– FB and QCOM both beat consensus expectations for Dec Q sales and EPS handily, however rising costs at FB and skittish guidance from QCOM sent both stocks down after hours, QCOM sharply so – QCOM lost some SoC business
– AAPL sold 74.4M iPhones in its 1QF15, up 46% YoY and nearly 10M above consensus – with an ASP of $687, up 7.8% YoY – driving sales of $74.6B and EPS of $3.06, both WAY above expectations – The
– MSFT’s 2QF15 beat on both the top and bottom lines. Adjusting for one-time items, EPS was $0.77 ahead of the $0.71 consensus, and sales of $26.47B edged expectations on 7.9% YoY growth. – Businesses central to the “mobile first,
– MSFT revealed details on Windows 10 – tight integration btw phones, PCs and Xbox; free upgrade for Windows 7 & 8 users; traditional look but modern functionality; a powerful new browser, etc. – Free upgrade will drive fast adoption,
– NFLX bounced back from its 3Q14 drubbing to surprise in 4Q with 4.33M new subs and EPS of $0.72, both well above guidance and consensus expectations. Shares traded up 14% after hours. – Original programming is paying off big
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The debate on net neutrality is poised to intensify as the FCC considers the President’s request to regulate broadband as Title II common carriage and as it evaluates CMCSA’s proposed merger with TWC. We see merit on both sides of
Twitter: Black and Blue, but Read All Over For the past year, TWTR has been whipsawed on the volatility of its monthly active user growth and the revolving door of the company’s management ranks. While many investors are skeptical, the
– China is a double-edged sword for QCOM – regulators and scofflaws plague QTL, while QCT is successfully competing for Snapdragon and baseband business. – Projected device ASP erosion of 9-10% will hit royalties, but will be offset by chipset
SaaS Revisited: Still Growing After All These Months The dramatic cost and performance advantages of web-scale cloud platforms over private data centers have lowered the barriers to entry for “Software as a Service” (SaaS) application developers – opening the door
