How much are Apple Inc. shares actually worth?

Blue chips, or shares of top companies, on the stock exchange have always been in high demand among potential investors.

Apple Inc. Securities For several years now, they have been included in the category of blue chips, and are one of the most liquid assets on the securities market.

Over the past 5 years, Apple's share price has more than quadrupled to $183, bringing the company's market value close to $3 trillion.

At the same time, net profit for 2022 amounted to almost 100 billion US dollars, part of the profit was used to pay dividends.

It is clear that such indicators cannot but arouse the desire to also become the owner of a piece of the apple company, in the hope of a further increase in the price of Apple Inc. shares.

How are things really going?

Most Wall Street experts believe that these securities are highly overvalued and that Apple's market value is significantly overvalued. This can be easily verified if you just look at the company’s financial indicators:

As you can see, even without taking into account liabilities, the company's assets are only $350 billion, which is very far from the market's $3 trillion.

Therefore, we can assume that the real value of Apple Inc shares is now around $20 per share.

That is, the price is greatly inflated by positive expectations and high demand for the security, which was formed under the influence of interest in the IT market.

While 2023 performance left much to be desired, sales fell 3% due to lower demand for products such as iPad and Mac. In addition, new services for opening deposit accounts for Apple Card clients at a fairly high interest rate also raise concerns.

Most technical indicators also recommend actively selling this asset:

At the moment, this security is not suitable for long-term investment, if you want to invest in stocks, then I would recommend paying attention to the Japanese stock market.

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