Apple Evokes Polonius With Shortest Earnings: Chart of the Day
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When the world’s largest company reports earnings today, there’s one thing investors can count on: Apple Inc.’s press-release comments will be the shortest they’ll have to read among the biggest U.S. firms.
The CHART OF THE DAY shows that Apple’s earnings releases have averaged about 250 words of commentary over the past 10 quarters, compared with an average of more than 1,300 among the rest of the 10 biggest companies by market value that regularly provide remarks in their releases.