Larry dished to Sergey but Steve blocked the shot. Again ... again ... and again.
Thus it went as Apple
Metric |
||
---|---|---|
CAPS stars (out of 5) |
**** |
*** |
Total ratings |
15,787 |
10,797 |
Bullish ratings |
14,541 |
8,508 |
Percent bulls |
92.1% |
78.8% |
Bearish ratings |
1,246 |
2,289 |
Percent bears |
7.9% |
21.2% |
Bullish pitches |
3,302 |
1,580 |
Bearish pitches |
353 |
653 |
Data current as of April 11.
On balance, you agreed that Apple, and its outstanding return on capital, is worth far more than its current price tag of $133 billion. Especially when the iconic iPhone could, in a few years, rival or surpass Research In Motion's BlackBerry -- a $68 billion business as of this writing.
Not that Google was completely blown away. The team that upended Warren Buffett's Berskhire Hathaway
But that wasn't enough. Apple CEO Steve Jobs and his legion of Mac addicts, still ripe from fast breaking past Netflix
A pair of shining moments
This year's tournament, like its real-life counterpart, featured few upsets. But if there was a Davidson College in the Foolish field, it has to be Canadian National Railway. Coach Todd Wenning shocked the investing world with a first-round victory over National Oilwell Varco
Todd argued that although National Oilwell's fate is tied to record prices for black gold, Canadian National benefits from several commodities. CN also boasts exclusive shipping rights between Canada's west coast and China, an advantage that makes it a great stock to buy, Todd wrote.
You agreed, but it was close: Coach Toby Shute almost won you over with tales of an overstuffed order book and an aging fleet of drilling rigs in need of precisely the services that National Oilwell Varco provides.
Our final entrant -- Dolby Labs
Call it a bold performance that fell short only when coffee king Howard Schultz returned to the bench with a box full of triple espressos, giving Starbucks and coach Joe Magyer a victory. (Switching to lattes in the second-round match-up against the iEmpire proved fatal, however.)
Wait till next year!
So, well done, Mac addicts. You've avenged last year's Final Four loss to eventual champion Chesapeake Energy. Your team is (mostly) on a roll.
With an $18.4 billion war chest and a still-massive growth opportunity ahead of it, I don't see your fortunes changing soon.