Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. Apple Inc shares valued at $7,772,047 were sold by O’BRIEN DEIRDRE on Aug 08 ’25. At $223.20 per share, O’BRIEN DEIRDRE sold 34,821 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 136,687 shares worth approximately $30.74 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, O’BRIEN DEIRDRE purchased 34,821 shares, netting a total of over 7,772,065 in proceeds.
Before that, KONDO CHRIS had sold 4,486 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $933,955, the Principal Accounting Officer traded Apple Inc shares for $208.19 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 4,486 shares, worth approximately $3.49 million.
As published in a research note from Loop Capital on August 21, 2025, Apple Inc [AAPL] has been retained to a Hold and the price target has been revised to $226. Analysts at BofA Securities resumed the stock at ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in early August. As of August 01, 2025, UBS has reiterated its “Neutral” rating for AAPL. Earlier on August 01, 2025, Raymond James resumed its rating. Their recommendation was “an Outperform” for AAPL stock.
Analyzing AAPL Stock Performance
On last trading session, Apple Inc [NASDAQ: AAPL] plunged -0.49% to $224.9. The stock’s lowest price that day was $223.7804, but it reached a high of $226.52 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -3.39%. Over the course of the year, Apple Inc shares have dropped approximately -0.44%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $250.00 on 02/25/25 and a 52-week low of $169.21 on 04/08/25.
Support And Resistance Levels for Apple Inc (AAPL)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 223.61, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 222.33. In the upper region, resistance lies at 226.35. The next price resistance is at 227.81. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 57.99 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
Is Apple Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Apple Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-07-31 dropping by -5.47 million shares to 104.63 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-06-30 was 110.1 million shares. A decline of -5.22% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.05 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 2.05.
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In terms of Apple Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 230 in the next 12 months, up nearly 1.77% from the previous closing price of $226.01. Analysts anticipate Apple Inc stock to reach 252 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 173. In spite of this, 38 analysts ranked Apple Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On August 01, 2025, Morgan Stanley assigned a price target of “an Overweight” to the stock and reiterated coverage with a $240.
