| JoeTheBro said: Apple has passed its apex while Samsung's growth is accelerating. By the time Sony has enough money to even think about buying one of them, Apple should be cheaper. |
The only reason Apple's % growth rate isn't accelerating is because it isn't even realistically possible. Have you actually looked at their financial statements for the last 3 years, or are you merely basing this off of their stock price (which is far removed from the company financials like many other stocks, and has a lot more to do with current press relating to Apple, as well as the expectation...yes, just an expectation, that Apple will no longer release any innovative products).
Apple's revenue went from 65.2 billion in 2010 to 108.2 billion in 2011 (43 billion increase) to 156.5 billion in 2012 (48.3 billion increase). To maintain the same % increase, their sales would have had to go up to 179 billion...Their income went from 14.0 billion in 2010 to 25.9 billion in 2011 (11.9 billion increase) to 41.7 billion in 2012 (15.8 billion increase). To maintain the same % increase, their profit would have had to go up to 47.9 billion.
Should I even mention the fact that their R&D has went from 1.8 billion in 2010 to 3.4 billion in 2012, yet investors honestly think they are still just working on the same old iPhone, iPad, iPod & Mac?
C'mon man. Stop just reading all the negative press, and actually look into things once. Apple hasn't reached its apex, Apple has just stopped growing at an absolutely impossible rate, and is now only growing at an absolutey ridiculous rate.
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