Although Apple’s stock has seen a significant dip in the past few weeks, many analysts feel that the company still has strong forward potential. In fact, independent analyst Andy M. Zaky feels so strongly about Apple’s potential that he believes Apple’s could be worth as much as $2000 by the end of 2015.
Zaky provides some figures which he thinks will guide Apple into the $2000 dollar range within the next three and a half years (via Fortune), as demonstrated in the chart above (click to expand):
“I’m fairly confident about these numbers,” Zaky writes. “Here’s what I think will guide that:
Q1 2013 = 55 million iPhones shipped
Q1 2014 = 80 million iPhones shipped
Q1 2015 = 110 million iPhones shipped“2014 is the golden age of Apple and the peak growth year,” Zaky concludes. “After 2015, growth will stall and Apple will become a mature company — at least for this era.”
Many analysts project only a few months or a year in advance, making Zaky’s claim seem sonewhat risky. It’s worth noting, however, that Zaky’s estimates have been “considerably more accurate than your average Wall Street analyst (see, for example, here).”
Of course, in order to keep up that pace of growth, Apple will need to come up with some pretty spectacular new products – perhaps the rumored Apple television, or something we haven’t even thought of yet!
It will be interesting to see how Apple performs in the coming years. Nobody knows the future of course, but Zaky has an excellent track record, and I for one hope his projections are right on the money!
