As of January 12, 2006 10:01 ET, Apple Computer’s market value (price per share multiplied by the number of shares outstanding) stands at $72,039,808,640. Dell’s market value currently stands at $73,150,994,043.
[UPDATE: As of 10:58am ET, Market values: Apple: $72,301,066,720, Dell: $72,912,111,560.]
Rest assured, we are watching the situation closely. We have an article prepped (including relevant comments made in the past by Michael Dell and Steve Jobs) if and when Apple passes Dell in market value. (Note: Hewlett-Packard, maker of PCs, printers, digital cameras, etc. currently has a market value around $87.7 bln.)
You can watch the Apple vs. Dell market value race here.
Related article of particular interest:
Hedge fund manager Cody Willard: ‘Apple could become more valuable than Microsoft sometime in 2007’ – December 15, 2005
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Apple is dooooomed!
Dell is so happy that intelApple’s don’t use bios…
Quick!
Somebody make a Widget that can track this.
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MDN Magic Word : Knew
i knew it is about to happen …
so that would be $86.7982 a share with 842.77m shares outstanding
Hopefully, this will put a final end to the media’s description of Apple as the “beleaguered” computer company. Now it’s Dell’s turn.
In a few years, Microsoft will be the “beleaguered” software maker when people realize that it is NOT the CPU, but it is all about the OS.
R: Apple is dooooomed? Really? How do you figure?
Apple should pay a dividend followed by a press release commemorating Michael Dell’s infamous statement from eight years ago about what he would do with Apple if he were in charge. A piece of the company to each shareholder. It would be beautiful iRony.
I think R is being humorous.
No, R was being iRonic
I think Michael Dell should sell the company and give the money back to the shareholders!
R not: It’s actually code for Decentralized Object-Oriented Machine.
That’s a refreshing upgrade from Death to Overly Obvious Mediocrity.
TMAN – right on.
iRony Rules!
Rice-ironee the SF treat!
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Who’s next ? HP ?!
I would be alot more interested in watching the valuation relative to Dell if apples success was driven by computer sales.
“Dell is so happy that intelApple’s don’t use bios…”
No kidding! This was the most disappointing news to come out of MacWorld. I don’t know how it works, but I hope someone come up with a work around to enable dual booting. I was about to order a new MacBook until I heard about this. I am no Windows fan, but as many have noted here in the past, there are certain apps that have no Mac equivalent and Windows must be tolerated to use them.
Phil Schiller said that Apple would do nothing to preclude Mac owners from installing Windows on the new machines, but it seems that they have done just that.
Gap is now under $500m.
BTW, Market Cap of HP is $ 88,080,780,160. If Carly hadn’t been booted out, Apple would have passed them already.
“Hopefully, this will put a final end to the media’s description of Apple as the “beleaguered” computer company.”
That has been long since transferred to Gateway. Apple hasnt been called beleaguered in at least 3 years.
Want to see good graphic: click graphs, make it 6 months and compare the two.
Result is as you would expect..but still good to see.
2006 will be an AMAZING year for Apple – and the growing Mac ‘n iPod army (better make that ‘multitude’ as Jobs is said to be anti-war.. although he fights better than any soldier I saw, and he motivates his troops better than any general I saw..)
I predict a riot… but I’m a bit giddy from all the coverage!
Pete >
Why does it matter?
I’d be more impressed with Dell if their success was based on convincing real users as opposed to corporate purchasing types or CIOs.
And as for HP, how much of their value is based on inkjet cartridges.
Apple is a relatively balanced business – around 40-45% comes from iPods, 40-45% comes from computers, and the rest comes from software, music, displays, etc. But the great thing is that they run their whole show, as opposed to Dell who are at the mercy of Microsoft (desperately writing for Vista) and their corporate clients who could go to Lenovo or HP at the drop of a hat.
Apple already makes far superior computers and it follows that Apple surpasses Dell in market value as well.
MCCFR: “And as for HP, how much of their value is based on inkjet cartridges.”
Oh, man. You’ve done it now. That’s supposed to be classified information. You should expect an HP agent with dark suit and dark glasses at your door at any moment. Do you have a safe house? RUN!
Without wishing to be controversial, does anyone else find Apple’s P/E slightly surreal?
UN-F$CKING-BELIEVABLE
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