Apple Inc.
By: Joy Mayfield
•Apple Inc. is a multinational corporation that designs
and creates their own computer software, electronics,
and personal computers.
•located in Cupertino, California
•It is not a single owned corporation, it is owned by
shareholders.
Co-Founders Of Apple
•Steve Jobs
•Steve Wozniak
•Ronald Wayne
Steven Paul Jobs
• 21 years old- 55 today.
• He went to Reed College
In Portland and then
dropped out.
• Job was to design video
games.
• Today he is CEO of Apple.
• Tim Cook is currently COO
to step in for Jobs until June.
Stephen Gary Wozniak
• 17 year old- 51 today
• He went to University of California
in Berkeley, then he dropped out as
well.
• He worked for Hewlett Packard.
• Today he is still a co-founder of
Apple, working on security and
employee termination.
Ronald Wayne
• He was 41 years old working as
• a draftsman in Atari
• The became a co-founder of Apple
designing its first logo.
• Within 11 days of the job Wayne
resigns from Apple. He sales his 10%
share for $800.
• That share today would be worth up to
$13.6 billion dollars.
Apple Goes PUBLIC
•Underwriters Morgan Stanley and Hambrecht & Quist take Apple
public in December 1980.
•Apple opened at $22 per share and closed at $29 per share.
•Apples was given a market survey of $1.7 billion just after 24 hours
of running on the stock.
•40 of Apples employees who held thousands of stock options became
instant millionaires.
PRODUCTS OLD AND
NEW
Old to New School Computers
iPods
iPhone
NEW: IPAD (April.3,2010)
Apple Services
• MobileMe: This service gives you the
opportunity to discuss MobileMe with
others.
• You can watch tutorial videos about it’s
features and how to use them set them up.
• Also, you can also chat live with a
MoblieMe Advisor
• Or use category of questions on Apple’s
website to find your answer.
iTunes Store
• This service you call, text, chat, or email
customer service on any issues or
questions that you have.
Apple Store
• This service helps you with order status or
view information on delivery times.
• It also gives and helps you obtain
information for how you can cancel,
change, or even return your oder.
Repair Status
• Here you can check your electronic
devises repair status online by typing in its
serial number and Repair ID to check for
any serious problems.
Top 3 COMPETITORS
•Dell Inc.
•Hewlett Packard Company
•Microsoft Corporation
Stock
• Apple is a Preferred Stock.
• Highest/Lowest price per share during past 52 wks is
$245.81/$115.76
• The current price per share $8.17
• The price-earnings (PE) ratio is 30.28
• Earnings per share for the last 3 yrs. Is $1.78 and is 23xs
greater.
Stock continuing
• There are no dividends currently being paid.
• Over the last 7yrs. profits most definitely increased.
• Some additional information is that Apple’s shares have risen
21% over the past 6 months.
• Apple exceeds the 14% gain for shares of Hewlett-Packard and
the 16% gain for Macintosh.
WOULD I INVEST???