Is Apple’s Stock Out Of Juice?
Apple stock reached a high of $644 in April this year and is now almost 7x higher than it was approximately 3 years ago (low of $78.20 in April 2009). It still did beat analyst expectations, but now the stock price is dropping.
Why is this happening?
Apple’s financials still seem to be indicating growth. For example, for the past 8 years, Apple has delivered double digit quarterly revenue (50-80%). Apple also generates $14 billion in cash flow operations this quarter which all show the company is still experiencing growth.
My opinion is that Apple is not penetrating the Asian markets enough (only has 5 stores in the country). The iPhone accounted for about half of this quarters revenue, but they were unable to sing a deal with China Mobile (China’s largest telecom provider, > 600m customers, controls 2/3 of the market).
I also think that Apple are unable to continue producing innovative ideas, especially after the loss of Steve Jobs. The iPhone refresh comes in later this year (a larger display and correct iPhone 4S weaknesses) and they are working on the iTV (to be named!) also. Do you think that will be successful?
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this has always been the dead
this has always been the dead season for apple. don't worry. wwdc is right around the corner. keep your pants on.
Just saying...
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Just saying...
Rumors that mobile carriers
Rumors that mobile carriers won't be subsidizing the iphone as well, could really hurt margins
nope
nope
Eventus stultorum magister.
Unless the iPhone 5 is ground
Unless the iPhone 5 is ground breaking(and not the same bland iPhone), Samsung is going to rape them in sales.
You know that isn't true,
You know that isn't true, haha. Is it a surprise that the stock is falling? What exactly have they released in the past 3 months?
protectedclass: Unless the
Unless the iPhone 5 is ground breaking(and not the same bland iPhone), Samsung is going to rape them in sales.
iPhone has never been ground breaking but will still be the best selling one to date
Although not as
Although not as groundbreaking, rumors of new iphone along with thinner/lighter macbook pros will help them maintain sales. As soon as apple is acting normally and not blowing everything out of the water, everyone gets all nervous. So many people still buy their products (look around in a college classroom) and nothing has come along to make that change yet. Plus, tablet growth is going to help drive sales this year imo
The problem is, they
The problem is, they absolutely need to sustain a huge consumer market. That is very, very hard to do.