Apple Valuation

Is APC undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

1/6

Valuation Score 1/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of APC when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: APC (€243.5) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€257.13)

Significantly Below Fair Value: APC is trading below fair value, but not by a significant amount.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for APC?

Key metric: As APC is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for APC. This is calculated by dividing APC's market cap by their current earnings.
What is APC's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio41x
EarningsUS$93.74b
Market CapUS$3.85t

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does APC's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for APC vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average22.6x
A005930 Samsung Electronics
12.5x12.3%₩351.8t
1810 Xiaomi
38.2x21.3%HK$788.9b
DELL Dell Technologies
19.8x14.6%US$81.1b
2382 Quanta Computer
19.8x19.7%NT$1.1t
APC Apple
41x10.2%€3.8t

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: APC is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (41x) compared to the peer average (22.6x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does APC's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Tech Industry?

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
APC 41.0xIndustry Avg. 21.8xNo. of Companies4PE01020304050+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: APC is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (41x) compared to the Global Tech industry average (21.8x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is APC's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

APC PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio41x
Fair PE Ratio23.3x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: APC is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (41x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (23.3x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst APC forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€243.50
€236.01
-3.1%
11.2%€287.52€176.35n/a42
Dec ’25€224.45
€232.23
+3.5%
10.8%€284.97€174.78n/a42
Nov ’25€205.60
€223.28
+8.6%
12.2%€276.84€169.80n/a42
Oct ’25€203.50
€214.74
+5.5%
12.9%€268.41€165.52n/a41
Sep ’25€207.10
€211.98
+2.4%
13.8%€269.91€161.95n/a42
Aug ’25€201.40
€208.96
+3.8%
14.4%€277.17€157.06n/a41
Jul ’25€201.40
€197.15
-2.1%
14.1%€256.71€116.69n/a42
Jun ’25€175.84
€188.23
+7.0%
12.2%€253.50€115.23n/a42
May ’25€161.96
€185.58
+14.6%
12.1%€233.18€116.59n/a44
Apr ’25€158.76
€186.37
+17.4%
12.3%€232.75€116.38n/a43
Mar ’25€165.86
€185.44
+11.8%
12.2%€231.05€115.53n/a43
Feb ’25€171.50
€184.31
+7.5%
12.6%€230.83€115.41n/a43
Jan ’25€175.34
€180.85
+3.1%
12.8%€227.00€105.33n/a44
Dec ’24€175.36
€180.53
+2.9%
12.2%€220.51€106.58€224.4544
Nov ’24€164.70
€186.38
+13.2%
12.1%€226.78€109.61€205.6044
Oct ’24€161.98
€186.56
+15.2%
11.9%€224.74€117.05€203.5044
Sep ’24€175.56
€184.14
+4.9%
11.2%€220.92€137.15€207.1043
Aug ’24€178.42
€177.65
-0.4%
13.9%€218.52€105.62€201.4043
Jul ’24€178.00
€170.91
-4.0%
12.0%€219.94€106.30€201.4042
Jun ’24€167.32
€166.52
-0.5%
11.5%€195.17€107.81€175.8441
May ’24€153.40
€155.74
+1.5%
12.7%€191.42€105.73€161.9642
Apr ’24€151.92
€156.80
+3.2%
12.3%€194.57€107.47€158.7642
Mar ’24€136.50
€156.72
+14.8%
11.9%€195.51€108.00€165.8642
Feb ’24€133.00
€154.69
+16.3%
12.4%€193.26€108.60€171.5042
Jan ’24€120.44
€162.42
+34.9%
12.1%€197.99€111.25€175.3442
Dec ’23€140.70
€173.06
+23.0%
11.3%€208.47€121.11€175.3641

Analyst Forecast: Target price is lower than the current share price.


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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/22 05:40
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings2024/09/28
Annual Earnings2024/09/28

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  • Income statement
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Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
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  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
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  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Apple Inc. is covered by 98 analysts. 39 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Per Anders LindbergABG Sundal Collier
Mark RosenAccountability Research Corporation
Edward ZabitskyACI Research