AAPL Price Prediction: Earnings Tailwind Meets a Ceiling — Can $335 Hold Before the October Report?
Caroline Bishop Sep 21, 2026 11:44 Apple trades at $335.55 with momentum stalling just below key resistance and an October 29 earnings catalyst on the horizon. The bull case targets $355–$365; a break below $332 opens the door to a … iPhone 18 Launch Meets a Deceleration Warning — The Market Knows It Apple is running hot into September on the back of a historically strong Q3 FY2026 print — $109.4 billion in revenue, up 16% year-over-year, with diluted EPS of $2.02 beating Wall Street‘s $1.89 estimate by a comfortable margin. iPhone revenue alone surged 22% to $54.3 billion, the iPhone 18 Pro launch just dropped, and Apple Intelligence is rolling out with iOS 27. The narrative is clean. The problem? Management already told you what’s coming next: September quarter growth decelerates to 9–11% year-over-year, hamstrung by supply constraints and a 2.5 percentage-point FX headwind. Gross margin guidance of 47–48% for the current quarter is a step down from the tariff-refund-boosted 50.1% we just celebrated. This is a market that has been pricing Apple close to perfection. At $335.55, the stock sits near its 52-week high of $344.57 with a trailing P/E of roughly 38x. When management pre-warns of deceleration on the same call they









