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Good thing they'll soon be able to add that $2.5B settlement from Samsung to the bottom line.
 
They guided $8.68 per share on $34 billion and delivered $9.32 on $35 billion. Certainly not what people were hoping for, but they didn't miss their guidance.

People should have helped by buying more iphones ;)
 
Apple was right on the mark in their guidance for this quarter.

I guess they're better at running the Apple business than analysts are at running their business.

Now, tell me again. What do analysts do, and why should we care?

Spinning a little, aren't you?

Now, let's see. Analysts predicted Apple profits much more accurately than Apple did in all but two quarters in the last 10 years. Apple consistently underestimated them. Would you say that Apple guys are absolutely lousy at running their business?

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Good thing they'll soon be able to add that $2.5B settlement from Samsung to the bottom line.

I'd say this profit miss explains why Apple wants so much money from Samsung. It's very unlikely they are going to get any though.
 
So much money :D but the main information given was the release of mountain lion, thats all i wanted to hear!

Besides iPod were still sold:eek:, didn't expect that much
 
Umm, no they didn't, at least not according to the article directly below this one:



Actual results: $35 Billion and profit of $8.8 billion. Pretty much bang on, slightly exceeding guidance.

They guided $8.68 per share on $34 billion and delivered $9.32 on $35 billion. Certainly not what people were hoping for, but they didn't miss their guidance.


Edit: I'm a cnbc watcher, and they said that Apple missed their guidance, and so did the analysts. I don't think that I misunderstood them, but all the Internet news stories say that Apple slightly beat their guidance. Sorry for jumping the gun.
 
Ouch. Quite a miss. 26 million iPhones was unexpected given the relatively strong sales of AT&T and Verizon. Based on their Q4 guidance, I don't think they will be releasing a new iPhone until October.

On the positive side, 17 million iPads was a "beat." Buying opportunity? The stock is off $33.

Absolutely terrible miss; no further comments necessary.
 
"We are also really looking forward to the amazing new products we’ve got in the pipeline." e.g. the iMac update in 2013, 2014 oder maybe 2015 :mad:

So wait, Tim Cook said they had a bunch of awesome **** in store for 2012, is this really all we're getting?

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Spinning a little, aren't you?

Now, let's see. Analysts predicted Apple profits much more accurately than Apple did in all but two quarters in the last 10 years. Apple consistently underestimated them. Would you say that Apple guys are absolutely lousy at running their business?


Apple knows how much product they move, they undervalue it as a marketing gimmick, none of this "analysts are right!!!" Bull ****.
 
I think its a great buying opportunity.

Apple...two words for you...China Mobile!


Ouch. Quite a miss. 26 million iPhones was unexpected given the relatively strong sales of AT&T and Verizon. Based on their Q4 guidance, I don't think they will be releasing a new iPhone until October.

On the positive side, 17 million iPads was a "beat." Buying opportunity? The stock is off $33.
 
Hmmm.

The awkward moment when the "Other" category is higher than iPod sales....
 
Spinning a little, aren't you?

Now, let's see. Analysts predicted Apple profits much more accurately than Apple did in all but two quarters in the last 10 years. Apple consistently underestimated them. Would you say that Apple guys are absolutely lousy at running their business?

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I'd say this profit miss explains why Apple wants so much money from Samsung. It's very unlikely they are going to get any though.

Again, THEY DIDN'T MISS! Good lord, if you're going to try and criticize at least get it right, they missed analyst expectations but the actual guidance target they slightly exceeded. As for Apple guidance versus analyst predictions there's a key difference between those two figures:

Apple issue guidance at the start of the quarter with very little actual sales data.

Analysts issue their guesses, oops sorry, predictions at the end of the quarter with considerable sales data.

Hmm, can't imagine why Analyst numbers tend to be close to the actual results, nope, not even a little.
 
I blame the lower-than-expected sales numbers due to the lack of product updates last quarter.

For, what was it, almost five months? No new products. No new announcements.

Of course they had a down quarter. Everyone was waiting for Apple to release the "next big thing" and they took too long to do it. That being said, I don't think it's anything to worry about.

With the newly updated MacBooks, plus the new iPhone, rumors of a new iPad and more Retina Macs on the way? They'll blow next quarter out of the water.
 
Again, THEY DIDN'T MISS! Good lord, if you're going to try and criticize at least get it right, they missed analyst expectations but the actual guidance target they slightly exceeded. As for Apple guidance versus analyst predictions there's a key difference between those two figures:

Apple issue guidance at the start of the quarter with very little actual sales data.

Analysts issue their guesses, oops sorry, predictions at the end of the quarter with considerable sales data.

Hmm, can't imagine why Analyst numbers tend to be close to the actual results, nope, not even a little.


Learn a little about the Wall Street. Nobody cares about Apple's own expectations. Apple is well known to under-predict their sales (one average by 13%). Market sets company's stock price according to analyst expectations and when actual results miss those analyst expectations the stock will pay the price (i.e. fall)
 
Apple missed their declared earnings they predicted. That's the story. I don't know MR chose not to report this.

They guided $8.68/$34B and came in at $9.32/$35B so they handily beat their own guidance. It was the predictions of the so-called pundits and analysts that they missed.

This isn't going to matter in a few months as the stock roars back with the lead up to the iPhone launch. The big news for me is that ML will be released tomorrow!
 
Nobody's talking about the dividends!!! This will be the first dividend in a long time. I'm no money guy or market person so I don't know the ramifications for offering a dividend but I'm liking it since I'm long with AAPL.

Opinions?
 
Apple missed their declared earnings they predicted. That's the story. I don't know MR chose not to report this.

They did NOT miss their public guidance. They were right on target. Of course, everyone expects them to "sandbag" their guidance, so when they are spot on, like they were this quarter, it's a "miss."
 
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