Apple is no longer the most valuable company in the world! Namely, it was dethroned by Alphabet. Who? Google, the native way. It is a company that, after a legal reorganization, became the umbrella owner of Google and is now also the most valuable company at all, as it can boast the largest market value in the world. The company's market capitalization is estimated at 568 billion US dollars, which is 33 billion more than Apple (535).
Apple no longer the most valuable company in the world! Despite the estimated market value 535 billion US dollars that wasn't enough to defend the top spot as the company's market capitalization Alphabet now 568 billion. The change at the top was due to steady growth in Google stock prices and falling Apple prices. Although Apple may soon ascend the throne again, Alphabet is well on its way to becoming one the new "Microsoft" of the Nasdaq stock exchange, which reigned until Apple took over in 2010 15 years.
According to analysts, there are three reasons for this: rapid revenue growth, growth potential and a history of risky moves that have turned out to be a hit (buying the YouTube channel, Nesta...). Recently, however, Google overtook Apple for a short time in February 2010.
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Alphabet is in the last quarter of 2015 earned 16.3 billion dollars and had a profit of 4.9 billion, which mainly goes "for the soul" online advertising, which remains a money-making machine, but it should be noted that the results only apply to the business of the browser, Gmail and the YouTube channel.
Their division Other Bets, the experimental branch of the umbrella company (self-driving car, internet balloons, etc.), on the other hand produced 3.6 billion in losses. This data was presented separately by Google for the first time.
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