Technology
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Company profile: Delayed
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Regular-session price
Offline$310.11
+0.24% regular session
1Y Change
+52.64%
Window
Aug 5, 2025 → Aug 5, 2026
Investment Snapshot
Valuation, growth, profitability, catalysts, and benchmark context.
1D
+0.2%
1M
-0.9%
6M
+12.3%
YTD
+14.3%
1Y
+52.6%
Coverage: 251 bars · Aug 5, 2025 → Aug 5, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Apple Inc. (AAPL) is a Technology stock with listed on NASDAQ. The stock last traded around $310.11 and up 52.6% across the available one-year price window (Aug 5, 2025 → Aug 5, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +6.4%, EPS growth of +22.6%, a dividend yield of 0.4%. What stands out right now is revenue +6.4%, EPS +22.6%, free cash flow -9.2% with operating margin 32.0% and ROIC 49.6%. The dividend is present but secondary, with a yield around 0.4%. Valuation already assumes a fairly strong business story at P/E 34.5 and price/sales 9.4. Stock Foundry combines AAPL price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Technology peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Below sector median
+6.4% vs +13.2% peer median
Operating Margin
Above sector median
+32.0% vs +20.6% peer median
P/E
Above sector median
34.5 vs 18.5 peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report landed above expectations
Q3 2026 was reported on Jul 30, 2026 with an EPS surprise of +6.9%.
The operating story is still moving forward
Revenue is running at +6.4% and EPS at +22.6%, with operating margin around 32.0%.
The next real check-in already has a date
The next earnings event is scheduled for Sep 1, 2026, which is the clearest near-term catalyst for confirming whether the current trend is holding up.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged +6.4% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 2 of those reports.
| Quarter | EPS Delta | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Q3 2026 Jul 30, 2026 | +6.9% | -7.4% | -- | -- |
Q2 2026 Apr 30, 2026 | +3.6% | +3.2% | +5.9% | +15.0% |
Q1 2026 Jan 29, 2026 | +6.4% | +0.5% | +6.8% | +2.3% |
Benchmark Edge
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
Relative Read
AAPL is 29.82 pts ahead over the shared 1Y window.
AAPL had 4.69 pts deeper max drawdown than SPY.
AAPL beat SPY in 2 of 2 calendar years shown and trailed in 0.
AAPL
+52.64%
Normalized return
SPY
+22.82%
S&P 500
Excess Return
+29.82 pts
Relative to SPY
AAPL Max Drawdown
-13.82%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
-9.13%
Trailing 1Y
Uses the longest available daily history for AAPL and SPY.
| Year | AAPL | SPY | Excess | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | +14.29% | +12.90% | +1.39 pts | AAPL |
| 2025 | +34.58% | +9.40% | +25.17 pts | AAPL |
Company Overview
Apple Inc.
NASDAQ Global Select
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. It also provides AppleCare support and cloud services; and operates various platforms, including the App Store that allow customers to discover and download applications and digital content, such as books, music, video, games, and podcasts, as well as advertising services include third-party licensing arrangements and its own advertising platforms. In addition, the company offers various subscription-based services, such as Apple Arcade, a game subscription service; Apple Fitness+, a personalized fitness service; Apple Music, which offers users a curated listening experience with on-demand radio stations; Apple News+, a subscription news and magazine service; Apple TV+, which offers exclusive original content; Apple Card, a co-branded credit card; and Apple Pay, a cashless payment service, as well as licenses its intellectual property. The company serves consumers, and small and mid-sized businesses; and the education, enterprise, and government markets. It distributes third-party applications for its products through the App Store. The company also sells its products through its retail and online stores, and direct sales force; and third-party cellular network carriers, wholesalers, retailers, and resellers. Apple Inc. was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Cupertino, California.
SEC Operational KPIs
Latest operating KPIs extracted from recent SEC filing text for AAPL.
"Cash generated by/(used in) investing activities | (18,811) | 17,782"
"Cash used in financing activities | (94,575) | (93,210"
"Dividends and dividend equivalents declared per share or RSU | $ | 0.27 | $ | 0.26 |"
"Products | $ | 78,678 | $ | 66,613 |"
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Next Step
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