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Net income was? Also this BS about stock buybacks and dividends to become cash neutral is stupid. They should be betting on moonshot things that will be the next iPhone instead of all of this financial engineering.
Net income was? Also this BS about stock buybacks and dividends to become cash neutral is stupid. They should be betting on moonshot things that will be the next iPhone instead of all of this financial engineering.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
As the owner of a company (a shareholder) it is desirable because if your company isn't in the business of capital allocation then excess cash accumulation is reducing their ROE and your ROI. And yes, the company still has to grow. But as a company executive you are viewing existing and new business opportunities through their net present value. If you don't have business opportunities that meet the thresholds you ha…
Why do you say the company has to grow?
TLDR; stock price includes a portion reflecting increased future growth
> revenue between $85.5 billion and $89.5 billion A $4B margin is a pretty big margin...
Is it too early to tell how much the Apple Card contributes to Apple's revenue?
Net income was? Also this BS about stock buybacks and dividends to become cash neutral is stupid. They should be betting on moonshot things that will be the next iPhone instead of all of this financial engineering.
In all of history there have only been a few iPhone class disruptors. They are rare, and they come based more on timing and the presence of enabling technologies than any particular company simply investing billions in R&D.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
As the owner of a company (a shareholder) it is desirable because if your company isn't in the business of capital allocation then excess cash accumulation is reducing their ROE and your ROI. And yes, the company still has to grow. But as a company executive you are viewing existing and new business opportunities through their net present value. If you don't have business opportunities that meet the thresholds you ha…
Why do you say the company has to grow?
What exactly is the advantage of reaching a cash neutral position? If you are a company that can reliably do that does that mean you no longer have to grow — since your investors are primarily attracted to a reliably stable ability to generate dividends?