Apple Inc. Fundamental Company Report Including Financial, SWOT, Competitors and Industry Analysis

October 2024 | 50 pages | ID: A1B7ED8963DBEN
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Abstracts

Apple Inc. Fundamental Company Report provides a complete overview of the company’s affairs. All available data is presented in a comprehensive and easily accessed format. The report includes financial and SWOT information, industry analysis, opinions, estimates, plus annual and quarterly forecasts made by stock market experts. The report also enables direct comparison to be made between Apple Inc. and its competitors. This provides our Clients with a clear understanding of Apple Inc. position in the Computers and Electronic Equipment Industry.

• The report contains detailed information about Apple Inc. that gives an unrivalled in-depth knowledge about internal business-environment of the company: data about the owners, senior executives, locations, subsidiaries, markets, products, and company history.
• Another part of the report is a SWOT-analysis carried out for Apple Inc.. It involves specifying the objective of the company's business and identifies the different factors that are favorable and unfavorable to achieving that objective. SWOT-analysis helps to understand company’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and possible threats against it.
• The Apple Inc. financial analysis covers the income statement and ratio trend-charts with balance sheets and cash flows presented on an annual and quarterly basis. The report outlines the main financial ratios pertaining to profitability, margin analysis, asset turnover, credit ratios, and company’s long-term solvency. This sort of company's information will assist and strengthen your company’s decision-making processes.
• In the part that describes Apple Inc. competitors and the industry in whole, the information about company's financial ratios is compared to those of its competitors and to the industry. The unique analysis of the market and company’s competitors along with detailed information about the internal and external factors affecting the relevant industry will help to manage your business environment. Your company’s business and sales activities will be boosted by gaining an insight into your competitors’ businesses.
• Also the report provides relevant news, an analysis of PR-activity, and stock price movements. The latter are correlated with pertinent news and press releases, and annual and quarterly forecasts are given by a variety of experts and market research firms. Such information creates your awareness about principal trends of Apple Inc. business.

About Apple Inc.

Apple Inc. engages in the design, manufacture, and marketing of personal computers, mobile communication and media devices, and other digital electronic devices. The company also sells various related software, services, peripherals, networking solutions, and third-party digital content and applications.

Products

The company offers a range of personal computing products, mobile communication devices, and portable digital music and video players, as well as various related software, services, peripherals, networking solutions and various third-party hardware and software products. In addition, it offers its own software products, including Mac OS X, its proprietary operating system software for the Mac; iOS, its proprietary mobile operating system; server software and application software for consumer, education, and business customers. The company sells its products worldwide through its online stores, its retail stores, its direct sales force, and third-party cellular network carriers, wholesalers, retailers, and value-added resellers.

Mac Hardware Products

The company offers a range of personal computing products, including desktop and notebook computers, servers, related devices and peripherals, and various third-party hardware products. Its Mac desktop and portable systems feature Intel microprocessors, the company’s Mac OS X Version 10.6 Snow Leopard (Mac OS X Snow Leopard) operating system and iLife suite of software for creation and management of digital photography, music, movies, DVDs, and Web sites.

The company’s desktop computers include iMac, Mac Pro, and Mac mini. The iMac desktop computer is an all-in-one design that incorporates a display, processor, graphics card, hard drive, optical drive, memory, and other components inside a single enclosure. The Mac Pro desktop computer is targeted at business and professional customers and is designed to meet the performance, expansion, and networking needs of the demanding Mac user. The Mac mini is a desktop computer in a compact enclosure.

The company’s portable computers include MacBook, MacBook Pro and MacBook Air. MacBook is a portable computer designed for consumer and education users. MacBook Pro is a portable computer designed for professionals and consumers. MacBook Air is a ultra-slim notebook computer designed for professionals and consumers.

iTunes: iTunes digital music management software (iTunes) is an application for playing, downloading, and organizing digital audio and video files and is available for both Mac and Windows-based computers. iTunes 10 features Ping, a music-oriented social network, AirPlay wireless music playback, Genius Mixes, Home Sharing, and improved syncing functionality with its mobile communication and media devices.

iTunes is integrated with the iTunes Store, a service that allows customers to find, purchase, rent, and download third-party digital music, audio books, music videos, short films, television shows, movies, podcasts, games, and other applications. The iTunes store includes its App Store and iBookstore. The App Store allows customers to discover and download third-party applications, and the iBookstore features electronic books from major and independent publishers and provides customers a place to preview and buy books for their mobile communication and media devices. Customers can access the App Store through either a Mac or Windows-based computer or wirelessly through an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. The iBookstore is accessed through the iBooks application on an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.

iPhone: iPhone combines a mobile phone, a widescreen iPod with touch controls, and an Internet communications device in a single handheld product. Based on the company’s Multi-Touch user interface, iPhone features desktop-class email, Web browsing, searching, and maps and is compatible with both Macs and Windows-based computers. iPhone allows customers to access the iTunes store to download audio and video files, as well as various other digital content and applications. In June 2010, the company introduced the iPhone 4 featuring an all-new design, FaceTime video calling, a new Retina display, a 5 megap

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Contents

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

DISCLAIMER

1. APPLE INC. COMPANY PROFILE

1.1. Key facts
1.2. Financial Performance
1.3. Key Executives
1.4. Ownership and Major Holders
1.5. Company History

2. APPLE INC. BUSINESS OVERVIEW

2.1. Business Description
2.2. Major Products and Services
2.3. Markets and Sales Activities
2.4. Locations, Subsidiaries, Operating Units

3. APPLE INC. SWOT ANALYSIS

3.1. Overview
3.2. Strengths
3.3. Weaknesses
3.4. Opportunities
3.5. Threats

4. APPLE INC. FINANCIAL ANALYSIS

4.1. Financial Statements
4.1.1. Income Statement
4.1.2. Balance Sheet
4.1.3. Cash Flow
4.2. Financial Ratios
4.2.1. Profitability
4.2.2. Margin Analysis
4.2.3. Asset Turnover
4.2.4. Credit Ratios
4.2.5. Long-Term Solvency
4.2.6. Growth Over Prior Year
4.2.7. Financial Ratios Charts
4.3. Stock Market Snapshot

5. APPLE INC. COMPETITORS AND INDUSTRY ANALYSIS

5.1. Apple Inc. Direct Competitors
5.2. Comparison of Apple Inc. and Direct Competitors Financial Ratios
5.3. Comparison of Apple Inc. and Direct Competitors Stock Charts
5.4. Apple Inc. Industry Analysis
5.4.1. Computers and Electronic Equipment Industry Snapshot
  5.4.2. Apple Inc. Industry Position Analysis

6. APPLE INC. NEWS & EVENTS

6.1. News & PR Activity Analysis
6.2. IR Corporate News
6.3. Marketing News
6.4. Corporate Events

7. APPLE INC. EXPERTS REVIEW¹

7.1. Experts Consensus
7.2. Experts Revisions

8. APPLE INC. ENHANCED SWOT ANALYSIS²

9. UNITED STATES PESTEL ANALYSIS²

9.1. Political Factors
9.2. Economic Factors
9.3. Social Factors
9.4. Technological Factors
9.5. Environmental Factors
9.6. Legal Factors

10. APPLE INC. IFE, EFE, IE MATRICES²

10.1. Internal Factor Evaluation Matrix
10.2. External Factor Evaluation Matrix
10.3. Internal External Matrix

11. APPLE INC. PORTER FIVE FORCES ANALYSIS²

12. APPLE INC. VRIO ANALYSIS²

APPENDIX: RATIO DEFINITIONS

LIST OF FIGURES

Apple Inc. Annual Revenues in Comparison with Cost of Goods Sold and Gross Profit
Profit Margin Chart
Operating Margin Chart
Return on Equity (ROE) Chart
Return on Assets (ROA) Chart
Debt to Equity Chart
Current Ratio Chart
Apple Inc. 1-year Stock Charts
Apple Inc. 5-year Stock Charts
Apple Inc. vs. Main Indexes 1-year Stock Chart
Apple Inc. vs. Direct Competitors 1-year Stock Charts
Apple Inc. Article Density Chart

1 – Data availability depends on company’s security policy.
2 – These sections are available only when you purchase a report with appropriate additional types of analyses.
The complete financial data is available for publicly traded companies.

List Of Tables

LIST OF TABLES

Apple Inc. Key Facts
Profitability
Management Effectiveness
Income Statement Key Figures
Balance Sheet Key Figures
Cash Flow Statement Key Figures
Financial Performance Abbreviation Guide
Apple Inc. Key Executives
Apple Inc. Major Shareholders
Apple Inc. History
Apple Inc. Products
Revenues by Segment
Revenues by Region
Apple Inc. Offices and Representations
Apple Inc. SWOT Analysis
Yearly Income Statement Including Trends
Income Statement Latest 4 Quarters Including Trends
Yearly Balance Sheet Including Trends
Balance Sheet Latest 4 Quarters Including Trends
Yearly Cash Flow Including Trends
Cash Flow Latest 4 Quarters Including Trends
Apple Inc. Profitability Ratios
Margin Analysis Ratios
Asset Turnover Ratios
Credit Ratios
Long-Term Solvency Ratios
Financial Ratios Growth Over Prior Year
Apple Inc. Capital Market Snapshot
Apple Inc. Direct Competitors Key Facts
Direct Competitors Profitability Ratios
Direct Competitors Margin Analysis Ratios
Direct Competitors Asset Turnover Ratios
Direct Competitors Credit Ratios
Direct Competitors Long-Term Solvency Ratios
Computers and Electronic Equipment Industry Statistics
Apple Inc. Industry Position
Company vs. Industry Income Statement Analysis
Company vs. Industry Balance Sheet Analysis
Company vs. Industry Cash Flow Analysis
Company vs. Industry Ratios Comparison
Apple Inc. Consensus Recommendations¹
Analyst Recommendation Summary¹
Price Target Summary¹
Experts Recommendation Trends¹
Revenue Estimates Analysis¹
Earnings Estimates Analysis¹
Historical Surprises¹
Revenue Estimates Trend¹
Earnings Estimates Trend¹
Revenue Revisions¹

ANALYSIS FEATURES

SWOT Analysis

SWOT, which stands for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats, is an analytical framework that identifies the internal and external factors that are favorable and unfavorable for a company.

Enhanced SWOT Analysis

Enhanced SWOT is a 3×3 grid that arranges strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats into one scheme:

• How to use the strengths to take advantage of the opportunities?
• How to use the strengths to reduce likelihood and impact of the threats?
• How to overcome the weaknesses that obstruct taking advantage of the opportunities?
• How to overcome the weaknesses that can make the threats a reality?

Upon answering these questions a company can develop a project plan to improve its business performance.

PESTEL Analysis

PESTEL (also termed as PESTLE) is an ideal tool to strategically analyze what influence different outside factors – political, economic, sociocultural, technological, environmental and legal – exert on a business to later chart its long term targets.

Being part of the external analysis when carrying out a strategic assessment or performing a market study, PESTEL gives an overview of diverse macro-environmental factors that any company should thoughtfully consider. By perceiving these outside environments, businesses can maximally benefit from the opportunities while minimizing the threats to the organization.

Key Factors Examined by PESTEL Analysis:

• Political – What opportunities and pressures are brought by political bodies and what is the degree of public regulations’ impact on the business?
• Economic – What economic policies, trends and structures are expected to affect the organization, what is this influence’s degree?
• Sociological – What cultural and societal aspects will work upon the demand for the business’s products and operations?
• Technological – What impact do the technological aspects, innovations, incentives and barriers have on the organization?
• Environmental – What environmental and ecological facets, both locally and farther afield, are likely to predetermine the business?
• Legal – What laws and legislation will exert influence on the style the business is carried out?

IFE, EFE, IE Matrices

The Internal Factor Evaluation matrix (IFE matrix) is a strategic management tool helping audit or evaluate major weaknesses and strengths in a business’s functional areas. In addition, IFE matrix serves as a basis for identifying and assessing relationships amongst those areas. The IFE matrix is utilised in strategy formulation.

The External Factor Evaluation matrix (EFE matrix) is a tool of strategic management that is typically utilised to assess current market conditions. It is an ideal instrument for visualising and prioritising the threats and opportunities a firm is facing.

The essential difference between the above mentioned matrices lies in the type of factors incorporated in the model; whilst the latter is engaged in internal factors, the former deals exceptionally with external factors – those exposed to social, political, economic, legal, etc. external forces.

Being a continuation of the EFE matrix and IFE matrix models, the Internal External matrix (IE matrix) rests upon an investigation of external and internal business factors integrated into one suggestive model.

Porter Five Forces Analysis

The Porter’s five forces analysis studies the industry of operation and helps the company find new sources of competitive advantage. The analysis surveys an industry through five major questions:

1. What composes a threat of substitute products and services?
2. Is there a threat of new competitors entering the market?
3. What is the intensity of competitive rivalry?
4. How big is the bargaining power of buyers?
5. How significant is the bargaining power of suppliers?

VRIO Analysis

VRIO stands for Value, Rarity, Imitability, Organization. This analysis helps to evaluate all company’s resources and capabilities and bring them together into one aggregate table that includes:

• Tangible resources
  • Financial
  • Physical
  • Technological
  • Organizational
• Intangible resources
  • Human
  • Innovation and Creativity
  • Reputation
• Organizational capabilities

The result of the analysis gives a clear picture of company’s competitive and economic implications, answering the questions if the resources mentioned above are:

• Valuable?
• Rare?
• Costly to imitate?
• Organized properly?