It's Time For a Quick Look at Apple's Fundamentals.

By Susan Ramirez • Monday, December 11 16:08 • Permanent Link

Apple sank -1.3% this evening, compared to the S&P 500's day change of 0.0%. Today's losers may turn out to be tomorrow's winners, so be sure to check the stock's fundamentals before making an investment decision:

Apple has logged a 35.4% 52 week change, compared to 15.4% for the S&P 500
AAPL has an average analyst rating of buy and is 4.99% away from its mean target price of $184.0 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $6.13, which brings its trailing Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio to 31.5. The Technology sector's average P/E ratio is 35.0
The company's forward earnings per share (EPS) is $6.64 and its forward P/E ratio is 29.1
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 48.33 in contrast to the Technology sector's average P/B ratio is 7.92
AAPL has reported YOY quarterly earnings growth of 13.5% and gross profit margins of 0.4%
The company's free cash flow for the last fiscal year was $99.58 Billion and the average free cash flow growth rate is 11.4%
Apple's revenues have an average growth rate of 8.1% with operating expenses growing at 10.2%. The company's current operating margins stand at 29.8%

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