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 +0.77effective N ≈ 5353 ratingsanalyst consensus · as of 2026-09-01
BUY
Constructive — Wall Street analysts lean bullish.
SELLHOLDBUY
Net lean (strong ratings 2x)+0.77
Net lean (unweighted)+0.57
Effective N53 / 53
Bull / Bear / Neutral34 / 4 / 15
Rating buckets by weight
strong buy45.3% · ▲ · 12 ratings
buy41.5% · ▲ · 22 ratings
sell5.7% · ▼ · 3 ratings
strong sell3.8% · ▼ · 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 0.96, not to 100%. Net lean = Σ(direction × weight) = +0.77.