Apple Stock Trades 7% Lower from Record High After Earnings with Disappointing iPhone Sales

Consumer electronics giant Apple stock slumped 4.8% Friday after earnings, down 7.1% for the week (largest since November) after $AAPL closed Monday traded at an all-time high $198.23, at that point with a year-to-date return of 51.6%. The company Thursday reported fiscal Q3 Net Income of $19.881 billion, up 2% vs. Q3 2022. Revenues were down slightly year on year. The stock closed the week with a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.59. AAPL reported better than expected EPS and revenue for … Continue reading “Apple Stock Trades 7% Lower from Record High After Earnings with Disappointing iPhone Sales”

Apple Earnings and Revenue Higher Than Consensus, All Time High Services Income

Consumer electronics giant Apple reported better than expected EPS and revenue for the fiscal second quarter ended March 31 Thursday. Apple posted quarterly revenue of $94.8 billion, down 3% year-over-year and earnings-per-share came in at $1.52, unchanged year-over-year. Both ahead of analysts who were anticipating revenue of $92.96 billion and earnings-per-share of $1.43. Apple’s biggest driver of revenue, the iPhone, posted a quarterly record. Services posted a new all-time high revenue. Excitement is building for the launch of Apple’s AR/VR … Continue reading “Apple Earnings and Revenue Higher Than Consensus, All Time High Services Income”

Apple Sales Hampered by Strong Dollar, China Production and Macro Economy

Consumer electronics giant Apple reported worse than expected EPS and revenue for the fiscal first quarter ended Dec. 31 Thursday. Apple’s overall sales for the quarter were about 5% lower than last year’s and were the first year-over-year sales decline since 2019. Apple’s biggest driver of revenue, iPhone sales missed expectations of $65.78 billion vs. $68.29 billion estimated, down 8.17% year-over-year. The key services segment sales beat with $20.77 billion vs. $20.67 billion estimated, up 6.4% year-over-year. Apple CEO Tim … Continue reading “Apple Sales Hampered by Strong Dollar, China Production and Macro Economy”

US Tech Billionaires Added $59 Billion in Richest Day Ever as Nasdaq Surged 7.5%

The markets reacted dovishly to the US CPI moderating after resurging in August with aggressive Fed interest rate rises. The repricing of risk was furious, plunging Treasury yields a weakening dollar and big gains in mega cap stock. The Vanguard Mega Cap Growth ETF (MGK) closed up 8.0%. The Nasdaq soared +654.23 or 6.36%. The big winners were the big Techs, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Apple and even beaten down Tesla. US tech Bloomberg billionaires’ fortunes rose $59 billion, a one-day record … Continue reading “US Tech Billionaires Added $59 Billion in Richest Day Ever as Nasdaq Surged 7.5%”

Apple Revenue and Profit Beat but Impacted by High US Dollar

Consumer electronics giant Apple reported better than expected EPS and revenue for the September quarter earnings Thursday. Apple’s biggest driver of revenue iPhone sales however missed expectations of $42.63 billion vs. $43.21 billion forecast. The key services segment sales also missed with $19.19 billion vs. $20.10 billion estimated. $AAPL stock fell to 144.00 -0.80 or -0.55% in after-hours trading. Apple did not provide official guidance for its first fiscal quarter, which ends in December which contains Apple’s biggest sales season of the … Continue reading “Apple Revenue and Profit Beat but Impacted by High US Dollar”

Apple Revenue and Profit Beat with Higher iPhone Sales and Gross Margins

Consumer electronics giant Apple reported better than expected EPS and revenue for the June quarter earnings Thursday. AAPL suffered an almost 11% decline in profit hurt by supply constraints and shutdowns in China. Despite this Apple’s biggest driver of revenue iPhone sales continued to grow despite economic challenges. iPhone revenue rose 2.8% to a fiscal third-quarter record of $40.67 billion, while analysts had expected a 2.5% drop. $AAPL stock rose by more than 3% in after-hours trading. Apple (NASDAQ: $AAPL) … Continue reading “Apple Revenue and Profit Beat with Higher iPhone Sales and Gross Margins”

Apple Stock Jumps 7% After Earnings Respond Strongly to Supply Constraints with Record iPhone Sales

Consumer electronics giant Apple reported better than expected EPS and revenue December quarter earnings Thursday. iPhone revenue, boosted by the launch of iPhone 13, climbed 9% yr/yr to an all-time record of $71.6 bln, despite supply constraints. The biggest growth category was Mac with revenue up 25% yr/yr to $10.9 bln, also an all-time record amongst a supply crisis. $AAPL stock rose to $170.33 up 11.11 or 6.98% after the release. Apple (NASDAQ: $AAPL) Reported Earnings After Close Thursday  $2.10 Beat … Continue reading “Apple Stock Jumps 7% After Earnings Respond Strongly to Supply Constraints with Record iPhone Sales”

The Nasdaq 100 Soared 26.6% in 2021 Powered by Lucid and Moderna

The technology laden Nasdaq-100 rose 26.6% in 2021, on the heels of the massive 47.6% in 2020. Powered by new technology such as Lucid up 280%, Biotechs such as Moderna up 143%. Stay at Home stock reversed this year. Peloton was this year’s biggest loser, down -76.43 after being up 434% in 2020. The Nadaq-100 Index includes the largest 100 non-financial stocks by market cap in the full Nasdaq Composite Index It includes Chinese companies that aren’t included in the … Continue reading “The Nasdaq 100 Soared 26.6% in 2021 Powered by Lucid and Moderna”

US Weekly IPO and SPAC Monitor: Cybersecurity, Cannabidiol and Psychedelics, Cancer and Pregnancy Therapeutics.

Coming into Year end the IPO market is winding down. This week we have just four IPOs scheduled to raise around $50 million for the week. Cerberus Cyber Sentinel (CISO), Incannex Healthcare (IXHL), Intensity Therapeutics (INTS) and Nuvo Group (NUVO) are expected to debut this week. Cerberus Cyber Sentinel (CISO) Cerberus Cyber Sentinel (CISO) based in Scottsdale, Arizona plans to raise $10 million priced at $5 for a $631 million market cap. The company provides a range of cybersecurity consulting and related services, … Continue reading “US Weekly IPO and SPAC Monitor: Cybersecurity, Cannabidiol and Psychedelics, Cancer and Pregnancy Therapeutics.”

US Weekly IPO and SPAC Monitor : IoT Cloud Solutions Developer Samsara Leads

Coming into Year end the IPO market is winding down. This week we have four IPOs scheduled to raise $814 million for the week. IoT solutions developer (IOT) Samsara, CNS biotech Bionomics (BNOX), Fresh Vine Wine (VINE) and Satellite developer Sidus Space (SIDU) are all expected to debut this week. IoT solutions developer Samsara (IOT) Samsara plans to raise $753 million at an $11.6 billion market cap. Samsara is a developer of end-to-end Internet of Things solutions for businesses and provides a cloud-based platform. The … Continue reading “US Weekly IPO and SPAC Monitor : IoT Cloud Solutions Developer Samsara Leads”