Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on October 17, 2011 at 11:44 am PT
IBM reports quarterlies after the close of markets today. Bernstein Research’s Toni Sacconaghi says it should beat the Street, but expectations for its revenue growth should come down.
Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on February 15, 2011 at 1:26 pm PT
Dell’s net income in the fourth quarter beat the consensus of analysts considerably, and it said it expects sales to grow as much as 9 percent in its fiscal 2012.
Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on February 9, 2011 at 7:35 am PT
Cisco Systems hit unexpected “air pockets” last quarter, but today we’ll see how well the networking giant is navigating the turbulence.
Kara Swisher in News on January 25, 2011 at 5:31 am PT
Yahoo will report its fourth-quarter earnings later today, and BoomTown will be covering them all the way from Hong Kong (the miracle of the Internet!).
At a conference call with analysts after the earnings release, expect Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz to get questions on increased competition to its display advertising business from Facebook and Google, declining usage of its sites, as well as what she will do about continued product drift and talent drain.
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Eric Savitz, Blogger and Columnist, Barron's, Tech Trader Daily in News on November 4, 2010 at 3:45 pm PT
RealNetworks this afternoon reported Q3 revenue of $86.4 million, down three percent sequentially, off 38 percent year-over-year, and below the Street consensus at $88 million. But the company posted a profit for the quarter of $24.5 million or 18 cents a share largely due to a $33.9 million tax benefit, including a $30 million refund from the IRS.
Peter Kafka in Media on October 20, 2010 at 1:28 pm PT
Q3 earnings and revenue numbers were in line, but the company posted strong subscriber numbers and guidance. For those of you who don’t care about the stock: You may be able to get a disc-free subscription to the video service by the end of 2010.
Peter Kafka in Media on October 18, 2010 at 1:37 pm PT
First hit from Apple earnings: EPS of $4.64 and revenues of $20.34 billion. The consensus was $4.05 and $18.8 billion.
The Street won’t like guidance, though: Apple is predicting Q1 EPS of $4.80, below the $5.04 analysts were looking for. They will also sputter a bit on this number: Apple sold 4.19 million iPads, and the consensus was 4.7 million. The good news: Apple sold a
lot of iPhones–14.1 million.
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Voices in News on October 18, 2010 at 1:30 pm PT
IBM today
posted Q3 profits of $2.82 a share on revenue of $24.27 billion, both numbers better than the consensus estimates of analysts of $2.75 and $24.12 billion. The company said it expects full-year profits of at least $11.40 a share, also higher than the Street forecast of $11.29.
Peter Kafka in Media on October 14, 2010 at 3:45 pm PT
After showing off financial numbers that blew away Wall Street’s earnings estimates, what could Google do for an encore? Trot out even more numbers, via a tantalizing but not-that-revealing striptease.
John Paczkowski in News on April 22, 2010 at 1:19 pm PT
After market close Thursday, Amazon turned in a solid first quarter earnings report whose highlight was a 68 percent surge in profit.
