Apple's fiscal Q2 earnings call scheduled for Apr. 23

Apple on Monday announced it will reveal quarterly earnings results for the second fiscal quarter of 2014 on Apr. 23, with the usual question and answer session to follow directly thereafter.

AppleInsider Staff 12 years ago 12

iTunes and app sales projected to grow to 20% of Apple profit by 2020

iTunes content and the App Store are projected to be key drivers of growth for Apple moving forward, with one new forecast calling for content and apps alone to account for 20 percent of profits by 2020.

Neil Hughes 12 years ago 24

8GB iPhone 5c, $399 'iPad 4' seen having 'slight positive' effect on Apple's March, June quarters

With Apple making slight adjustments to its iPhone and iPad lineups this week, the new, cheaper device offerings are projected by one analyst to have only a minor effect on the company's bottom line.

Neil Hughes 12 years ago 8

Apple leadership awarded 35K restricted stock unit bonus worth over $19M each

According to a series of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filings on Wednesday, Apple awarded top executive leadership nearly 36,000 restricted stock units each, which at current prices would net over $19 million.

AppleInsider Staff 12 years ago 9

Wall Street not surprised by Apple CFO's retirement, expecting smooth transition

The announcement that Apple Chief Financial Officer Peter Oppenheimer will retire later this year, making way for Luca Maestri to take over the position, was not surprising to investors on Wall Street, who generally responded with confidence on Tuesday.

Neil Hughes 12 years ago 11

Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer to retire at end of September

Peter Oppenheimer, senior vice president and chief financial officer of Apple, will retire from the company at the end of September, after spending 18 years with the Mac maker, it was announced on Tuesday.

AppleInsider Staff 12 years ago 56

Apple's voracious appetite for acquisitions outspent Google in 2013

Apple is quietly investing far more money to acquire talent, technology and production capacity than the market appears to realize, having liberally outspent even Google over the past year.

Daniel Eran Dilger 12 years ago 42

Why Apple, Inc. is keeping the identity of many of its 23 recent acquisitions a secret

Apple has acquired at least 23 firms over the last five quarters, but the purpose—and even the identity—of some of them remains a mystery. This is no accident.

Daniel Eran Dilger 12 years ago 265

Tim Cook to shareholders: iPhone 5s & 5c outpace predecessors, Apple bought 23 companies in 16 months

Apple's chief executive Tim Cook sat alone onstage as he presided over the company's annual shareholder meeting, fielding questions and detailing various aspects of his company's business. Among the topics he discussed were sales of the latest iPhone models, Apple's pace of acquisitions, and the growth of Apple TV.

Daniel Eran Dilger 12 years ago 94

Institutional ownership of Apple stock reaches new 5-year low

Institutional ownership of large-cap stocks is currently at high levels, but there is one glaring exception to that trend: Apple, which is currently at a five-year low among hedge funds, banks, mutual funds, and other powerful types of financial institutions.

Neil Hughes 12 years ago 95

Barclays downgrades rating on Apple stock due to maturing smartphone market, tells investors to 'step aside'

Shares of Apple stock slid Thursday morning after investment firm Barclays Capital lowered its rating on shares of the iPhone maker, saying it doesn't expect the stock to break out of its current trading range within the next year, and suggesting its performance could become comparable to that of rival Microsoft.

Neil Hughes 12 years ago 93

Apple's buybacks exploited stock dips to generate billions in shareholder value

Apple's efforts to take advantage of irrational stock dips in order to buy back its own shares at a discount has transferred billions of dollars from panicked speculators to its long term investors.

Daniel Eran Dilger 12 years ago 99

Google has fooled the media and markets, but hasn't bested Tim Cook's Apple

Listening to the Google-enraptured tech media's echo chamber of fears, uncertainties and doubts about the world's most profitable and successful company, you'd never realize that there's an incredible bounty of low hanging fruit waiting for Tim Cook's Apple to harvest, and little but mobile scorched earth left behind Google.

Daniel Eran Dilger 12 years ago 340

Apple distributed another $2.6 billion in dividends to shareholders on Thursday

Apple paid its shareholders another quarterly dividend on Thursday, although the total payout was reduced by millions due to billions of dollars worth of stock buybacks over recent quarters.

Daniel Eran Dilger 12 years ago 22

App Store growth makes Apple's iTunes business alone more valuable than Xerox, CBS

The explosive growth of Apple's App Stores has made the company's iTunes unit one of the most valuable businesses in the world, driving more revenue than old warhorses like Xerox, CBS, and U.S. Steel.

Shane Cole 12 years ago 16

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