Apple’s (AAPL) “Neutral” Rating Reaffirmed at Rosenblatt Securities

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL)‘s stock had its “neutral” rating reiterated by investment analysts at Rosenblatt Securities in a research note issued to investors on Tuesday,Benzinga reports. They currently have a $268.00 price objective on the iPhone maker’s stock. Rosenblatt Securities’ price target indicates a potential downside of 1.85% from the stock’s previous close.

Other analysts also recently issued reports about the stock. UBS Group restated a “neutral” rating on shares of Apple in a report on Wednesday, March 4th. Morgan Stanley restated an “overweight” rating and set a $315.00 target price on shares of Apple in a report on Monday, March 23rd. DA Davidson restated a “neutral” rating and set a $270.00 target price on shares of Apple in a report on Friday, January 30th. KeyCorp restated a “sector weight” rating on shares of Apple in a report on Thursday, March 12th. Finally, KGI Securities upgraded shares of Apple to an “outperform” rating and set a $306.00 target price on the stock in a report on Friday, January 30th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-three have issued a Buy rating, twelve have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $301.33.

Apple Stock Performance

Shares of AAPL stock opened at $273.05 on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.87, a quick ratio of 0.94 and a current ratio of 0.97. The company has a market capitalization of $4.01 trillion, a P/E ratio of 34.52, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.48 and a beta of 1.11. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $259.68 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $264.28. Apple has a 52 week low of $189.81 and a 52 week high of $288.62.

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, January 29th. The iPhone maker reported $2.84 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.67 by $0.17. The firm had revenue of $143.76 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $138.25 billion. Apple had a net margin of 27.04% and a return on equity of 159.94%. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 15.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company posted $2.40 EPS. On average, analysts expect that Apple will post 8.49 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, CEO Timothy D. Cook sold 64,949 shares of Apple stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, April 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $254.23, for a total value of $16,511,984.27. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 3,280,418 shares in the company, valued at $833,980,668.14. This trade represents a 1.94% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, SVP Deirdre O’brien sold 30,002 shares of Apple stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, April 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $255.35, for a total transaction of $7,661,010.70. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president owned 136,810 shares in the company, valued at $34,934,433.50. This trade represents a 17.99% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. 0.06% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Institutional Trading of Apple

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its holdings in Apple by 1.9% during the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 1,426,283,914 shares of the iPhone maker’s stock worth $387,749,545,000 after buying an additional 26,856,752 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp increased its holdings in Apple by 1.1% during the fourth quarter. State Street Corp now owns 604,056,505 shares of the iPhone maker’s stock worth $164,218,801,000 after buying an additional 6,555,392 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in Apple by 0.5% during the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 358,032,517 shares of the iPhone maker’s stock worth $97,031,587,000 after buying an additional 1,866,103 shares during the last quarter. Morgan Stanley increased its holdings in Apple by 0.6% during the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 230,483,035 shares of the iPhone maker’s stock worth $62,659,118,000 after buying an additional 1,379,651 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Norges Bank acquired a new position in Apple during the fourth quarter worth $52,266,468,000. 67.73% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

More Apple News

Here are the key news stories impacting Apple this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Insider succession and analyst support — Several Wall Street voices are endorsing the handoff and keeping bullish stances, arguing continuity and product focus should limit disruption for AAPL. Daniel Ives Reaffirms Buy Rating
• Positive Sentiment: Hardware leadership reinforced — Apple elevated Johny Srouji to lead a unified hardware organization, signaling management is keeping product execution and chip strategy in-house as Ternus takes the CEO role. Johny Srouji named Chief Hardware Officer
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst targets remain constructive ahead of earnings — Some firms (e.g., Goldman) are maintaining bullish price targets into Apple’s April 30 quarter, which could support the stock if results beat. Goldman Sachs Holds $330 Target
• Neutral Sentiment: Company announcement provides clarity — Apple’s official release lays out the planned, board-approved succession with Cook remaining involved as executive chairman; the transition is framed as orderly. Tim Cook to become Executive Chairman
• Neutral Sentiment: Macro and market context — Broader market moves (futures) reflect a mix of the CEO news and geopolitical uncertainty (Iran), which can mute or amplify AAPL’s reaction independent of fundamentals. Market futures and CEO change
• Negative Sentiment: AI execution risk — Commentators and analysts flag that Apple lags some peers on AI; Ternus’ ability to accelerate Apple’s AI roadmap will be a key investor focus and a potential source of downside if progress stalls. Incoming CEO faces AI challenge
• Negative Sentiment: Regulatory/legal overhang — Apple faces a fast-tracked India antitrust hearing and a potential large fine tied to missing documents; that risk could pressure shares if it escalates. $38B India fine risk

About Apple

Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) is a multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, founded in 1976 by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne. The company designs, develops and sells consumer electronics, software and services. Over its history Apple has evolved from personal computers to a broad portfolio that spans mobile devices, wearables, home entertainment and digital services.

Apple’s principal hardware products include the iPhone smartphone, iPad tablet, Mac personal computers, Apple Watch wearable devices and a range of accessories such as AirPods and HomePod.