Decoding the Approach of Savvy Investors to Apple (AAPL)

By Ken Smith • Thursday, October 26 10:19 • Permanent Link

Apple logged a -1.2% change during today's morning session, and is now trading at a price of $169.05 per share. The S&P 500 index moved -1.0%. AAPL's trading volume is 11,573,804 compared to the stock's average volume of 58,468,785.

Apple trades -9.95% away from its average analyst target price of $187.73 per share. The 37 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $140.52 to $226.34, and on average have given Apple a rating of buy.

If you are considering an investment in AAPL, you'll want to know the following:

Apple's current price is 620.0% above its Graham number of $23.48, which implies that at its current valuation it does not offer a margin of safety
Apple has moved 17.0% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 10.0%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 5.95, Apple has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 28.4 while the S&P 500 average is None
AAPL has a forward P/E ratio of 27.3 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $6.19 per share
The company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of 4.33 — a number near or below 1 signifying that Apple is fairly valued compared to its estimated growth potential
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 43.89 compared to its sector average of None
Apple Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets smartphones, personal computers, tablets, wearables, and accessories worldwide.
Based in Cupertino, the company has 164,000 full time employees and a market cap of $2.64 Trillion. Apple currently returns an annual dividend yield of 0.5%.

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