Let's talk about the Mac for a change
The fourth in a series of previews of Apple's results for the third fiscal quarter of 2010 Between a Steve Jobs keynote in June that ignored it and media feeding frenzy in July that had nothing to do with it, one might almost forget that Apple (AAPL) makes a line of computers called Macintosh. But...
How many iPods did Apple sell in Q3?
The third in a series of previews of Apple's results for the third fiscal quarter of 2010 Last week we sampled analysts' estimates of iPhone and iPad sales in advance of Apple's (AAPL) earnings report for the quarter that ended June 26. Today we look at a product that played an important but diminishing role...
How many iPads did Apple sell in Q3?
The second in a series of previews of Apple's results for the third fiscal quarter of 2010 You might think that estimating iPad sales for the fiscal quarter that ended on June 26 would be a pretty easy call for analysts, given that Apple (AAPL) let it be known five days before the end of...
How Turley Muller calls Apple
Fiscal Q3 estimates from the blogger-analyst whose track record is the envy of Wall Street There's no shortage of analysts at the banks and brokerage houses who claim expertise on Apple (AAPL) and publish earnings estimates in advance of the company's quarterly reports. But for the past year and a half, the most accurate predictions...
Analyst lowers third quarter iPhone estimate by 1.5 million units
But raises iPad unit sales to 3.5 million and lifts Apple price target to $349 per share Here's something unusual for an Apple (AAPL) analyst. Two weeks before the company is scheduled to announce its fiscal third quarter earnings, Kaufman Bros.' Shaw Wu has lowered his sales estimate for Apple's most important cash cow, the...
How high can AAPL go?
Analysts scramble to raise their price targets after Tuesday's record Q2 earnings report Hindsight is a wonderful thing, and after failing to predict Apple's (AAPL) performance in the quarter than ended March 27, all of Wall Street seemed to be looking at the company with new and more appreciative eyes. More than two dozen analysts...
Apple Conference Call: “Future Product Transition”
In a question related to revenue for next quarter, the response included four factors: a stronger U.S. dollar, a Mac portable transition, the educational buying season, and a "future product transition."
Apple's blow-out quarter: The bloggers called it. The Street blew it.
Once again, the armchair analysts humiliate Wall Street's professionals There's almost nothing good to say about the estimates published by professional analysts in advance of Apple's (AAPL) second quarter earnings. Not only did the pros badly underestimate almost every aspect of the company's business — from revenue and earnings to unit sales — but they...
Apple blow-out: Profits up 89.5%
iPhone sales climb 131% year over year. Shares rocket over 17 points in after-hours trading Apple (AAPL) blew past even the most optimistic estimates Tuesday, reporting second-quarter earnings of $3.33 per share on $13.50 billion revenue. Its net quarterly profit was $3.07 billion, up nearly 90% from the same quarter last year. Wall Street was...
AAPL pops in advance of earnings
But quickly loses ground despite what are expected to be a record second-quarter report Apple (AAPL) shares jumped out of the gate Tuesday at $249.24 — it's highest opening price ever — on a day that the company is expected to report record second-quarter earnings. The trading euphoria was short-lived, however. Within minutes, Apple —...
How big was Apple's second quarter?
The fourth in a series of previews of Apple's results for fiscal Q2 2010
Over the past week we've sampled analysts' expectation for Apple's (AAPL) iPhone, Mac and iPod sales over the fiscal quarter that ended March 27.
Today we look at the bottom line — revenue and earnings per share — for what should be the...
Apple closes down; 2nd time this month
Friday's 1.52 point drop was its first loss since April 8
Apple (AAPL) had a down day on Wall Street Friday, an occurrence that has become so rare lately investors don't quite know what to make of it.
The stock closed at $247.40, down .61% on a day in which the Dow dropped 1.13%.
Apple's share price had...
