Today something happened that fifteen years ago it would have been difficult to even imagine - Apple overtook Microsoft in market value. The gap today was $ 2.89 billion.
Not all resources have this information still updated, but the situation can be monitored on the pages of
Google Fincance or
Yahoo Finance .
This is not a victory over Microsoft, of course, since the securities market is very unpredictable and after a
week Microsoft can return to the position of the most expensive IT company in the world.
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In addition, only market capitalization outside the context says little. It is a mistake to assume that a company is considered better or worse from this. The apple company still needs to overtake a competitor in such important indicators as net profit, the amount of finance available for costs and growth stability. And amid the appearance of news about
investigations ,
courts and
lawsuits in the direction of the company, the attractiveness of buying stocks is lower than apples would like.
From the interesting facts:
- Microsoft spends about eight times more money on research and development than Apple - $ 8.6 billion - $ 1.1 billion.
- Google also spends on R & D more than Apple - $ 2.8 billion.
- Microsoft has more assets - $ 82 billion versus $ 53 from Apple.
- If five years ago I invested $ 2,000 in Apple stock, now I would have $ 12,000 in my hands. This is $ 10,000 profit, excluding taxes and commission brokers.
- In 1997, Microsoft gave Apple $ 150 million, now Apple has no debts.
Let's see if the championship will be fixed.
UPD 23:45 : While writing, the gap was reduced from six to five billion dollars.
UPD 00:00 : The gap was reduced again, to $ 4 billion. If the dynamics continue, after a couple of hours, Microsoft will return its position.
UPD 00:15 : The gap was reduced to $ 2.89 billion dollars. According to the charts, now there is a very active buying and selling of shares, in the wake of this news, probably.
UPD 00:50 : The gap stopped falling. Keeps around $ 2.89. The activity of transactions does not fade away.
UPD 01:00 AM : Everything, the trading session on the exchange closed. The gap for today strengthened.
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