Apple has become more expensive than Microsoft

    Today something happened that fifteen years ago would have been hard to imagine - Apple overtook Microsoft in market value. The gap today amounted to $ 2.89 billion.

    Not all resources still managed to update this information, but the situation can be monitored on the pages of Google Fincance or Yahoo Finance .

    This is not a victory over Microsoft, of course, since the securities market is very unpredictable and in a week's day Microsoft may again return to the position of the most expensive IT company in the world.

    Moreover, only market capitalization out of context says little. It is a mistake to assume that a company is considered better or worse from this. The apple company still needs to overtake the competitor in such important indicators as net profit, the amount of available finance for costs and growth stability. And amid the news about the investigation , the courts and claims towards the company, the purchase of the attractiveness of shares lower than the apples would like.

    From entertaining facts:
    • Microsoft spends about eight times more money on research and development than Apple - $ 8.6 billion vs $ 1.1 billion.
    • Google also spends more on R&D than Apple - $ 2.8 billion.
    • Microsoft has more assets - $ 82 billion against $ 53 from Apple.
    • If he had invested $ 2,000 in Apple shares five years ago, then now he would have $ 12,000 in his hands. This is $ 10,000 in profit, excluding taxes and broker's commissions.
    • In 1997, Microsoft gave Apple $ 150 million, now Apple has no debts.

    Let's see if the championship is fixed.

    UPD 23:45 : While writing, the gap was reduced from six to five billion dollars.
    UPD 00:00 : The gap has been reduced once again, to $ 4 billion. If the dynamics continues, in a couple of hours Microsoft will regain its position.
    UPD 00:15 : The gap was reduced to $ 2.89 billion dollars. According to the charts, now there is a very active buy-up of shares, in the wake of this news, probably.
    UPD 00:50 : The gap has stopped falling. Holds around $ 2.89. Activity of transactions does not fade away.
    UPD 01:00 : That's it, the trading session on the exchange closed. The gap is strengthened today.

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