Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) currently has a daily average trading volume of 59.09M but it saw 105661198 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 2646.28B USD, the company’s current market price of $171.37 came falling about -4.09 while comparing to the previous closing price of $178.67. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $199.62 and as low as $155.98.
Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Apple Inc (AAPL) gives us an average price of $175.24, while its current price level is -14.15% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 9.87% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $182.61 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $183.74. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 2.36% during that period while stretching the period over a month that decreases to 1.82%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 39.23 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.
The company’s shares got several price updates from the analyst firms in past one month and most recent of them is from the Piper Sandler which reiterated the stock as “Neutral” in its note to investors issued on February 02, 2024, recommending a price target of between $205 and $190 for it. JP Morgan also issued its recommendations for the stock as it reiterated the price target for the stock in the range of between $225 and $215.
Over the week, AAPL’s stock price is moving -0.94% down while it is -6.01% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is -10.99% down and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 7.59%.
The latest quarterly earnings report issued by the company was for quarter ended 12/30/2023, when its quarterly earnings per share (EPS) of $2.01 beat the consensus estimate of $1.93 for the same. For AAPL, analysts are forecasting an EPS-growth rate of -1.50% for current year and estimate for EPS growth in next year is 9.10%. In next quarter, company is expected to be making quarterly sales of $77.22 billion as analysts are expecting the sales for current fiscal year at $357.16 billion and seeing the company making $380.19 billion in sales next year. Moreover, analysts are in estimates of $83.58 billion for current-quarter revenue.
Currently, Apple Inc’s total number of outstanding shares is 15.55B with 5.94% of that held by the insiders while 56.70% of its common stock has been owned by the institutions. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 59.65% and return on equity (ROE) at 154.27%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 26.66 while having a 23.98 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 1.28. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 35.75 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 6.86. Its return on asset (ROA) is 28.82% on average.
