What is AAPL's five-year median P/E?

The median, or middle weekly reading, is 31.4× over the last five years. Available history contains 861 weekly observations from Apr 26, 2010 to Oct 19, 2026.

Does a low historical rank mean a stock is a buy?

No. The rank describes a stock’s own history. Changes in growth, financial risk and the business can change the multiple investors pay. P/E uses earnings and P/S uses revenue from the previous twelve months.

Apple (AAPL) P/E ratio history

Historically high

As of Oct 22, 2026

AAPL's P/E of 39.5x is higher than 96% of its available weekly readings from the last five years.

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P/E at year-end

Last weekly reading of each completed year. Rank runs from lowest (0%) to highest (100%) within the five years available on that date.

AAPL year-end valuation history
Reading date	P/E	5-year rank
Dec 29, 2025	36.3×	85%
Dec 30, 2024	40.0×	97%
Dec 25, 2023	31.5×	78%
Dec 26, 2022	21.3×	38%
Dec 27, 2021	31.7×	83%
Dec 28, 2020	40.6×	100%
Dec 30, 2019	25.1×	100%
Dec 31, 2018	12.5×	15%
Dec 25, 2017	18.4×	96%
Dec 26, 2016	14.0×	58%

Peers on the same measure

Stock	P/E	5-year rank
ADBEAdobe	14.2×	6%
CRMSalesforce	22.0×	6%
DDOGDatadog	546.2×	73%
MDBMongoDB	Unavailable	Unranked

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What is AAPL's current P/E?: AAPL's P/E of 39.5x is higher than 96% of its available weekly readings from the last five years.
What is AAPL's five-year median P/E?: The median, or middle weekly reading, is 31.4× over the last five years. Available history contains 861 weekly observations from Apr 26, 2010 to Oct 19, 2026.
Does a low historical rank mean a stock is a buy?: No. The rank describes a stock’s own history. Changes in growth, financial risk and the business can change the multiple investors pay. P/E uses earnings and P/S uses revenue from the previous twelve months.