Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) kicked off on Friday, down -0.55% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $256.87. Over the past 52 weeks, AAPL has traded in a range of $169.21-$260.10.
It was noted that within the last five years, the titan of the Technology sector saw sales topped by 15.41%. While this was happening, its average annual earnings per share was recorded 9.27%. With a float of $14.82 billion, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $14.86 billion.
Apple Inc (AAPL) Insider Updates
Our next focus will be how large-scale investors are participating in this stock of the Consumer Electronics Industry. The insider ownership of Apple Inc is 0.10%, while institutional ownership is 64.45%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Aug 28 ’25, was worth 20,886,300. In this transaction Director of this company sold 90,000 shares at a rate of $232.07, taking the stock ownership to the 4,069,576 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Aug 28 ’25, when Company’s Director proposed sale 90,000 for $232.07, making the entire transaction worth $20,885,966.
Apple Inc (AAPL) Performance Highlights and Predictions
In the latest quarterly report, which was put into the public domain on 9/30/2024, the organization reported 0.97 earnings per share (EPS), higher than consensus estimate (set at 0.95) by 0.02. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 2.49 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 9.27% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 9.08% during the next five years compared to 15.41% growth over the previous five years of trading.
Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) Trading Performance Indicators
Take a look at Apple Inc’s (AAPL) current performance indicators. Last quarter, stock had a quick ratio of 0.83. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 9.28. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 39.42.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 6.58, a number that is poised to hit 1.76 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 8.01 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Apple Inc (AAPL)
The latest stats from [Apple Inc, AAPL] show that its last 5-days average volume of 61.87 million was superior to 57.43 million than last year’s volume. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 90.02%.
During the past 100 days, Apple Inc’s (AAPL) raw stochastic average was set at 96.67%, which indicates a significant increase from 93.24% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 4.89 in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 4.16 volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $228.45, while its 200-day Moving Average is $221.97. Now, the first resistance to watch is $257.45. This is followed by the second major resistance level at $259.43. The third major resistance level sits at $261.27. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $253.63, it is likely to go to the next support level at $251.79. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $249.81.
Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) Key Stats
The company with the Market Capitalisation of 3791.13 billion has total of 14,840,390K Shares Outstanding. Its annual sales at the moment are 391,035 M in contrast with the sum of 93,736 M annual income. Company’s last quarter sales were recorded 94,036 M and last quarter income was 23,434 M.