According to Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster, Apple's Mac sales for the Q1 may fall short of expectations.
Says the analyst: "We believe the buy side is currently looking for worldwide Mac units to be up 14 percent y/y (year over year) in the March quarter. We believe Apple could potentially miss its Mac number."
Munster used data from research firm NPD which estimated Mac sales ... [ read the full article ]
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This is a game all this fortune 100 companies play. One quarter they say they're going to either make number or they're not. It's just a damned game to either pay out to stock holders a full share for the quarter or hold off till the next quarter.
If they can hold off till the next quarter, it 'looks' like a bigger payout when in fact I can't help but think they probably played a numbers game & screwed them anyway. It's what corporations & banks do, so no I'm not bashing Apple per se'.
On the other hand, if a company says they're going to make more than they're sales load (they've got a hit), chances are their stock sales rise, it'll split off, lowering the price & the payouts lower and you get the idea.
Originally posted by salsa36: So this is some dude speculating about apple?
How is this interesting or a new????
A splash to get a rise out of people that have stock in Apple. So when they stick their elitist noses in the air thinking they're going to get a big payout here in June, come to find out Apple is actually going to screw them with this little article.
Let's call it a little deflating or emasculating, if you will.
