Short interest on AAPL sees a significant decrease on 2025-10-15

Roman Campbell

Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Apple Inc shares valued at $1,038,787 were sold by Parekh Kevan on Oct 16 ’25. At $247.39 per share, Parekh Kevan sold 4,199 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 8,765 shares worth approximately $2.38 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, KEVAN PAREKH purchased 4,199 shares, netting a total of over 1,046,979 in proceeds.

Before that, COOK TIMOTHY D had sold 129,963 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $33,375,723, the Chief Executive Officer traded Apple Inc shares for $256.81 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 129,963 shares, worth approximately $890.27 million.

As published in a research note from BofA Securities on October 29, 2025, Apple Inc [AAPL] has been retained to a Buy and the price target has been revised to $320. Analysts at Robert W. Baird resumed the stock at ‘”an Outperform”‘ outlook in a report released in late October. As of October 21, 2025, Wells Fargo has reiterated its “an Overweight” rating for AAPL. Earlier on October 21, 2025, Goldman resumed its rating. Their recommendation was “a Buy” for AAPL stock.

Analyzing AAPL Stock Performance

On last trading session, Apple Inc [NASDAQ: AAPL] rose 0.63% to $271.4. The stock’s lowest price that day was $268.48, but it reached a high of $274.14 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 4.55%. Over the course of the year, Apple Inc shares have jumped approximately 16.28%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $274.14 on 10/30/25 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 268.54, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 265.68. In the upper region, resistance lies at 274.20. The next price resistance is at 277.00. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 71.08 on the 14-day chart, showing overbought technical sentiment.

Is Apple Inc subject to short interest?

Stocks of Apple Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-10-15 dropping by -9.06 million shares to 109.14 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-09-15 was 118.2 million shares. A decline of -8.31% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.08 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 2.08.

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In terms of Apple Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 280 in the next 12 months, up nearly 3.82% from the previous closing price of $269.7. Analysts anticipate Apple Inc stock to reach 315 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 October 20, 2025, Loop Capital assigned a price target of “a Buy” to the stock and upgraded coverage with a $315.

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