How much is enough

[chim]

To make the markets happy

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15360697

Apple report full year profits up 85% to 26.5 BILLION and still the share price drops, in my little world this is,just nuts.

[don4l]

Their share price has more than doubled in the last 12 months. On 16th October last year the share price was 188.05. Now it is $422.24.

At the moment their earnings per share is about 6%. All looks normal.


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[Otispunkmeyer]

It's probably because jobs is dead.

For me I reckon theyll be fine for a while, but as people retire or move on I think without a character like Steve at the top employing his mantra on people they might lose their way a little.

[anonymous-user]

The results were probably already factored into the stock price. Unless Apple came in way above estimates there was always a chance of a slip.

Happens with Microsoft every time too and probably every stock I don't follow!!

[johnfm]

Market prices in a certain amount of growth.

Results show this expected (by analysts) growth has not been achieved.

Price adjusted accordingly.

[vescaegg]

£82 billion in the bank!

[Blib]

vescaegg said:

£82 billion in the bank!

Yeah, But he government only guarantees the first 100k or so if the bank goes belly up.

[walm]

garyhun said:

The results were probably already factored into the stock price. Unless Apple came in way above estimates there was always a chance of a slip.

This +1000.

People who own the shares (or who advise the share owners) have certain expectations for their results.
Beat = up.
Miss = down.

Home Retail this morning advised analysts to reduce their expectations for the full year profit before tax from around £140m to closer to £120m.
Therefore, stock down.

[johnfm]

HJome Retail Group has dropped 50% of share price since May.

Ouch..

[OdramaSwimLaden]

don4l said:

On 16th October last year the share price was 188.05. Now it is $422.24.

Not bad considering it was a $6 (yes, $6) 7 ish years ago.

If you stuck £50k in Apple then it would now be worth £3.5m!!

ETA.....now, where's that time machine thread!