Apple continues to beat all imaginable and unimaginable records on market capitalization.Analysts have voiced a figure of $ 1 trillion and advise investors in the long term is to focus on such value, ignoring the uncertainty and based on the medium-term forecasts.
According to the publication Vesti Finance , Apple's capitalization now stands at $ 734 billion. The shares after trading began growing at 1% and cost $ 127. Against this background, most analysts are advised to either keep or buy securities of Apple. Is it that Mizuho Financial experts recently downgraded to neutral and objective put at $ 115. The basic range - $ 130-150, that is, experts believe that Apple shares or have room to grow, or certainly no place to fall.
But there is a more radical outlook. His voiced Cantor Fitzgerald analyst Brian White. He claims that Apple market capitalization reached $ 1 trillion. Today, he told his clients that the securities will rise up to $ 180. The previous forecast was already positive - $ 160. If we are really going to go to $ 180, then in fact Apple will cost even more than $ 1 trillion.
Of course, Apple's stock White offers exclusively buy. The main reason is that the first time in five years, Apple published a new market segment, creating Apple Watch. Sales of the device will start in April. There are hints and other innovations. The second reason can be considered the prospects of Apple in China. Gartner analysts note the change of leader in the smartphone market. Since 2011, South Korea's Samsung was the largest seller of smartphones in the world, but in the IV quarter of 2014 she lost the leadership of the American Apple. Cupertino-based company sold 74.8 million against 73 million iPhone handsets under the brand name Samsung.
Finally, the "fruit" Corporation demonstrates our commitment to support the shareholders through dividends and buy-back programs, and again in April, there will be some good news.
Brian White estimated sales of Apple Watch for the first year will amount to 20.6 million copies and by the end of the fiscal year reached 25.1 million. If it is implemented even more daring idea, and Apple will enter the automotive market, there is a potential revenue can be up to $ 549 billion. In China, according to the analyst, business Tim Cook can count on 15-20% of the mobile market that can be converted into $ 133-178 billion.
Aside from the overall depressed PC market, almost the only weak point is Apple iPad. Enhanced version of iPad Plus / Pro for business, which was developed in partnership with IBM, has not yet come out. At the same time Phablet iPhone 6 Plus distracting potential audience iPad. Analysts say that the issue phablet for Apple was a compromise, and the company was ready to drop in demand for the tablet. Tim Cook himself claims that the iPad remains the most important product, which expects a bright future. Well, if planshetostroenii from Apple, too, all will be well, a trillion really is not far off.