$AAPL – Steve Jobs resigns, Stock update

Apple is down about 5% in the past month, beating the overall markets slightly. The stock did spend a day above $400 but the recent market volatility has been too much for Apple and it has settled around $380 after dipping to as low as $353. The big news, however, is the resignation of Steve Jobs. Most...

$AAPL Apple Q2 2011 Earnings Breakdown

Apple’s earnings for Q2 came in at $6.40 a share vs consensus estimate $5.37. This is a 92% increase year over year (+$3.07). Revenue for the quarter was $24.7 billion, which was $11.2 billion over the prior March quarter’s result (+83%) and represents the largest year-over-year quarterly...

Apple Q1FY11 Earnings Breakdown

Apple blew away earnings on Tuesday with EPS of 6.43 vs consensus estimates of 5.39.  This is a beat of 1.04 and over 19% of what the analysts were thinking. I have included some highlights from the conference call below.  Remember to visit SeekingAlpha for conference call transcripts. Revenue for the...

Apple CEO Steve Jobs takes medical leave

Apple Inc. co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs sent a note Monday to employees saying he’s taking a second medical leave of absence in two years so he can focus on his health. Link to CNBC story

Guess Apple’s earnings, win us a year of Bivio!

Bivio just sent out an blast contest for a year’s worth of Bivio to the person who comes closest to guessing Apple’s earnings this Tuesday.   It would be nice to have a few entries in this, the price of Bivio goes up to $129 next year. Here are links to the Contest Details and Spreadsheet Our...