Apple (AAPL) Q3 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $2.10
- Estimate
- $1.99
- Surprise
- +5.8%
- Score at report (before → after)
- 5.7 → 5.7/10
Revenue for this quarter isn’t shown: the reported figure hasn’t cleared TrendMatrix’s freshness and sanity checks yet, and consensus revenue isn’t tracked. EPS above is the available figure.
How the report landed
Apple (AAPL) beat the $1.99 estimate with adjusted EPS of $2.10 — a clear 5.8% upside surprise. TrendMatrix's engine moved from Buy (Wait) (5.7/10) to Sell at 5.7/10 after the report.
Coverage in the report window
- Apple’s Siri AI Could Become a Paid Upgrade — CEO John Ternus Reveals Plans to Charge for More Server-Side Apple Intelli — benzinga, 2026-11-03
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates AAPL Sell at 5.8/10.
4 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +5.8% surprise compares with a +5.5% four-quarter average.
What supports the rating
- V7 flight-to-quality bonus: +0.5 (Q=8.0 in RISK_OFF)
- Strong earnings beat streak (4/4)
What argues against it
- Concentration risk — Geographic: international sales majority
- Concentration risk — Supplier: single-source component partners
- Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $338.32
- Stop
- $324.72
The stock trades at 37.7× trailing but 31.5× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Risk check: trading volume is running 1.5× its average — elevated turnover around the report window.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-11-03 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
AAPL at TrendMatrix's latest read
Technology names get repriced on forward expectations more than trailing prints — a quarter here is read through next-year growth and multiple, not the EPS line alone.
- Industry
- Consumer Electronics
- Market cap
- $4937.50B
- P/E (fwd)
- 31.5
- P/E (ttm)
- 37.7
- 52-week range
- $243.42–$351.73
- Off 52-week high
- 3.8%
- RSI (14)
- 47
- Volume vs avg
- 1.54×
- Score today
- 5.8/10