Management guidance is an important input to consider as you project a company’s earnings. Company’s differ in their propensity to give guidance. But most public companies still do. In addition to guidance on the topline and bottomline, many companies will guide on other key metrics as well. AAPL, for instance regularly guides on gross margins and operating income.

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