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Apple Inc. (AAPL) is in the Technology Industry
- Revenue
- Sep 27 2008
- $32.4B
- Profit
- Sep 27 2008
- $4.8B
- Market Cap
- Nov 20 2008
- $71.5B
Latest News and Analysis
Can You See Apple Under $60?
Zach Bass submits: I can, but first we have to deal with the next level of support, which is 74-ish. What really makes me a believer is how easily we broke through 85 yesterday. You know, 85 represents both long-term support, and an important psychological level. That’s because Apple AAPL...
Apple's Greatest Idea Yet
Jason Schwarz submits: There is an Apple AAPL story that I don't want you to miss. It's bigger than the Mac, it's bigger than the iPod, and it's bigger than the iPhone. Steve Jobs briefly mentioned it in the quarterly conference call and it deserves repeating, "We've never seen anything...
Will Apple Beat 2009 Revenue Consensus?
Andy Zaky submits: Four months ago, the analyst consensus estimate for 2009 had Apple AAPL earning $6.36 in EPS on approximately $40 billion in revenue. Since that time, the economy has gone through a major financial crisis, which has led many analysts to revise their estimates down, quite dramatically. As...
Risks Remain, But iPhone's Fundamentals Should Help Apple Surpass Expectations - RBC Analyst
FP Trading Desk submits: Although the near-term outlook for consumer spending doesn't fare too well for Apple Inc. AAPL, the company is well positioned for long-term leadership in the smartphone space, according to RBC Capital Markets analyst Mike Abramsky. While global smartphone shipment growth is expected to slow...
Apple's iPhone Stumbles In India
The original iPhone generated a lot of interest in India, selling well on the grey market, so it went to reason that when the 3G version launched officially in the world's fastest growing wireless market, that it too would sell well. But apparently, that's not what happened, with sales...
Will Apple's Q1 2009 Revenue Estimates Be a Blowout?
Andy Zaky submits: When Apple AAPL reports earnings in January for its first fiscal quarter of 2009, the investment community could be greeted with the mother of all earnings blowouts. The analyst consensus estimates have gotten so absurdly bearish, that Apple might beat revenue expectations by as much as $1.210...
Dispelling the MySpace Music Device Rumor
Michael Arrington submits: Last Thursday John Battelle sat down with MySpace CEO Chris DeWolfe and Warner Music Group WMG CEO Edgar Bronfman to discuss the future of music. Some interesting things were said, including remarks by Bronfman that Warner will only sign new artists if they agree to...
Greystripe Mobile Gamers Prefer iPhone
Marketing Charts submits: The Apple AAPL iPhone handset is preferred by a commanding 10.7% of users of Greystripe’s ad-supported mobile gamers network, and the downloadable games “21 Pro Blackjack,” “Cookie Bonus Solitaire” and “Origami Daisy” are the most popular choices among iPhone users, according to Q3 research from...
Is Jim Cramer Right? Is Apple Really a Market Barometer?
Dr. Duru submits: Last week, on October 28, Jim Cramer called Apple AAPL a barometer of the market: "...if Apple's stock price is falling, the markets are clearly headed lower...When Apple goes higher, the rest of the market comes with it." Cramer even goes so far as to say...
Analyzing Apple's iPod Business
Turley Muller submits: Slowing iPod sales growth has been one of the chief concerns among Apple Inc. AAPL investors because the iPod has historically been a major contributor to Apple’s overall revenue growth. The concern stems from the belief that the PMP market is becoming saturated. With...
Apple vs. RIM: Study Shows iPhone More Reliable than Blackberry
Erick Schonfeld submits: The iPhone AAPL is twice as reliable as the Blackberry RIMM after one year of ownership, a new study by SquareTrade finds. SquareTrade, which sells extra warranties for cell phones and other devices, looked at the failure rates of 15,000 phones covered under its plans....
Apple's Next Big Content Push?
Joel West submits: I’ve been traveling a lot the last two weeks and missed the curious announcement that sociologist Joel Podolny is being hired by Apple Inc AAPL. On Wednesday I talked to a friend who, knowing my long history with Apple, assumed that I’d already heard. Prof....
Lower-Income Mobile Users Turn to iPhone as Web Browser
Marketing Charts submits: Though 43% of US iPhone owners earn more than $100K per year, the strongest growth in users is coming from those with annual incomes between $25K and $75K, particularly since the launch of Apple's AAPL iPhone 3G, according to new iPhone demographic and usage-behavior data...
Another Report That Apple is Cutting iPhone Production
Eric Savitz (Barron's) submits: For the second day in a row, there is a report on Apple AAPL cutting iPhone production. Tuesday, Craig Berger of Friedman Billings Ramsey said December quarter iPhone production was likely to be down 40% from the previous quarter, worse than the 10% production...
Is Apple Set to Make Its Own ARM Chips for the iPhone?
Joel West submits: Forbes dissects the management change announced Tuesday at Apple’s AAPL iPhone division, concluding that Apple plans to make its own iPhone processor chips. It’s interesting speculation.What we know for sure is that Tony Fadell — the founder of iPod engineering who Fortune calls “The man who...
Apple Rumors: Mac Upgrades and iPhone Production Drop
Seth Gilbert submits: Fresh off recent upgrades to Macbooks last month and with no iTunes chatter to replicate Harmonix’s Beatles’ conquest, the Applevine (aka Apple AAPL rumors and speculation) surprisingly came to life to start this week with a couple new speculative suggestions. On the Mac front: Apple-watching...
An Alternative Perspective on Apple's iPod Growth
Turley Muller submits: Apple Inc. AAPL analysts and the media have regularly cited slowing iPod sales as a major headwind for Apple shares. The iPod has been a major force in Apple’s total sales growth since it has been such a large percentage of Apple’s overall revenue. A common...
Optioning Apple Stock
Andy Singh submits: This is the second in a series of posts about recent trades based on predictions that the market has bottomed. My previous trade on QQQQ Nasdaq Index calls was quite profitable in a short period of time, but with volatility falling the return to risk ratio from...
Apple's Future in the Mobile Phone Market
Apple AAPL released its 3th quarter report a week ago. It was another great quarter for Apple: the company that introduced the iPhone in 2007 reported that it became world’s third-largest mobile phone supplier. The main goal of this article is to try to predict what is expected of Apple...
Berger's Questionable Apple Track Record
Andy Zaky submits: FBR chip analyst Craig Berger, an analyst who doesn't cover Apple AAPL, issued an interesting note today regarding iPhone production rates. He noted that according to his unqualified "checks" whatever they may be, iPhone production rates may fall up to 40% in calendar Q4 (fiscal Q1). It's...
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- Incorporated: 1977
- CEO: Mr. Steven P. Jobs
Apple designs, manufactures, and markets personal computers, portable digital music players, and mobile communication devices and sells related software, services, peripherals, and networking applications. Co.'s products and services include Macintosh® desktop and portable computers, iPod® portable digital music players, iPhone™, Apple TV®, Xserve®, a portfolio of consumer and professional software applications, the Mac OS X operating system, third-party digital content through the iTunes Store®, as well as a range of accessory, service and support offerings. Co. sells its products through its online stores, retail stores, direct sales force, and third-party wholesalers, and resellers.
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Apple Inc. Company Info
Board of Directors
Mr. William V. Campbell
Co-Lead Director
Dr. Arthur D. Levinson Ph.D.
Co-Lead Director
Mr. Millard S. Drexler
Mr. Albert A. Gore Jr.
Mr. Steven P. Jobs
Ms. Andrea Jung
Dr. Eric E. Schmidt Ph.D.
Mr. Jerome B. York
Contact Information
1 Infinite Loop
Cupertino, CA
408 996-1010
NAICS Code
Electronic Computer Manufacturing: 334111
