Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL): Stock That Needs Special Handling

Currently, there are 15.04B common shares owned by the public and among those 15.01B shares have been available to trade.

The company’s stock has a 5-day price change of 5.19% and -16.34% over the past three months. AAPL shares are trading -20.87% year to date (YTD), with the 12-month market performance up to 18.10% higher. It has a 12-month low price of $164.07 and touched a high of $260.10 over the same period. AAPL has an average intraday trading volume of 61.06 million shares. The stock is trading above its simple moving averages at the SMA20, SMA50, and SMA200, as the current price level is off by -5.29%, -11.73%, and -13.27% respectively.

Institutional ownership of Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) shares accounts for 63.75% of the company’s 15.04B shares outstanding.

It has a market capitalization of $2976.63B and a beta (3y monthly) value of 1.31. The stock’s trailing 12-month PE ratio is 31.50, while the earnings-per-share (ttm) stands at $6.29. The company has a PEG of 3.40 and a Quick Ratio of 0.88 with the debt-to-equity ratio at 1.45. Price movements for the stock have been influenced by the stock’s volatility, which stands at 10.81% over the week and 4.62% over the month.

Earnings per share for the fiscal year are expected to increase by 7.73%, and 10.63% over the next financial year. EPS should shrink at an annualized rate of 9.26% over the next five years, compared to 15.41% over the past 5-year period.

Looking at the support for the AAPL, a number of firms have released research notes about the stock. Jefferies stated their Hold rating for the stock in a research note on April 09, 2025, with the firm’s price target at $167.88. Morgan Stanley coverage for the Apple Inc (AAPL) stock in a research note released on April 08, 2025 offered a Overweight rating with a price target of $220. KeyBanc Capital Markets was of a view on April 08, 2025 that the stock is Underweight, while Evercore ISI gave the stock Outperform rating on March 18, 2025, issuing a price target of $260- $275. KeyBanc Capital Markets on their part issued Underweight rating on January 31, 2025.

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