Analysts expect a bit lower revenue Apple

Slight decrease Apple expected

Over the past book year the analyst estimate the revenue to be around 226,82 billion dollars. This is marginally more than the 2014's revenue of 233,72 billion dollars. The consensus of the analysts for 2015 is a net profit of 49,68 billion dollars.

For 2015 the consensus of the earnings per share of Apple is at profit of 9,03 dollars. Based on this the price/earnings-ratio equals 11,74.

The consensus of the dividends per share is at 2,15 dollars. Consequently the dividend return is around 2,03 percent. On average the stocks in this sector yield a dividend return of around 1,04 percent.

The stock Apple is covered by 25 analysts. The average target price for Apple is at 137,21 dollars. This is 29 percent more than the current stock price of 105,97 dollars.

The stocks Cognizant , Heidelberger Druckmaschinen and Apple in the sector The hardware sector have the most buy recommendations. The 3 most recent recommendations for the hardware sector were provided by Citigroup (buy, 131,00 dollars), Needham & Co. (buy, 150,00 dollars) and Brean Capital (buy, 155,00 dollars).

Apple 's book value/price equals 0,27. The hardware sector now trades at a Shiller PE of 4.36. The stock now trades at 105,97 dollars. This equals 11 times the 2014's earnings per share.