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Wall Street: Apple Worth More than Google

Wall Street: Apple Worth More than Google

by , 7:30 AM EDT, August 14th, 2008

Apple Inc.'s market capitalization (market cap) surpassed Google's this week, with the company ending Wednesday with a market cap of US$158.8 billion, some $1.6 billion higher than Google's market cap of 157.2 billion. Apple's stock has been on a run since Friday rising more than $15 per share to close at $179.30.

Google's shares have also been on a heater of sorts, rising more than $25 per share to close Wednesday at $500.03 per share. For those keeping score at home, Apple's market cap is higher because it has more shares outstanding -- 885.9 million -- compared to Google's 314.4 million shares outstanding.

Market cap is the term for the value of a public company as determined by price per share multiplied by the total number of shares outstanding. For the sake of comparison, Microsoft has a market cap of $254.4 billion, while Dell Inc. has a market cap of a mere $50.8 billion. Hewlett Packard (HP) has a market cap of $112.5 billion.

*In the interest of full disclosure, the author holds a small share in AAPL stock that was not an influence in the creation of this article.  


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Close Name:geoduck Posts: 1922 Joined: 30 Dec 2003
Subject: Mr. Dell, Oh Mr. Dell...

Do you still think it would have been a good idea to "shut it down and give the money back to the shareholders"?

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Do you still think it would have been a good idea to "shut it down and give the money back to the shareholders"?
Rub a-dub, dub.

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