Forget Christmas, forget New Year’s, forget Macworld Expo. The event I’m waiting for with no less anticipation than with which your average five year-old stays up on Christmas eve is coming up on January 22nd, the week after Expo kicks off. That’s right: it’s time once again for Apple’s quarterly earnings.
We’re talking Q1 2008 here, as Apple’s fiscal calendar doesn’t precisely line up with the actual physical calendar. This is the holiday quarter which is typically Apple’s highest earning quarter in the year, so expect good results. If we may flash you back to the earnings predictions from the Q4 2007 conference call, CFO Peter Oppenheimer issued guidance expecting revenue of approximately $9.2 billion and earnings per diluted share of roughly $1.42—and consider that Apple’s guidance is usually on the conservative side, so don’t be surprised if the final numbers exceed that.
As always, Apple’ll be holding a conference call/webcast of the financial results, scheduled to take place on the 22nd at 5PM Eastern. You can rest assured that we’ll be, as always, liveblogging the event with our usual barely contained excitement.
