Apple (AAPL.US) earnings report to be lukewarm? Jefferies, Wedbush go against market consensus.

According to the Zhitong Financial APP, Apple (AAPL.US) will announce its latest quarterly financial report after the US stock market on Thursday. The market expects the company's Q3 sales to be $89.1 billion, a year-on-year increase of 3.9%; earnings per share is expected to be $1.42, a year-on-year increase of only 1.4%. Although the market is concerned about Apple's profit growth "cooling down", Jefferies and Wedbush still believe that the company will announce impressive performance.