Apple AAPL Insider Ownership

Updated Oct 23, 2026

Across the past 12 months, open-market trades by Apple insiders were all sales, totaling $208.23 million (688.48K shares).

• Behind Apple's open-market sales in the past 12 months were 8 insiders, and no insider bought.
• Arthur D. Levinson (Director) sold the most Apple stock on the open market over the past 12 months, $86.74 million (300K shares), most recently on May 27, 2026.
• The latest open-market trade in AAPL stock by an insider was a sale of 2.4K shares for $814,748 by Jennifer Newstead (SVP, GC and Government Affairs) on October 20, 2026.
• Beyond open-market trades, insiders at Apple acquired 818.62K shares through option exercises and conversions, gave up 565.74K shares to cover taxes or exercise prices and gave away 101.19K shares as gifts in the last 12 months.
• Per Business Quant, AAPL insiders together hold 9.2Mn shares based on their latest Form 4 filings, down 0.51% from 9.25Mn shares at the end of Q2 2026 and up 2.69% from 8.96Mn shares at the end of Q3 2025.
• Indirect holdings, through trusts, partnerships, family members and other entities, make up 0.07% (6.04K shares) of Apple's insider total, with the other 99.93% (9.2Mn shares) held directly.
• AAPL's insider total is spread across 17 insiders who have filed a Form 4 in the past two years.
• AAPL's three largest insider shareholders, per their latest Form 4 filings, are Arthur D. Levinson (Director, 3.7Mn shares), Timothy D. Cook (Executive Chair, 3.24Mn shares) and Sabih Khan (COO, 1.12Mn shares).
• The holding of Arthur D. Levinson makes up 40.20% of all shares held by Apple insiders.
• Institutions held 66.00% of Apple's outstanding shares in their Q2 2026 13F filings, insiders about 0.06% based on their latest Form 4 filings, and other investors, including the public, the remaining 33.94%.
• A total of 52 Form 4 filings with transactions in Apple stock were made over the past 12 months, by 16 insiders.
• The insider data for AAPL reflects Form 4 filings through October 22, 2026.