Stocks · Technology · Consumer Electronics
Apple Inc. AAPL
$333.69 +1.02% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $4.90T
Low risk
Next earnings report: Oct 29, 2026
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Three things to know
- At 38.2× trailing earnings, the shares trade at the highest P/E of the company's past five years.
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 14 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +5.9%).
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 129 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Technology sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
Growth63Neutral
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 45%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 37%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 32%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 36%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 39%
Quality71Positive
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 2%
- Gross marginBottom 47%
- Operating marginTop 7%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 24%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 38%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 48%
Value38Weak
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 31%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 49%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 47%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 22%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 4%
Momentum77Positive
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 33%
- 6-month returnTop 45%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 36%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 8%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 18%
Revisions52Neutral
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 41%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 9%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 49%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 20%
Stability95Exceptional
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 4%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 4%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 26%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 48%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 12.8% | 14.2% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 28.8% | 32.5% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 46.7% | 48.7% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 31.9% | 33.2% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 23.5% | 29.3% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 14.2% | 12.8% | ↑ | Top 45% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 32.5% | 28.8% | ↑ | Top 37% |
| Gross margin | 48.7% | 46.7% | ↑ | Bottom 47% |
| Operating margin | 33.2% | 31.9% | ↑ | Top 7% |
| Net margin | 27.6% | 24.3% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 29.3% | 23.5% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 51.9% | — | Top 2% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 1.8% | — | Bottom 36% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.14×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -4.6%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 2.9%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +11.5 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 0.27×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.32%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 1.68%
- Shareholder yield
- 2.00%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -1.3%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -2.2%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 27, 2026 (filed Jul 31, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 14
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 8 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +5.9%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.3%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 5 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $341.68
- Target vs current price
- +2.4%
- Analysts with a rating
- 112
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 63%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2026 | +6.9% | -1.4% | -8.0% | -7.3% | — |
| Apr 30, 2026 | +3.1% | +0.4% | +6.4% | +15.7% | +24.7% |
| Jan 29, 2026 | +6.7% | +0.7% | +7.8% | +6.4% | +5.7% |
| Oct 30, 2025 | +6.9% | +0.6% | +0.2% | +2.9% | -4.2% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | +9.0% | -0.7% | +2.0% | +10.3% | +24.2% |
| May 1, 2025 | +1.2% | +0.4% | -7.6% | -5.9% | +0.7% |
| Jan 30, 2025 | +1.7% | -0.7% | -2.9% | -0.9% | -12.6% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | +2.5% | -1.8% | -3.2% | +2.1% | +4.0% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2026 | $2.02 | $1.89 | +6.9% | $109.42B |
| Apr 30, 2026 | $2.01 | $1.95 | +3.1% | $111.18B |
| Jan 29, 2026 | $2.85 | $2.67 | +6.7% | $143.76B |
| Oct 30, 2025 | $1.85 | $1.73 | +6.9% | $102.47B |
| Jul 31, 2025 | $1.57 | $1.44 | +9.0% | $94.04B |
| May 1, 2025 | $1.65 | $1.63 | +1.2% | $95.36B |
| Jan 30, 2025 | $2.40 | $2.36 | +1.7% | $124.30B |
| Oct 31, 2024 | $1.64 | $1.60 | +2.5% | $94.93B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 38.2× | 29.5× | 100th | Top 31% |
| P/E (forward) | 37.8× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 29.4× | — | — | Top 47% |
| EV / Sales | 10.59× | — | — | Bottom 22% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 2.79% | — | — | Top 49% |
| Earnings yield | 2.62% | — | — | Top 31% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 25.5× – 37.5× since Jun 26, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +30.6%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +32.5%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +15.2%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 17
- Days above the 200-day average
- 129
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +2.6%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +2.0%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +3.5%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +15.4%
- RSI (14)
- 54.7
- Relative volume
- 0.78×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 27.5%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 65th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.06
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.55
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -2.2%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -33.4%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 26, 2024 | Apr 8, 2025 | -33.4% | 69 days | 134 days (Oct 20, 2025) |
| Jan 3, 2022 | Jan 5, 2023 | -31.3% | 253 days | 108 days (Jun 12, 2023) |
| Jan 26, 2021 | Mar 8, 2021 | -18.7% | 28 days | 84 days (Jul 7, 2021) |
| Dec 14, 2023 | Apr 19, 2024 | -16.7% | 86 days | 36 days (Jun 11, 2024) |
| Jul 31, 2023 | Oct 26, 2023 | -15.0% | 62 days | 33 days (Dec 13, 2023) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $4.90T
- P/E (TTM)
- 38.2
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $8.73
- Revenue (TTM)
- $466.82B
- Dividend yield
- 0.32%
- 52-week range
- $243.42 – $345.34
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $365.82B | $394.33B | $383.29B | $391.04B | $416.16B |
| Gross profit | $152.84B | $170.78B | $169.15B | $180.68B | $195.20B |
| Operating income | $108.95B | $119.44B | $114.30B | $123.22B | $133.05B |
| Net income | $94.68B | $99.80B | $97.00B | $93.74B | $112.01B |
| EPS (diluted) | $5.61 | $6.11 | $6.13 | $6.08 | $7.46 |
| Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $94.93B | $124.30B | $95.36B | $94.04B | $102.47B | $143.76B | $111.18B | $109.42B |
| Net income | $14.74B | $36.33B | $24.78B | $23.43B | $27.47B | $42.10B | $29.58B | $29.79B |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.97 | $2.40 | $1.65 | $1.57 | $1.85 | $2.84 | $2.01 | $2.03 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $104.04B | $122.15B | $110.54B | $118.25B | $111.48B |
| Capital expenditure | -$11.09B | -$10.71B | -$10.96B | -$9.45B | -$12.71B |
| Free cash flow | $92.95B | $111.44B | $99.58B | $108.81B | $98.77B |
| Dividends paid | -$14.47B | -$14.84B | -$15.03B | -$15.23B | -$15.42B |
| Net share buybacks | -$84.87B | -$89.40B | -$77.55B | -$94.95B | -$90.71B |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $62.40B
- Total assets
- $383.27B
- Total liabilities
- $275.75B
- Total debt
- $84.31B
- Net debt
- $44.76B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $107.52B
As of Jun 27, 2026 (filed Jul 31, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2026 | $0.27 | Aug 13, 2026 |
| May 11, 2026 | $0.27 | May 14, 2026 |
| Feb 9, 2026 | $0.26 | Feb 12, 2026 |
| Nov 10, 2025 | $0.26 | Nov 13, 2025 |
| Aug 11, 2025 | $0.26 | Aug 14, 2025 |
| May 12, 2025 | $0.26 | May 15, 2025 |
| Feb 10, 2025 | $0.25 | Feb 13, 2025 |
| Nov 8, 2024 | $0.25 | Nov 14, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 128,753,092
- Days to cover
- 2.85
- Change vs previous report
- -7.9%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Aug 31, 2020
- 4-for-1
- Jun 9, 2014
- 7-for-1
- Feb 28, 2005
- 2-for-1
- Jun 21, 2000
- 2-for-1
- Jun 16, 1987
- 2-for-1