Monday, April 28, 2014

Visa 2Q2014

24 Apr 2015, Visa release second quarter financial result

Net income $1.6B and diluted EPS of $2.52, up 26% and 31%
Revenue of $3.16B. (+6.8% y/y). Missed by $30M
Repurchased 5.1M shares of class A common stock, average price $217.61 per share
Dividend $0.40

威士卡（Visa）公布季度财报，Ali看盈利有进步，没有问题，可是股价就大跌5%，报$198。万事达卡也跌5%。
这季度净收入和每股收益都有双位数成长26%，31%。很好，没有多少蓝筹股有这高的成长。
有人说俄罗斯的问题会影响未来公司的盈利。

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Friday, April 25, 2014

马股大庄家的股票组合

上星期分享了冷眼的股票组合，借着冷眼的声望得到热烈的收视率。（还没看的，就按这连线）

大庄家

这星期，有个小主意，再分享另一个大庄家的股票组合，他是谁？他与我们息息相关，他就是鼎鼎大名，家喻户晓的EPF公积金。再次用cimb itrade来找，结果有160多间。但是要追踪这个大庄家的股票不容易，因为他是个好动儿（super active），每天大量的转手。这里的资料只是大概，只供参考。

排行榜

坐拥1400多亿的公积金投资在马股，当中最高的20名是Maybank, Pbbank, Tenaga, CIMB, RHBCap, SIME, PChem, Axiata, Petgas, Digi, MBSB, KLK, HLBank, SKPetro, Ambank, Maxis, IHH, MISC, IOICorp 和UMW。其他公司的总和占25%。

四大领域

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Apple Reports Second Quarter Results

Strong iPhone Sales Drive Record March Quarter Revenue and 15 Percent EPS Growth

CUPERTINO, California—April 23, 2014—Apple® today announced financial results for its fiscal 2014 second quarter ended March 29, 2014. The Company posted quarterly revenue of $45.6 billion and quarterly net profit of $10.2 billion, or $11.62 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $43.6 billion and net profit of $9.5 billion, or $10.09 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. Gross margin was 39.3 percent compared to 37.5 percent in the year-ago quarter. International sales accounted for 66 percent of the quarter’s revenue.

“We’re very proud of our quarterly results, especially our strong iPhone sales and record revenue from services,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. “We’re eagerly looking forward to introducing more new products and services that only Apple could bring to market.”

“We generated $13.5 billion in cash flow from operations and returned almost $21 billion in cash to shareholders through dividends and share repurchases during the March quarter,” said Peter Oppenheimer, Apple’s CFO. “That brings cumulative payments under our capital return program to $66 billion.”

Apple is providing the following guidance for its fiscal 2014 third quarter:

revenue between $36 billion and $38 billion
gross margin between 37 percent and 38 percent
operating expenses between $4.4 billion and $4.5 billion
other income/(expense) of $200 million
tax rate of 26.1 percent

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Thursday, April 24, 2014

facebook 1Q2014 Result

面子书季度财报：

- EPS $0.25 vs $0.09 （1Q 2013）
超出分析员预测。之前预测是$0.18，在财报前一天Citigroup 提高预测到$0.24。出炉每股收益是$0.25，相比去年同期的$0.09 ，成长177%

- 2014第一季度的总收入为25亿美元，增长72%，相比去年同期的14.6亿

- 营业利润也提高到43%从26%

Facebook Reports First Quarter 2014 Results

- Revenue was $2.50 billion, up 72% vs Q1 2013
- Revenue from advertising was $2.27 billion, up 82% vs Q1 2013
- CFO David Ebersman stepping down later this year; will be succeeded by David Wehner

MENLO PARK, Calif., April 23, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) today reported financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2014.
"Facebook's business is strong and growing, and this quarter was a great start to 2014," said Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook founder and CEO. "We've made some long term bets on the future while staying focused on executing and improving our core products and business. We're in great position to continue making progress towards our mission."
First Quarter 2014 Financial Summary


	Three Months Ended March 31,
In millions, except percentages and per share amounts	2013	2014
Revenue	$ 1,458	$ 2,502
Income from Operations
GAAP	$ 373	$ 1,075
Non-GAAP	$ 563	$ 1,374
Operating Margin
GAAP	26 %	43 %
Non-GAAP	39 %	55 %
Net Income
GAAP	$ 219	$ 642
Non-GAAP	$ 312	$ 885
Diluted Earnings per Share (EPS)
GAAP	$ 0.09	$ 0.25
Non-GAAP	$ 0.12	$ 0.34

First Quarter 2014 Operational Highlights

Daily active users (DAUs) were 802 million on average for March 2014, an increase of 21% year-over-year.
Mobile DAUs were 609 million on average for March 2014, an increase of 43% year-over-year.
Monthly active users (MAUs) were 1.28 billion as of March 31, 2014, an increase of 15% year-over-year.
Mobile MAUs were 1.01 billion as of March 31, 2014, an increase of 34% year-over-year.

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