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Checklist for Apple's (AAPL) Q3 Earnings Report, Q4 Guidance

July 23, 2013 10:03 AM EDT

Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) is expected to report fiscal third-quarter 2013 results after U.S. markets close Tuesday. The following is a list of certain metrics that the Street will be looking for in the report.EPS of $7.33, ranging from $6.64 to $7.98

Revenue of $35.17... More

Apple (AAPL) Growth at Risk With High-End Smartphone Customers Becoming Content

July 22, 2013 10:11 AM EDT

Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) and rival Samsung have been riding the high-end smartphone gravy train over the last few years, but some speculate that a derailing might happen sooner rather than later.

Bloomberg noted Monday that the companies will likely squeeze-out competition from Nokia (NYSE: NOK) and BlackBerry (Nasdaq: BBRY) over the next few quarters, but the real winners are names like Lenovo and Huawei. Both make low-cost, higher-quality mobile devices, key for capturing more emerging... More

Apple (AAPL) Expected to Deliver Near Term Upside, PT Raised - BMO Capital

July 22, 2013 7:18 AM EDT

One day before the company's Q3 earnings report, BMO Capital analyst Keith Bachman issued positive commentary and raised his price target from $450 to $480.

Bachman believes Apple will deliver upside to revenue, gross margin, and EPS for the June quarter. On guidance, the analyst said while he has less history on the new guidance approach, they would expect Apple to guide September-quarter revenue... More

iPhone Activations 'Encouraging' but Fall Launch Remains Key for Apple (AAPL), Says Goldman

July 19, 2013 11:29 AM EDT

Shares of Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) climbed Thursday after Verizon (NYSE: VZ) said the iPhone accounted for over half of all smartphone activations. This had some investors calling for improve iPhone unit sales. However, in the view of analysts at Goldman Sachs, while encouraging, the... More

Apple (AAPL) Lower as Tech Peers Miss; Time to Buy Into Q3 Tape? (GOOG) (MSFT)

July 18, 2013 5:29 PM EDT

Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) is unsurprisingly lower in after-hours trading Thursday.

The move is stemming from tech peers posting less-than-astonishing quarterly numbers. For example, Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) reported adjusted EPS of 66 cents with revenue of $19.9... More

Verizon (VZ) iPhone Sales Suggest Upside for Apple (AAPL) Into Q3 Report - Barclays

July 18, 2013 3:56 PM EDT

Barclays thinks that there might be upside for Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) into Q3 results following today's report from U.S. wireless giant, Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ).

Analyst Ben Reitzes noted that Verizon's Q2 year-over-year iPhone activation... More

Apple (AAPL) iPhone Unit Sales May See Upside; Wells Fargo Read-Through From Verizon (VZ)

July 18, 2013 11:31 AM EDT

Verizon's (NYSE: VZ) iPhone activations suggest potential upside to Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) iPhone unit estimates, said Wells Fargo's Maynard Um. Verizon noted a sequential decrease in iPhone sales, but it was less than last year.

"Verizon... More