The explanation for the weak guidance: higher component costs, back-to-school discounts and a mysterious "product transition" will cause Apple earnings to come in lower than expected.
Disappointing investors just last month with weak guidance for the third quarter, Priceline plunged into bear market territory in a single session, losing more than 15%.
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The margin compression, decelerating growth and weak guidance are obvious concerns, but many also perceived the new capital plan as a half-hearted attempt to placate angry shareholders.
Late yesterday, the BlackBerry phone maker posted slightly disappointing results for the fiscal first quarter ended in May, along with extremely weak guidance for the August quarter, and a sharply reduced forecast for the February 2012 fiscal year.
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Canadian Solar shares are trading sharply lower Wednesday morning on disappointing Q2 financial results and weak margin guidance for the third quarter.
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Veeco Instruments shares are trading lower after hours Monday as a strong Q3 report was more than offset by weak Q4 guidance.
Dell shares fell 4.38% after-hours Tuesday despite better than expected second-quarter earnings as the Round Rock, Texas-based company offered weaker-than-expected sales outlook for the third-quarter and weak earnings guidance for the year.
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If Dell's sales and earnings guidance is weak, it will be a hint that the company is seeing its competitors snatch up customers even as they try to cut costs through the current economic downturn.
Zoom Technologies shares are trading sharply lower Tuesday afternoon on weak Q3 results and disappointing guidance.
Solar stocks were slammed Monday after SunPower warned that it would have to reduce full year revenue and profit guidance to reflect weak business conditions.
Stocks fall on weak earnings reports or reduced guidance.
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The company noted the cautious guidance in part reflects weak macro conditions.
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As he notes, sentiment on the sector has been battered by a weak financial report from Ciena and disappointing guidance from Finisar, among other factors.
Three days earlier, General Mills warned of weak North American sales and cuts its 2012 guidance.
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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Essentially, as Texas Instruments continue to cite weak demand, Qualcomm has been growing margins and raising guidance.
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Ergen delivered a solid quarter despite weak economic conditions, and he offered cautious but encouraging guidance for 2002.
This morning, smaller China Sunergy added to the fun, with a weak Q2 report and a sharp reduction in full year shipment guidance.
In yet another sign of weak demand in the chip industry, Texas Instruments this afternoon issued weaker-than-expected guidance for the fourth quarter.
Last Friday, Acer had reduced its March quarter guidance to a 10% sequential decline, from a previously expected 3% increase, citing weak PC demand in the U.S. and Western Europe, as well as cannibalization of PC sales by tablets.
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One was a weak January quarter outlook, which implied a back-end loaded fiscal year which, therefore, raises concerns that guidance may need to be lowered again in the future.
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