Apple Hospitality REIT Inc (NYSE: APLE) Is A Risk Capital Investor’s Play

In the latest trading session,, 0.77 million Apple Hospitality REIT Inc (NYSE:APLE) shares changed hands as the company’s beta touched 1.05. With the company’s most recent per share price at $11.58 changed hands at -$0.22 or -1.86% at last look, the market valuation stands at $2.76B. APLE’s current price is a discount, trading about -42.06% off its 52-week high of $16.45. The share price had its 52-week low at $10.44, which suggests the last value was 9.84% up since then.

Analysts gave the Apple Hospitality REIT Inc (APLE) stock a consensus recommendation rating of Buy, calculated at a mean rating of 2.38. If we narrow down to specifics, the data shows that 0 out of 2 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, with a further 0 assigning it an Overweight rating. Of the remaining, 1 recommended APLE as a Hold, 1 felt it is a Buy and 0 rated the stock as Underweight.

Apple Hospitality REIT Inc (NYSE:APLE) trade information

Instantly APLE was in red as seen in intraday trades today. With action -4.61%, the performance over the past five days has been red. The company’s shares are showing year-to-date downside of -24.56%, with the 5-day performance at -4.61% in the red. However, in the 30-day time frame, Apple Hospitality REIT Inc (NYSE:APLE) is -2.11% down.

The consensus price target for the stock as assigned by Wall Street analysts is 18, meaning bulls need an upside of 35.67% from its recent market value. According to analyst projections, APLE’s forecast low is 18 with 18 as the target high. To hit the forecast high, the stock’s price needs a -55.44% plunge from its current level, while the stock would need to soar -55.44% 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 2.94%. The 2025 estimates are for Apple Hospitality REIT Inc earnings to decrease by -15.36%.

APLE Dividends

Apple Hospitality REIT Inc is expected to release its next quarterly earnings report in June. The 8.27% annual yield figure for the share gives it an annual dividend of 0.96. It is important to note, however, that the 8.27% 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.

VANGUARD GROUP INC holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares, with 14.9578% or 36.22 million shares worth $526.7 million as of 2024-06-30.

Among Mutual Funds, the top two as of Mar 31, 2025 were iShares Trust-iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF and VANGUARD SPECIALIZED FUNDS-Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund . With 13.8 shares estimated at $159.98 million under it, the former controlled 5.80% of total outstanding shares. On the other hand, VANGUARD SPECIALIZED FUNDS-Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund held about 3.71% of the shares, roughly 8.83 shares worth around $102.33 million.