching a potential buy point supported by bullish ratings from major banks like Bank of America and JPMorgan.
The company demonstrated robust financial performance in its most recent quarter, reporting earnings per share of $2.02 which exceeded the consensus estimate of $1.89, while revenue of $109.42 billion grew 16.4% year-over-year, indicating strong demand for its latest products.
Strong consumer interest in the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max, evidenced by long lines in key growth markets like India, suggests that Apple's premium pricing strategy is holding up effectively, supporting revenue growth and justifying the current valuation.
Apple maintains a significant financial cushion with a net cash position of approximately $63 billion, which provides a safety net for the company and may force a re-rating of its valuation as it continues to execute on its business strategy.
The company is expanding its product ecosystem with initiatives such as a refreshed HomePod mini and the development of its own AI server chips, which could drive future engagement and infrastructure efficiency across its device and services platforms.

Apple
Bear Case

Investors should be bearish about investing in Apple for these reasons:

A US jury has ordered Apple to pay a record $5.7 billion in a patent case involving haptic technology, representing a significant legal liability that could impact the company's earnings and cash flow in the near term.
Apple's current valuation of approximately 38.81 times earnings is high, requiring continued strong earnings growth to justify the price, while competitors like Alphabet and Meta are gaining ground in the consumer AI space, posing a competitive threat to Apple's ecosystem dominance.
Rising costs for memory and other smartphone components are expected to pressure gross margins and earnings in the upcoming December quarter, particularly as Apple introduces more expensive iPhone models that may be sensitive to these input cost increases.
Legal uncertainties persist beyond the patent verdict, as a judge has certified a class of payment card issuers in an Apple Pay antitrust lawsuit alleging improper fees, and a UK tribunal has allowed consumer claims regarding marketplace sales to proceed, adding further regulatory and legal risk.
Insider selling activity has been notable recently, with Senior Vice President Jennifer Newstead selling over 11,000 shares in September alone and CEO Tim Cook selling 64,949 shares in April, which may signal a lack of confidence from company leadership at current price levels.

AAPL Forecast - Frequently Asked Questions

According to the research reports of 42 Wall Street equities research analysts, the average twelve-month stock price forecast for Apple is $340.14, with a high forecast of $400.00 and a low forecast of $245.00.

42 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Apple in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 13 hold ratings, 26 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" AAPL shares.

According to analysts, Apple's stock has a predicted upside of 0.52% based on their 12-month stock forecasts.

Over the previous 90 days, Apple's stock had 7 downgrades and 3 upgrades by analysts.

Apple has been rated by research analysts at Bank of America, Barclays, BTIG Research, China Renaissance, CICC Research, Citic Securities, Citigroup, DA Davidson, Daiwa Securities Group, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft, DZ Bank, Evercore, HSBC, Jefferies Financial Group, JPMorgan Chase & Co., KeyCorp, Loop Capital, Maxim Group, Moffett Nathanson, Morgan Stanley, Needham & Company LLC, Oppenheimer, Phillip Securities, Piper Sandler, Raymond James Financial, Robert W. Baird, Rosenblatt Securities, Rothschild & Co Redburn, Royal Bank Of Canada, Sanford C. Bernstein, TD Cowen, The Goldman Sachs Group, UBS Group, Weiss Ratings, and Wells Fargo & Company in the past 90 days.

Analysts like Apple more than other "technology" companies. The consensus rating for Apple is Moderate Buy while the average consensus rating for "technology" companies is Hold. Learn more on how AAPL compares to other companies.

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Apple (AAPL) Stock Forecast & Price Target

Apple - Analysts' Recommendations and Stock Price Forecast (2026)

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Apple (AAPL) Stock Forecast & Price Target

Apple - Analysts' Recommendations and Stock Price Forecast (2026)

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Consensus Price Target

AAPL Analyst Ratings Over Time

AAPL Analyst Recommendations By Month

AAPL Price Targets by Month

Apple Stock vs. The Competition

Recent Analyst Forecasts and Stock Ratings

Should I Buy Apple Stock? AAPL Pros and Cons Explained

Apple Bull Case

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AAPL Forecast - Frequently Asked Questions

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