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AAPL

APPLE INC
USDSector · TechnologyMarket cap · $4.91TBeta · 1.09
LAST · MARKET CLOSE · OCT 02
333.69
+3.37 ▲ 1.02%PREV CLOSE · $330.32
§ 01 · PRICE
Price action
1D5D1M6MYTD1YMAX
OPEN 333.26HIGH 334.54LOW 330.6152W 236.65 — 344.57
EVENTSSEP 24 · NJ SELLJUN 30 · EARNINGS −0.9%
§ 02 · AC TAKE
Where we stand
LAST UPDATED TODAY

Apple trades at a 37.6 price to earnings ratio with a market cap of $4.91 trillion, a valuation that assumes the growth story keeps compounding.

What dominates instead is structural. Dealer and bank desks hold 15.1%, passive index funds hold 12.6%, and the largest single bucket, at 31.5%, is classified as other unclassified, meaning the data cannot sort it into a behavioral camp. That is a lot of Apple stock whose owners are indexing, hedging, or simply unidentified rather than making an active bet on the business. Systematic quant and tactical macro funds together hold under 2%, so there is little sign of fast money positioning around a near term catalyst. Institutional pressure sits at a neutral score of negative 0.01, and the broader market regime reads neutral as well at negative 0.13. Neither signal points to funds leaning hard in either direction right now. Remember that 13F filings underlying this ownership breakdown run 45 to 90 days behind the market, so a fund's position could have changed since it was reported. None of this says where Apple shares go next. The P/E, the ownership mix, and the pressure scores describe positioning and valuation as they stood when the data was collected, not a forecast. A stock this large with this little active conviction in either direction is a data point worth watching, not a signal to act on.

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§ 03 · SIGNAL STACK · WHAT THE INPUTS SAY

13F FLOW
2825 increased/new, 2974 decreased/exited (13F)
AC 13F Analysis
INSIDER
−$3M
6 txns · 90d
OPTIONS SKEW
Put/call ratio 0.60
CBOE
ANALYST
37 buy, 15 hold, 2 sell
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§ 04 · FUNDAMENTALS · THE BOOKS

P/E37.6P/B50.98
EPS (TTM)8.72Dividend0.51%
◇ AC INTELLIGENCE

Apple trades at a 37.6 price to earnings ratio with a market cap of $4.91 trillion, a valuation that assumes the growth story keeps compounding. The ownership data does not show a crowd chasing that story. Quality compounder funds, the investors who buy durable earners and hold, account for just 9.5% of the behavioral breakdown. Growth momentum funds, the ones who buy because a stock is already moving, show up at 0.0%. Deep value and activist investors combined hold 0.3%.

§ 05 · WHO OWNS IT
Top institutional holders
All holders →
FundShares% portΔ Q/Q
BlackRock, Inc.1144.7M5.1%−1%
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC953.8Mn/an/a
State Street602.3M5.3%−0%
Geode Capital Management368.6M5.8%+3%
VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC331.4Mn/an/a
Fidelity Management307.4M4.1%+0%
◇ AC INTELLIGENCE

Top institutional owners for AAPL as of the most recent 13F reporting period (Q1 2026 · Period ended Mar 31). Δ Q/Q reflects share-count change vs. the prior filing — positive green means adding, negative red means trimming. Cross-reference with the ownership-mix bars below to see which strategy cohort is driving the flow.

§ 06 · WHO OWNS IT · BY STRATEGY

OTHER27.0% · 0 holders
OTHER31.5% · 5,618 holders
DEALER / BANK15.1% · 197 holders
PASSIVE / INDEX12.6% · 18 holders
QUALITY / COMPOUNDER9.5% · 53 holders
INCOME / DEFENSIVE2.6% · 112 holders
SYSTEMATIC / QUANT0.9% · 27 holders
TACTICAL / MACRO0.7% · 10 holders
DEEP VALUE0.2% · 7 holders
ACTIVIST0.1% · 1 holder
GROWTH / MOMENTUM0.0% · 2 holders
◇ AC INTELLIGENCE

Ownership mix by behavioral cohort. Top bars indicate which style of capital dominates the float — passive indexing, quality compounders, dealer/bank, systematic quant, etc. Big quality-compounder share means concentrated active conviction; heavy passive share means flows are dictated by index rebalances, not fundamentals.

§ 07 · INSIDER ACTIVITY · LAST 180 DAYS

DateInsiderActionShares$ value
SEP 24Newstead JenniferSELL2K−$816K
SEP 17Newstead JenniferSELL1K−$475K
SEP 10Newstead JenniferSELL1K−$456K
SEP 03Newstead JenniferSELL1K−$456K
AUG 27Newstead JenniferSELL1K−$447K
AUG 13Newstead JenniferSELL1K−$443K
◇ AC INTELLIGENCE

0 insider buys, 10 sells in the last 180 days. Scheduled 10b5-1 sales are pre-programmed and neutral; discretionary clusters are the tape worth reading. Cross-reference with the signal stack above for context.

§ 08 · COVERAGE · OUR RECENT NOTES