Thursday, September 15, 2011

RIMM reports after the bell today...

After a series of increasingly disappointing quarterly earnings announcements, Wall Street is hoping that Research in Motion (RIMM) will deliver better results today.

The Canadian phone maker — most famous for its iconic Blackberry devices — will be reporting its second quarter earnings after the markets close later today.

Analysts are predicting earnings of 87 cents a share for the period, which is within RIM’s own guidance range of adjusted profit of between 75 cents and $1.05 per share.  Higher would be better, based on the hope is that sales of its most recent smartphones with the Blackberry 7 operating system and also its lackluster PlayBook tablet will help its results, after a downward slide that has been painful.

Here is a look at RIMM's weekly chart:

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