Two companies that can beat Apple on the way to $1 trillion (2)

Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN)
This is the company with the best chance to beat Apple on the way to a $1 trillion.
First of all, because Amazon's capitalization of $690 billion is not far from the $1,000 billion.
Secondly, Amazon's growth is far ahead of Apple. Company revenue grew by nearly 40 percent, while Apple's revenue rose 13 percent in the past quarter. Amazon's profit rose more than two times in the past quarter on an annual basis, while Apple rose 16%.
In addition, Amazon shares are rising in value much faster than Apple's. Over the past three years, the stock of the retail chain has risen by 300%, against a 40% growth in Apple shares.
Last but not least, Amazon is still in the phase of accelerated growth of its business, at Apple's expense.
Put it another way, if someone goes ahead of Apple on the way to $1 trillion, then it's very likely to be Amazon.

Alphabet Inc (GOOG)
Outside of Amazon, the other company that has a good chance of overtaking Apple's leading position is Alphabet Inc.
Like Amazon, Google is not much farther from Apple in terms of market capitalization. The latter amounts to 720 billion dollars.
And just like Amazon, Google is growing much faster than Apple. Google's revenue growth is 24%, compared to 13% growth for Apple. Google's profit rose 28%, compared to 16% for Apple.

Two companies that can beat Apple on the way to $1 trillion (1)

After reaching a bottom of below 700 points in 2009, the blue chip index S & P 500 rose almost four times to a level of 2,600 points. This is a serious growth, leading the capitalization of many companies, such as Apple, to record values.
Historically, since 1990, five different US companies have reached and passed the psychological limit of $500 billion in market capitalization, but have not been able to last long enough to stay above that level.
Currently, five different companies have a market capitalization of over $500 billion and one of them is Apple. And while many investors and analysts are betting that Apple will be the first company to reach the covenant boundary, here are the main competitors of the iPhone manufacturer to reach that value.
Of course, it should be borne in mind that Apple's chances are still the highest, given the market capitalization of the company at $860 billion.