Here’s What Apple Must Do To Beat Earnings Expectations

TheStreet2022-01-18

Apple’s earnings day is around the corner. Here is what analysts expect of the Cupertino company, and what could move the needle for Apple stock.Apple is only a few days away from reporting fiscal Q1 ...

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Zvonne616
2022-01-19
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Good
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2022-01-18
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Tio bo
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2022-01-18
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OK
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2022-01-18
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The following revenue and earnings benchmark may help to determine whether Apple stock rises or falls after the company announces the holiday quarter results.Figure 1: Tim Cook, Apple's CEO.AAPL: analyst expectationsAccording to Yahoo Finance, Apple is expected to deliver revenues of $118.2 billion in fiscal Q1, representing 6% growth YOY. Should this happen, the sales figure will be the largest of any quarter in Apple’s history, beating the 2020 holiday quarter for the top spot.The most optimistic of analysts sees revenues reaching as high as $121.3 billion, for 9% growth. Meanwhile, the most pessimistic of them believes that sales will barely increase. Because Apple has not been offering revenue guidance since the start of the pandemic, either number is plausible.Figure 2: AAPL revenue and earnings estimates.On the earnings side, consensus calls for EPS of $1.88 that would be around 12% higher YOY. 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Representing around half of Apple’s total revenues, results from the smartphone segment will certainly be followed closely by investors and analysts.Here, two opposing forces are likely to be at play.Strong demand for the iPhone 13 will probably be a positive for the Cupertino company. On the other hand,the supply chain crisis may have put a damper on sales, particularly if long lead times discouraged the less-patient consumers from buying the device during the quarter.Lastly, I believe that services will be another front-and-center topic of discussion, as is usually the case. It is hard to find a bullish argument on AAPL stock that does not include secular growth in the services segment.In our view, optimism can be triggered if Apple delivers growth rates above 20%. The chart below shows how comps will start to get tougher in fiscal Q1. 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