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Value of Apple's Notebook business > HP+Dell [Ty "Mac-Head" Tyson]

Source: Ecademy: user blogs

Nov 08, 2009

Summary

Based on our Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) analysis of the notebook PC businesses of Apple (AAPL), HP (HPQ) and Dell (DELL), we've estimated that Apple's notebook business is more valuable than that of HP and Dell combined. Apple's higher valuation is driven by three factors: (1) higher average notebook pricing compared to HP and Dell (2) growing market share (3) higher margins (making Apple notebooks more profitable).

Notebook PC Valuation

Apple: $22 billion

HP: $12 billion

Dell: $6 billion

For all three companies, the notebook PC business is more valuable than the desktop business given the on-going shift in demand from desktops to notebooks so figures above also give you a sense of the comparison for their overall PC businesses.

Market Share: We expect Apple to have the largest market share gain while HP has a small gain and Dell has a small decline

Apple: 5% in 2009 to 10% by the end of forecast period

HP: 22% to 23%

Dell: 13% to 12%

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