Apple has announced the date and time of the company’s fiscal year 2018 second quarter earning release and conference call.
Apple’s conference call to discuss Q218 results is scheduled for Tuesday, May 1, 2018, at 2pm PDT / 5pm EDT. The company will announce results that day after market close, typically right around 1:30pm PDT / 4:30pm EDT.
Apple will provide live audio streaming of its Q218 Results Conference Call using Apple’s HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) technology. The live webcast will be found at www.apple.com/investor/earnings-call/ and will also be available for replay for approximately two weeks thereafter. The stream is best experienced on an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch using Safari on iOS 10 or later; a Mac using Safari on macOS Sierra 10.12 or later; or a crappy PC with Windows 10 and Microsoft Edge. Streaming to Apple TV via AirPlay requires an Apple TV (2nd generation or later) with the latest Apple TV software or tvOS. Other platforms may also be able to access the stream using recent versions of Chrome or Firefox (MSE, H.264, and AAC required).
MacDailyNews Note: On February 1, 2018, Apple provided the following guidance for Q218:
• revenue between $60 billion and $62 billion
• gross margin between 38 percent and 38.5 percent
• operating expenses between $7.6 billion and $7.7 billion
• other income/(expense) of $300 million
• tax rate of approximately 15 percentMacDailyNews Note: As always, we’ll bring your the results as soon as they are available (simply check our home page at 4:30pm EDT on May 1st).
We plan to cover the conference call with live notes as usual. That link will appear on our home page around 4:45pm EDT on May 1st.
They are live streaming because there will be big news! – They will be telling the shareholders what they will be doing with the excess cash generated as they draw down their cash hoard. It’s a big deal, as they will probably do share buybacks, but also if they increase thier dividend more than the standard 15% to lets say 50%, then that could be a big driver of the stock. As always, “services” will become more prevelent and will help diminish fears that AAPL is fully dependent on iPhone sales.
Actually….Apple livestreams EVERY earnings call.
I listen to them all.
Great, so we know the date for the next AAPL sell off, oh wait that happens almost every day these days, nevermind