Apple Hospitality REIT Inc (NYSE: APLE) is -21.50% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $10.44 and a high of $16.45 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The APLE stock was last observed hovering at around $12.20 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.15%.
Currently trading at $12.05, the stock is 1.75% and -2.07% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.38 million and changing -1.23% at the moment leaves the stock -15.96% off its SMA200. APLE registered -17.54% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -23.92%.
The stock witnessed a 1.43% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -21.65%, and is -1.39% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 1.83% over the week and 2.43% over the month.
Apple Hospitality REIT Inc (APLE) has around 65 employees, a market worth around $2.87B and $1.43B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 15.19 and Fwd P/E is 15.65. Profit margin for the company is 13.38%. Distance from 52-week low is 15.42% and -26.73% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (4.19%).
with sales reaching $381.52M over the same period.The EPS is expected to shrink by -15.36% this year, but quarterly earnings will post -1.30% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to shrink -2.19% in year-over-year returns.
Apple Hospitality REIT Inc (APLE) Top Institutional Holders
The shares outstanding are 238.41M, and float is at 221.19M with Short Float at 5.51%.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is BLACKROCK INC. with over 40.69 million shares valued at $591.63 million. The investor’s holdings represent 16.802% of the APLE Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 36.22 million shares valued at $526.7 million to account for 14.9578 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are STATE STREET CORP which holds 13.07 million shares representing 5.3973% and valued at over $191.07 million, while T. ROWE PRICE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC. holds 3.6808 of the shares totaling 8.91 million with a market value of $129.61 million.
Apple Hospitality REIT Inc (APLE) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider purchase by Perkins Elizabeth, the company’s SVP & Chief Financial Officer. SEC filings show that Perkins Elizabeth bought 2,100 shares of the company’s common stock on May 09 ’25 at a price of $11.72 per share for a total of $24612.0. Following the purchase, the insider now owns 0.36 million shares.
Apple Hospitality REIT Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on May 08 ’25 that Labrecque Rachel (SVP & Chief Accounting Officer) bought a total of 1,000 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on May 08 ’25 and was made at $11.45 per share for $11450.0. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 0.23 million shares of the APLE stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on May 06 ’25, KNIGHT GLADE M (Executive Chairman) acquired 10,000 shares at an average price of $11.43 for $0.11 million. The insider now directly holds 700,344 shares of Apple Hospitality REIT Inc (APLE).
