“Apple’s glory days are now behind it,” said FBN’s Shebly Seyrafi

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“Apple’s glory days are now behind it,” said FBN’s Shebly Seyrafi

Last week, the two tech titans had what you might call a photo finish: Decent quarterly results, with double-digit growth in some product categories, but revenue that was a tad lighter than Wall Street had expected and profits only pennies better than predicted.

But the disappointment with Apple (ticker: AAPL) was substantially greater on Wednesday night, after it reported. Its shares fell as much as 11% in late trading, and ended the week down 12%, at $439.88. Microsoft (MSFT), in contrast, rose by 1% following its Thursday report and ended the week at $27.88, up 2.3%.

That is because Microsoft is no stranger to disappointment, whereas Apple is. Microsoft has for quite some time now been pestered to do something with its cash pile, as its shares have generally languished. The 10-year appreciation in share price for Microsoft is 12%, vastly trailing the S&P 500's 63% move up over the same span.

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