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Apple (AAPL) is the world's most valuable publicly-traded company and America's most-owned individual stock. Track its live NASDAQ price, iPhone launch cycles, Services growth, and every material headline in one place.

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About Apple Inc (AAPL)

Apple Inc. is the world's largest company by market capitalization and one of the most widely-held stocks by U.S. retail investors, listed on the NASDAQ under the ticker AAPL. Founded in 1976 by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne, Apple designs, manufactures, and sells consumer electronics, software, and services worldwide. Its flagship iPhone accounts for roughly half of company revenue, while the fast-growing Services segment (App Store, iCloud, Apple Music, Apple TV+, Apple Pay, AppleCare) now delivers over $95B in annual revenue at ~70% gross margin — a key structural reason bulls value AAPL at a premium multiple to other hardware makers.

Beyond the iPhone, Apple's product portfolio spans Mac laptops and desktops, iPad tablets, Apple Watch, AirPods, Vision Pro spatial computing headset, and the M-series custom silicon that powers all of them. The company runs its own retail chain of 500+ Apple Stores, operates the App Store as one of the largest software marketplaces on Earth, and returns tens of billions of dollars to shareholders each year through buybacks and its quarterly dividend.

Investors watch AAPL for cues on global consumer demand, U.S.–China trade tension, the pace of AI feature integration ('Apple Intelligence'), and any hint of a next-generation product category. The stock is a core holding in the S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average, and NASDAQ-100, and is widely held by every major U.S. mutual fund and ETF.

What Apple Inc Actually Does

  • iPhone hardware sales (~50% of revenue) — flagship consumer product
  • Services (~25% of revenue) — App Store, iCloud, Apple Music, Apple TV+, AppleCare, ads
  • Mac laptops & desktops with in-house Apple Silicon (M1–M4)
  • iPad tablets, Apple Watch, AirPods, Vision Pro
  • Retail: 500+ Apple Stores globally + apple.com
  • Financial services: Apple Pay, Apple Card, Apple Cash, Apple Savings

Investment Thesis

▲ Bull Case

Services revenue is compounding at 12-16% with 70%+ gross margin — the highest-quality earnings stream in mega-cap tech. Apple's installed base of 2B+ active devices creates a moat competitors can't replicate, and Apple Intelligence should drive an iPhone upgrade super-cycle. Aggressive $100B+ annual buybacks steadily shrink the share count and lift EPS.

▼ Bear Case

iPhone unit growth has stagnated in developed markets, China sales face persistent political headwinds, and the antitrust case against the App Store could compress the Services take-rate. Any prolonged EU or DOJ regulatory action would compress the premium multiple investors currently pay for AAPL.

HeadquartersCupertino, California
FoundedApril 1, 1976
CEOTim Cook
Employees~161,000
Fiscal-Year Revenue~$391 billion
ExchangeNASDAQ NMS - GLOBAL MARKET
IndustryTechnology
Market Cap$4.89T
IPO Date1980-12-12
CountryUS
Websiteapple.com

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