Apple, Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) will unveil its latest earnings on Tuesday, January 24, 2012. The average estimate of analysts is for profit of $9.98 per share, a rise of 55.2% from the company’s actual earnings for the same quarter a year ago. During the past three months, the average estimate has moved up from $9.64. Between one and three months ago, the average estimate moved up. It has risen from $9.81 during the last month. For the year, analysts are projecting net income of $35.28 per share, a rise of 27.5% from last year.

The company missed estimates last quarter after beating forecasts in the prior two. In the fourth quarter of the last fiscal year, the company reported profit of $7.05 per share versus a mean estimate of net income of $7.31 per share. In the third quarter of the last fiscal year, the company beat estimates by $1.98. On average, analysts predict $38.65 billion in revenue this quarter, a rise of 44.5% from the year ago quarter. Analysts are forecasting total revenue of $140.22 billion for the year, a rise of 29.5% from last year’s revenue of $108.25 billion.

Competitors to Watch: Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ), Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL), Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG), Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), Lenovo Group Limited (LNVGY), Adobe Systems Incorporated (NASDAQ:ADBE), Intl. Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM), Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), Super Micro Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ:SMCI), and Nokia Corporation (NYSE:NOK).

Verizon Communications, Inc. (NYSE:VZ) will unveil its latest earnings on Tuesday, January 24, 2012. The average estimate of analysts is for net income of 54 cents per share, no change from the company’s actual earnings for the same quarter a year ago. During the past three months, the average estimate has moved down from 58 cents. Between one and three months ago, the average estimate moved down. It also has dropped from 56 cents during the last month. For the year, analysts are projecting profit of $2.17 per share, a rise of 18.6% from last year.

Last quarter, the company saw net income of 56 cents per share versus a mean estimate of profit of 56 cents per share. This comes after two consecutive quarters of exceeding expectations. On average, analysts predict $28.38 billion in revenue this quarter, a rise of 7.5% from the year ago quarter. Analysts are forecasting total revenue of $110.86 billion for the year, a rise of 4% from last year’s revenue of $106.56 billion.

Competitors to Watch: AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T), Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE:S), Deutsche Telekom AG (DTEGY), MetroPCS Communications, Inc. (NYSE:PCS), Vodafone Group Plc (NASDAQ:VOD), CenturyLink, Inc. (NYSE:CTL), NTELOS Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ:NTLS), Leap Wireless Intl., Inc. (NASDAQ:LEAP), Windstream Corporation (NASDAQ:WIN), and United States Cellular Corp. (NYSE:USM).

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