Apple Inc. (AAPL)
AAPL · Information Technology · 
United States
Apple Inc. (AAPL) is a US company in the Information Technology sector. Apple sells the iPhone, which brings in about half of its revenue, along with Mac computers, iPad tablets and wearables such as the Apple Watch and AirPods. A growing share of revenue comes from services, including the App Store, iCloud, Apple Music, AppleCare and payment services. Apple's fiscal year ends in late September. The company was founded in 1976 and is based in Cupertino, California.
The stock has its largest weight in QDVE (S&P 500 Information Technology), at 19.62%. Anyone who holds an ETF containing Apple also has an indirect stake in the company.
Data and Charts: Apple
Key Data for Apple
Apple Stock Price Chart
The Apple chart shows daily closing prices and is set to the current year by default. The stock is up 26.8% year to date and up 27.0% over twelve months. The last recorded close on October 30, 2026, was $344.63, at 96% of the 52-week range.
Price series from our database since Jul 11, 2024, 580 daily values.
Apple Stock Performance
| Year to date | +26.8% | 1 year | +27.0% |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 month | +3.5% | 3 months | +11.6% |
| Calendar year 2025 | +8.6% |
Measured in euros, Apple is up 33.3% year to date and up 31.3% over twelve months. The difference from the dollar figures above comes from the exchange rate alone. Each daily price is converted at the ECB euro reference rate for that day.
Alysly Data Analysis: Apple
Apple Connections
The map shows how Apple connects to ETFs, indices and other names. Each link is based on measured data and is not a recommendation.
- MSCI USA Index · contains
- MSCI USA Information Technology Index · contains
- MSCI World Information Technology Index · contains
- Nasdaq 100 Index · contains
- S&P 500 Index · contains
- S&P 500 Information Technology Index · contains
- EXXT ETF · holds
- XUIT ETF · holds
- XMIT ETF · holds
- XNA1 ETF · holds
- SPYL ETF · holds
- QDVE ETF · holds
- SXR8 ETF · holds
- SPY5 ETF · holds
- XUTC ETF · holds
- XD9U ETF · holds
- XD9D ETF · holds
- XDWT ETF · holds
- XNAS ETF · holds
- NVIDIA Corporation Stock · similar ETF exposure
- Microsoft Corporation Stock · similar ETF exposure
What ETF Is Apple In?
Apple has very high ETF coverage and is held by 27 of the 104 ETFs we track, which together follow 14 indices. That puts the stock in more ETFs than 95.5% of the 4,341 stocks we track.
| ETF | Index | Weight | per €1,000 in the ETF |
|---|---|---|---|
| QDVE | S&P 500 Information Technology | 19.62% | €196.20 |
| XUIT / XUTC | MSCI USA Information Technology | 19.18% | €191.80 |
| XDWT / XMIT | MSCI World Information Technology | 18.32% | €183.22 |
| XNAS / XNA1 | Nasdaq 100 | 7.99% | €79.92 |
| EXXT | Nasdaq 100 | 7.99% | €79.90 |
| XD9U / XD9D | MSCI USA | 7.68% | €76.84 |
| SPYL / SPY5 | S&P 500 | 7.66% | €76.58 |
| SXR8 | S&P 500 | 7.65% | €76.50 |
| XDEQ | MSCI World Quality | 6.00% | €60.04 |
| SWWD | MSCI World | 5.63% | €56.31 |
| SPPW | MSCI World | 5.63% | €56.31 |
| XDWD / XDWL | MSCI World | 5.62% | €56.19 |
| EUNL | MSCI World | 5.61% | €56.10 |
| WIMI | MSCI World IMI | 5.03% | €50.32 |
| SPYY | MSCI ACWI | 5.01% | €50.07 |
| IUSQ | MSCI ACWI | 4.97% | €49.70 |
| SPYI / SPSA | MSCI ACWI IMI | 4.43% | €44.33 |
| CIND | Dow Jones | 3.94% | €39.40 |
| XDEB | MSCI World Minimum Volatility | 0.42% | €4.18 |
| XDEW | S&P 500 Equal Weight | 0.22% | €2.16 |
The last column shows how much of €1,000 in one of these funds goes to Apple, based on each fund's latest holdings list.
US-listed ETFs holding Apple (weight per latest SEC filing): VGT 15.83%, XLK 12.85%, VUG 11.67%, ONEQ 10.08%, QQQM 7.41%, QQQ 6.67%, SPY 6.59%, VOO 6.59%, IVV 6.58%, VTI 5.87%. These funds are registered in the US; retail investors in the EU usually cannot buy them.
Apple Weight in iShares Core MSCI World (EUNL) Since 2019
In iShares Core MSCI World (EUNL), Apple had a weight of 2.48% on Sep 30, 2019 and 5.61% on Oct 29, 2026. The fund tracks the MSCI World. That is also the stock's highest weight in the period shown. The weight rises and falls with the stock's price performance relative to the other index members. It can also change when the index provider adjusts the index composition.
What's Inside Your ETF Portfolio and the ETF overlap check show how much Apple overlaps with the rest of a portfolio.
Which Tracked Investors Hold Apple?
In the quarter ending Jun 30, 2026, 2 managers cut holdings of Apple worth 1.0bn US dollars.
| Investor | Shares | Value | Quarter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berkshire Hathaway | 227,917,808 | $66.0B | unchanged |
| Soros Fund Management | 529,538 | $153M | increased by 29,004 |
| Bridgewater Associates | 364,377 | $105M | reduced by 199,115 |
As of Jun 30, 2026. Based on quarterly filings with the US securities regulator, submitted up to 45 days after the reference date. The change counts shares, not price gains.
What Apple Executives and Directors Traded Recently
| Date | Person | Type | Shares | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 2026 | Newstead Jennifer Officer, SVP, GC and Government Affairs | Sell (plan) | 2,399 | $343.36 |
| Oct 20, 2026 | Newstead Jennifer Officer, SVP, GC and Government Affairs | Sell (plan) | 2,399 | $339.62 |
| Oct 16, 2026 | Borders Ben Officer, Principal Accounting Officer | Sell (plan) | 40 | $347.43 |
| Oct 16, 2026 | Borders Ben Officer, Principal Accounting Officer | Sell (plan) | 40 | $346.22 |
| Oct 16, 2026 | Borders Ben Officer, Principal Accounting Officer | Sell (plan) | 969 | $345.74 |
| Oct 16, 2026 | Borders Ben Officer, Principal Accounting Officer | Sell (plan) | 80 | $344.18 |
| Oct 16, 2026 | Borders Ben Officer, Principal Accounting Officer | Sell (plan) | 151 | $343.08 |
| Oct 16, 2026 | Parekh Kevan Officer, Senior Vice President, CFO | Sell (plan) | 40 | $347.46 |
The table shows open-market purchases and sales reported over the past 90 days. Directors, officers and shareholders owning more than ten percent must report such transactions within two trading days. Awards and option exercises are excluded.
“Plan” means the transaction follows a schedule set up in advance under Rule 10b5-1. Sales consistently outnumber purchases in these filings because a large part of executive pay is granted in shares. For comparison: over the period covered, executives and directors reported sales at 271 of 350 tracked companies and purchases at 32.
Stocks With ETF Exposure Similar to Apple
| Stock | Shared ETFs | r | 1 year | Annualized volatility | Net margin | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple | – | – | +27.0% | 27.8% | 26.9% | +6.4% |
 NVIDIA Corporation | 27 | – | +0.9% | 46.2% | 55.6% | +65.5% |
 Microsoft Corporation | 27 | – | -0.7% | 27.9% | 40.3% | +17.8% |
| Autodesk | 26 | – | -17.0% | 33.5% | 15.6% | +17.5% |
 Cadence Design Systems | 26 | – | -2.4% | 40.4% | 20.9% | +14.1% |
 Fortinet | 26 | – | +61.6% | 43.7% | 27.3% | +14.2% |
 KLA Corporation | 26 | – | +30.0% | 53.7% | 35.6% | +11.7% |
 Broadcom | 25 | – | -13.4% | 52.9% | 36.2% | +23.9% |
 Palantir Technologies | 25 | – | -5.4% | 64.6% | 36.3% | +56.2% |
These stocks reach a portfolio through largely the same funds as Apple. “Shared ETFs” counts the funds that hold both.
Return and volatility are calculated from our daily closing prices in US dollars. Margin and growth come from each company's latest SEC annual filing. Because fiscal years do not end on the same date for every company, the underlying periods are not fully identical.
Fundamental Analysis: Apple
Apple Key Financials
Figures come from the SEC annual filing for the latest reported fiscal year (period end Sep 27, 2025).
| Fiscal year | Revenue | Net income | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY ended Sep 2023 | 383.3 | 97.0 | 25.3% |
| FY ended Sep 2024 | 391.0 | 93.7 | 24.0% |
| FY ended Sep 2025 | 416.2 | 112.0 | 26.9% |
Latest Patents Granted to Apple
In the 52 weekly issues of the US patent office from Nov 4, 2025 to Oct 27, 2026, Apple received 2,261 utility patents and 768 design patents. That is 0.71% of all utility patents the US patent office granted in those weeks. The median time from filing to grant was 2.8 years.
| Granted | Patent | Title | Filed | Technology field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US 12777620 B2 | Electronic devices including an indicium with a thermal conduit | H05K Printed circuits and casings of electric equipment | ||
| US 12777546 B2 | Systems, methods, and devices for UE-assisted privacy-aware data-driven NW control | H04W Wireless communication networks | ||
| US 12777498 B2 | Indication of phase tracking reference signal (PTRS) ports association with demodulation reference signal (DMRS) ports | H04W Wireless communication networks | ||
| US 12777490 B2 | Reporting supported component carriers for physical downlink control channel monitoring capabilities | H04W Wireless communication networks | ||
| US 12777478 B2 | Configured grant based uplink transmissions in wireless communication | H04W Wireless communication networks |
These are grants, not applications. The office usually publishes an application 18 months after the priority date; the grant tends to come much later. Owners counted: Apple Inc. Titles as published by the office; median time based on 1,263 patents with a known filing date.
The patent screener lists more grants, filterable by company, type and technology field. The M&A and patents page compares companies. The figures for all seven companies sit side by side on the Magnificent 7 page.
Technical Analysis: Apple
Apple Risk Metrics
The close on Oct 30, 2026, was 1.2% below the highest close since Jul 11, 2024. That high was reached on Oct 29, 2026. When the S&P 500 rose or fell 1%, Apple moved 0.55% on average in the same direction (past 252 trading days). The correlation of 0.30, however, shows only a moderate link to the broad market. Accordingly, moves in the S&P 500 explain only a small part of the daily price moves of Apple.
What Apple Correlates With
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| Neurocrine Biosciences Inc. | +0.42 | |
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| Corpay Inc. | +0.40 | |
| Equifax Inc. | +0.40 | |
| GoDaddy Inc. Class A | +0.39 | |
| Moody's Corporation | +0.39 | |
| Corning Inc | -0.44 | |
| Applied Materials Inc. | -0.41 | |
| Lumentum Holdings Inc. | -0.40 |
The strongest co-movers are listed at the top, the strongest inverse movers at the bottom. Low or negative correlations can help spread risk more broadly across a portfolio.
