No Apple Super Cycle But Super Financial Strength

Apple (AAPL) reported strong growth but mixed results relative to expectations for its 1Q18 ending December 31st.  iPhone unit sales fell short of still high expectations but higher than expected average selling prices allowed revenue growth to match or exceed Wall Street estimates.  Specifically, iPhone unit sales fell a little short of the 80 million […]

Google Margins Concerns Emerge Again But We Are Not Very Worried

Google (GOOG/GOOGL) shares fell after reporting 4Q17 earnings.  Revenue growth remained remarkably strong, rising 24% year over year, but Traffic Acquisition Costs (TAC) and other operating expenses rose even faster leading to margin compression and EPS below expectations. The debate for Google investors has long been focused on (1) the sustainability of revenue growth, and […]

Cleaning Up News Feed Not Slowing Facebook

Despite some worries related to recent changes to Facebook’s (FB) News Feed, the company reported another outstanding quarter with revenues rising 47% and operating leverage again evident even as the company continues to caution about increased spending.  More importantly, the company’s words and tone when discussing the impact of changes that could limit time spent […]