- Prev close
- $339.75
- Day range
- $338.75 – $345.34
- From 52-wk high
- -1.6%
- Next earnings
- in 36 days
Apple’s -0.3% session was a mild fade against a +0.6% Nasdaq 100 and mixed chip/storage peers, while the bigger backdrop is the new iPhone Duo launch and a valuation at 38.0 times earnings; the setup looks constructive but not cheap.
AAPL
APPLE INC
As of Sep 20, 2026
67/100
Worth keeping an eye onHealth ScoreWhy it moved
Apple closed -0.3%, while the S&P 500 was -0.1% and the Nasdaq 100 was +0.6%, so the broader market does not explain the move. Same-sector peers were mixed but generally firmer — DELL was -3.5%, SNDK was +11.0%, WDC was +4.1%, and HPE was -0.5% — which points to a mostly stock-specific fade rather than a clear sector move. The intraday path also showed some weakness after opening at $337.905, trading as high as $338.49, and finishing at $336.13, so the session was a modest fade, not a broad re-rating event.
Is this normal volatility
This looks like normal volatility, not a fundamentals break. Apple’s revenue is +14.2% YoY (TTM), the latest quarter was +16.4% YoY, EPS is +32.6% YoY (TTM), and margins remain strong at gross +48.6%, operating +33.2%, and net +27.6%. The valuation is rich at PE 38.0, forward PE 34.9, and PEG 2.93; PEG means price-to-earnings divided by earnings growth, so investors are paying 2.93 times the growth rate, which leaves less room for disappointment. Beta is 1.09, so the stock is only modestly more volatile than the market, and the analyst mix of 12 strong-positive, 22 positive, 15 neutral, 3 negative, and 1 strong-negative is still broadly constructive. In that context, a -0.3% move is ordinary noise around a high-quality business, but the valuation means gains and pullbacks can both be sharper than the fundamental changes alone would suggest.
Earnings preview
The next earnings date is 2026-10-28. The facts provided do not include analyst revenue or EPS consensus for that print, so I cannot state expected growth or margin targets this period. What is knowable is the current operating backdrop: revenue is +14.2% YoY (TTM), the latest quarter was +16.4% YoY, EPS is +32.6% YoY (TTM), and margins are gross +48.6%, operating +33.2%, and net +27.6%. The market will be focused on whether the iPhone Duo launch and new CEO John Ternus translate into a clearer upgrade cycle, whether AI features and personal-data handling support product momentum, and whether those strengths hold up against a PE 38.0 and forward PE 34.9.
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