Apple Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets smartphones, personal computers, tablets, wearables, and accessories worldwide. It also sells various related services. 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, HomePod, iPod touch, and other Apple-branded and third-party accessories. It also provides digital content stores and streaming services; AppleCare support services; and iCloud, a cloud service, which stores music, photos, contacts, calendars, mail, documents, and others.
Name: Apple Inc.
Ticker: AAPL
Exchange: NasdaqGS (Nasdaq Global Select)
Founded: 1977
Sector: Technology
Industry: Technology Hardware, Storage and Peripherals
Market Cap: US1.533t
Shares outstanding: 4.33b
Website: Apple.com
Number of Employees: 137k (Sep 27, 2019)
Location: One Apple Park Way, Cupertino, California 95014, United States
Apple is the company with the most market capitalization at the moment.
The 20 companies with the largest market capitalization (Billions) as of today are:
AAPL: 1581.34
MSFT: 1519.27
AMZN: 1373.93
GOOGL: 983.79
FB: 671.48
BABA: 595.99
BRK.B: 426.15
V: 412.99
JNJ: 367.97
WMT: 339.01
MA: 299.13
JPM: 298.49
PG: 291.85
UNH: 280.93
TSM: 278.65
HD: 263.91
INTC: 247.73
NVDA: 233.45
Shareholders Returns:
1 Year: AAPL: 88.8% Industry: 72.1% Market: 5.6%
3 Year: AAPL: 156.2% Industry: 135.7% Market: 33.5%
5 Year: AAPL: 203.5% Industry: 182.1% Market: 61.7%
Price to Earnings (PE) Ratio: 27.56x
Share Price vs. Fair Value: Current Price: US$353.63 Fair Value: US$265.36
33.3% Overvalued
Future Growth:
How is Apple forecast to perform in the next 1 to 3 years based on estimates from 36 analysts?
7.8% Forecasted annual earnings growth
Future Return on Equity: Future ROE: AAPL's Return on Equity is forecast to be very high in 3 years time (175.9%).
Past Performance:
How has Apple performed over the past 5 years?
3.8%Historical annual earnings growth
Quality Earnings: AAPL has high quality earnings.
Financial Health:
Short Term Liabilities: AAPL's short term assets (143.8B) exceed its short term liabilities (96.1B).
Long Term Liabilities: AAPL's short term assets (143.8B) do not cover its long term liabilities (145.9B).
Debt to Equity History and Analysis:
Debt Level: AAPL's debt to equity ratio (139.6%) is considered high.
Reducing Debt: AAPL's debt to equity ratio has increased from 34.6% to 139.6% over the past 5 years.
Debt Coverage: AAPL's debt is well covered by operating cash flow (68.8%).
Interest Coverage: AAPL earns more interest than it pays, so coverage of interest payments is not a concern.
Dividend:
What is Apple current dividend yield, its reliability and sustainability?
0.93% Current Dividend Yield.
Management:
How experienced are the management team and are they aligned to shareholders interests?
3.7yrs Average management tenure
CEO: Tim Cook (58yo) 8.83yrs Tenure US$11,555,466 Compensation.
Mr. Timothy D. Cook, also known as Tim, has been the Chief Executive Officer of Apple Inc. since August 24, 2011. Mr. Cook served as the Chief Operating Officer of Apple Inc., from October 14, 2005 to August 24, 2011. He was responsible for all of Apple's worldwide sales and operations, including end-to-end management of Apple’s supply chain, sales activities and service and support in all markets and countries. He also Headed Apple’s Macintosh division and played a key role in the continued development of strategic reseller and supplier relationships, ensuring flexibility in response to an increasingly demanding marketplace.
Compensation vs Market: Tim's total compensation (USD11.56M) is about average for companies of similar size in the US market (USD11.56M).
Compensation vs Earnings: Tim's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.
Leadership Team:
Name: Timothy Cook Position: CEO & Director Tenure: 8.83yrs Compensation: US11.56m Ownership: 0.020% 299.8m
Name: Luca Maestri Position: CFO & Senior VP Tenure: 6.08yrs Compensation: US25.21m Ownership: 0.00064% 9.8m
Name: Jeffrey Williams Position: Chief Operating Officer Tenure: 4.5yrs Compensation: US25.21m Ownership: 0.0028% 43.2m
Name: Katherine Adams Position: Senior VP Tenure: 2.5yrs Compensation: US25.23m Ownership: 0.00052% 8.0m
Experienced Management: AAPL's management team is considered experienced (3.7 years average tenure).
Experienced Board: AAPL's board of directors are considered experienced (8.8 years average tenure).
Insider Buying: AAPL insiders have only sold shares in the past 3 months.
Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have not been meaningfully diluted in the past year.
Recent Insider Transactions:
Date: May 12,2020 Sell US$1,372,539 Chris Kondo 4491Shares Max Price: US$305.62
Top Shareholders:
Top 25 shareholders own 41.99% of the company.
Name: The Vanguard Group, Inc. Ownership: 7.77% Shares: 336,728,608 Current Value: 119.1b Change %: 2.25% Portfolio %: 3.46%
Name: BlackRock, Inc. Ownership: 6.34% Shares: 274,684,501 Current Value: 97.1b Change %: -1.11% Portfolio %: 2.96%
Name: Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Ownership: 5.66% Shares: 245,155,566 Current Value: 86.7b Change %: -2.28% Portfolio %: 32.69%
Name: State Street Global Ownership: 4.17% Shares: 180,558,954 Current Value: 63.9b Change %: -1.26% Portfolio %: 4.4%
Name: Kms Financial Services Ownership: 2.65% Shares: 114,827,553 Current Value: 40.6b Change %: 14855.28% Portfolio %: 24.07%