Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
Tim Cook Cashes in $3.6 Million in Stock as Respected Analyst Gives Him Passing Grades
- Thread starter MacRumors
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
Perhaps this is the investor side chiming in on how hard it is for a modern tech company to meet the expectations of customers. I'd say much of the customer side disagrees, but as long as their strategy brings in revenue then their needs are secondary.
Considering if you check istocknow they are sold out nearly everywhere in the country either people are still camping out for earbuds and putting their schedule on pause completely or they're busy working and living and apple isn't delivering the goods by in large.
Your guess is as good or in this case as bad (maybe worse) as mine
Last edited:
Nice leap of logic there. God forbid, somebody calls you out on pulling manufacturing numbers from your rear-end and they must be a sapless defender of everything Apple and TC.
This forum is utterly going down the drain.
I would assert you're unhinged in light of big events occurring today, including this report card. There's always been discourse without crying over a doomed MR.
Last edited:
How do you get an A on Productline when the entire company hinges on one product?
Apple CEO Tim Cook sold 30,000 shares of Apple stock this week, valued at $3.6 million based on the company's stock price of $120 at the time of the transactions, according to a U.S. Securities and Exchanges Commission disclosure. The shares were sold as scheduled pursuant to Cook's predetermined trading plan.
Cook retains 1,009,809 company shares worth over $121 million based on Apple's current stock price following the sale.
A recent SEC filing revealed Cook was paid $8.7 million in 2016, which is $1.5 million less than he was paid in 2015. The decrease stems from Apple failing to meet its own target performance goals for both net sales and operating income in 2016, resulting in senior executives receiving only 89.5% of their cash incentives.
However, upon reaching his fifth anniversary as Apple CEO last year, Cook cashed in nearly $137 million in previously-awarded stock bonuses tied to both his tenure and Apple's performance under his leadership. Accordingly, after bonuses, Cook actually earned roughly $145 million last year, his biggest payout yet.
Yesterday, Apple analyst Neil Cybart opined that Cook and his inner circle are "doing what needs to be done in order to maintain Apple's relevancy," but he noted "there is room for improvement." He called out sporadic Mac and iPad updates, and slow progress with Siri, as two blemishes among others in its product strategy.In related shareholder news, the world's largest asset manager BlackRock has increased its stake in Apple and now holds 6.1% of outstanding shares in the company, up from 5.7% a year ago. Its 322,683,504 shares are valued at over $38.7 billion based on Apple's current stock price.
Article Link: Tim Cook Cashes in $3.6 Million in Stock as Respected Analyst Gives Him Passing Grades
Do you?
Do you understand how supply and demand works?
Just because something is out of stock, doesn't mean it is in high demand. I am not saying this means the AirPods are not in high demand.* I am just saying that just because supply is low of something doesn't mean it is selling well.
Oh, MacRumors, what've you done...
This thread is going to be interesting.
This thread is going to be interesting.
Oh man, the comments
[doublepost=1484927940][/doublepost]
Haha, you beat me to it
[doublepost=1484927940][/doublepost]
Oh, MacRumors, what've you done...
This thread is going to be interesting.
Haha, you beat me to it
Here's how this should have read:
o Product Strategy: F
Mac Pro, Mac Mini, Macbook Pro disappointment, slow redesign of iPhone
o Product Pipeline/R&D: F?
I put a ? because not only is Apple secretive but their releases are so haphazard that it is now difficult to understand how these processes work.
o Operations: B-
o Marketing/Storytelling: C+
Stop using the word "magical" and the grade will get revised upward.
o Culture: C
Here's your $2 holiday t-shirt gift with an image of our enormous new corporate HQ.
o Public Face: B-
Meh.
o Financials: B
Ton of cash on hand etc. thanks to past success.
o Product Strategy: F
Mac Pro, Mac Mini, Macbook Pro disappointment, slow redesign of iPhone
o Product Pipeline/R&D: F?
I put a ? because not only is Apple secretive but their releases are so haphazard that it is now difficult to understand how these processes work.
o Operations: B-
o Marketing/Storytelling: C+
Stop using the word "magical" and the grade will get revised upward.
o Culture: C
Here's your $2 holiday t-shirt gift with an image of our enormous new corporate HQ.
o Public Face: B-
Meh.
o Financials: B
Ton of cash on hand etc. thanks to past success.
Oh, MacRumors, what've you done...
This thread is going to be interesting.
Does this mean I can use this gif for my comment or will the mods remove it?Oh man, the comments
[doublepost=1484927940][/doublepost]
Haha, you beat me to it
This reminds me of the time when a child erased his bad grades and changed it to better grade to please their parents. This report card was bought!
Savage: A +
Savage: A +
Great point. Also, one product that has been relatively unchanged in a few years and with little product differentiation from the competition.
So, you don't understand what is going on in a supply chain/ production.
You know of no issues behind the scenes which may have been the cause of delays.
Responsible manufacturers will not intentionally ship bad product.
Making electronics (and debugging the production process) for new products is not as easy as cracking an egg into a pan.
Last edited:
And I'm sure you're far more qualified to make that call than someone who has spent years in their respective field and carries a high degree of knowledge of what defines these categories. Screw experts. Random internet guy knows better.
D- would still be passing. Which is what most of the marks should have been.
I'm not arguing they should ship a half baked product, not that apple isn't known to not do that,
Or that I understand the complications behind micro tech engineering and how that collides with limitations of manufacturing to scale. I don't get how people can put words in my mouth when this is written text haha
I'm just arguing that they're leaving money on the table more than creating artificial demand and hype by not having units in stock, if that's their intention which I'm not arguing either. The demand is where it is and they don't have airpods to put in people's ears at the expense of dipping in customers pockets. They are at a stand still. That's hardly a runaway success. And They shipped an iPhone without a headphone jack at start of q3 and barely got shipments out before end of q4 that were really
Meant to explain and justify the strategy behind omission of a headphone jack beyond "courage" . I had wireless beats too but I didn't appreciate using that garbage ambilical cable adapter for months as earbud use, and the thick part of smacking the screen and generally being "clutter" I didn't care for.
I'm also arguing he doesn't deserve any form of an A. Doubling down on puff piece.
There's no spin you can place on that, no matter who is to blame, etc. it was premature
Re read Walt mossberg's iphone 7 review. Not the hugest fan anymore but he nails it.
Last edited:
People who say a computer is not 'Pro' usually aren't 'Pro' themselves
part of making everything thinner was part of making the battery life better. Does apple live in a bubble or do their employees not have access to an electrical outlet? I don't know of any pro user that isn't next to some sort of place to charge or keep charged up so why would we need better battery life?
So lets put it this way, if Apple was doing great things in the future, why is Tim Cook dumping stocks?
Also it is completely a conflict of interest to have a CEO allowed to trade stocks for a company. I mean there is no way that Tim Cook can't be aware of pending doom and gloom, or pending amazing things that would influence stock prices. His words often directly affect stock prices. Apple should have paid out Tim Cook for any past stocks he may have had prior to becoming CEO, or put those stocks on standby until the day he steps down as CEO.
It is incredibly fishy for this guy to cash near 140 million in stocks in the last few years.
Also it is completely a conflict of interest to have a CEO allowed to trade stocks for a company. I mean there is no way that Tim Cook can't be aware of pending doom and gloom, or pending amazing things that would influence stock prices. His words often directly affect stock prices. Apple should have paid out Tim Cook for any past stocks he may have had prior to becoming CEO, or put those stocks on standby until the day he steps down as CEO.
It is incredibly fishy for this guy to cash near 140 million in stocks in the last few years.
It's not a pipeline if nothing comes out of it. I think the word you're looking for is "catacomb."
The first paragraph literally isn't related to what I said? Also why are people camping out for something with which is out of stock? They're just out of stock bro.
I'm saying this is insane bleeding edge tech that is difficult to manufacture. Apple delayed the release once but knew they had to hit the holidays in some form. So they pushed out the low yield they had - which sold out immediately - whilst trying to sort out the manufacturing issue.
The AirPods are absolutely amazing by the way, listening on them right now. Every skeptic that has tried mine since has been blown away by the fit and sound. Once they can knock these out at an incredible rate... well, people will probably be buying less Beats. Let's say that.
did anyone read this guy's (Neil Cybart) article? It provides commentary on each grade and their interpretation.
I'm not saying it's wrong or right (it's subjective), but it seems like people aren't even reading it and then asking something like "why did he grade it this way?" or "how do you get an A?"
Maybe click on the link, read the article, and then say why you agree/disagree.
.
I'm not saying it's wrong or right (it's subjective), but it seems like people aren't even reading it and then asking something like "why did he grade it this way?" or "how do you get an A?"
Maybe click on the link, read the article, and then say why you agree/disagree.
.
Last edited:
Yet again putting words in my mouth.
I'm not saying they aren't great. I too own a pair and swear by them already. On their own but especially compared to that clunky adapter situation.
BUT that's beside the point: They aren't available for people to buy largely.
I give up on explaining simple non nuanced statements.