AAPL Stock — Apple Inc.

Apple Inc. (AAPL)

Updated October 16, 2026.

AAPL is a Stock. its distribution rate is 0.31%, its trailing-12-month yield is 0.31%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 100/100 (Safe). Total return is 350012.1% over the past 45.8 years.

Apple Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets smartphones, personal computers, tablets, and wearables including iPhone, Mac, iPad, and Apple Watch, while also operating digital platforms and subscription services such as the App Store, Apple Music, Apple TV+, and Apple Pay. The company has a low current distribution rate and distributes quarterly to shareholders. Apple appeals to investors seeking exposure to a large-cap technology company with both capital appreciation potential and modest dividend income.

AAPL performance

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 350012.1% over the past 45.8 years. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 39.3%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 13.8%.

AAPL key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

100 · Safe

Safety-Adjusted Yield

0.31%

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

12/12/1980

Distribution rate

0.31%

Distribution frequency

Quarterly

Trailing yield

0.31%

5-year average yield

0.47

Last close

$343.46 (as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$5,012,517,062,800

Average volume

59895300.0

Dividend

$0.27

Ex-dividend date

08/10/2026

Payment date

08/13/2026

Beta

1.069

Payout ratio

12.2%

P/E ratio

39.39

Forward P/E

35.2113

EPS

$8.72

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (0.31%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (0.31%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

AAPL risks and drawbacks

AAPL's current distribution rate is moderate, not a high-yield payout — the strategy is dividend quality more than maximum income. Payments are quarterly, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 13.8%.

Who may consider AAPL — and who may not

AAPL may suit someone looking for a high Distribution Safety Score. It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (AAPL pays quarterly); investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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