Apple Reports Q2 2018 Results

Post by andrewjl » Fri, May 04, 2018, 8:53 PM UTC

clairity wrote: post #39

antirez wrote: post #13

I think the Apple future may not look good for a few reasons: 1. iPhones units sold stalled for 3 years in a row. This means the company need to seek every year some trick to earn more from each phone. It is not obvious if they'll be able to do for a long time. 2. Top Android devices are improving and Google Pixel 2 is really an incredible device that is making some iOS users switching. I've no data but my nerd frien…

yup... 1. iphone is a mature product. 2. no onvious new groundbreaking product releases on the horizon (a watch is not it). 3. desktops are dying, and their replacements, the ipads, are stagnating. 4. intel screwed them with processor roadmaps intel had no hopes of meeting (cannonlake, anyone?) 5. no longer visionary on the future of computing (seem to be chasing all the flavors of the month lately). 6. services grow…

Desktops are dying while they realized highest Mac revenue ever this quarter? Not following the logic.

Post by __blockcipher__ » Tue, May 08, 2018, 7:20 PM UTC

jonknee wrote: post #64

rdlecler1 wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Buybacks will also increase the dividend yield as dividends are distributed across a smaller number of shares.

No, it will decrease the amount of money they have to pay out in dividends though... Theoretically the yield would decrease since the share price should increase as shares are bought back. That said, they did also announce a dividend increase which should counteract that. Think about it in round numbers, if there are 1 billion shares and a $1 dividend it's $1bn per dividend payment. If they buy back 100m shares, the…

Come on dude, this is totally wrong.

Dividends are expressed in per share basis but that's not actually how it works, a set amount of money is set for dividends.

Share buybacks increase your % ownership of a company (if you're a shareholder), directly increasing the intrinsic value of your shares

Re: Apple Reports Q2 2018 Results

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