Apple (AAPL) to Release Quarterly Earnings on Thursday

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) will likely be releasing its Q2 2025 earnings data after the market closes on Thursday, May 1st. Analysts expect the company to announce earnings of $1.61 per share and revenue of $94.04 billion for the quarter.

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, January 30th. The iPhone maker reported $2.40 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.36 by $0.04. Apple had a net margin of 24.30% and a return on equity of 160.83%. On average, analysts expect Apple to post $7 EPS for the current fiscal year and $8 EPS for the next fiscal year.

Apple Stock Up 0.5 %

NASDAQ:AAPL opened at $211.21 on Wednesday. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $214.32 and a 200 day simple moving average of $229.06. Apple has a one year low of $169.11 and a one year high of $260.10. The company has a market capitalization of $3.17 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.53, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.44 and a beta of 1.26. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.26, a quick ratio of 0.88 and a current ratio of 0.92.

Apple Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, February 13th. Shareholders of record on Monday, February 10th were paid a dividend of $0.25 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, February 10th. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.47%. Apple’s payout ratio is 15.87%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, CEO Timothy D. Cook sold 108,136 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, April 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $223.65, for a total transaction of $24,184,616.40. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 3,280,295 shares in the company, valued at $733,637,976.75. This represents a 3.19 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, COO Jeffrey E. Williams sold 35,493 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, April 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $224.01, for a total transaction of $7,950,786.93. Following the transaction, the chief operating officer now owns 390,059 shares in the company, valued at $87,377,116.59. This represents a 8.34 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 187,021 shares of company stock worth $41,760,140 in the last quarter. 0.06% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Apple

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of AAPL. Northern Trust Corp boosted its holdings in shares of Apple by 13.3% during the 4th quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 171,385,531 shares of the iPhone maker’s stock worth $42,918,365,000 after buying an additional 20,079,472 shares during the period. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC increased its stake in Apple by 14.3% during the 4th quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC now owns 104,706,358 shares of the iPhone maker’s stock worth $26,220,566,000 after acquiring an additional 13,137,968 shares during the period. Capital Research Global Investors raised its holdings in Apple by 1.1% in the 4th quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 72,183,884 shares of the iPhone maker’s stock valued at $18,076,346,000 after acquiring an additional 754,580 shares in the last quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP raised its holdings in shares of Apple by 2.4% during the 4th quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 53,892,219 shares of the iPhone maker’s stock worth $13,496,549,000 after buying an additional 1,275,216 shares in the last quarter. Finally, California State Teachers Retirement System lifted its position in shares of Apple by 0.9% during the 4th quarter. California State Teachers Retirement System now owns 23,773,861 shares of the iPhone maker’s stock worth $5,953,450,000 after buying an additional 211,164 shares during the last quarter. 67.73% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

AAPL has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Evercore ISI raised their target price on shares of Apple from $260.00 to $275.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, March 18th. DA Davidson cut their target price on Apple from $290.00 to $230.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, April 14th. Moffett Nathanson restated a “sell” rating and set a $188.00 price target (down previously from $202.00) on shares of Apple in a research report on Tuesday, January 7th. Argus raised Apple to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Friday, January 31st. Finally, UBS Group decreased their price objective on Apple from $236.00 to $210.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, April 23rd. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eleven have issued a hold rating, twenty-two have issued a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, Apple has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $234.31.

Apple Company Profile

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.