Ratios in Focus: Analyzing Apple Inc (AAPL)’s Price-to-Cash and Price-to-Free Cash Flow

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In the latest session, Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) closed at $229.65 up 1.09% from its previous closing price of $227.18. In other words, the price has increased by $1.09 from its previous closing price. On the day, 55.67 million shares were traded. AAPL stock price reached its highest trading level at $230.78 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $227.1.

Ratios:

For a deeper understanding of Apple Inc’s stock, let’s take a closer look at its various ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 61.55 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 35.43. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.83 and its Current Ratio is at 0.87. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.54 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.25.

Upgrades & Downgrades

In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for this company, BofA Securities on August 07, 2025, Reiterated its Buy rating but revised its target price to $250 from $240 previously.

On August 01, 2025, UBS reiterated its Neutral rating and also lowered its target price recommendation from $210 to $220.

Raymond James reiterated its Outperform rating for the stock on August 01, 2025, while the target price for the stock was revised from $230 to $240.

Insider Transactions:

Additionally, insider trades can be beneficial to investors who want to learn what the management thinks about stock prices in the future. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Aug 08 ’25 when O’BRIEN DEIRDRE sold 34,821 shares for $223.20 per share. The transaction valued at 7,772,047 led to the insider holds 136,687 shares of the business.

O’BRIEN DEIRDRE bought 34,821 shares of AAPL for $7,772,065 on Aug 08 ’25. On May 12 ’25, another insider, KONDO CHRIS, who serves as the Principal Accounting Officer of the company, sold 4,486 shares for $208.19 each. As a result, the insider received 933,955 and left with 15,533 shares of the company.

Valuation Measures:

Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, AAPL now has a Market Capitalization of 3408097705984 and an Enterprise Value of 3454421434368. As of this moment, Apple’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 34.91, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 28.93. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 4.08. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 8.34 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 51.83. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 8.454 whereas that against EBITDA is 24.379.

Stock Price History:

The Beta on a monthly basis for AAPL is 1.11, which has changed by 0.035765886 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.18157876 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, AAPL has reached a high of $260.10, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $169.21. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 10.52%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 3.90%.

Shares Statistics:

For the past three months, AAPL has traded an average of 56.06M shares per day and 77990400 over the past ten days. A total of 14.86B shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 14.83B. Insiders hold about 0.10% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 64.22% stake in the company. Shares short for AAPL as of 1753920000 were 104634941 with a Short Ratio of 1.87, compared to 1751241600 on 110101153. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 104634941 and a Short% of Float of 0.70999996.

Dividends & Splits

According to the company, the forward annual dividend rate for AAPL is 1.02, from 1.01 in the trailing year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.004445814The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 0.55. The current Payout Ratio is 16.11% for AAPL, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-08-11 with an ex-dividend date of 2025-08-11. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2020-08-31 when the company split stock in a 4:1 ratio.

Earnings Estimates

At present, 26.0 analysts are actively evaluating the performance of Apple Inc (AAPL) in the stock market.The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $2.47, with high estimates of $2.68 and low estimates of $2.29.

Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $7.47 and $7.25 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $7.38. EPS for the following year is $7.94, with 38.0 analysts recommending between $9.0 and $7.13.

Revenue Estimates

A total of 25 analysts believe the company’s revenue will be $101.46B this quarter.It ranges from a high estimate of $103.34B to a low estimate of $96.38B. As of the current estimate, Apple Inc’s year-ago sales were $94.93BFor the next quarter, 25 analysts are estimating revenue of $129.8B. There is a high estimate of $139.37B for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $124.25B.

A total of 33 analysts have provided revenue estimates for AAPL’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $431.78B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $410.07B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $415.75B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $391.04BBased on 38 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $435.66B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $477.46B and the low estimate is $408.1B.

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