Apple’s previous all-time closing high was $351.88 set yesterday, February 7, 2011. Apple’s intraday high, set today, stands at $355.52. Apple’s 52-week low is $194.00.
Apple’s market value currently stands at $327.24 billion.
The top five U.S. publicly-traded companies, based on market value, are:
1. Exxon Mobil (XOM) – $418.43B
2. Apple (AAPL) – $327.23B
3. Microsoft (MSFT) – $237.64B
4. General Electric (GE) – $226.33B
5. Berkshire-Hathaway (BRKA) – $208.75B
Selected companies’ current market values:
• IBM (IBM) – $204.24B
• Wal-Mart (WMT) – $200.83B
• Google (GOOG) – $197.85B
• Cisco (CSCO) – $121.89B
• Intel (INTC) – $120.16B
• Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) – $105.45B
• Amazon (AMZN) – $82.56B
• Disney (DIS) – $77.98B
• Nokia (NOK) – $41.84B
• Sony (SNE) – $35.37B
• Research In Motion (RIMM) – $33.03B
• Dell (DELL) – $26.77B
• Yahoo! (YHOO) – $21.77B
• Adobe (ADBE) – $16.94B
• Motorola Mobility (MMI) – $8.88B
• Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) – $5.91B
• RealNetworks (RNWK) – $537.24M
AAPL quote via NASDAQ here.
Can I get a Hallelujah!
The “new normal” for AAPL is heading into the $450-500 range. The only thing that can stop it from happening is some general decline in stock market, cause by some external geopolitical event. Since the current new highs are happening while Steve Jobs is on his medical leave, it seems AAPL (the stock) has outgrown its long-term dependence on his day-to-day presence.
more news:
the sun rose in the east this morning
very like to repeat
Only $30B more for Apple to equal the Wintel hegemonists.
Funny, why does apple has the 75 place in forbes and Microsoft has the 35?
@Troy,
In part, because the Forbes listing is using old numbers.
Also, as of the recent quarterly reports, MSFT is still making more profit than AAPL.
Apple must surely now be working on a future iDevice that is no longer reliant upon Asian component makers. Time will be ripe in 2 years from now.
@qka
“Also, as of the recent quarterly reports, MSFT is still making more profit than AAPL.”
Just barely. BARELY! I have every expectation of AAPL’s fiscal Q2 or Q3 2011 passing them for good!
THAT IS A ONE A SPICEY TECH STOCK!
I never get tired of this headline.
Many happy returns!
@ken1w
When does a person sell their AAPL? When you’ve made $200 per share, $300, or how much? I thought of selling it when it doubled for me but that’s a while ago now. How long should you hold this stock?
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2011 = $422 is a no brainer! Add $100/yr
2015 = $828 US Bucks!!!!!
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@Silverhawk
iOS is the next mainstream computing platform standard and Apple owns practically all of the value chain. The technology and its ecosystem are still years ahead of the competition. In this case the sky may not be the limit.
Hold on to your stock and enjoy watching it grow.
@ silverhawk
I sold some when it crossed $300 the first time, a few months ago. I just wanted to have some funds available, in case there was a significant dip. I thought it might happen with the Steve Jobs medical leave news, but that drop was minor. A portion of my shares I will keep “forever.” The rest I am willing sell as needed.
I think things look good for the next six months. Verizon iPhone goes on sale. iPad 2 gets released. New Macs for “back-to-school” shopping time. iPhone 5, along with a major iOS release. WWDC and Mac OS X Lion. A lot of headline grabbing news for Apple.
But I think it is important to keep a portion total funds available as “cash,” in case there is a drop (or some other opportunity arises). This is especially true for me, because I’m not very “diversified” (AAPL by itself is a VERY large piece of the “pie”). A drop in AAPL (the stock) can happen for many reason unrelated to Apple (the company). However, I actually hope AAPL keeps going up without any significant dips; my “just in case” fund can just sit there.
silverhawk:
Hold. Just a matternof time before $1000 and Apple seriously branching out beyond the consumer electronics boundaries. You know it – keep the conviction.
C1:
Shake Rattle & Roll
Wanna know why gas prices are going up?
Exxon is running scared that Apple are going to overtake them in value. Solution: Jack up the profits by jacking up the prices.
–> HaHa! Only (half) joking!
@silver, reassess your price targets on Apple, every quarter after earnings come out. Just do the fundamentals.
Thanks all, I’ll hold for now. I am diversified but Apple is growing larger, faster than my other stocks and hence becoming a larger percentage of the total.