Meadowbrook Advisors Group LLC Makes New $15.99 Million Investment in Apple Inc. $AAPL

Meadowbrook Advisors Group LLC bought a new position in Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPLFree Report) in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The institutional investor bought 58,836 shares of the iPhone maker’s stock, valued at approximately $15,995,000. Apple accounts for 9.0% of Meadowbrook Advisors Group LLC’s holdings, making the stock its biggest holding.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Overbrook Management Corp grew its holdings in shares of Apple by 57.4% during the fourth quarter. Overbrook Management Corp now owns 104,648 shares of the iPhone maker’s stock valued at $28,449,000 after buying an additional 38,174 shares during the last quarter. Torren Management LLC purchased a new stake in Apple during the 4th quarter valued at about $1,178,000. Tufton Capital Management increased its holdings in shares of Apple by 4.3% in the third quarter. Tufton Capital Management now owns 100,130 shares of the iPhone maker’s stock valued at $25,496,000 after purchasing an additional 4,157 shares during the period. Adventist Health System Sunbelt Healthcare Corp purchased a new position in shares of Apple in the fourth quarter worth about $105,482,000. Finally, KBC Group NV lifted its holdings in shares of Apple by 3.1% during the fourth quarter. KBC Group NV now owns 7,044,697 shares of the iPhone maker’s stock worth $1,915,172,000 after purchasing an additional 214,215 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 67.73% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, CFO Kevan Parekh sold 1,534 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, April 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $275.00, for a total value of $421,850.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 13,366 shares in the company, valued at $3,675,650. The trade was a 10.30% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, insider Ben Borders sold 116 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, June 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $295.14, for a total value of $34,236.24. Following the transaction, the insider directly owned 38,713 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $11,425,754.82. The trade was a 0.30% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. Insiders sold a total of 97,875 shares of company stock valued at $24,998,541 in the last three months. 0.06% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Apple Stock Down 0.3%

AAPL opened at $297.01 on Tuesday. Apple Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $198.96 and a fifty-two week high of $317.40. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.70, a quick ratio of 1.02 and a current ratio of 1.07. The company has a fifty day moving average of $290.46 and a two-hundred day moving average of $272.98. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.36 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 35.91, a PEG ratio of 2.59 and a beta of 1.09.

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPLGet Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, April 30th. The iPhone maker reported $2.01 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.95 by $0.06. Apple had a net margin of 27.15% and a return on equity of 146.69%. The business had revenue of $111.18 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $109.46 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $1.65 EPS. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 16.6% on a year-over-year basis. On average, research analysts expect that Apple Inc. will post 8.75 earnings per share for the current year.

Apple Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, May 14th. Shareholders of record on Monday, May 11th were given a dividend of $0.27 per share. This is an increase from Apple’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.26. This represents a $1.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.4%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, May 11th. Apple’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 13.06%.

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Analysts Set New Price Targets

AAPL has been the topic of several research reports. Bank of America reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $380.00 price target on shares of Apple in a report on Thursday, June 18th. KGI Securities downgraded shares of Apple from an “outperform” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $315.00 target price for the company. in a research report on Monday. Evercore reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of Apple in a research report on Monday, June 8th. TD Cowen boosted their price objective on Apple from $335.00 to $350.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, June 9th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus set a $330.00 target price on Apple in a research note on Monday, March 2nd. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-two have given a Buy rating, eleven have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $314.85.

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Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) is a multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, founded in 1976 by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne. The company designs, develops and sells consumer electronics, software and services. Over its history Apple has evolved from personal computers to a broad portfolio that spans mobile devices, wearables, home entertainment and digital services.

Apple’s principal hardware products include the iPhone smartphone, iPad tablet, Mac personal computers, Apple Watch wearable devices and a range of accessories such as AirPods and HomePod.

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