Analyst: a person who thinks that an 8" pizza sliced into 4 slices is more pizza than a 12" pizza sliced into 16 slices, because a slice from the first is bigger than a slice from the second.
Exactly, they could have mentioned that at $431 AAPL is over 100x larger than its opening price (Google is mentioned as 10x), or AAPL is still 1/3 larger by market cap, or infintely larger by the size of dividend paid (damn that divide by zero!) Or that Apple made more profit in 1 quarter than Google did all year. But then it would take the whole shine off the "whose got the higher stock price today, lets pick that number" analysis :-)
Eh. AAPL is down a large percentage from its value in recent many months, and Google has been rallying.
The $1000 bit is a silly, but since both stocks have been INA similar price range in recent years, it makes dense to talk about which one will roughly double first.
True Apple's stock is down and Google's stock has risen, that reflects the market's view of future 'upside' on the stock. Bank of America has doubled in price so it's "rallying" too. But comparing it to Google or to Apple would be just as inappropriate as comparing Google and Apple.
Google makes some non-competitive products in the same space as Apple (a poorly performing smart phone in the Droid series, and a laptop with a new take on operating systems). They also provide some superior services, such as a social network in G+ and a search engine period. Samsung would be a better comparison to Apple, at least they are competitors in more markets.
The "analysis" linked however just pointed out a stock going up and one going down by two companies that live in the 'tech' sector. So I was, like the comment I was responding to, being sarcastic.
