8 posts and columns on FactSet Research

Amazon and Apple: Two Tablet Makers, Two Drastically Different Fourth Quarters

in Commerce on January 30 at 5:00 pm PT

Amazon is expected to report a giant fourth quarter tomorrow, but the results couldn’t be more different from Apple’s monstrous fourth-quarter results reported last week.
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Intel Profit, Sales Beat Street

in News on October 13, 2009 at 1:14 pm PT

Posting third-quarter results Tuesday, Intel (INTC) said it earned 35 cents a share on revenue of $9.39 billion. That’s not quite what the company reported during the same period last year, when it saw earnings of 35 cents a share on revenue of $10.2 billion. But it’s much better than investors had been hoping for. [...]

Dude, You Posted Your Earnings Three Minutes Early

in News on August 27, 2009 at 2:58 pm PT

Dell’s profit fell 23 percent in its second quarter. Its sales fell 22 percent. But the company still beat Wall Street expectations, and that’s what counts these days. Dell shares spiked nearly seven percent when the news was released, oddly, three minutes before the close of trading Thursday.
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Apple's Q1 Blowout

in News on January 21, 2009 at 1:39 pm PT

Morbidly inclined investors and business media can speculate all they like about Apple CEO Steve Jobs’s health and Apple’s future with or without him, but in fact, the company has never been healthier. Apple just reported a blowout quarter.

Apple’s Q1 Blowout

in News on January 21, 2009 at 1:39 pm PT

Morbidly inclined investors and business media can speculate all they like about Apple CEO Steve Jobs’s health and Apple’s future with or without him, but in fact, the company has never been healthier. Apple just reported a blowout quarter.

Time to Put That Exclamation Point in Storage?

in News on July 22, 2008 at 5:06 am PT

Yahoo has managed a détente with billionaire backseat driver Carl Icahn. So the question now is this: Can Yahoo manage one with the rest of its shareholders? We’ll find out this afternoon, when the company reports second-quarter earnings.

NY Post Downgrades Apple CEO's Weight to Underperform from Neutral

in News on July 21, 2008 at 10:47 am PT

If Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer’s April forecast was correct, Apple will report earnings of $1 per share on revenue of $7.2 billion when it posts third-quarter earnings later this afternoon. Of course, the company is known for low-balling expectations and being conservative with its fiscal outlooks, so if its results surpass this forecast, no one will be much surprised.

NY Post Downgrades Apple CEO’s Weight to Underperform from Neutral

in News on July 21, 2008 at 10:47 am PT

If Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer’s April forecast was correct, Apple will report earnings of $1 per share on revenue of $7.2 billion when it posts third-quarter earnings later this afternoon. Of course, the company is known for low-balling expectations and being conservative with its fiscal outlooks, so if its results surpass this forecast, no one will be much surprised.