蘋(píng)果(Apple)進(jìn)入了一個(gè)“掙錢(qián)太多”的困境,。今年前兩個(gè)季度,,該公司營(yíng)收同比分別增長(zhǎng)70%和80%,每股收益則增長(zhǎng)得更快,。由于巨額現(xiàn)金儲(chǔ)備暫時(shí)還沒(méi)有清晰合理的運(yùn)用規(guī)劃,,令投資者不解,。分析人士稱(chēng),該公司所面臨的問(wèn)題不是在未來(lái)幾個(gè)季度里增長(zhǎng)是否會(huì)放緩,,而是會(huì)放緩多少,。
Apple Inc. has built up a $76.2 billion cash hoard. Now the question is what the company intends to do with the money pile.蘋(píng)果公司(Apple Inc.)
已經(jīng)積累起762億美元的現(xiàn)金儲(chǔ)備。現(xiàn)在的問(wèn)題是這家公司打算拿這些錢(qián)做什么,。(《華爾街日?qǐng)?bào)》)
因?yàn)闅v史的緣故,,蘋(píng)果對(duì)于自己的現(xiàn)金往往比較保守。上世紀(jì)90年代,,蘋(píng)果公司差點(diǎn)因?yàn)槿狈ΜF(xiàn)金而倒閉,,直到喬布斯在90年代晚些時(shí)候回到公司,才把蘋(píng)果推向成長(zhǎng)軌道,。
“We‘re talking about a level of cash that’s preposterous by any metric,,”said Mr. Sacconaghi,an analyst with Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Apple,,which has no debt,,could easily borrow money at low interest rates to make a large acquisition if it wanted,he said.投資公司Sanford C. Bernstein & Co.
分析師薩克納吉(Toni Sacconaghi)說(shuō),,蘋(píng)果公司的現(xiàn)金水平不管怎樣看都是不合理的,。他說(shuō),蘋(píng)果沒(méi)有負(fù)債,,如果想進(jìn)行大規(guī)模收購(gòu),,它可以很容易地借到低息資金。(《華爾街日?qǐng)?bào)》)
除了6月下旬從北電網(wǎng)絡(luò)(Nortel Networks)購(gòu)買(mǎi)電信相關(guān)專(zhuān)利(金額未披露)以外,,蘋(píng)果公司今年沒(méi)有從事其他收購(gòu)活動(dòng),。過(guò)去它曾做過(guò)一些小規(guī)模收購(gòu),其中最大的一筆是2008年4月份收購(gòu)半導(dǎo)體公司P.A. Semi Inc.,,據(jù)估計(jì)收購(gòu)價(jià)為2.78億美元,。當(dāng)然,有一些投資者對(duì)于蘋(píng)果囤著現(xiàn)金不花是無(wú)所謂的,。資產(chǎn)管理公司Thrivent Asset Management持有蘋(píng)果股票,,該公司基金經(jīng)理賓格(Mike Binger)說(shuō),,這說(shuō)明他們的資產(chǎn)負(fù)債表非常堅(jiān)實(shí),讓我十分放心,。在他看來(lái),,蘋(píng)果有了這些現(xiàn)金,想做什么就可以做什么,。
It is only a matter of time,,before Apple’s sheer size forces the markets to attend to the gritty details of how cheaply it can make and sell its products,before looking at the amazing momentum in the top line.
早晚有那么一天,,蘋(píng)果的龐大必將促使市場(chǎng)去注意一些真實(shí)的細(xì)節(jié)——原來(lái)蘋(píng)果能夠以如此低廉的成本制造產(chǎn)品,,能夠把產(chǎn)品賣(mài)得這么便宜——然后才去看那增長(zhǎng)驚人的營(yíng)收數(shù)字。(英國(guó)《金融時(shí)報(bào)》)
如果產(chǎn)品價(jià)格保持平穩(wěn),,蘋(píng)果能否繼續(xù)將龐大的產(chǎn)量轉(zhuǎn)化為低廉的部件成本,,從而保持毛利潤(rùn)率的穩(wěn)定?在蘋(píng)果管理層的引導(dǎo)下,,分析師們預(yù)計(jì),,毛利潤(rùn)率將從一年前的39%微跌至38%。
“It‘s taking away from the PC. When we surveyed people who buy iPads,,more of them were choosing it instead of a computer,,”marketing chief Phil Schiller told Reuters.“More are choosing it instead of a Windows computer than choosing it instead of a Mac.”
蘋(píng)果營(yíng)銷(xiāo)主管Phil Schiller向路透表示,“iPad侵蝕了PC銷(xiāo)售,。當(dāng)我們對(duì)iPad買(mǎi)家進(jìn)行調(diào)查時(shí),,他們多選擇了iPad,而非選擇電腦,。比較多的買(mǎi)家買(mǎi)iPad來(lái)取代Windows電腦,,而用來(lái)取代Mac者則較少�,!�(路透社)
多位分析師憂(yōu)心iPad的成功將不僅侵蝕搭載微軟Windows系統(tǒng)的PC銷(xiāo)售,,同時(shí)也會(huì)損及蘋(píng)果的Mac業(yè)務(wù),但蘋(píng)果對(duì)此加以駁斥,。
Apple Inc shares flirted with a record $400 on Wednesday,,a day after the world’s most valuable technology company posted blockbuster results and triggered a spate of brokerage upgrades.
蘋(píng)果公司股價(jià)周三在400美元的紀(jì)錄新高附近打轉(zhuǎn),這家市值居全球科技業(yè)之冠的公司此前一天公布超優(yōu)異財(cái)報(bào),,引發(fā)多家券商接連調(diào)高評(píng)級(jí)。(路透社)