Israel Englander Stock Portfolio: Top 5 Stock Picks

4. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)

Millennium Management’s Stake: $1.3 Billion

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has consistently appeared in the 13F portfolio of Millennium Management since the fourth quarter of 2010. Back then, this position comprised just under 4 million shares. By the third quarter of 2016, this holding had increased to nearly 12 million shares. Israel Englander was not done yet, and continued loading up on the stock, growing the stake to over 18 million shares by the end of the fourth quarter of 2020. Thereafter, it started trimming this position, reducing it to around 1.1 million shares at the end of 2024. Filings for the fourth quarter of 2025 show that the fund owned nearly 5 million shares in the tech giant, down 30% compared to filings for the previous quarter.

Hedge fund interest in Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has grown since the realization that the firm does not need to build the most expensive AI infrastructure to win. With over 2.5 billion active devices, hedge funds view Apple as the ultimate gatekeeper for AI. Whether users prefer Gemini, ChatGPT, or Apple’s own models, they will likely access them through an iPhone. The anticipated full rollout of Siri 2.0 in mid-2026 is seen as a massive up-sell opportunity for the Services segment, which already hit a record $30 billion in revenue in Q1 2026.