In the last trading session, 40.94 million Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) shares changed hands as the company’s beta touched 1.22. With the company’s per share price at $206.86 changed hands at -$1.92 or -0.92% during last session, the market valuation stood at $3089.63B. AAPL’s last price was a discount, traded about -25.74% off its 52-week high of $260.10. The share price had its 52-week low at $169.21, which suggests the last value was 18.2% up since then.
Analysts gave the Apple Inc (AAPL) stock a consensus recommendation rating of Buy, calculated at a mean rating of 2.06. If we narrow down to specifics, the data shows that 2 out of 38 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, with a further 1 assigning it an Overweight rating. Of the remaining, 8 recommended AAPL as a Hold, 27 felt it is a Buy and 0 rated the stock as Underweight.
Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) trade information
Instantly AAPL was in red as seen at the end of in last trading. With action -2.85%, the performance over the past five days has been red. The company’s shares are showing year-to-date downside of -17.39%, with the 5-day performance at -2.85% in the red. However, in the 30-day time frame, Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) is 7.09% up.
The consensus price target for the stock as assigned by Wall Street analysts is 251, meaning bulls need an upside of 17.59% from its current market value. According to analyst projections, AAPL’s forecast low is 188 with 294 as the target high. To hit the forecast high, the stock’s price needs a -42.13% plunge from its current level, while the stock would need to tank 9.12% for it to hit the projected low.
Looking at the company’s year-on-year earnings, data shows that the past 5-year has an earnings growth rate of 15.41%. The 2025 estimates are for Apple Inc earnings to increase by 6.38%, but the outlook for the next 5-year period is at 8.16% per year.
AAPL Dividends
Apple Inc is expected to release its next quarterly earnings report in June. The 0.49% annual yield figure for the share gives it an annual dividend of 1.01. It is important to note, however, that the 0.49% dividend yield ratio should serve as a guide only, as you should also take into consideration many other aspects of a company’s operations and fundamentals before making any investment decision.
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Among Mutual Funds, the top two as of Dec 31, 2024 were VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard 500 Index Fund . With 473.59 shares estimated at $97.97 billion under it, the former controlled 3.17% of total outstanding shares. On the other hand, VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard 500 Index Fund held about 2.74% of the shares, roughly 409.17 shares worth around $84.64 billion.
