Before this afternoon, Apple Inc (AAPL) had reported better than expected earnings for 29 straight quarters, but it was unable to continue that trend when it reported a weaker than expected fourth quarter earnings report, sending shares sharply lower in after hours trading. Going into this afternoon's earnings report, Apple was expected to report earnings of $7.38 per share, but actual earnings came in well below what analysts were expecting to ...

It is a big day for healthcare, with several big names reporting their quarterly earnings before today's market open. One of the companies that reported earnings this morning was Procter & Gamble (PG) which reported its fiscal third quarter results. Going into this morning earnings report, analysts had been expecting to see Procter & Gamble report earnings of $0.97 per share. Actual quarterly earnings came in a penny under analyst forecasts ...

Online retailer Amazon.com (AMZN) will get its chance to impress Wall Street this afternoon when it reports its first quarter results after the closing bell. Going into this afternoon's quarterly report, analysts are expecting to see Amazon post earnings of $0.61 per share on revenues of $9.55 billion. During the same period last year the company had earnings of $0.66 per share with earnings of $7.13 billion. Why Amazon Earnings Are Important: Since Amazon ...

Apple Inc. (AAPL) reported its fiscal second quarter earnings numbers this afternoon, and shattering analyst estimates on amazing iPhone sales. As we noted in our Apple earnings preview, Apple was expected to post quarterly earnings of $5.36 for its fiscal second quarter this afternoon. Actual earnings came in well above estimates at $6.40 per share. Revenues were also better than expected at $24.7 billion, while analysts were expecting $23.4 billion. The quarter earnings ...

Tech giant Apple Inc. (AAPL) will get its chance to impress investors this afternoon when the company reports its fiscal second quarter results. Going into this afternoon's earnings report, analysts are expecting to see Apple report earnings of $5.36 per share. During the same period last year the company had earnings of $3.33 per share. It has been a busy quarter for Apple, which launched the iPad 2, began its deal to ...

Search engine giante Google Inc. (GOOG) will be reporting its first quarter results tomorrow following the market close, with analysts expecting to see the company report earnings of $8.11 per share. What makes tomorrow's conference call all the more interesting to investors is that it will mark the first time that Larry Page will make public comments since he assumed his original role as the company's CEO. Page, who was one of ...

For the first time in a year, Ford Motor (F) sold more vehicles in March than its American competitor General Motors (GM). Ford benefited from sales in new and refreshed models of its vehicles, in addition to greater discounts than General Motors offered to its customers. During the month, Ford sold 212,295 vehicles, versus 206,621 for General Motors. The good news for General Motors is that its sales figures marked a 9.6% rise ...

Auto retail giant Carmax (KMX) will be reporting its fourth quarter earnings Thursday before the market opens. Going into tomorrow's earnings report, analysts are expecting to see Carmax report earnings of $0.38 per share. During the same period last year the company had earnings of $0.33. Carmax has a strong history of posting better than expected earnings... easily surpassing analyst estimates for each of its past 8 quarters. Over the past month the ...

A few more big names are going to get their chance to impress Wall Street when they report earnings tomorrow. Here are a few of the names that will be reporting tomorrow: Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY) : Bristol Myers will be reporting its first quarter results tomorrow. The company is expected to report earnings of $0.51 per share, verses $0.41 during the same period last year. The stock closed the day up ...

The earnings season continues to move along, and a couple big stocks are going to be reporting their earnings tomorrow. Here are a few of the stocks that are going to report earnings tomorrow: DuPont (DD) : DuPont is going to be reporting its first quarter numbers tomorrow. Analysts have forecast earnings of $1.06, verses $0.54 during the same period last year. The company will be announcing earnings before the market ...