Apple's Stock Price Reaches New All-Time High

[MacRumors]

Apple's stock price reached a new all-time high today, with shares in the company trading for as much as $264.38 on the intraday market, according to Yahoo Finance.

The company's previous intraday high was $260.10, set on December 26, 2024.

Keep in mind that Apple's stock has split five times since the company went public, including on a 4-for-1 basis in 2020 most recently.

The new record comes after some Wall Street analysts and reports said there has been strong demand for Apple's new iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Pro, and iPhone 17 Pro Max models, although the iPhone Air is reportedly less of a hit overall, despite a hot start in China.

Apple achieved the record high despite continuing to lag behind companies like OpenAI and Google in the generative artificial intelligence space. Over the weekend, it was reported that some of Apple's software engineers have "concerns" about how well the more personalized version of Siri works on an internal iOS 26.4 beta for the iPhone.

Apple's next quarterly earnings report will be released on October 30.

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[turbineseaplane]

I wish this meant anything as it relates to say ... "software quality".

😞 😑

 

[BabyBoii]

stonks went brrrrrrr this morning which makes me happy.
apple software quality is at an all time low which makes me sad.

 

[now i see it]

investors are betting on the likelihood that iPhone turnover will increase after iOS 26 slowed them all down

 

[DBZmusicboy01]

if they just focus on optimizing the software they wouldn’t have to worry about joining the artificial intelligence industry.

 

[tomtad]

Can someone explain why?

 

[Apple-achian]

A testament to Tim Cook's infallible leadership.

 

[rotvaldi]

Can someone explain why?

A bubble that is going to blow up, no stock can replace the reality, just look the quality of 17 pros

 

[AlexESP]

Personally, I’m also in an “all-time high” satisfaction with Apple. I know there will be critics in the comments (some of them deserved, like letting some ******tification in services), but they’re able to make very complex things to work almost flawlessly (switching airpods between devices, universal control…).

Maybe their products are not so *exciting* as in the past, but they’re incredibly solid. In the end, we need tools to solve things. And this is reflected in profits, and therefore in stock. When people say Apple does everything to please stakeholders instead of customers, they don’t realise that there is no black magic based on which Apple can constantly screw up customers and increase profits at the same time. It’s just a result of very happy customers.

 

[JoeSilver]

Can someone explain why?

If the stock prices could be easily explained, we would all become rich (or, actually, nobody would, because if prices could be predicted, there would be no chance of arbitrage).

Essentially, the market (that is, a chunk of big investors who move the market) thinks that Apple can still grow its profits in the near future, the iPhone sales being only one of the factors why they think so.
Whether they are right or wrong, nobody can know. Also, these oscillations are often provoked by those seeking a very short term gain, trying to buy low and quickly reselling high.

 

[Innovati0n]

And yet there are people who say Tim Cook is a failure as CEO.

His #1 job is this and he is highly successful at it.

 

[justanotherdave]

Can someone explain why?

That depends.

People who constantly hate on Apple are often stunned by this or by record iPhone sales and chalk it up to “sheep” that will buy anything Apple makes.

The reality is Apple makes great products and the iPhone (their best seller) is the best smartphone you can buy. So consumers buy them in huge quantities vastly outselling all other flagships combined. Big sales equates to big revenues/profits which equates to stock price.

 

[Innovati0n]

just look the quality of 17 pros

I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about here

 

[Tig_one]

Wall Street knows no ******tification era.

 

[HouseLannister]

Now release the M5 Ultra Mac Pro with nVidia GPUs

 

[cutlub]

"Apple achieved the record high despite continuing to lag behind companies like OpenAI and Google in the generative artificial intelligence space."

Can you just let there be a sliver of positive news without souring it? It just sets the tone for endless complaints about everything Apple continues to do wrong.

 

[bmark]

Can someone explain why?

Apparently Tariffs work and Wall Street still loves Apple!

 

[N0ughtsAndCr0sses]

iPhone 17 is writing another page of history

So hilarious how Apple turns the tap a little more

Shares are sky high 🤣🤣

 

[ThomasJL]

And yet Apple’s software is at an all-time low in terms of quality control and user-friendliness.

Tim Cook is at an all-time high in terms of mediocrity and lack of innovation.

 

[woolypants]

5... 4... 3... 2... 1...

Here comes the crash.

We're a few days away from the anniversary of the Wall Street Crash of 1929, for what it's worth.

 

[MacRazySwe]

Imagine this was all it took. A 120hz display for the base phone, and a Pro model with the regular, annual updates. Which begs the question - what if they released a phone that really pushed the boundaries?!

 

[Flamingdeathbolts]

Also, these oscillations are often provoked by those seeking a very short term gain, trying to buy low and quickly reselling high.

💯 this right here.

That how you get your money to make money. Or go completely bust.

 

[CoMoMacUser]

5... 4... 3... 2... 1...

Here comes the crash.

We're a few days away from the anniversary of the Wall Street Crash of 1929, for what it's worth.

We'll see. During the Great Recession, the long lines were not for soup or bread but for the iPhone.

 

[Innovati0n]

5... 4... 3... 2... 1...

Here comes the crash.

We're a few days away from the anniversary of the Wall Street Crash of 1929, for what it's worth.

That's worth nothing.

And if you're so sure there will be a crash, go short the market and become a billionaire.

You won't (and you should not).

 

[rp2011]

But.. but.. but Apple is behind in AI!

No one is behind in AI. There is no moat. And LLM's have a long way to go. No model today is ready for Prime Time. From Apple or anyone else.

Doubtful LLM's as we know them are the future of AI