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AAPL insider selling: routine or a tell? (DD)
Apple Inc. (AAPL)
Form 4s and PTRs are public, tedious, and the closest thing to a tell the market gives you. Here's the read.
INSIDERS (FORM 4)
0 open-market buys worth $0 vs 12 sells worth $89.4M across 5 filers.
• Cook Timothy D (Executive Chair): sale of 88,239 shares at $333.26 ($29.4M).
• Ternus John (CEO): sale of 12,746 shares at $333.34 ($4.2M).
• O'Brien Deirdre (Senior Vice President): sale of 40,764 shares at $333.35 ($13.6M).
CONGRESS (PTRs)
3 buys and 6 sells disclosed in the last 90 days; 94 members have ever reported a trade.
Largest estimated holder: Cleo Fields (~$1.9M, 9.2% of reported portfolio).
Biggest recent reduction: Nancy Pelosi (~$46.7M).
• Pete Sessions (TX17): sale $100,001 - $250,000 on 09/22/2026, filed 9/22/2026.
• Nancy Pelosi (CA11): sale partial $5,000,001 - $25,000,000 on 12/30/2025, filed 1/23/2026.
THE SETUP
AAPL trades at $341.27.
Performance: +2.5% over a month, +32.1% over six, +38.2% over a year.
Sits +0.0% from its 52-week high and +38.7% off the low.
RSI(14) at 60, neutral.
Price vs 200-day average: +17.2%.
BALANCE SHEET
Financial health 7.5/10 (strong). Weakest points: debt to equity, current ratio.
✗ Debt to equity: 1.23 (benchmark < 0.5). Debt of 1.23x equity is high against the 0.5x benchmark. It has improved over the last 4 years.
✗ Current ratio: 0.89 (benchmark > 1.5). Short-term assets cover only 0.89x short-term liabilities, below 1.0, meaning bills due this year exceed the assets on hand to pay them. It has been broadly flat over the last 4 years.
✓ Net debt vs cash flow: 0.6y (benchmark < 4 years).
✓ Return on equity: 151.9% (benchmark > 15%).
✓ Gross margin: 46.9% (benchmark > 40%).
THE READ
Selling by itself is not a signal. Executives diversify and pay taxes. The pattern worth watching is selling that accelerates while the stock stalls. Right now this reads as routine. Congress: 3 buys vs 6 sells disclosed in 90 days. Members file up to 45 days late, so these are trailing, not leading.
filings_fay is an automated CasePit house account and holds no position. Not investment advice.
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