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Tag: cash-on-hand

Samsung tries to copy Apple’s best problem

Friday, May 10, 2013 4:01 pmFriday, May 10, 20139 Comments

We already know that Samsung has a certain level of admiration for Apple…

Apple could buy Facebook, Groupon, LinkedIn, Netflix, Pandora, BlackBerry, Yahoo, Yelp, Zillow and Zynga – and still have $2 billion left over

Friday, February 8, 2013 12:28 pmFriday, February 8, 201325 Comments

Apple Inc. came under attack Thursday from an influential investor…

Gamco’s Haverty: Apple board can be sued over excessive accumulation of cash (with video)

Monday, January 28, 2013 9:03 amMonday, January 28, 201318 Comments

Larry Haverty, portfolio manager at Gamco Investors, discusses possible lawsuits…

Apple needs to answer these questions

Tuesday, December 18, 2012 1:01 pm44 Comments

Apple’s latest earnings report put some fear into investors…

Use Apple’s cash to your advantage

Friday, November 16, 2012 2:02 pm2 Comments

Apple (AAPL) is the king of cash…

A capital time for Apple investors

Sunday, July 22, 2012 8:14 pm3 Comments

There’s no shortage of financial yardsticks to show Apple’s remarkable performance…

Apple’s secret plan for its mountain of cash: Buying up its own supply chain

Friday, April 20, 2012 11:23 amFriday, April 20, 201282 Comments

Apple has $100 billion of cash and a lot of ways to spend it…

What Apple could do with its cash

Monday, March 19, 2012 8:23 am12 Comments

Most folks think that Apple will announce some sort of dividend…

MacDailyNews presents live notes from Apple’s ‘cash balance’ Conference Call

Monday, March 19, 2012 8:14 amMonday, March 19, 20126 Comments

MacDailyNews presents live notes from Apple’s ‘cash balance’ Conference Call…

Apple to reveal decision on use of cash hoard on Monday morning

Sunday, March 18, 2012 9:21 pmSunday, March 18, 201265 Comments

Apple Inc. said it will announce the outcome of its internal discussion…

The secret reason why Apple has hoarded so much cash

Thursday, March 15, 2012 6:08 pm74 Comments

Apple’s huge cash hoard is a something of a mystery…

Apple’s cash hoard now double that of #2 Microsoft

Wednesday, March 14, 2012 2:47 pm11 Comments

Apple Inc.’s iPad-fueled cash pile, the largest in corporate America…

Bernstein analyst Sacconaghi: $50-$100 billion of debt might be ‘attractive option’ for Apple

Tuesday, March 13, 2012 1:01 pmTuesday, March 13, 201245 Comments

Bernstein Research’s Toni Sacconaghi today reiterates an Outperform rating on Apple (AAPL) shares…

Apple now worth seventeen times Dell’s market value

Monday, March 12, 2012 11:27 am59 Comments

On October 6, 1997, in response to the question of what he’d do if he was in charge of Apple…

Apple now worth sixteen times Dell’s market value

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:49 amMonday, March 12, 201243 Comments

On October 6, 1997, in response to the question of what he’d do if he was in charge of Apple…

MarketWatch’s Poletti: Apple Inc. shareholders are a pretty smug and happy bunch

Thursday, February 23, 2012 5:33 pmThursday, February 23, 201222 Comments

Upon entering the company’s campus to get to the annual shareholder meeting on Thursday…

Apple shareholders to meet on Thursday with stock near record high

Wednesday, February 22, 2012 8:39 amWednesday, February 22, 20125 Comments

Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook is in an enviable position…

Apple CEO: Cash discussions intensifying

Tuesday, February 14, 2012 5:32 pmTuesday, February 14, 201223 Comments

Apple Inc is in very active discussions at the board level about what to do…

Are dividend hopes driving Apple’s shares higher? (with video)

Friday, February 10, 2012 2:30 pmFriday, February 10, 201217 Comments

Apple’s shares managed to defy the sharp market downturn on Friday…

Best use of Apple’s cash? How about an Apple credit card?

Friday, January 27, 2012 12:31 pm42 Comments

Apple’s iPhone users could have two big advantages…

Three fairly radical ideas for Apple’s $100 billion cash hoard

Thursday, January 26, 2012 2:20 pmThursday, January 26, 201257 Comments

When Apple reported its monster Q1 results on Tuesday, the company revealed..

Tim Cooks’ $98 billion problem: Apple CEO faces first test with cash mountain

Thursday, January 26, 2012 8:34 am40 Comments

Apple’s cash balance now roughly equals California’s 2012-2013 state budget…

Apple now worth $103 per share – in cash

Tuesday, January 24, 2012 6:18 pm36 Comments

As of its latest earnings release on January 24, Apple now has a total of…

Getting Apple’s cash right and why it’s important

Thursday, January 12, 2012 4:01 pmThursday, January 12, 201210 Comments

If cash is king, then there is no doubt that Apple (AAPL) is The King…

Apple stock: Cheap from nearly every angle

Tuesday, December 20, 2011 11:02 amTuesday, December 20, 201115 Comments

Apple (AAPL) looks cheap from nearly every angle….

An open letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook

Thursday, December 8, 2011 3:33 pmThursday, December 8, 201134 Comments

Quick math suggests that, excluding your cash, AAPL equity is trading at under 11x next year’s earnings….

‘Ultrabook’ manufacturers look to plastic as Apple commandeers unibody aluminum supplies

Monday, November 21, 2011 11:18 pmTuesday, November 22, 201125 Comments

Intel’s new ‘Ultrabook’ initiative designed to help PC manufacturers churn out MacBook Air clones…

Apple’s supply-chain secret? Hoard lasers

Friday, November 4, 2011 12:25 pmFriday, November 4, 201121 Comments

Apple design guru Jony Ive decided he wanted a new feature for the next MacBook…

Only non-shareholders are complaining about Apple

Tuesday, October 25, 2011 3:01 pmTuesday, October 25, 201114 Comments

Apple has been an institutional stock favorite and has rewarded growth investors handsomely…

Why Apple won’t pay a dividend or buyback shares

Thursday, October 20, 2011 12:31 pmThursday, October 20, 201116 Comments

Apple’s earnings also highlighted its ever-expanding cash hoard which now totals about $81.6 billion…

Steve Jobs’ death increases pleas for Apple to pay dividend, buyback stock

Monday, October 10, 2011 11:20 am35 Comments

At a meeting with Apple Inc. finance chief Peter Oppenheimer this year…

Apple’s cash hoard could grow to $146 billion by end of 2012

Tuesday, September 13, 2011 2:15 pmTuesday, September 13, 201132 Comments

The $76 billion Apple reported last quarter could grow to $146 billion…

Apple could buy the entire mobile industry

Thursday, September 8, 2011 3:45 pmThursday, September 8, 201112 Comments

Did you know that Apple has enough capital to buy out the entire mobile phone industry?

Business prof: Apple without Jobs gives Cook $28 billion for dealmaking

Friday, August 26, 2011 2:44 pmFriday, August 26, 201135 Comments

Without Steve Jobs, Apple Inc. (AAPL) may start to embrace dealmaking…

Why Apple is unique among giant tech cash hoarders

Monday, August 22, 2011 1:01 pmMonday, August 22, 201131 Comments

Share repurchases and dividends are often viewed as a good sign for a company…

Five ways Apple should spend its $76 billion

Wednesday, August 10, 2011 4:01 pmWednesday, August 10, 201155 Comments

Here are five ways could Apple actually invent the future…

Apple’s money, what’s it for?

Tuesday, August 2, 2011 2:04 pmTuesday, August 2, 201173 Comments

Apple has more cash on hand than does the U.S. government…

Apple now has more cash than the U.S. government

Thursday, July 28, 2011 10:47 pm108 Comments

Steve Jobs is now more liquid than Uncle Sam…

What could Apple buy with their $80 billion cash pile?

Wednesday, July 20, 2011 1:48 pmThursday, July 21, 201152 Comments

In Apple’s fiscal third quarter conference call…

Apple could buy the mobile phone industry

Friday, June 17, 2011 11:01 amFriday, June 17, 201120 Comments

In less than two weeks, Apple will report having over $70 billion in cash…

If cash is king, Apple’s is an emperor

Tuesday, April 26, 2011 1:54 pmTuesday, April 26, 201125 Comments

Apple’s cash for short-term and long-term marketable securities totaled $65.8 billion…

Apple’s massive $66 billion war chest; what’s it for?

Friday, April 22, 2011 10:30 amFriday, April 22, 201194 Comments

In its latest earnings report on Wednesday, Apple recorded cash and cash equivalents…

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