Insider buying last 90 days
No open-market insider purchases were filed for AAPL in the last 90 days.
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
Nov 4 close
Apple shares surged to an all-time high this week, a reversal that reports frame as cementing the company's status as a safe haven for tech investors wary of heavy artificial-intelligence spending elsewhere. The move comes alongside reports that Apple is tightening internal AI budgets for engineers, cutting daily usage caps from $300 to $200 and potentially to $100, part of a broader cost-cutting drive. Apple also features among names flagged in a roundup of top stock picks, while coverage elsewhere touches on a supplier, Crown New Materials, and on Qualcomm's shifting business beyond handsets.
Apple closed at $349.51, up 5.3%, sitting above both its 50-day average of $334.84 and 200-day average of $297.85, with the shorter average above the longer one, pointing to a supportive trend. The GekkoIndex reads 54.3, placing the stock in the Neutral zone. Price stands 31.3% above the Gekko Fair Value of $266.12, a gap that bears watching.
Apple's next earnings date falls on 4 February 2027, outside a typical 20-trading-day hold. Over the last 90 days, Congress recorded 5 buys and 0 sales, and over the last 30 days there were 2 unusual options signals, with call premium of $53.7 million against put premium of $44.4 million. Seasonally, the next 20 trading days have averaged a 7% return over 5 years, rising in 5 of them. Analyst views remain split, with a consensus target of $332.39 against the current price.
Written by AI from the Nov 4, 2026 close and checked automatically against the figures on this page.
Apple scores 4 supportive, 1 mixed and 1 headwind across the 6 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
4 supportive1 mixed1 headwind
Above 50 and 200-day
Close $349.51 is above the 50-day ($334.84) and 200-day ($297.85) averages, and the 50-day is above the 200-day.
See the chart54.3, Neutral
Reading 54.3 is in the Neutral zone.
See the GekkoIndex31.3% above
Price is 31.3% above Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% above).
See fair valueLeans bullish
Last 90 days: Congress 5 buys / 0 sales. Last 30 days: 2 unusual options signals.
See smart moneyReports in 91 days
Next report Feb 4, 2027, 91 days away — outside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings+7.0% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +7% over 5 years, rising in 5 of them.
See seasonalityA description of current data, not a recommendation. How this page works
Apple closed at $349.51 on Nov 4, 2026, +29.9% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $243.42 to $354.50.
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Apple designs, builds, and sells electronic devices worldwide, with a hardware lineup centered on the iPhone, Mac computers, and iPad tablets. It also makes wearables and accessories such as AirPods, Apple Watch, HomePod, and Beats products, alongside Apple TV. The company is widely recognized for this device ecosystem and for the App Store, where customers find apps, books, music, video, games, and podcasts.
Beyond hardware, Apple earns revenue through services including AppleCare support, cloud storage, and advertising placed on its own platforms or through licensing deals with others. It runs a set of subscriptions covering gaming, fitness content, music, news and magazines, and original video programming, plus financial offerings like the Apple Card and the Apple Pay payment system, and it licenses its intellectual property. Customers range from everyday consumers to small and mid-sized businesses and larger institutional buyers in education, corporate, and government settings, reached through Apple's own stores and website, a direct sales force, and outside partners such as carriers, wholesalers, and retailers.
Apple was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Cupertino, California. Its shares trade on the NASDAQ under the ticker AAPL.
Apple’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 54.3, in the Neutral zone, up 1.7 points over five sessions.
Up 1.7 points over five sessions.
Reading for Nov 4, 2026
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying | 23 | +2.7% | +3.3% | ||
| Accumulation | 183 | +0.9% | +2.7% | ||
| Neutral (current zone) | 428 | +0.2% | +1.9% | ||
| Distribution | 59 | +0.6% | +0.6% | ||
| Selling | 4 | Too few readings yet | |||
Average AAPL share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Neutral readings averaged +1.0% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
Neutral zone: No clear directional signal. About the five zones →
Apple trades 31.3% above Gekko Fair Value of $266.12, so the shares are overvalued on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what Apple shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$266.12
Gekko Fair Value, Nov 4, 2026
31.3% Overvalued
At the end of Aug 2026 the price was 26.5% above the estimate.
No open-market insider purchases were filed for Apple, and members of Congress disclosed 5 purchases and 0 sales, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
No open-market insider purchases were filed for AAPL in the last 90 days.
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
5trades disclosed: 5 purchases and 0 sales.
| Member | Amount | Disclosed |
|---|---|---|
| Cleo Fields House, LA, purchase | $1,001 - $15,000 | Oct 2 traded Sep 8 |
| Ed Case House, HI, purchase | $1,001 - $15,000 | Aug 19 traded Aug 13 |
| Cleo Fields House, LA, purchase | $1,001 - $15,000 | Sep 3 traded Aug 13 |
| Ed Case House, HI, purchase | $1,001 - $15,000 | Aug 19 traded Aug 12 |
| Cleo Fields House, LA, purchase | $1,001 - $15,000 | Sep 3 traded Aug 12 |
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
Apple has been buying back its own shares.
From company filings.
2signals, 55% of the flagged premium in calls.
Latest: Bullish flow on Nov 4, $49.40M in unusual premium.
5of the funds Gekko tracks hold AAPL.
Apple reports on Feb 4, 2027, after the close (91 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 8 of its last 8 reports.
Feb 4, 2027
Expected after the close, 91 days away
| Reported | EPS | Revenue | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2, 2026 | $2.05 est $1.99 | $114.5B est $113.4B | −3.7% |
| Jul 30, 2026 | $2.02 est $1.88 | $109.4B est $109.0B | −8.7% |
| Apr 30, 2026 | $2.01 est $1.95 | $111.2B est $109.5B | +3.7% |
| Jan 29, 2026 | $2.85 est $2.67 | $143.8B est $138.4B | +1.2% |
| Oct 30, 2025 | $1.85 est $1.73 | $102.5B est $102.2B | +0.2% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | $1.57 est $1.44 | $94.04B est $89.56B | −3.2% |
| May 1, 2025 | $1.65 est $1.63 | $95.36B est $94.54B | −3.4% |
| Jan 30, 2025 | $2.40 est $2.36 | $124.3B est $124.3B | −1.4% |
“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Apple is $332.39, −4.9% from the last close, from 26 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 26 firms.
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 3 | Bernstein | $380 | +8.7% |
| Nov 3 | Barclays | $261 | −25.3% |
| Nov 3 | Robert W. Baird | $340 | −2.7% |
| Nov 3 | TD Cowen | $390 | +11.6% |
| Nov 3 | Bank of America Securities | $370 | +5.9% |
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
Over the next 20 trading days from Nov 4, Apple averaged +7.0% across the last 5 years, rising in 5 of them.
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | +2.9% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | +4.6% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | +4.6% | 5 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | +7.0% | 5 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | +7.0% | 4 of 5 |
For scale, AAPL’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 5.6%.
Apple’s market cap is $5.10T, with a P/E ratio of 39.5 and revenue of $466.8B over the last twelve months.
Coverage of Apple this week reads negative: 4 positive, 3 neutral and 6 negative headlines.
Apple’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.
| Stock | GekkoIndex zone | vs Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| CSCOCisco Systems | Accumulation | 4.3% above |
| MSIMotorola Solutions | Distribution | 7.0% above |
| GRMNGarmin | Neutral | 17.7% above |
| CIENCiena | Accumulation | 29.5% below |
| UIUbiquiti | Accumulation | 4.9% above |
| VSATViaSat | Neutral | 20.3% below |
A peer links to its own page where one exists.
Apple’s market cap is $5.10T at the Nov 4, 2026 close of $349.51, with 14.59B shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 39.5.
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Apple is $332.39, −4.9% from the last close. Of the 26 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 14 rate it a buy, 7 a hold and 5 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
On Gekko’s estimate Apple is overvalued: the Nov 4, 2026 close of $349.51 is 31.3% above Gekko Fair Value of $266.12. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
Apple is expected to report on Feb 4, 2027, after the market closes (91 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $2.88 per share on revenue of $154.9B. Apple beat the earnings estimate in 8 of its last 8 reports, moving 3.2% on average across the report.
Apple’s 52-week high is $354.50 and its 52-week low is $243.42; it closed at $349.51 on Nov 4, 2026, +29.9% over the past year.
Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 4 of the 6 items with data read as supportive (trend, smart money, earnings risk and seasonality), 1 as mixed (gekkoindex) and 1 as a headwind (fair value). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.
Gekko flagged 2 unusual options signals in Apple over the last 30 days, with $53.70M of flagged premium in calls and $44.38M in puts. The latest, bullish flow, was on Nov 4, 2026 with $49.40M in unusual premium. The signal-by-signal table is in Gekko.
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