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You must always consider the full context and remember The Force, Luke! Last edited by kennyc; 12-17-2012 at 06:18 AM. |
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The fact that the stock price has dropped from $700 to $500 in a few weeks means that investors are not confident apple can bring new stuff fast enough to keep the competition on its toes, they've gone from leaders to followers, and falling further behind. |
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The context is that while the global smartphone market grew by 46% in the charted period, Apple grew by 57%, and Android grew by 92%. So Apple slightly outgrew the market (which is why they're not collapsing) and Android outgrew the market by a *lot*. Which is Apple the stock has been dropping and is expected to continue to drop. Tech investors usually care more about future growth than present value. http://www.foxbusiness.com/technolog...ter-downgrade/ Relative growth and rate of growth both suggest iPhone is at its peak and close to plateauing while Android (and of lesser significance, so far) WinPhone both have significant growth ahead in both raw volume and rate. Just a snapshot, of course. Last edited by fjtorres; 12-17-2012 at 12:07 PM. |
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They've gone from $700 to $500 because of the possible fiscal cliff, you silly. They have been one of THE most-widely held and liquid stocks around, making up an absurd 4% of the NASDAQ or something like that. So when everyone with any financial savvy wants to lock in profits at a known-favorable tax rate what stock do you suppose sees the most downward (selling) pressure? AAPL. Makes perfect sense to me. "Let's see, I can take a profit now at 15% tax today or wait and perhaps get taxed as ordinary income (30+% for most investors)."
Stocks are generally valued as some multiple of their forward earning expectation, the P/E or PE ratio. There are no successful profitable growing tech stocks that naturally trade at 12x earnings. Oh wait, AAPL does. You're an extreme doubter if you think a stock that habitually sold at a PE of 30 to 40 now belongs at 12 or less. Even with the loss of Steve Jobs 15 is more like the natural low value (IMO) and I do expect AAPL price to at least exceed $800 after the next earnings report. Gone from leaders to followers? I'm an Apple fan (though I do not own a Mac) and even I don't claim they were leaders most of the time. They just did many important things better. They still are doing enough things well, at least enough for you doubters to not hold your breath waiting for them to fail. Read reports about iPhone sales in China lately (today)? Apple is laughing all the way to the bank. |
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But if market slows its growth or Apple stops outperforming it, they could find themselves still profitable but in somebody's rear view mirror. And with reduced growth prospects. Kinda like where Microsoft has been for the past couple of years. |
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