Apple May Never Regain Its Status As The World’s Most Valuable Company – ReadWrite

Summary of an Apple reality check

"Apple became the world’s largest public company - by market value - in 2012, when its $546 billion market capitalization edged it ahead of perennial leader Exxon Mobile. At the end of trading on Wednesday, Apple's market cap had fallen to $399 billion, just below Exxon's $403 billion. And there are plenty of reasons to believe that Apple may never again be the world's most valuable company. At least not for long:

1. Margin pressure on Apple’s massively profitable iPhone and iPad business.
2. The potential for wearable computers such as the much-hyped Google Glass to usurp the smartphone and tablet market.
3. Apple's inability to fully satisfy consumer demand.
4. Apple’s dearth of experience in the enterprise market.
5. Uncertainty over whether the much-hyped iWatch and Apple Television will contribute as much to Apple as many analysts believe."

Apple May Never Regain Its Status As The World’s Most Valuable Company – ReadWrite