It might be par for the course with
Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL), but investors certainly still enjoy seeing the maker of iPhones and iPads crush Wall Street estimates come earnings time. And that's exactly what Apple did after the bell Tuesday when it posted a fiscal first-quarter EPS of $13.87 on sales of $46.3 billion. Analysts were expecting $10.08 a share on revenue of $38.85 billion.Better yet, Apple said it sold 37 million iPhones, 15.4 million iPads and 5.2 million Macs during the quarter. Before the earnings report, analysts were saying numbers above 31 million iPhones and 13.5 million iPads sold would please investors. Those numbers have shares of Apple up more than 7% in the after-hours session trading around $451. Assuming Apple opens at $451 on Wednesday and
Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM) opens flat or lower, Apple will again hold the crown as the largest U.S. company by market value. Based on Apple's 929.4 million shares outstanding (according to Yahoo ...
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