Apple’s previous all-time closing high was $283.23 set on yesterday, September 20, 2010. Apple’s all-time high (intraday) stands at $287.35, set today. Apple’s 52-week low is $180.70.
At market close, Apple’s market value stands at $259.24 billion.
The top five U.S. publicly-traded companies, based on full market values, are:
1. Exxon Mobil (XOM) – $313.35B
2. Apple (AAPL) – $259.24B
3. Microsoft (MSFT) – $217.64B
4. Berkshire-Hathaway (BRKA) – 206.13B
4. Wal-Mart (WMT) – $194.81B
Selected companies’ current market values:
• IBM (IBM) – $166.46B
• Google (GOOG) – $163.64B
• Cisco (CSCO) – $123.09B
• Intel (INTC) – $106.57B
• Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) – $90.53B
• Amazon (AMZN) – $67.50B
• Disney (DIS) – $65.98B
• Nokia (NOK) – $36.61B
• Sony (SNE) – $31.07B
• Research In Motion (RIMM) – $24.72B
• Dell (DELL) – $24.51B
• Motorola (MOT) – $19.44B
• Yahoo! (YHOO) – $19.12B
• Adobe (ADBE) – $17.30B
• Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) – $4.16B
• RealNetworks (RNWK) – $405.42M
AAPL quote via NASDAQ here.
300 within 10 days.
It never gets old.
Let me say this again. This past winter, when MSFT still had larger market capitalisation than AAPL, it took some three months (from end of February, to end of May) for AAPL to grow some 20% to eclipse MSFT in market cap.
Today, AAPL is more-or-less in the same position against XOM (Exxon-Mobile). Assuming XOM stays more-or-less flat (not an unlikely assumption), AAPL needs to grow about 22% (to approximately $360) in order to become the largest company traded on the American stock markets.
How is this possible? How can professional investors (big ones, too) consider Apple to have same value as the largest company in the world, the personification of the “Big Oil”??? I mean, I obviously know why Apple is where it is now (after all, I do get my news from MDN…), but the largest in the world??? In a matter of three months???
I blame Obama. Wait a minute; this is good. Nevermind.
Apple should buy AMD!
The world will be a better place when the most valuable company is an innovator rather than one selling dead dinosaurs.
My last comment made me realize that Apple’s value now sits between a company selling dead dinosaurs and a corporate dinosaur.
Fun Fact!:
Apple’s Market Cap today, is 41.6 Billion dollars higher than Microsoft’s.
*giggle*
Take a bow, Mr Jobs!
Everyone keep in mind that Apple is only a small player in many of the markets that it is crushing. Apple has a long way to grow still and many new markets to suck up.
PS: I see you Adobe hiding at the bottom of the list. Make room down their, Microsoft will be joining you soon.
In after hours trading Adobe down 15% or 2.55B. So the list is already outdated with Adobe having a value of 14.75B. Tomorrow?
The ship is going backwards….
@ Horner
very well executed, you are forgiven
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Using the current market values, you could sell Apple and buy every company from Disney on down and still end up with nearly $16B in cash. Apple has done very well, indeed.
I had a chance to buy shares when I worked for apple – when they would have cost me $70.
Foot, Meet Mouth.
I own Apple and Disney stock, just like Steve; maybe not quite as much.
“In the past year, the company’s market capitalization has increased 52%, and it’s now estimated to be worth $3.9 billion. By comparison, Blockbuster has dropped 47% to $62 million. Over the last two years, the largest competitor of Netflix has racked up losses of $932 million and teeters on the edge of bankruptcy (even after closing 374 stores in 2009 and as many as 545 in 2010).”
Sounds like a steal. Take all the stores offline and put 1 store online and stream it.