Apple Schedules Q4 2011 Conference Call on October 18th

Apple announced Thursday the schedule for its September quarter—the company’s 4th fiscal quarter—earnings report conference call. The event will be held on Tuesday, October 18th at 5:00 PM EDT (2:00 PM PDT), and Apple will offer a live audio stream of the call.

The Mac Observer will provide live coverage of the conference call for those unable to follow, as well as our detailed coverage of Apple’s financial results.

Consensus estimates from Wall Street are that Apple will turn in revenue of US$29.2 billion and earnings per share (EPS) of $7.20. Apple itself guided for $25 billion in revenue and EPS of $5.50.

Shares in AAPL closed higher on Thursday at $408.43, a gain of $6.24 (+1.55%) on light volume of 15.1 million shares trading hands.

[Update: We corrected the date in the headline to October 18th. - Editor]

*In the interest of full disclosure, the author holds a tiny, almost insignificant share in AAPL stock that was not an influence in the creation of this article.