This Fall, Apple Has A Shot At Becoming The Most Valuable Company In The World

In January, we noted that Apple surged past an amazing $300 billion market cap , making them by far the most valuable tech company in the world. In fact, the valuation made them the second most valuable company in the world period . But at the same time, we noted that it would likely be pretty hard for them to catch number one: Exxon. At the time, Exxon was roughly $75 billion ahead of Apple. And in the following months, while Apple's stock began to stagnate a bit, Exxon's kept rising, pushing their value way past $400 billion. But in recent months, Exxon's stock has also begun to stagnate. Meanwhile, in the past few weeks, Apple's stock is like a rocket once again. Today, the stock closed a new all-time high, just under $375 a share, as 9to5 Mac points out . And it's trading even higher in the after-hours market, as anticipation builds for Apple's latest quarterly earnings tomorrow.