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Apple (AAPL) Is Up - What Are Investors Seeing in This Stock?

After this afternoon's 3.3% surge to $237.34 per share, Apple might just keep moving past its target price of $235.53. With an average analyst rating of buy, and target prices from $175.0 to $300.0, the stock's next move is anyone's guess.

The stock has a very low short interest at 0.9%, and a short ratio of 2.08. The company's insiders own 1.97% of its outstanding shares, which indicates a strong alignment between management and shareholder interests. Finally, we also note that an average number of institutional investors are invested in the stock, with 63.7% of Apple's shares being owned by this investor type.

Institutions Invested in Apple

Date Reported Holder Percentage Shares Value
2025-06-30 Vanguard Group Inc 10% 1,415,932,804 $336,050,421,543
2025-06-30 Blackrock Inc. 8% 1,148,838,990 $272,659,709,404
2025-06-30 State Street Corporation 4% 601,249,995 $142,697,671,600
2025-06-30 Geode Capital Management, LLC 2% 354,749,794 $84,194,544,740
2025-06-30 FMR, LLC 2% 306,758,594 $72,804,552,966
2025-06-30 Berkshire Hathaway, Inc 2% 280,000,000 $66,453,801,879
2025-06-30 Morgan Stanley 2% 233,198,646 $55,346,202,214
2025-06-30 JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 1% 214,606,399 $50,933,611,147
2025-06-30 Price (T.Rowe) Associates Inc 1% 202,720,404 $48,112,648,444
2025-06-30 NORGES BANK 1% 189,804,820 $45,047,328,229

Besides an analyst consensus of little upside potential, other market factors point to there being positive market sentiment on Apple.

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