Apple Shares Reach New All-Time High, But Saudi Aramco to Overtake as World's Most Valuable Company

Apple shares crossed the $269 mark in intraday trading today, setting a new all-time high for the company.

However, oil giant Saudi Aramco is set to overtake Apple as the world's most valuable company based on market cap after raising $25.6 billion in the world's biggest initial public offering ever, according to Reuters. The shares are expected to begin trading on the Saudi stock market on December 11.

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Saudi Aramco only offered a 1.5 percent stake in the company to public shareholders, so the $25.6 billion raised gives it an overall valuation of around $1.7 trillion, topping Apple's market cap of around $1.1 trillion.

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Top Rated Comments

SVTmaniac Avatar
65 months ago

Why woul you want to invest in oil when most the world’s car manufacturers are going electric. Seems short sighted to me.
There are far more uses for oil than just automobiles. And the percentage of electric vehicles to internal combustion is miniscule. Oil isn't going anywhere in our lifetime.
Score: 12 Votes (Like | Disagree)
KrisLord Avatar
65 months ago
Whilst the 1.7Bn valuation is interesting, I don’t think it’s realistic to value the company based on 1.5% equity.

If the remaining 98.5% was available, would they have been able to find investors to buy the stock? I doubt it.
Score: 12 Votes (Like | Disagree)
rick3000 Avatar
65 months ago
The Saudi Aramco valuation is a joke. They wanted a 2 trillion valuation and no US or European bank would give it to them (most say it's worth closer to 1 trillion), so they listed in their own country. They even changed the lending limits so that people in Saudi Arabia could borrow double the usual limit to to buy shares.
Score: 12 Votes (Like | Disagree)
maflynn Avatar
65 months ago
I'm more interested in what products Apple makes, then their place in some valuation. Seems more like a **** waving contest more then anything.
Score: 8 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Mosey Potter Avatar
65 months ago

Apple stock alone has made me a rich person!

If Tim is in it for the money, then so am I.
Word to the wise, Apple, like virtually every corporation out there, has been taking out low interest loans and epic tax cuts to buy back their own stock for over ten years now, thus artificially boosting share values. It’s great that you have made money from this corporate led, market wide Ponzi scheme (I too have benefited). You just don’t want to be stuck holding shares when the inevitable correction occurs. When that event will happen is anyone’s guess, but happen it will, and many will be caught unawares and will be in great pain financially.
Score: 7 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Falhófnir Avatar
65 months ago

Yes, and also adjusted values give 90s Microsoft the win anyway.
This sort of thing always just makes me think of this clip: ?
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Whilst the 1.7Bn valuation is interesting, I don’t think it’s realistic to value the company based on 1.5% equity.

If the remaining 98.5% was available, would they have been able to find investors to buy the stock? I doubt it.
Reminds me of that diamond planet (https://www.forbes.com/sites/petercohan/2012/10/12/diamond-planet-worth-26-9-nonillion/) being valued at '$30 Nonillion' - only it wouldn't be because dumping that much diamond into the market would just make it worthless!
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)