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Tag: Apple shareholders

How Apple reinvents itself to keep growing

Wednesday, August 7, 2019 1:45 pm2 Comments

Last week, Apple’s Q3 2019 financial results caused a bit of a hubbub because iPhone revenue was…

3 things Apple CEO Tim Cook wants investors to know

Thursday, August 1, 2019 10:54 amThursday, August 1, 20197 Comments

When Apple reported its fiscal third-quarter earnings results on Tuesday, investors were in for a pleasant surprise…

Apple spends a record $23.8B buying back its own shares — and saves cash in the process

Wednesday, June 26, 2019 12:01 pmWednesday, June 26, 201918 Comments

Apple again led S&P 500 companies in buybacks, spending a new record $23.8 billion in Q1…

Apple has made huge progress toward its ‘net cash neutral’ goal

Tuesday, May 7, 2019 7:44 pm11 Comments

In early 2018, just a couple months after tax reform was passed, Apple CFO Luca Maestri…

Apple’s $130-billon problem: Zero-cash goal could be a cause for concern in a few years

Friday, March 8, 2019 11:01 amFriday, March 8, 201918 Comments

Apple has a $130-billon problem, and it could impact the company’s stock down the line…

The Street is underestimating the timing and impact of Apple going net cash neutral

Wednesday, July 11, 2018 1:00 pm5 Comments

We expect Apple to return $300B to shareholders and to be net cash neutral by the end of…

Share buyback boom remains in overdrive after President Trump’s tax cuts

Tuesday, May 22, 2018 5:25 pmTuesday, May 22, 201817 Comments

The stock buyback boom continued apace with U.S. companies announcing $6.1 billion of buybacks a day…

Is a stronger social mission what Apple is missing?

Wednesday, May 16, 2018 11:30 amWednesday, May 16, 20187 Comments

Apple’s Wall Street watchers wonder if the company will be the first U.S. corporation worth a trillion dollars…

Investors look to Apple’s cash, services as analysts fret over iPhone unit sales

Tuesday, May 1, 2018 1:30 pmTuesday, May 1, 20183 Comments

Apple Inc’s multi-hundred billion cash stockpile and stalling growth in services such as iCloud present…

Making the case for doubling Apple’s share buyback pace

Thursday, April 26, 2018 5:01 pmThursday, April 26, 20186 Comments

Next week, Apple will provide an update to its capital return program…

Apple dividend hike looms

Monday, April 9, 2018 10:27 am7 Comments

Apple investors have enjoyed many years of nice returns, albeit with some volatility along the way…

Apple cash neutral: Smart capital allocation or corporate gimmick?

Wednesday, March 14, 2018 8:56 amWednesday, March 14, 201815 Comments

Apple is sitting on mountains of cash in its balance sheet with a net cash position of $163 billion…

Apple investor focus shifts to capital return plans

Friday, March 9, 2018 5:31 pm7 Comments

Apple “investor focus has moved to the company’s plans to boost its returns to shareholders…

Apple shareholders defeat two shareholder proposals, CEO Cook downplays special dividend

Wednesday, February 14, 2018 8:34 amWednesday, February 14, 201818 Comments

Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook downplayed a suggestion that the company might issue a special dividend…

Apple’s big repatriation cash winners: Shareholders

Friday, January 19, 2018 9:26 amFriday, January 19, 201820 Comments

Apple Inc. announced a $38 billion tax windfall for the U.S. government this week…

Why would any shareholder complain about Apple using repatriated funds for buybacks?

Wednesday, January 10, 2018 4:45 pmWednesday, January 10, 201833 Comments

Sure, many of the leaders from Silicon Valley won’t experience a massive tax break…

China offers tax incentives to persuade U.S. companies like Apple to stay

Thursday, December 28, 2017 3:25 pmThursday, December 28, 20179 Comments

In a bid to keep American businesses from taking their profits out of China following Washington’s overhaul of the United States tax code…

Apple expected to repatriate $214 billion to the U.S.; expect increased buybacks and dividends, not big acquisitions

Friday, December 22, 2017 5:35 pmFriday, December 22, 2017116 Comments

With the new tax structure we expect Apple will bring $214 billion back to the U.S…

Apple preps to distribute dividends totaling $3.1 billion to shareholders

Wednesday, February 8, 2017 5:31 pmWednesday, February 8, 201725 Comments

On February 16, Apple will pay shareholders of record a quarterly dividend of $0.57 per share…

How would Apple even pay for a massive acquisition like Time Warner or Netflix?

Thursday, November 3, 2016 10:29 am10 Comments

As telecommunications giants continue scooping up content plays in an effort to take over more of the value chain…

U.S. v. Apple – the looming trial of the century?

Friday, August 19, 2016 1:55 pmFriday, August 19, 201615 Comments

The US Federal Trade Commission launched an investigation into Apple…

Apple gears up to distribute $3.2 billion to shareholders

Wednesday, August 10, 2016 2:00 pmWednesday, August 10, 201610 Comments

On August 11, Apple will pay shareholders of record a quarterly dividend of $0.57 per share…

Apple’s App Store anti-competitive? Spotify and Elizabeth Warren think so

Friday, July 15, 2016 10:34 am21 Comments

Late last month, Apple streaming music rival Spotify accused Apple of anti-competitive behavior for rejecting…

Apple is handcuffed by how much it can raise its dividend

Tuesday, July 12, 2016 5:31 pmTuesday, July 12, 201627 Comments

Everyone knows that Apple has a tremendous amount of cash and continues to generate tens of billions…

Elizabeth Warren accuses Apple of monopolistic-like actions; Spotify concurs

Wednesday, June 29, 2016 10:08 pmWednesday, June 29, 201644 Comments

Following Nancy Pelosi’s ‘poor Tim’ comment earlier this week, Apple today is again the target of yet another politician…

Apple CEO Tim Cook has billions of reasons to raise money for the GOP

Wednesday, June 29, 2016 12:00 pmWednesday, June 29, 201626 Comments

Apple CEO Tim Cook’s fundraising breakfast for House Speaker Paul Ryan on Tuesday was the talk of Silicon Valley…

Credit Suisse analyst: Apple shares could rise nearly 40%

Thursday, March 3, 2016 4:26 pmThursday, March 3, 201612 Comments

With tech stocks on the upswing, Credit Suisse has put out a list of of its top investment ideas…

Ireland’s Sinn Fein party will pursue Apple if EU finds company owes back taxes

Thursday, January 21, 2016 2:26 pm3 Comments

Sinn Fein may pursue Apple for the taxes it could owe Ireland should the European Commission find against the company and the government in an ongoing probe…

Will any U.S. presidential candidate give Silicon Valley what it wants most?

Tuesday, December 29, 2015 8:29 amTuesday, December 29, 201514 Comments

Apple Inc. Chief Executive Tim Cook is usually even-keeled when he is on stage or doing interviews…

Campaigners praise Apple shareholder move while opponents warn

Thursday, December 24, 2015 11:01 amThursday, December 24, 201520 Comments

Apple’s decision to give long-term shareholders a greater say in boardroom appointments…

Apple offers proxy access, making shareholder nominations to the board easier

Wednesday, December 23, 2015 10:03 am3 Comments

Apple said its board of directors had adopted amended bylaws Monday that allow a shareholder, or a group of up to 20 shareholders…

Cramer: Apple’s Tim Cook is ‘patriotic’ on taxes

Monday, December 21, 2015 11:52 am28 Comments

CNBC’s Jim Cramer has a message for Tim Cook critics: He’s right on taxes…

Apple CEO Tim Cook is absolutely right – and wrong – on U.S. corporate tax policy

Sunday, December 20, 2015 2:06 pm37 Comments

In the interview with Charlie Rose, Mr. Cook describes the U.S. tax system as being designed for the industrial age as opposed to the digital age…

Apple CEO calls corporate tax rap ‘total political crap’

Friday, December 18, 2015 4:28 pmFriday, December 18, 201547 Comments

This is a tax code that was made for the industrial age, not the digital age. It’s backwards. It’s awful for America. It should have been fixed many years ago…

If Apple announces its corporate U.S. exit, will we finally get the message?

Friday, December 4, 2015 9:05 amFriday, December 4, 201538 Comments

Pfizer’s corporate U.S. exit should be a wake-up call to the American public…

Apple’s massive mountain of cash – and everything you need to know about it

Monday, November 2, 2015 1:01 pmMonday, November 2, 201524 Comments

Apple makes more money than any company has ever made…

Options traders bet on Apple’s earnings to spark rally in AAPL shares

Tuesday, October 27, 2015 1:05 pm3 Comments

Trading in call options has outpaced trading in put options in recent sessions….

No respect: Apple is the Rodney Dangerfield of tech companies

Tuesday, October 27, 2015 12:02 pmTuesday, October 27, 201517 Comments

No matter what Apple does, no matter how big the records set, it seems that it is never enough…

Apple avoids $59.2 billion U.S. tax bill

Wednesday, October 7, 2015 12:01 pmWednesday, October 7, 201535 Comments

The 500 largest American companies hold more than $2.1 trillion in accumulated profits offshore to avoid U.S. taxes…

Apple’s growing cash dilemma

Thursday, June 18, 2015 3:55 pmThursday, June 18, 201522 Comments

With approximately $200 billion of cash on the balance sheet…

How the iPhone can drive Apple to a $1 trillion market cap

Monday, March 30, 2015 4:00 pmMonday, March 30, 20153 Comments

While there has been a lot of speculation as to where Apple’s next wave…

Apple dominates in stock buybacks, too

Tuesday, March 24, 2015 2:55 pmTuesday, March 24, 201511 Comments

Apple is far above second place Exxon Mobil…

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