Analyst consensus — sell-side ratings, weighted
Analyst consensus, as a weighted net lean
The Street's monthly BUY / SELL / HOLD consensus on AAPL, expressed as a net lean — one number from −2 (strong sell) to +2 (strong buy); strong ratings weighted 2x. The rating buckets that compose the figure are listed below. Monthly snapshot.
AAPLnet lean +0.73effective N ≈ 4949 ratingsanalyst consensus · as of 2026-11-01
BUY
Constructive — Wall Street analysts lean bullish.
SELLHOLDBUY
Net lean (strong ratings 2x)+0.73
Net lean (unweighted)+0.53
Effective N49 / 49
Bull / Bear / Neutral30 / 4 / 15
Rating buckets by weight
strong buy44.9% · ▲ · 11 ratings
buy38.8% · ▲ · 19 ratings
sell6.1% · ▼ · 3 ratings
strong sell4.1% · ▼ · 1 rating
hold0.0% · – · 15 ratings
Each row is a rating bucket; its weight is the bucket's share of ratings, strong ratings counted 2x and holds 0; the weights sum to 0.94, not to 100%. Net lean = Σ(direction × weight) = +0.73.