Company Nov 2005 Feb 2007
Dell $70 Billion $54 B
Apple $51 B $74 B
Ford $15 B $16 B
Microsoft $278 B $287 B
Google $101 B $111 B
HP ? $115 B
As you can see, Dell is fading from popularity on the PC side of the biz but HP is taking off like gangbusters (sorry missing data for 2005). Apple has grown significantly. And the big MS snowball keeps getting bigger and bigger. Probably due to momentem no doubt. Apple is still playing in the big leagues!
2 comments:
Amazing numbers, Stitch. I'm not so sure that market capiatlization numbers ever consistently reflect the reality of their future prospects. I remember Apple was getting clobbered a few years ago, and all of a sudden their expertise is shining through - their stock shoots up after the fact. For MS, this could be a turning point. An awful lot of people are starting to look elsewhere (especially Apple) for their computing needs!
Have you ever heard of those polls that use gambling as a basis for giving the poll more accuracy. I'm not sure about all of the details, but instead of taking a specific poll of people who just give a an answer like "uh I guess I like candidate B", they have something like gambling stock exchanges where people bet on certain outcomes. Like who will likely become the next president. It has been shown that these markets are very good predictors of the actual outcome. Better than regular polls too. In the same sense, market capitalization is an indication as to who everyone is betting on based on their best current knowledge. From the numbers I posted, it looks like people are giving up on Dell's ability, but it is based on their best knowledge at the time. And people feel like Apple is the new horse to bet on.
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