Apple is announcing its March quarter results after the market closes on Tuesday, April 23.
Netflix exceeded expectations on revenue, earnings and streaming customers for the March quarter.
Revenues from Windows in the January-to-March quarter were flat when adjusted for upgrade offers.
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Apple reported better than expected sales of its flagship iPhone and iPad in the March quarter.
Despite 20% EPS upside in the March quarter, AAPL shares have actually lost ground since.
Munster figures Apple sold between 6.9 and 7.8 million smartphones during the March quarter.
The company also noted that it expects to close the Hitachi deal in the March quarter.
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He notes that in the March quarter the company saw less discounting than normal, boosting profitability.
He raised his March quarter EPS estimate to 99 cetns a share from 97 cents.
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Revenue was up 13.3% in the March quarter, but earnings inched up just 3.2%.
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The company was expected to report earnings of a penny a share for the March quarter but delivered 4 cents.
Sony booked a profit of Y94bn in the January-to-March quarter, compared with a Y255bn loss a year earlier.
It will be interesting to see if Apple can rebound in the March quarter similar to last year.
Economists think growth has rebounded in the January-March quarter to an annual rate around 2 percent or more.
Also unclear is why Google decided to take the charge for the expected settlement in the March quarter.
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As I pointed out yesterday, the stock had inched higher following the strong March quarter report from Intel.
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Additionally in the March quarter U.S. cash was essentially flat quarter over quarter.
On Friday, the Commerce Department said the economy expanded 2.5 percent at an annual rate in the January-March quarter.
That certainly was an impressive March quarter Apple (AAPL) reported.
On Thursday, the company posted March quarter results that crushed Street expectations.
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And growth will likely pick up in the January-March quarter to an annual rate of 1.5 percent, analysts forecast.
Earnings surged 103.8% in the March quarter on a 24.3% rise in revenue.
Almost as important will be the March quarter gross margin guidance from management.
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In the March quarter, the company posted 26% growth in software, and a 20% rise in software and software-related services.
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Gross margin was 46.9%, up 240 basis points from a year ago, and 230 basis points better than the March quarter.
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Japan's economy grew an annualized 4.1% in the January-March quarter as resurgent domestic demand and government spending helped fuel a recovery.
Heller notes that the stock has rallied more than 20% since reporting weak December quarter results and disappointing March quarter guidance.
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