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To me, the biggest news here is the 1QFY12 guidance of $37 billion. Guidance of 30% above their best recorded quarter ever. Wow.
by mpakes 15y ago
To me, the biggest news here is the 1QFY12 guidance of $37 billion. Guidance of 30% above their best recorded quarter ever. Wow.
- jcdavis 15y agoYes, a monster guidance. And remember this is Apple's estimate, which is has always been a lowball recently (even for this quarter, which was a little disappointing). $40B is definitely possible. Certainly the iPhone sales this quarter weren't that great, but given the circumstances (most people knew the 4s/5 was coming), as well the 4s sold 4 million units on its opening weekend (almost 1/4th of all of last quarter's sales), I don't think it was that bad at all. Obvious disclaimer: long AAPL, may buy more tomorrow
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- kprobst 15y agoLowballing quarterly earnings seems to have been a Jobs thing. With Cook on the saddle I'm guessing this will be the pattern going forward.
- chugger 15y agoYeah $37 billion guidance. guidance for the previous quarter was only $25 billion. holy crap.
- Steko 15y agoiPads and Pods are always huge in holiday quarter plus the 4S rollout.
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- acak 15y agoYou're right. I just didn't include the guidance in the story title so it wouldn't sound like an ad for going long on the stock.
- ChuckMcM 15y agoPretty hard to comprehend. Not only are the results stellar by pretty much any measure but they make Google's quarter look sluggish which is saying something. Very impressive.