Objective of Study • To Study The SWOT Analysis Of Apple Inc. • To Study The Growth Of Apple Inc. with respect to its market share. • To Do The Financial Analysis Of Apple Inc. • To Study The Financial Trend Of Apple Inc. Ratio Analysis Of Apple Inc. 1. Measures of Liquidity. current assets A. Current ratio = ----------------- current liabilities Current Ratio (2009) = 2.74 Current Ratio (2010) = 2.01 Current Ratio (2011) = 1.6 Current Ratio (2012) = 1.49 Graph-1.1 Interpretation: Measuring the liquidity through the current ratio, with 2.74 in the year 2009,0.74 above the standard, with the decline in the following year meeting exactly the standard at 2% in the year 2010, and a steep decline in the year 2011-2012 as compared to its standard.Resulting in the decline in firm’s ability to meet its day-to-day operating expenses. The current liabilities from 2009 to 2012 have increased by 27.03 billion whereas the investments in current assets have increased just by 26.09 billion, which causes the decline in the current ratio. To cope up with this problem the company should invest more in current assets and should reduce its current liabilities. Current assets - inventory B. Quick ratio = -------------------------------- Current liabilities Quick Ratio (2009) = 2.70 Quick Ratio (2010) = 1.96 Quick Ratio (2011) = 1.58 Quick Ratio (2012) = 1.47 Graph-1.2 Interpretation: Same as Current ratio the quick ratio of Apple Inc. is decreasing from the year 2009 to 2012 from 2.70 to 1.74, which can cause problem for Apple Inc. to meets its short-term obligations. C. Net Working Capital = current assets - current liabilities Net Working Capital (2009) = 20.05 B... ... middle of paper ... ... industrial giants such as Microsoft, Nokia or even Samsung hands down, it is the presentations. • Apple is self-sufficient and creates its own internal components for the core of its computers-it is one of its strengths. • The growth rate, according to Gartner, tops all other computer makers and puts Apple in fourth place overall for market share. • Based on the performed analysis, Apple Inc. is financially healthy and strong. The company’s growth has been extraordinary during the past five years. • Apple is able to finance its operations by current liabilities only. Its financial structure is outstanding with 100% Equity. Apple Inc. does not have any long-term debt, which makes the company very financially independent. • Apple has substantially improved in its key measures of profitability. In terms of ROA, ROE, and profit margins, Apple strengthened financially.
Apple is one of the leading brands of technological devices, which is headquartered in California. It invents and sells both hardware and software products. The well-known hardware products include iPhone the smartphone, iPad the tablet, Mac the computer, and iPod the media player; and the famous software includes iOS system, iTunes, Safari, and iCloud. There is no doubt that Apple has been paying loads of effort behind its succeed, and the factors will be investigate below.
By looking at this financial I can conclude that Apple is at a very strong financial position compared to its rivals. Most of the ratios are better for Apple than for its rivals.
Apple provide laptops, phones, speakers, televisions and more. The breakdown of swot for apple goes as followed. The strengths of apple are that it has great advertising capabilities with a strong USA distribution centre. Its weaknesses are that its over dependant on iphone sales and especially the iphone 7 having wireless earphones this can decrease sales because it is less appealing to buyers. In addition, Apple have a weak distribution channel to India and therefore lose out on sales there. Apple also have constant material issue like breaking the front glass, bugs on the software or constant crashing of apps. However, Apple do have a lot of opportunities and these are internet market sales, promoting a healthy live style via apps and monitoring and increasing prices after each release of an iphone. This can all help Apple’s profits. However, with opportunities come threats this is from competitor like Samsung, exchange rates so less profit when items are bought and lastly suing and court cases. These factors can affect the profits of Apple.
Apple Inc. is an American corporation that designs and manufactures computer hardware, software and other consumer
Apple is an international corporation that is involved in design, development and distribution of consumer electronics, personal computers and computer software. It is mostly recognized for hardware such as iPhone smartphone, iPod media player, and Mac computers, and softwares such as OS X, the Safari web browser and iOS operating systems among other softwares. Apple was founded in April 1976 by Steve Wozniak, Ronald Wayne and Steve Jobs with a sole purpose of developing and selling of computers. Since then, it has experienced consistence growth. Today, Apple Inc. stands as the second largest IT Company in the world after Samsung Electronics. Like any other corporation, Apple’s performance has been fluctuating from time to time. This has been attributed by factors which emerge from within the organization (internal factors) and those that emerge from outside the organization (external factors) (Yu & Zhang, 2010). Apple has not been on success always. In 1996, Apple was declared bankrupt and Steve Jobs, one of the founders sought job to save his company (Hoover, 2001). In 1997, the price per each Apple’s share cost $3.30. The company grew and by 2011, the price per share was $339.87 (Martins, 2011).
innovative companies of the world due to the creation of differentiated products such as iPod,
of the more user-friendly Microsoft Windows. Even though the company still enjoyed high returns, its market share was falling rapidly (Encyclopedia Britannica, 2008). After reviewing the current data concerning Apple’s revenues for this quarter, it seems that Apple is doing well within its sector. According to its first quarter results released January 22, 2008, the company posted a net quarterly profit of $1.58 billion. Gross margin was 34.7 percent up from 31.2 percent in the same quarter a year ago (Apple, Investor Relations, 2008). The company second quarter results show a net quarterly profit of $1.
Apple Inc. is a global technological and innovative company based in California, U.S.A. Apple was formed by Wozniak Steve, Jobs Steve and Wayne Ronald in 1976 in order to enhance and sell individual computers (Jason D. O 'Grady, 2009). The company conquered its competitors and emerged as one of the best computing companies. Today, Apple operates in numerous lines that are inclusive of the music industry, mobile phones, and computer industry. The operations of this company range from manufacturing the hardware as well as the software for use in these devices. Notably, Apple continues to dominate the technology industry though not as aggressively as it did some years back. The company has since incorporation opened over sixty-five outlets
Apple Inc. was established by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak on April 1, 1976 as a computer designer, developer and seller company. However, the company shifted its focus from only personal computer to include other consumer electronics such as portable media player and mobile phone in 2007. Apple Inc becomes one of the most popular makers in its field since it seems that its popularity has increased according to a report on www.statista.com that Apple Inc’s products sales was generally increasing throughout the first quarter of 2006 to the first quarter of 2014. On the one hand, it has increased its revenue from about 14 billion US dollars to more than 170 billion US dollars in 2013. All in all, the company is highly successful corresponding to its products’ development and their sales growth in world’s market.
Apple Inc’s revenues come from the computer hardware, software and consumer electronics industries. It’s competitors are Dell, HP, IBM, Microsoft, Sony.
Apple Inc. has been into the electronics business since some decades in the industry. It had built its place in the markets, all over the world through its dynamic strategies that focused on quality and innovation. Apple Inc. has made progress from being a loss making company to being the biggest company in the electronics industry with incredibly high revenues and profit margins.
...ion , Apples a force to be reckoned with without a doubt . They will continue to lead in their industry. There is also opportunity to expand on better products and more innovative products . As mentioned in the introduction, Apple has much room for improvement. “To be number one and remain number one you have to create originality”. Apple must keep up with the changing times so that they remain a leader in portable electronics. Apple has the technology world secured and can continue to lead with the most accurate, most convenient, and fast acting electronics. Apple is successful due to the vision that was a dream and most people would call it “ the American Dream of Technology” .
The two factors for long-term strategy growth Apple should develop is innovation and profitability. A disadvantage Apple Inc. has in the industry is they tend to finance the expensive research and development programs while competitors piggyback off Microsoft and Intel. They have a reputation and dominant in the technological leadership in the iPad and iPhone. The iPad 4 technology was released within 7 months to the iPad 3 the reason being the A6X processor in the iPad 4 is signific...
Apple computer, Inc. is one of the largest tech companies in the world. The company was established on April 1, 1976, and incorporated on January 3, 1977. Apple computer had been using this name for the first 30 years then removed the word “computer” on January 9, 2007. Apple has produced a lot of innovative products and has successfully become one of the top leaders in the field of technology. Apple itself produces hardware which includes Macintosh computers, iPods, iPhones and iPads. In order to support their own hardware, Apple has also created software including Mac OS X operating system, iOS mobile operating system, iTunes, a professional photography package, a suite of professional audio and film-industry, final cut studio, logic studio and music production tools (Wikipedia, September 2010).
Today, Apple has once again proved its ability to produce best product in the world market and holds its market cap at $658.15 billion.