Apple (AAPL) – Analysts’ Recent Ratings Updates

A number of research firms have changed their ratings and price targets for Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL):

• 6/26/2025 – Apple had its price target lowered by analysts at JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $245.00 to $230.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 6/24/2025 – Apple was given a new $173.00 price target on by analysts at Barclays PLC. They now have an “underweight” rating on the stock.
• 6/13/2025 – Apple had its “overweight” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Morgan Stanley.
• 6/10/2025 – Apple had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Citigroup Inc..
• 6/10/2025 – Apple had its “outperform” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Wedbush. They now have a $270.00 price target on the stock.
• 6/10/2025 – Apple had its “hold” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Needham & Company LLC.
• 6/10/2025 – Apple had its price target raised by analysts at Monness Crespi & Hardt to $245.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 6/10/2025 – Apple had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Bank of America Corporation. They now have a $235.00 price target on the stock.
• 6/6/2025 – Apple had its price target raised by analysts at Evercore ISI to $250.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 6/5/2025 – Apple had its “overweight” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Morgan Stanley. They now have a $235.00 price target on the stock.
• 6/4/2025 – Apple had its “hold” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Needham & Company LLC. They now have a $225.00 price target on the stock.
• 6/1/2025 – Apple had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by analysts at UBS Group AG.
• 5/21/2025 – Apple had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by analysts at The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc..
• 5/16/2025 – Apple had its “outperform” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Wedbush. They now have a $270.00 price target on the stock.
• 5/12/2025 – Apple had its “overweight” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Morgan Stanley.
• 5/5/2025 – Apple had its “cautious” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Citigroup Inc..
• 5/2/2025 – Apple was downgraded by analysts at Wedbush from an “outperform” rating to a “neutral” rating.
• 5/2/2025 – Apple was downgraded by analysts at Scotiabank to a “market perform” rating.
• 5/2/2025 – Apple had its “underperform” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Jefferies Financial Group Inc.. They now have a $170.62 price target on the stock, up previously from $167.88.
• 5/2/2025 – Apple had its price target raised by analysts at Wedbush from $250.00 to $270.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 5/2/2025 – Apple was downgraded by analysts at Rosenblatt Securities from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating. They now have a $217.00 price target on the stock.
• 5/2/2025 – Apple had its price target lowered by analysts at TD Cowen from $290.00 to $275.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 5/2/2025 – Apple had its price target lowered by analysts at Monness Crespi & Hardt from $260.00 to $245.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 5/2/2025 – Apple had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Needham & Company LLC. They now have a $225.00 price target on the stock.
• 5/2/2025 – Apple had its price target raised by analysts at DA Davidson from $230.00 to $250.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 5/1/2025 – Apple had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Rosenblatt Securities. They now have a $263.00 price target on the stock.
• 4/30/2025 – Apple had its price target lowered by analysts at Barclays PLC from $197.00 to $173.00. They now have an “underweight” rating on the stock.
• 4/30/2025 – Apple had its price target lowered by analysts at Raymond James Financial, Inc. from $250.00 to $230.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 4/30/2025 – Apple had its price target lowered by analysts at Loop Capital from $230.00 to $215.00. They now have a “hold” rating on the stock.
• 4/28/2025 – Apple had its price target raised by analysts at Morgan Stanley from $220.00 to $235.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.

Apple Stock Down 0.3%

AAPL opened at $201.00 on Friday. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $202.52 and its 200-day simple moving average is $220.53. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.18, a quick ratio of 0.78 and a current ratio of 0.82. Apple Inc. has a twelve month low of $169.21 and a twelve month high of $260.10. The firm has a market cap of $3.00 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.31, a PEG ratio of 2.25 and a beta of 1.22.

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, May 1st. The iPhone maker reported $1.65 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.62 by $0.03. Apple had a net margin of 24.30% and a return on equity of 167.24%. The business had revenue of $95.36 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $94.04 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $1.53 EPS. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 5.1% compared to the same quarter last year. Equities research analysts anticipate that Apple Inc. will post 7.28 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Apple Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, May 15th. Stockholders of record on Monday, May 12th were issued a $0.26 dividend. This is a positive change from Apple’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.25. The ex-dividend date was Monday, May 12th. This represents a $1.04 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.52%. Apple’s dividend payout ratio is presently 16.20%.

Insider Transactions at Apple

In related news, CFO Kevan Parekh sold 4,570 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, April 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $206.00, for a total transaction of $941,420.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer now owns 4,569 shares in the company, valued at $941,214. This represents a 50.01% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, insider Chris Kondo sold 4,486 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, May 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $208.19, for a total transaction of $933,940.34. Following the transaction, the insider now owns 15,533 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,233,815.27. This trade represents a 22.41% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last quarter, insiders have sold 191,507 shares of company stock valued at $42,694,080. 0.06% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Regent Peak Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its position in Apple by 0.9% during the 4th quarter. Regent Peak Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 111,858 shares of the iPhone maker’s stock valued at $28,012,000 after purchasing an additional 1,050 shares during the period. RMR Wealth Builders lifted its position in Apple by 0.7% during the 4th quarter. RMR Wealth Builders now owns 119,262 shares of the iPhone maker’s stock valued at $29,866,000 after purchasing an additional 786 shares during the period. R.H. Investment Group LLC acquired a new position in Apple during the 4th quarter valued at about $5,375,000. Richard P Slaughter Associates Inc lifted its position in Apple by 2.3% during the 4th quarter. Richard P Slaughter Associates Inc now owns 23,123 shares of the iPhone maker’s stock valued at $5,790,000 after purchasing an additional 530 shares during the period. Finally, Covea Finance lifted its position in Apple by 13.3% during the 4th quarter. Covea Finance now owns 535,442 shares of the iPhone maker’s stock valued at $134,085,000 after purchasing an additional 62,960 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 67.73% of the company’s stock.

Apple Inc designs, manufactures, and markets smartphones, personal computers, tablets, wearables, and accessories worldwide. The company offers iPhone, a line of smartphones; Mac, a line of personal computers; iPad, a line of multi-purpose tablets; and wearables, home, and accessories comprising AirPods, Apple TV, Apple Watch, Beats products, and HomePod.