Apple's REAL Earnings Expectations

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		Tech Entertainment Wall Street Markets Strategy Sports Lifestyle Politics Europe Video Latest Monday, October 17, 2011 Apple's REAL Earnings Expectations Apple is bound to crush earnings tomorrow, based on the fact that the company always low balls its guidance. Its EPS has been outperforming guidance by 44% on average over the last six quarters, and revenue has been 18% higher than revenue guidance. Based on this trend, Apple should report EPS of $7.90 on $29.38 billion revenue, versus its September EPS guidance of $5.50 EPS, and  $25 billion revenue guidance. Wall Street consensus is at $29.45 billion for revenue and $7.28 for EPS. Read » Also On SAI Today: Apple Has Obliterated Android Tablets: Only 3.4 Million Out There Running Honeycomb Former Sales Rep: Groupon And LivingSocial 'Absolutely' Inflate Regular Prices (And It's Going To Get Worse) Zynga's Stealthy Social Network Could Help Solve One Of Its Biggest Problems Sean Parker's 2009 Letter Of Praise To Spotify Says To Lock Up A Deal With Zuckerberg Advertisement CHART OF THE DAY: Apple's Stock's Rise Since The iPhone CHART OF THE DAY: Google's Headcount Continues To Explode CHART OF THE DAY: The Millions Of Ad Spending On Facebook In Context Share this: Facebook Twitter Digg Reddit StumbleUpon LinkedIn The email address for your subscription is: dwyld.kwu.wyldside@blogger.com Change Your Email Address | Unsubscribe | Subscribe | Subscribe to the SAI RSS Feed Business Insider. 257 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10010 Terms of Service | Privacy Policy

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