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AFB Member FQ2 Estimate Index (Work In Progress Edition)
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Hi everybody!
It’s that time! Apple’s fiscal quarter closes on Saturday, March 26th and entries for the AFB Member FQ2 Estimate Index are due in this topic no later than 6pm Cupertino Time on Friday, April 1st. The day is the 35th anniversary of the company’s establishment. This gives everyone about a week following the end of the quarter to complete their numbers.
The index will be posted by the end of the weekend following the 1st of April.
Best wishes to everyone and we are excited by what we know will be the most successful FQ2 in the company’s 35 year history.
Sassy
[ Edited: 03 April 2011 10:44 PM by DawnTreader ]Signature
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DawnTreader
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From a prior topic:
The previous quarter’s thread
Here’s the projection for last quarter by westech, to pick a nice looking example
By comparison, I guess
CPU’s at 3.5 million
iPods at 7.2 million
iPhones at 19 million
iPads at 6.4 million
Software at $ 1 billion
Peripherals steady at $ 600
itunes steady at $ 1600gross margin 39.2.
Casts the dice: 24.5 B revenue, EPS 5.90.
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DawnTreader
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From a prior topic:
My current FQ2 2011 numbers:
Revenue: $25.3B
GM: 40%
OpEx: 9.5%
Provision for taxes: 23.5%
Shares: 937MM
EPS: $6.37Unit sales
Mac - 4.0MM
iPhone - 18.4MM
iPod - 10.1MM
iPad - 6.0MMI welcome feedback from anyone.
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DawnTreader
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From a prior topic:
My estimates:
Q2 eps: 5.9
Revenue: $24BFew thoughts:
- Q2 Guidance was higher (than Q1) but some of it was to dampen the impact of news of SJ’s medical leave announced a day before earnings.
- Gross margin will be the big difference between Q1 and Q2. My expectation is around 40%.
- Japan event will not affect Q2 numbers much. I think all retail stores are open and operational.Anything above 6 eps would be blockbuster but I am not expecting it mainly because VZ iPhone launch was not mega success. I think it is selling well but just not as spectacularly and with huge sales as some had predicted including Apple. It was clear that Apple stores planned and prepared for lines that never materialized. iPhone sales should come in at 17M+ this quarter.
Q1 used to be significantly higher and now it is not as much. Last year Q2 was about 90% of Q1 eps. And this has been getting higher every year used to be about 70% ( 91%, 72%, 67%, 76%). I think Apple has done well with product launches spread in various quarters to mitigate impact of seasonality.
libranca, we need a full set of numbers for the index. You’ve done most of the work.
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DawnTreader
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From a prior topic:
Revenue: $25.45B
EPS: $6.57I will post the more detailed estimate when DT calls for them.
We’re knocking on the door!
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DawnTreader
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From a prior topic:
Jan 18, 2011, Apple reports $ 26.74 billion revenue and 6.43 EP. Guidance is $ 22 billion and 4.90 EPS.
Unusual points:
1. Q1 was beyond the official expectations of all on Wall Street.
2. Q2 guidance was also beyond.
3. Q2 revenue guidance was only 4.4 % below Q1 guidance. (there are several ways to arrive at this general point)
4. Q2 EPS guidance was a bit higher than guidance for Q1.Products released recently
1. MacBook Airs updated in Oct 2010
2. MacBook Pros updated in Feb 2011
3. iPad 2—10 days ago
4. VZ iPhone released Feb 2011
5. Mac App store goes live Jan 2011The Great Tohoku Japan Earthquake (probably the official name in English as translated from Japanese) and Tsunami of March 11, 2011 will have minimal impact on results for Q2.
Q3 momentum and supplies are the big questions in the guidance numbers ahead.
tetra, I appreciate the information gathering for the above post.
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Hi everybody!
It’s that time! Apple’s fiscal quarter closes on Saturday, March 26th and entries for the AFB Member FQ2 Estimate Index are due in this topic no later than 6pm Cupertino Time on Friday, April 1st. The day is the 35th anniversary of the company’s establishment. This gives everyone about a week following the end of the quarter to complete their numbers.
The index will be posted by the end of the weekend following the 1st of April.
Best wishes to everyone and we are excited by what we know will be the most successful FQ2 in the company’s 35 year history.
Sassy
Does the quarter include Saturday’s sales? Just want to be sure to include it in my estimate.
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Since fiscal Q2 ends on Saturday, I’d figure Saturday’s included. What that means in terms of international time, I can’t remember if Apple ever answered that. Would make sense for fiscal quarters to end on 11:59pm Cupertino time.
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Apple’s making it very difficult to estimate iPad sales this quarter. I feel like I have no choice but to be more conservative on the iPad number, because several hundred thousand units that would otherwise count as sales had the launch been earlier in the month will probably be counted in fiscal Q3.
Hoping for a data point by next week, though I can still do the rest of my home game, proprietary Dartboard Guessing(tm) in the meantime.
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From a prior topic:
Revenue: $25.45B
EPS: $6.57I will post the more detailed estimate when DT calls for them.
We’re knocking on the door! :-)
Product Rev($M) Units
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iPhone 11,809 18.86
Mac 4,588 3.64
iPad 4,180 6.45
iPod 1,825 9.92
Revenue 25,454
GM 40.1%
OPEX 2,446
Other Income 100
IBT 7,861
Tax 21.7%
NI 6,155
EPS 6.57Signature
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DawnTreader
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cdodge, thanks for filling out the numbers.
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Here is my forecast for FQ2, 2011. Too many uncertainties.
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My estimate, including information on guidance and performance to last year.
Note the last line. What the earnings would have been like if we excluded the iPad. (wasn’t there last year for Q2)
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DawnTreader
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The numbers are rolling in and it looks like members of the AFB crowd are doing their homework.
I’m looking forward to the index results.
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Hopefully the whisper copier people will think it’s an April Fools thing!
Although it was linked on the other thread (thanks Tet) I’ll copy-paste it here:
Revenue breakdown:
Mac 4,724 ( 3,648 ? $1,295)
iPod 1,815 (10,133 ? $179)
iPhone 11,238 (17,652 ? $637)
iPad 4,450 ( 7,111 ? $626)
iTunes 1,707
Periph 571
Software 760
Income statement:
Revenue 25,265
COGS 14,996
GM 10,268
OpEx 2,410
OpInc 7,858
OI&E 45
Pre-tax 7,903
Tax 1,976
NetInc 5,927
Shrs. 938
EPS 6.32
Ratios:
GM% 40.6%
OpInc% 31.1%
Tax% 25.0%
NetInc% 23.5%Signature
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danthemason
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It is just a gift to be reading this. Thanks Deagol. A few moments ago I read of Horace’s take on the pitiful forecasts of analysts. Seeing Deagol’s forecast after that was like a breath of fresh air.
