Some of the analysis indicators for AAPL:
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Wall Street consensus: 0.78 -
StockScouter rating: 10 out of 10
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Whisper Number for this stock: 0.86
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Smart-Estimate for this stock: 0.81
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Schaeffer rating for this stock: 5 out of 10
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Power Rating: 5 out of 10
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Insider Trading (last 52 weeks): ($174.61M)
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Option Trading: Apr 2007 90 Call
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IV for Feb 2007 $90 Strike: 40.48%
Analysts, on average, are looking for earnings of 78 cents on sales of $6.42 billion, according to a Thomson 
Financial poll. Merrill Lynch analyst Richard Farmer sees Apple to posting higher results than what Wall Street is expecting – raised his outlook to earnings of 81 cents per share on sales of $6.5 billion. Based on data from the NPD Group, December is the best selling month for iPods, typically making up about 36 percent of the year’s business.
In summary I’m optimistic Apple will beat its’ earning again this time and hopefully it’ll gap-up and make some money for me. I’m still holding some calls which I invested prior to the Apple iPhone announcement. I think I need to ring the register today (I know I’ve said that before but the stock was simply too bullish and volatile that I was thinking of maximizing the profit).
# TIP: Consider trading option instead of stocks but remember to balance it with sufficient time-value, just in case, as the expectation for Apple to beat by huge margin is too high. Nevertheless with the buzz of iPhone, this fundamental stock should perform in medium to long-term.
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January 16th, 2007 by financetwitter
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