Here's a Quick Look Into the Fundamentals of Apple (AAPL) Stock

Apple logged a 1.5% change during today's afternoon session, and is now trading at a price of $177.49 per share. On average, analysts give it a target price of $199.56.

Apple Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets smartphones, personal computers, tablets, wearables, and accessories worldwide. The large-cap company is based in the United States. Apple currently returns an annual dividend yield of 0.5%.

What to Consider if You Are Thinking of Buying Apple:

  • Apple has moved 27.0% over the last year.

  • AAPL has a forward P/E ratio of 26.9 based on its EPS guidance of 6.59.

  • Over the last 6 years, earnings per share (EPS) have been growing at a compounded average rate of 17.2%.

  • The company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of 3.89.

  • Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 46.08

Apple Has a Pattern of Improving Cash Flows

Date Reported Cash Flow from Operations ($ k) Capital expenditures ($ k) Free Cash Flow ($ k) YoY Growth (%)
2022-10-28 122,151,000 -10,708,000 132,859,000 15.41
2021-10-29 104,038,000 -11,085,000 115,123,000 30.85
2020-10-30 80,674,000 -7,309,000 87,983,000 10.14
2019-10-31 69,391,000 -10,495,000 79,886,000 -11.97
2018-11-05 77,434,000 -13,313,000 90,747,000 18.35
2017-11-03 64,225,000 -12,451,000 76,676,000

Apple's free cash flow history is impressive because it displays year-on-year increases over the last 6 years. Averaging out at $97.21 Billion, investors who focus on cash flow growth should do further research on this firm.

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