One big reason
Apple’s share prices have crashed over the past few months has been the perception that the company’s period of remarkable growth has ended and that it has now become
a typical slow-growing tech behemoth. The best evidence of this has been the significant decline of Apple’s gross margins, which peaked at close to 50% in late 2011 but have now shrunk to 37.5% in
the company’s most recent quarter. The big questions, of course, are why have Apple’s gross margins been shrinking and does the company have any hope of returning to its 2011 glory days?
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