What if AirPods was a company?

Jonah Lupton
Nov 7 · 1 min read

2016: Apple launches the AirPods

2017: Apple sells 16 million AirPods

2018: Apple sells 35 million AirPods

2019: Apple sells 50–60 million AirPods

2020: Apple is projected to sell 100+ million AirPods

100 million AirPods x $200 (average price for all models) = $20 billion x 35% net profit = $7 billion x 25 P/E = $175 billion

…if AirPods were a stand alone company it might be be worth $175+ billion and BTW using a 25 P/E is conservative for a company growing revenues/profits by more than 50%

$175+ billion market cap would make AirPods the 32nd largest company in the U.S.

Jonah Lupton

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Founder & CEO at SoundGuard

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