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Apple Inc (AAPL) gets rating Resumed from China Renaissance

Apple Inc’s recent filing unveils that its COO WILLIAMS JEFFREY E unloaded Company’s shares for reported $7.95 million on Apr 02 ’25. In the deal valued at $224.01 per share,35,493 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, WILLIAMS JEFFREY E now holds 390,059 shares worth roughly $77.91 million.

Then, COOK TIMOTHY D sold 108,136 shares, generating $24,184,658 in total proceeds. Upon selling the shares at $223.65, the Chief Executive Officer now owns 3,280,295 shares.

Before that, Adams Katherine L. sold 38,822 shares. Apple Inc shares valued at $8,683,252 were divested by the SVP, GC and Secretary at a price of $223.67 per share. As a result of the transaction, Adams Katherine L. now holds 179,158 shares, worth roughly $35.79 million.

A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including KeyBanc Capital Markets’s analysts, who increased its forecast for the stock in mid April from “an Underweight” to “a Sector weight”. JP Morgan also remained covering AAPL and reiterated its “an Overweight” recommendation on April 14, 2025. Jefferies revised its rating on April 09, 2025. It rated AAPL as “a Hold” which previously was an “an Underperform”.

Price Performance Review of AAPL

On Tuesday, Apple Inc [NASDAQ:AAPL] saw its stock jump 3.41% to $199.74. Over the last five days, the stock has lost -1.37%. Apple Inc shares have fallen nearly -20.24% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 19.58% over the past one year. While a 52-week high of $260.10 was reached on 02/25/25, a 52-week low of $164.77 was recorded on 04/08/25. SMA at 50 days reached $220.46, while 200 days put it at $227.93.

Levels Of Support And Resistance For AAPL Stock

The 24-hour chart illustrates a support level at 196.61, which if violated will result in even more drops to 193.48. On the upside, there is a resistance level at 202.23. A further resistance level may holdings at 204.72. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) on the 14-day chart is 45.92, which indicates neutral technical sentiment, while the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) stands at 0.51, which suggests price will go down in the next trading period. Percent R suggests that price movement has been low at 45.46%. Stochastics %K at 48.85% indicates the stock is a holding.

How much short interest is there in Apple Inc?

A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Apple Inc stocks on 2025-03-31, dropping by -22.11 million shares to a total of 112.33 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-02-28 was 134.44 million shares. There was a decline of -19.68%, which implies that there is a negative sentiment for the stock.

The most recent change occurred on April 08, 2025 when Morgan Stanley resumed its ‘”an Overweight”‘ rating for the stock and retained the price target to $220.

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