Apple is about to lose the world's most valuable company title? In December 2015, according to statistics Alphabet (that is, the current Google's parent company) have the opportunity to go beyond Apple, become the world's most valuable company, the reason is that although the Apple market is still higher than the Alphabet, but because of the Alphabet in the rapid growth of enterprise value, at last month's enterprise value has overtaken Apple!
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Apple's enterprise value has been Alphabet beyond
The root According to the financial times reported, at present, Apple still has 535 billion market value, higher than the 485 billion the market value of the Alphabet. But if from a given stock, debt, minus the cash value "enterprise value enterprise value", Alphabet have $420 billion, surpassing the Apple the enterprise value of $393 billion.
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The report pointed out that this is just a symptom of Apple recession, in standard & poor's 500 index in 2015, many technology stocks performance is quite good, especially Facebook and Amazon, Netflix, Google (Alphabet), the four companies is an important index in the index, is referred to as "Fang".
As for Apple, is the share price fell by 4% in 2015, the market value of $200 billion. Investors worried that Apple too overly dependent on the iPhone this product, and the lack of other projects can be obvious profit. In addition to looking for new opportunities in China, Apple seems to have no new markets; The appeal of the new iPhone is gradually reduced, at the same time also led to consumers reluctant to upgrade their mobile phone.
Analysts say Apple recession this year will be more significant
Most analysts believe that Apple's recession this year will be even more significant. The success of the Apple needs a breakthrough at this time. And Apple Apple Watch failed in the past, the future Car is not a shadow, and Apple this year's situation is embarrassed.
Before and at the same time in the field of automobile, is a rapidly growing Teslas, followed by Alphabet catching up, this smart car let Apple chose to build little advantage. And returned to the smartphone market, analysts Adnaan Ahmad think Apple has already begun to set foot on the Nokia, Blackberry. He pointed out that enterprises grow in history when a situation, the company's prospect is not so good. Apple forecast for the next two years will go very hard.
Thought, excessive dependence on Apple iPhone this product
Of course even if Apple future looks bleak, now the company has the standard & poor's 500 index is still 3.3% of the proportion, the profit is not low, expect to come up with the growth of 7% this quarter, profits of $18.2 billion, that most americans are still the Apple stock as one of the important projects of retirement plans.
Unfortunately, Apple's current performance, to make the company's market value in the standard & poor's 500 index higher proportion. The report pointed out that in addition to the Alphabet is about to overtake Apple, Microsoft also is expected to close and the distance between the Apple. At the moment, however, Apple is still the greatest company in the market.