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Apple to announce fiscal Q4 earnings on October 20th, will include initial iPhone 6 sales

Apple has announced it is holding its earnings call for company results in fiscal Q4 (covering July, August and September) on October 20th. Following tradition, Apple will announce earnings in a press release about half an hour before the earnings call at 2PM PST. Apple’s earnings for fiscal Q4 will include the first wave of iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus sales, as it went on sale towards the end of the period. However, Apple is unlikely to breakdown the split between new and old iPhone sales, as it only reports total sales numbers for Mac, iPhone and iPad.

For the period, at its last earnings call, Apple guided the following financial information.

  • revenue between $37 billion and $40 billion
  • gross margin between 37 percent and 38 percent
  • operating expenses between $4.75 billion and $4.85 billion
  • other income/(expense) of $250 million
  • tax rate of 26.1 percent

Apple’s conference calls consist of earnings results, statements from Apple CFO Luca Maestri and Apple CEO Tim Cook and Q&A from select investors and analysts. Analyst expectations for device sales are good, with many upping $AAPL price targets on the back of strong iPhone 6 demand. Apple will also state its forecasts for the crucial holiday quarter as part of its earnings releases on October 20th.

As usual, 9to5Mac will cover Apple’s earnings in full detail.

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Comments

  1. Lee (@leemahi) - 10 years ago

    Let’s hope someone has the balls to ask at the end when they plan to reinforce the iPhone 6 Plus

    • Drown Zone - 10 years ago

      Crybaby

    • herb02135go - 10 years ago

      I doubt it. The feckless media on’t want to lose access to the corporate spin.

      • herb02135go - 10 years ago

        Apparently I’ve lost access to the letter “d”!

      • You mean the letter ‘w’. Also, your statement in this forum means nothing.

      • Lee (@leemahi) - 9 years ago

        There is no doubt that in certain instances, the phone will warp in a pocket. Now all i can hope for is that enough iPhones bend so they can fix it and I can buy my Plus. That’s only if the Nexus 6 doesn’t kick major ass or the Moto 360 gets a better processor.

    • Reinforce it? Pretty sure consumer reports reinforced it already..

      • herb02135go - 10 years ago

        Reinforce the phone so it doesn’t bend under normal use.

        If the shell is bending what’s bring crimped inside?

        Why are the syncophants afraid of the truth?

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