Quote from Chartiste:
On its last earnings call, the CEO said the guidance contained a "wildcard" which was consumer demand. In the past, RIMM sold mainly to business customers, so its first real penetration into the consumer market might expose it to seasonality (a downturn after a strong holiday season). With that in mind, along with overall negative market sentiment, RIMM sold off nearly 35% from its post-earnings peak.
Given the extreme selloff, management apparently thought it appropriate to update its guidance, mainly adressing the concern it raised on the call (which turns out, was not a concern).
However, since they didn't adjust their EPS or Revs upward despite the sub increase has kept the stock from rocketing even higher, as margins may have been compromised.
Hope this helps.
RIMM broke out based on a catalyst. It was basing for 5 weeks in a cup formation which is not complete yet. After being sold off viciously by these perma bears its volume receded and it went into textbook example of forming a nice base. The breakout occured on a news piece and with mega volume of 42 million shares traded with a breakawy gap, that will be hard to fill.
I bought RIMM towards the close when the gap seemed impossible to fade and it did stay 8.99 points up even when all the major indexes were down considerably.
RIMM will go higher from here and the traget price is 115 today.