Apple Inc. (AAPL)’s Fluctuating Share Price Is Not A Concern

In the Apple vs. Samsung war, it’s no more a one sided affair as far as tablets as concerned. Sales numbers show that Samsung represent 4% of Apple sales when it comes to tablets, falling behind Amazon’s 6% market share. Google, at the same time, barely crossed the one million monthly mark in December with the launch of their Nexus series of tablets.

Apple sales figures of 500 million+ iOS devices showcase their domination in the mobile market. As far as the fourth quarter is concerned Apple managed to sell a whopping 75 million of their iOS devices.

A very straight forward and simple conclusion

Apple reported a growth figure of 128% in their iPhone sales and 111% in their iPad sales in the last quarter of the previous year. They found it pretty hard to beat these three digit figures in the last quarter, which resulted in a drastic dip in their share value. But Apple has a free cash flow ratio of 28% compared to Google’s 26.5, so this is an impressive figure keeping in mind that Apple sells hardware primarily.

All in all, the recent fluctuation happened because the market over reacted to Apple’s last quarter performance, but the fact remains the same, Apple still continues to post impressive sales figures and even in the face of a growing competition, Apple is still holding strong.

The article Apple’s Fluctuating Share Price Is Not A Concern originally appeared on Fool.com and is written by Ashley Sales.

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