Fortune reporter Philip Elmer-Dewitt compiles sell-side and independent analysts forecasts for Apple. He has gathered 65 projections, 38 of them sell-side analysts and 27 independents. The independent analysts are more bullish than the sell-side analysts and even the most pessimistic independent analysts EPS estimate of $13.06 would be just below the median of the sell-side analysts.
I have summarized the article and estimates by the analysts in a Forbes.com posting:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/chuckjones/2013/01/16/apple-estimates-from-65-analysts/
Disclosure: My family and I own Apple shares
I have summarized the article and estimates by the analysts in a Forbes.com posting:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/chuckjones/2013/01/16/apple-estimates-from-65-analysts/
Disclosure: My family and I own Apple shares