Elon Musk's Endorsement: Despite concerns about Apple's position in the AI sector, Elon Musk provided a surprising endorsement of the company's resilience, highlighting its ongoing relevance in the tech landscape.
Legal Action Against Apple: Musk's AI company, along with his social media platform, has initiated a lawsuit against Apple, alleging violations of antitrust laws. The lawsuit claims that Apple is favoring its own AI partner, OpenAI, which is associated with Musk's rival, ChatGPT.
AAPL
$274.61+Infinity%1D
Analyst Views on AAPL
Wall Street analysts forecast AAPL stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for AAPL is 289.17 USD with a low forecast of 225.00 USD and a high forecast of 345.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
35 Analyst Rating
Wall Street analysts forecast AAPL stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for AAPL is 289.17 USD with a low forecast of 225.00 USD and a high forecast of 345.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
21 Buy
12 Hold
2 Sell
Moderate Buy
Current: 274.110
Low
225.00
Averages
289.17
High
345.00
Current: 274.110
Low
225.00
Averages
289.17
High
345.00
Morgan Stanley
NULL
to
Overweight
maintain
$305 -> $315
2025-12-17
New
Reason
Morgan Stanley
Price Target
$305 -> $315
2025-12-17
New
maintain
NULL
to
Overweight
Reason
Morgan Stanley raised the firm's price target on Apple (AAPL) to $315 from $305 and keeps an Overweight rating on the shares. Among the IT Hardware group, the firm recommends being overweight cloud capex winners, product-cycle beneficiaries such as Apple, and unique assets, while it suggests being underweight stocks with elevated memory exposure - like Dell (DELL) and HP (HPQ) - and is "increasingly more cautious" on memory-exposed names as well, the analyst tells investors in a year-ahead note.
Goldman Sachs
James Schneider
Buy
initiated
$420
2025-12-15
New
Reason
Goldman Sachs
James Schneider
Price Target
$420
2025-12-15
New
initiated
Buy
Reason
Goldman Sachs analyst James Schneider initiated coverage of SiTime (SITM) with a Buy rating and $420 price target. SiTime is viewed as the leading provider of silicon-based precision timing solutions and the only scaled pure-play MEMS timing company positioned to benefit from the industry shift away from quartz, the analyst tells investors in a research note. Growth is expected to be driven by this transition, expanding opportunities at Apple (AAPL), and AI datacenter tailwinds, with consensus estimates underestimating earnings potential, as 2026-2027 EPS is projected to be about 20% above Street expectations, the firm adds.
Citi
Atif Malik
Buy
maintain
$315 -> $330
2025-12-09
Reason
Citi
Atif Malik
Price Target
$315 -> $330
2025-12-09
maintain
Buy
Reason
Citi analyst Atif Malik raised the firm's price target on Apple to $330 from $315 and keeps a Buy rating on the shares as part of a mid-quarter update. The firm sees iPhone upside in Apple's December and March quarters as iPhone 12 and 13 users enter their upgrade window. Citi upped earnings estimates for Apple to reflect iPhone 17 strength.
Evercore ISI
Outperform
maintain
$300 -> $325
2025-12-08
Reason
Evercore ISI
Price Target
$300 -> $325
2025-12-08
maintain
Outperform
Reason
Evercore ISI raised the firm's price target on Apple (AAPL) to $325 from $300 and keeps an Outperform rating on the shares. Apple's upcoming Siri 2.0 powered by Gemini (GOOGL), with a strategic launch planned for March 2026, is set to act as a catalyst for potential upside in both profits and valuation, the analyst tells investors. The firm, which expects Siri 2.0 to debut in March ahead of the anticipated WWDC, sees the remade assistant "potentially reshaping Apple's AI narrative," the analyst added.
About AAPL
Apple Inc. designs, manufactures and markets smartphones, personal computers, tablets, wearables and accessories, and sells a variety of related services. Its product categories include iPhone, Mac, iPad, and Wearables, Home and Accessories. Its software platforms include iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, visionOS, and tvOS. Its services include advertising, AppleCare, cloud services, digital content and payment services. The Company operates various platforms, including the App Store, that allow customers to discover and download applications and digital content, such as books, music, video, games and podcasts. It also offers digital content through subscription-based services, including Apple Arcade, Apple Fitness+, Apple Music, Apple News+, and Apple TV+. Its products include iPhone 16 Pro, iPhone 16, iPhone 15, iPhone 14, iPhone SE, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, iMac, Mac mini, Mac Studio, Mac Pro, iPad Pro, iPad Air, AirPods, AirPods Pro, AirPods Max, Apple TV and Apple Vision Pro.
About the author
Emily J. Thompson
Emily J. Thompson, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with 12 years in investment research, graduated with honors from the Wharton School. Specializing in industrial and technology stocks, she provides in-depth analysis for Intellectia’s earnings and market brief reports.
