Comments on: Earnings: Apple Beats Wall Street Estimates To Post Its Best Non-Holiday Quarter Ever http://paidcontent.org/2009/04/23/419-earnings-apple-beats-wall-street-estimates-to-post-its-best-non-holiday/ The economics of digital content Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:04:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: parvo http://paidcontent.org/2009/04/23/419-earnings-apple-beats-wall-street-estimates-to-post-its-best-non-holiday/#comment-69095 Thu, 23 Apr 2009 09:56:23 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2009/04/23/419-earnings-apple-beats-wall-street-estimates-to-post-its-best-non-holiday/#comment-69095 Estimates are usually made to help a company in meeting its objectives or goals. Most estimates are really close to the real results. So basically, there's no big deal in case that the estimate is lower or higher than the actual result. Absolutely, this can't be an issue. If the company thinks that their estimate is reasonable enough to convince investors then they will definitely use it. This issue only proves that company's accounting presentation must always be fair to everybody.

]]> By: Jamie Poitra http://paidcontent.org/2009/04/23/419-earnings-apple-beats-wall-street-estimates-to-post-its-best-non-holiday/#comment-69094 Thu, 23 Apr 2009 08:58:21 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2009/04/23/419-earnings-apple-beats-wall-street-estimates-to-post-its-best-non-holiday/#comment-69094 I'm not sure the drop in sales shows anything but that they are a single phone company and that their phone is due for an update.

]]> By: Charbax http://paidcontent.org/2009/04/23/419-earnings-apple-beats-wall-street-estimates-to-post-its-best-non-holiday/#comment-69093 Thu, 23 Apr 2009 04:34:49 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2009/04/23/419-earnings-apple-beats-wall-street-estimates-to-post-its-best-non-holiday/#comment-69093 iPhone sales are definitely slowing:
Q4 2008 (July-September): 6892000
Q1 2009 (October-December) : 4363000
Q2 2009 (January-March) : 3790000

It basically shows that the iphone is just a trend and that the amount of rich kids with money to spare for such glimmering piece of gadget is being dried up.

]]> By: Christy Beckwith http://paidcontent.org/2009/04/23/419-earnings-apple-beats-wall-street-estimates-to-post-its-best-non-holiday/#comment-69092 Thu, 23 Apr 2009 02:40:14 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2009/04/23/419-earnings-apple-beats-wall-street-estimates-to-post-its-best-non-holiday/#comment-69092 I disagree with the above comment. This is a company so profoundly rooted in its invigorating innovation, born of a great mind. Many companies don't hit their estimates. If that were true, that estimates were always posted lower than truly expected, the investors that don't truly believe in the future of Apple, they wouldn't sell out hours before earnings reports. Rather, they'd just hang on, wait until the report came out and collect on investments.

Additionally, the estimates are actually not all that far from reality on a percentage basis.

Apple continues to post healthy growth based on a healthy company with keen minds running the show. I'm all in.

]]> By: Jamie Poitra http://paidcontent.org/2009/04/23/419-earnings-apple-beats-wall-street-estimates-to-post-its-best-non-holiday/#comment-69091 Thu, 23 Apr 2009 01:32:51 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2009/04/23/419-earnings-apple-beats-wall-street-estimates-to-post-its-best-non-holiday/#comment-69091 So basically they did what they've done every quarter previously? I think they purposely give lower estimates than they should so they can always beat them.

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