APPLE AND SAMSUNG MOST VALUABLE 2015 BRANDS

 

Apple and Samsung most valuable brands

Apple has broken some massive records in the past few months. Not only has it managed to report the largest quarterly profits of any company ever, it has risen to become the single most valuable company in the world. With that in mind, it’s no surprise that the company is also the most valuable global brand of 2015, far ahead of the second most valuable brand, Samsung. 

Samsung’s strong showing at Mobile World Congress 2015 won the company plenty of buzz, thanks to the debut of its Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge smartphones. It also ratcheted up favorable and critical comparisons with Apple’s iPhone 6, which may be more fitting than ever in light of a recent report from a brand valuation firm pegging these two companies as the two most valuable brands in the world.

Apple is far and away the most valuable global brand of 2015, according to report from Brand Finance. The U.S. brand behind the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus is worth a record $128 billion using Brand Finance’s formula (Brand Strength Index x brand “royalty rate” x brand revenues). This is up 23 percent from its $105 billion valuation in 2014

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“That value is huge not just in its own terms but also as a proportion of Apple’s record-breaking corporate valuation,” said David Haigh, CEO of Brand Finance.

“It goes to show how valuable brands are as business assets and how important it is to manage them well.”

While it’s not quite nipping at Apple’s heels, South Korea-based Samsung retained its No. 2 spot on the list with a brand value of $82 billion, up 4 percent from its $79 billion valuation last year.

Google, Microsoft and Verizon rounded out the top five spots on the Brand Finance Global 500 for 2015.

Cyanogen CEO Kirt McMaster probably doesn’t think much of this report. In a recent interview, McMaster predicted diminishing market shares for Apple and Samsung over the next 3-5 years, thanks to low-budget 

 devices gaining steam.

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