In a price target revision sent to investors Wednesday morning, RBC Capital Markets Managing Director Mike Abramsky raised the firm’s target for Apple stock to $395 from $365. RBC also raised its revenue estimates, speculating that increased demand and new product launches would drive Apple’s revenue to $90.8 billion in the 2011 fiscal year and $103.3 billion in 2012. Abramsky’s revised figures put Apple’s first quarter revenue at $25 billion, above the Street’s consensus of $24.2 billion, and the second quarter will dip slightly to between $20 and $21 billion. Apple is expected to sell 3 million Verizon iPhones in the second quarter, with unit sales totaling 9 to 10 million in the calendar year. Based on the addition of the Verizon iPhone and strong demand for the upcoming fifth-generation iPhone, which is expected to launch in June or July, RBC estimates that Apple will sell 70 million iPhones in the 2011 calendar year — 19% of the estimated global smartphone market.
RBC: iPhone sales to hit 70 million in 2011
Updated Dec 19th, 2018 6:59PM EST
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