JP Morgan analyst Mark Moskowitz recently raised his stock target for Apple up to $230, up from a previous targt of $220. For the current quarter, Moskowitz anticipates Mac sales of 3.29 million, iPhone sales of 8.18 million, and iPod sales of 21.97 million.
Continue reading...Wednesday, December 9, 2009
As Apple’s stock price continues to lurk in the $200 price range, CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets analyst Steven Fox opened up his firms coverage of Apple with a price target of $260. “Apple’s ecosystem is in the process of meaningfully expanding its reach through an increasingly robust set of applications,” Fox wrote in a recent note […]
Continue reading...Monday, November 23, 2009
In a recent interview with Bloomberg TV, Broadpoint Amtech analyst Brian Marshall dropped some interesting tidbits about Apple’s exclusive relationship with AT&T. Regarding the subsidy Apple receives from AT&T, Marshall notes that this amounts to $450 for each iPhone sold. Interestingly, Marshall remarks that this subsidy will soon fall to $300 once Apple’s exclusive relationship […]
Continue reading...Thursday, November 12, 2009
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Apple has a shit ton of cash ($34 billion to be exact) and it’s itching closer and closer to the $40 billion mark. Below, check out the nifty graphic, courtesy of BusinessInsider, which shows just how quickly Apple’s hoarde of cash has grown over the past few years.
Continue reading...Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Comments Off on How Apple miscalculated the iPhone’s debut in China
Last week we reported that iPhone sales in China got off to a lukewarm start, with China Unicom reporting that they only sold about 5,000 devices in the first week since Apple’s iconic smartphone officially went on sale. When the iPhone typically goes on sale in a country for the first time, scenes of crowded […]
Continue reading...Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Before Apple released its record breaking earnings report last Monday, Jim Cramer noted on his “Mad Money” TV show that Apple’s earnings would disappoint, and that investors should prepare themselves to “buy Apple on weakness on Tuesday morning.” Apple’s earnings, of course, blew analyst expectations out of the water, and in the following few days, […]
Continue reading...Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Comments Off on Apple welcomes accounting change, but will wait a while before implementing it
In late September, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) voted to allow companies like Apple to recognize income from sales on products like the iPhone at the point of sale, as opposed to spreading out that revenue income over the course of 24 months. This change in accounting led many to believe that Apple’s guidance […]
Continue reading...Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Comments Off on Some final notes of interest from Apple’s earnings conference call
Here are a few interesting tidbits relayed by COO Tim Cook and CFO Peter Oppenheimer from Monday’s earnings conference call. In the last quarter, Apple sold more Macs and iPhones than in any previous quarter, a fact which Apple is more than pleased with given the economic environment. Apple’s operating margin was the highest ever, […]
Continue reading...Tuesday, October 20, 2009
This isn’t all that surprising really, but take a look at what CNBC talking head Jim Cramer had to say about Apple prior to their earnings announcement yesterday afternoon. “Your game plan next week is to buy Apple on weakness on Tuesday morning,” Jim Cramer said on Friday’s “Mad Money” TV show. He told viewers […]
Continue reading...Monday, October 19, 2009
Apple today released its earnings for the fourth fiscal quarter of 2009, and it smashed through analyst expectations, delivering earnings of $1.82 per dilluted share on revenue of $9.87 billion. During the same quarter a year ago, Apple reported earnings of $1.26 a dilluted share. The consensus on Wall Street was $1.42 a share on […]
Continue reading...Monday, October 19, 2009
Comments Off on Looking ahead to Apple’s earnings conference call
Later today, Apple will release its earnings for the quarter gone by and the consensus on Wall St. is that Apple release earnings of $1.42 a share on revenue of $9.2 billion. Here are many analysts are predicting: Mike Abramsky/RBC Capital, $1.47 EPS, 7.5 million iPhones sold and 2.9 million Macs Tony Sacconaghi/Berstein Research, $1.47 […]
Continue reading...Sunday, October 18, 2009
Comments Off on iPhone supply issues could affect Apple’s revenue in tomorrow’s earnings report
In a note to investors late last week, analyst Yair Reiner of Oppenheimer said that Apple’s reported revenue may come in slightly below expectations due to some trouble Apple had during the quarter keeping up with booming iPhone demand. But in the grand scheme of things, it’s always better to have demand outweigh supply than […]
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Monday, December 14, 2009
Comments Off on JP Morgan ups target for Apple stock to $230