Apple: The Most Valuable Company Ever

Apple: The Most Valuable Company Ever After almost filing for bankruptcy 16 years ago, Apple is now the most valuable public company in history, worth nearly $637 billion. Breaking Windows Apple trumped the $621 billion market value record set by Microsoft in 1999. New Record! VS. Microsoft $621 BILLION $637 BILLION December 27, 1999 August 27, 2012 Compared to the Rest of the World Apple's market value would be the 20th highest GDP in the world. GDP in Billions 1. USA $15,094 2. China $7,298 3. Japan $5,869 4. Germany $3,577 7, UK $2,418 5. France 6. Brazil $2,766 $2,493 9. Russia $1,850 13. Australia $1,488 14. Mexico 8. Italy $2,199 10. Canada 11. India 12. Spain $1,494 $1,737 $1,676 $1,155 20 C* 15. S. Korea $1,116 16. Indonesia $846 17. Netherlands 18. Turkey $840 19. Switzerland 20. Apple $778 21. Saudi Arabia $840 $637 $578 Apple would fit in right here! An Apple a Day 1 share of Apple buys about 1,040 real apples; enough for nearly 3 years! 1,646 share" *Based on stock closing price of $668.87 on Aug 22, 2012 Inside Apple Almost half of Apple's revenue comes from iPhone sales. How about them apples! iPhone - 46% iPad - 26% Computers - 14% iTunes - 6% * Other - 4% O iPod - 3% Total Market Share At its core, Apple has evolved its business by revolutionizing the tablet and smartphone industries, in addition to PCs in the U.S. Tablets 69% Smartphones 30% Laptops 12% *pronto.com Pronto is not responsible for any errors. Sources http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/20/apple-becomes-the-most-valuable-public-company-ever-with-an-asterisk/ http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/27/apple-stock-market-cap-high/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericsavitz/2012/08/22/apple-needham-ups-target-to-750-bullish-on-iphone/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List of countries_by_GDP (nominal) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/20/aapl-apple-stock-s (-surges_n_1813748.html http://www.macrumors.com/2012/07/24/apple-reports-results-for-q3-2012-8-8-billion-profit-on-35-billion-in-revenue/ http://9to5mac.com/2012/02/02/comscore-iphone-now-at-30-us-smartphone-marketshare-12-ios-marketshare/ http://www.tuaw.com/2012/07/12/apples-pc-market-share-now-up-to-12-in-us-reports-state/ http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-second-quarter-tablet-market-share-2012-8