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- Apple Beats on Profits, Misses on Sales, Cautions on Future
- Apple AAPL this evening reported sales that just missed estimates, but profit that was well ahead of expectations for its fiscal Q4 ending in September. The company forecast both profit and sales lower than estimates for the current quarter. Sales rose 27%, year over year, to $7.9 billion, while...
- External links 2008-10-21
- PC Market Not as Bad as Expected
- The PC market may be slightly less terrible than you think. Caris & Co. analyst Curtis Shauger Wednesday morning writes that PC unit sales will probably be flat this quarter, rather than down 3%, as he’d expected back in November when he initiated coverage of Microsoft MSFT with an “Average”...
- External links 2008-12-31
- Dell: Everyone Becomes a Consultant
- Wednesday closes a chapter in the Dell DELL recovery story: Founder and CEO Michael Dell hired Mike Cannon, formerly chief executive of contract electronics manufacturer Solectron (sold to Flextronics FLEX last year), in February of 2007 to fill a new post of President of Global Operations. Today, Cannon is departing,...
- External links 2008-12-31
- Apple's Steve Jobs Isn't Sick - Argus
- Pretty much nobody is picking up the phone at equity research firm Argus Research this morning, so take this as unverified: The firm’s analyst on Apple AAPL, Wendy Abramowitz, this morning lowered her price target on Apple to $145 from $155, while affirming that she does not believe Apple CEO...
- External links 2009-01-02
- Apple: Estimates Increased on iPhone and Mac
- Personal computer sales in the June quarter were probably about average for this time of year, writes Credit Suisse analyst Bill Shope Friday morning in a note to clients, and he expects Apple AAPL to be “best in show” among PC vendors in the quarter. Best in show...
- External links 2009-07-10
- Apple: Street Raises Estimates on Strong iPhone, Mac Sales
- Apple AAPL reports Q3 results after the bell Tuesday, and analysts are raising estimates based on strong iPhone, iPod and MacBook sales, with a slight dent from sluggish desktop Mac sales: Craig Berger with Friedman, Billings, Ramsey: His “supply chain checks” show a slight downward revision to the...
- External links 2009-07-20
- Apple Q3: Revenue, Earnings Beat Estimates, 5.2 Million iPhones Sold
- Apple AAPL Tuesday evening reported fiscal third-quarter results that beat analysts’ sales and profit estimates. Apple revenue rose 12%, year over year, in the quarter to $8.34 billion, while profit per share came in at $1.35. by Tiernan Ray
- External links 2009-07-21
- Western Digital Q4: Profits, Sales Easily Beat Estimates
- Number two disk drive maker Western Digital WDC Tuesday afternoon reported fiscal Q4 results that easily beat estimates for profit and sales. Revenue in the quarter fell 2%, year over year, to $1.96 billion, easily surpassing the $1.59 billion average estimate of analysts, while profit per share came...
- External links 2009-07-28
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- HP's Rise Above Currency Concerns
- The day after Hewlett-Packard HPQ surpassed sales and profit estimates for its fiscal Q3, and forecast both top line and bottom ahead of expectations, there’s a big sigh of relief, with HP shares rising $2.47, or 5.65%, to $46.16 by today's close. (See earnings call transcript.) As I mentioned last...
- External links 2008-08-20
- Sony Q1: Better than Expected Net Loss
- Sony’s SNE American Depository Receipts rose 68 cents, or 2.5%, to $27.96 Friday after the company reported lower sales than expected in its fiscal Q1 but a slightly better than expected net loss per share. Maxim Group analyst Mark Harding reiterated a “Buy” rating on the shares and a $34...
- External links 2009-08-02
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