Is Apple the Next Microsoft?

By Chris Hill – Oct 29, 2013 at 6:38PM

NASDAQ: AAPL

Apple

Market Cap

$2,594B

Today's Change

(-0.81%) -$1.38

Current Price

$168.00

Price as of April 17, 2024, 4:00 p.m. ET

Is Apple going to underperform the market for the long term despite the cash it generates?

The following video is from Tuesday's Market Foolery, in which host Chris Hill and Motley Fool analysts Mike Olsen and David Hanson give their Foolish take on the biggest investing stories of the day.

Apple (AAPL -0.81%) delivered a beat on earnings as well as on revenue, and iPhone sales are up 26% year over year from fourth-quarter results in 2012, but the stock was flat on the news. Is Apple stock doomed to lag the market indefinitely? In this segment, the guys discuss why shares didn't pop after this earnings report, and what it means that Apple is starting to look like Microsoft (MSFT -0.66%) did a few years ago.

Chris Hill has no position in any stocks mentioned. David Hanson owns shares of Apple. Michael Olsen, CFA, owns shares of Microsoft. The Motley Fool recommends Apple and owns shares of Apple and Microsoft. We Fools don't all hold the same opinions, but we all believe that considering a diverse range of insights makes us better investors. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.