Apple Inc. (AAPL): stock score 61/100
Apple Inc. (AAPL) scores 61 out of 100 (above average among 99 US stocks) on trend, stability, fundamentals, market backdrop and news tone. Every calculation step shown. Educational, not advice.
AAPL scores 60.7 out of 100 (above average), down 5.5 points from last week. Its fundamentals add the most (+5.6 points: revenue growth vs a year earlier: +16.2%). Its news tone weighs on it most (-5.2 points: average FinBERT sentiment -0.026 over 217 articles). Fundamentals have not yet been tested in our research.
How the score is built
Trend: 74/100 (+4.8 points)
- Price is +9.2% vs its 100-day average → higher than 73% of the comparison group → 73
- 12-1 month momentum +28.7% → higher than 75% of the comparison group → 75
- Average of the two → trend score 74.2
Tested in our research: the trend rule did not hold up out of sample.
Stability: 76/100 (+5.2 points)
- Forecast 25.1% vs normal 25.4% → ratio 0.99
- Ratio is higher than 24% of the comparison group → 100 minus 24 → stability 76.3 (bigger expected swings than usual → lower stability)
A machine-learning volatility model beat HAR for the S&P 500 (p = 0.04); not yet tested on single stocks. This component uses HAR.
Fundamentals: 78/100 (+5.6 points)
- Revenue growth vs a year earlier: +16.2% → higher than 78% of the comparison group → 78
- Operating-margin change vs a year earlier: +1.5 pp → higher than 62% of the comparison group → 62
- Change in leverage (1 - equity/assets) vs a year earlier: -8.2 pp → higher than 95% of the comparison group (lower is better) → 95
- Average of available items → fundamentals score 78.1
Not yet tested in our research.
Market backdrop: 51/100 (+0.2 points)
- VIX in its 5-year range: 60 after inverting (lower VIX → higher)
- Breadth vs its 5-year range → 45
- Credit trend vs its 5-year range → 15
- Yield curve vs its 5-year range → 83
- Average → backdrop score 50.8 (same for every stock)
Tested in our research: cross-asset indicators did not improve forecasts.
News tone: 24/100 (-5.2 points)
- Average FinBERT sentiment -0.026 over 217 articles; shrunk towards 0 for few articles → tone -0.025
- Tone vs this stock's own past year → news score 24.0
Tested in our research: news sentiment made predictions slightly worse.
AAPL score history (weekly)
| Week ending | Score | Band | Trend | Stability | Fundamentals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-22 | 61 | Above average | 74 | 76 | 78 |
| 2026-10-16 | 65 | Above average | 76 | 85 | 79 |
| 2026-10-09 | 71 | Above average | 72 | 75 | 79 |
| 2026-10-02 | 70 | Above average | 75 | 44 | 79 |
| 2026-09-25 | 74 | Above average | 74 | 65 | 79 |
| 2026-09-18 | 79 | Above average | 79 | 76 | 79 |
| 2026-09-11 | 67 | Above average | 78 | 23 | 79 |
| 2026-09-04 | 67 | Above average | 63 | 34 | 80 |
| 2026-08-28 | 67 | Above average | 71 | 31 | 80 |
| 2026-08-21 | 64 | Above average | 63 | 39 | 80 |
| 2026-08-14 | 62 | Above average | 59 | 38 | 80 |
| 2026-08-07 | 58 | Around average | 71 | 36 | 80 |
Technology stocks compared
- TXN: 68/100
- EMR: 65/100
- NVDA: 64/100
- AAPL: 61/100
- V: 56/100
- MSFT: 56/100
- GOOGL: 54/100
- GOOG: 54/100
- META: 51/100
- GE: 50/100
- IBM: 50/100
- MA: 49/100
- ACN: 47/100
- INTC: 47/100
- CRM: 45/100
- CSCO: 43/100
- ADBE: 40/100
- ORCL: 39/100
- CAT: 38/100
- PYPL: 33/100
- QCOM: 27/100
Questions
What is Apple Inc.'s (AAPL) Quantooo score today?
AAPL scores 61 out of 100 on 2026-10-22, above average among 99 US stocks. It ranks 18th of 99 overall and 4th of 21 in Technology. It was 66 a week earlier.
What raises and lowers AAPL's score?
Fundamentals adds the most (78/100, +5.6 points) and news tone weighs on it most (24/100, -5.2 points). The score is 50 plus each part's weighted distance from 50.
Is AAPL stock volatile right now?
Our volatility model (HAR) expects annualised swings of 25.1% over the next 20 trading days, against a normal level of 25.4% for AAPL: about as calm as usual for this stock. Its stability score is 76/100 compared with the other 99 US stocks.
How are Apple Inc.'s fundamentals changing?
Revenue growth vs a year earlier: +16.2%; Operating-margin change vs a year earlier: +1.5 pp; Change in leverage (1 - equity/assets) vs a year earlier: -8.2 pp. Fundamentals score: 78/100. From the 10-Q filed 2026-07-31 (period to 2026-06-27).
Does the score predict AAPL's share price?
No. The score describes the stock's recent data; it is not a forecast of the share price. Our own tests found no reliable ability to rank stocks by future returns, and every test, including the failures, is published. Educational, not investment advice.
Sector: Technology. Data as of 2026-10-22. Scores describe data; they are not recommendations or predictions. Educational, not investment advice.