Maria Bartiromo's Investor Agenda
MARIA BARTIROMO'S WALL STREET NEWSLETTER
MOST SHARED
- With Investors So Bullish, Pullback Must Be Coming
- How to Date a Wall Street Man
- LinkedIn CEO Calms Post-Lockup Concerns
- Why Greece Will Default, Leave the Euro Zone
- Stocks Hold Losses, Italian Banks Downgraded
- Blue Ivy Gets Trademarked By Beyonce And Jay-Z
- Get Ready for $5 Gas This Year: Ex-Shell CEO
- The World's Best Beers
- Housing Still Hurting Consumers, Economy: Bernanke
- Investing in the Fountain of Youth
- Private Homebuilders: Dead Men Walking
- LinkedIn’s Growth Is Already Priced In: Analyst
- The Real Reason Behind Bank of America’s Rally
- 5 Hedge Funds’ Top Stocks Soar After 2011 Rout
- This Valentine’s Day Love Is Served on a Silver Platter
- CEO to CEO: Our Roles Are Changing
- Clint Eastwood ‘Surprised’ by Reaction to Chrysler's ‘Halftime in America’ Ad
- Bulls Check In to Community Health
- Bank of America’s Worst-Case Scenario Gets More Real
- With Investors So Bullish, Stock Pullback Must Be Ahead
- Is Bill Gross, PIMCO's Bond King, Losing His Touch?
- Greece Austerity Deal Runs Into Trouble Once Again
- Why Greece Will Default, Leave Euro Zone
- Apple’s Record Run: $500 Is a Magic Number
- Private Homebuilders: Dead Men Walking
- Housing Still Hurting Consumers, Economy: Bernanke
- Get Ready for $5 Gas This Year: Ex-Shell CEO
- The World's Best Beers
RSS FEED
Earnings Preview: Apple & Texas Instruments
Text Size 
CNBC Senior Producer
We're bracing for some key technology earnings after the close today, with quarterly results from Apple and Texas Instruments.
 |
Apple's [AAPL
Loading...
()
] fiscal fourth quarter report will see much of the attention focused on the iPhone and its outlook for the holiday season. Analyst polled by Thomson Reuters expect Apple to report earnings of $1.42 a share and revenues of $9.2B. It's going to be a numbers game and Gene Munster, Senior Research Analyst at Piper Jaffray expects the iPhone shipments during the quarter to hit 7.5 million. His forecast is for Mac shipments to hit 2.8 million.
Other important gauges for Munster:
- Guidance (he notes that Apple typically guides down relative to where the Street is)
- Steve Jobs increased presence at work
- Tablet PC in 2010
For Texas Instruments [TXN
Loading...
()
], analysts surveyed by FactSet Research expect earnings of 39 cents a share on revenue of $3.4B. Scott Billeadeau, Managing Director at Fifth Third Asset Management is watching to see if the chip giant is benefiting from an economic rebound. As a stock play, Billeadeau says the stock has some ways to go, with expectations proving to be too low. He thinks TXN will be a "later-cycle play".
With technology as the main leadership sector right now, we'll be watching to see if this latest set of earnings will give the sector an additional boost. Tune in to Closing Bell at 3:40pm ET as we preview tech earnings with Munster and Billeadeau. We'll also be breaking down the earnings from Apple and Texas Instruments live at 4:30pm ET.
Gene Munster and Piper Jaffrey do not own any stock in Apple. Scott Billeadeau doesn't own any shares in Texas Instruments but Fifth Third Asset Management owns TXN in its funds.
Liza Tan contributed to this article.
_____________________________
_____________________________
Questions? Comments? Write to
Data is a real-time snapshot *Data is delayed at least 15 minutes
