Is Apple Hospitality REIT Inc (APLE) Stock a Good Buy for Short-term Investors?

At the time of writing, Apple Hospitality REIT Inc [APLE] stock is trading at $15.16, up 2.16%. It is a good measure of the stock’s recent performance to check whether the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The APLE shares have gain 3.69% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -5.53%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

From an analyst’s perspective:

Apple Hospitality REIT Inc [NYSE: APLE] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on December 09, 2024, when BMO Capital Markets initiated its Outperform rating and assigned the stock a price target of $18. Previously, Wedbush started tracking the stock with Neutral rating on June 03, 2024, and set its price target to $15. On January 08, 2024, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Neutral and revised its price target to $18 on the stock. Wells Fargo downgraded its rating to a Equal Weight and decreased its price target to $17 on December 08, 2023. Wolfe Research initiated its recommendation with a Peer Perform. Wells Fargo upgraded its rating to Overweight for this stock on March 30, 2023, and downed its price target to $17. In a note dated March 22, 2023, Compass Point downgraded an Neutral rating on this stock and revised its target price from $22 to $17.

For the past year, the stock price of Apple Hospitality REIT Inc fluctuated between $13.56 and $16.93. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $18 within the next 12 months. Apple Hospitality REIT Inc [NYSE: APLE] shares were valued at $15.16 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 18.73% based on the average APLE price forecast.

Analyzing the APLE fundamentals

According to Apple Hospitality REIT Inc [NYSE:APLE], the company’s sales were 1.41B for trailing twelve months, which represents an 5.75% jump. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.26% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.19%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.15%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.15%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.04, Equity is 0.1 and Total Capital is 0.06. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.49.

Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 15.09 points at the first support level, and at 15.01 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 15.27, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 15.37.

Ratios To Look Out For

Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 2.58, the price to book ratio is 1.10 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 17.78.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved Hugh Redd, Director, that happened on Aug 21 ’24 when 1000.0 shares were purchased. Executive Chairman, KNIGHT GLADE M completed a deal on Aug 08 ’24 to buy 5000.0 shares. Meanwhile, Executive Chairman KNIGHT GLADE M bought 5000.0 shares on May 21 ’24.

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