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To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (86253)	1/24/2012 5:09:25 PM
From: 2MAR$	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 217837

AAPL pop to $461 , just blew away earnings with $46.33 bln vs the $39.04 bln revs excpected and just surpassed XOM market cap by $5bi , still making a good short out of it though ;o) *traded down to $450's AAPL Apple beats by $3.79, beats on revs; guides Q2 EPS, revs above consensus -- Reports Q1 (Dec) earnings of $13.87 per share, $3.79 better than the Capital IQ Consensus Estimate of $10.08; revenues rose 73.3% year/year to $46.33 bln vs the $39.04 bln consensus. Co issues upside guidance for Q2, sees EPS of ~$8.50 vs. $8.00 Capital IQ Consensus Estimate; sees Q2 revs of ~$32.5 bln vs. $31.94 bln Capital IQ Consensus Estimate. Apple reports 37.4 mln iPhones sold in Q1 vs Street est of ~30 mln; 15.43 mln iPads sold in Q1 vs Street est of ~14 mln; Q1 gross margins of 44.7% vs Street est of 40.7% and 40% guidance. "Apple's momentum is incredibly strong, and we have some amazing new products in the pipeline... We are very happy to have generated over $17.5 bln in cash flow from operations during the December quarter."