24/7 Wall St. rates Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) a BUY with a $398.16 price target, versus a $343.46 share price. The case rests on nine straight quarters of EPS beats and 27.1% net income growth, with fiscal Q3 revenue up 16.4% to $109.42 billion and EPS of $2.02 against a $1.89 estimate. The bull case reaches $452.02 and the bear case $337.72, with memory costs flagged as a key risk after management guided gross margin to 47% to 48%. On valuation, Apple's 35x forward P/E sits above Microsoft's 25x and Dell's 21x, and its PEG of 2.7 compares with Dell's 0.65.
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| Market | US stocks |
|---|---|
| Sector | Information Technology |
| Industry | Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals |
| Market cap | $5.0T |
| Close on 10/21/2026 | 343.99 |
| Change that session | +1.32% |
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