Economic analysis of Apple Inc.

Liudmila Khodykina

Diplomová práce

Abstract:

This diploma thesis is focused on the economic analysis of Apple Inc, which is one of the famous companies in technology industry and ranked first by market capitalization in the world.The first part of diploma thesis is connected with theoretical ground of economic analysis and stock analysis. There were described definition and types of stocks, methods of stock and economic analysis such as vertical and horizontal and detailed definition of main financial ratios. In practical part there was analysis of main financial indicators, comparing stock of Apple with its four main competitors of same industry by market capitalization and share price and also analysis of stocks by charts and special technical indicators, so it was done technical and fundamental analysis of company.The main objectives of this diploma thesis are to evaluate economic position of Apple Inc. if it is profitable and financially stable and if its stock price has positive development and to identify recommendations for shareholders and potential investors if they should sell, hold or buy shares of the company.

Keywords

Apple, stock, financial position, financial indicators, Economic analysis

Jazyk práce: angličtina

Datum vytvoření / odevzdání či podání práce: 31. 3. 2016

Obhajoba závěrečné práce

• Vedoucí: Ing. Petr Procházka, MSc Ph.D.

Česká zemědělská univerzita v Praze

Provozně ekonomická fakulta

Magisterský studijní program / obor:
Economics and Management / Economics and Management