Two Reasons Why Apple's Stock Is Sliding

Two Reasons Why Apple's Stock Is Sliding Decelerating revenue growth and declining margins 90% 80% 70% 60% REVENUE GROWTH 50% 40% AVENUE GROVTH 30% 20% 10% 0% Q2 2009 Q3 2009 04 2009 Q1 2009 48% 02 2010 03 2010 04 2010 Q1 2011 02 2011 GROSS MARGIN 46% 44% 42% Q1 2012 04 2012 01 2013 40% GROSS MARSI 38% 36% 34% 03 2009 04 2009 Q2 2009 $800 $700 Q4 2010 Q1 2011 Q3 2010 02 2011 03 2011 $600 STOCK PERFORMANCE $500 04 2011 Q1 2012 Q3 2012 Q4 2012 Q1 2013 $400 $300 $200 $100 $O OCT 1, 2008 APR 1, 2009 OCT 1, 2009 statista creative The Statistics-Portal commons APR 1, 2011 OCT 1, 2011 APR 1, 2012 Sources: Apple, Yahoo! Finance Q1 2010 Q1 2009 03 2011 Q4 2011 Q1 2010 Q2 2012 Q2 2010 Q3 2012 02 2012 APR 1, 2010 OCT 1, 2010 OCT 1, 2012 JAN 30, 2013