Michal Ždanský Yesterday, Apple announced the results of the first quarter of 2012. The profit for the last three months is the highest in the entire existence of Apple. The increase compared to the previous quarter is almost 64%.
In the last quarter, Apple earned a record 46,33 billion US dollars, of which 13,06 billion is net profit. For comparison, last year it earned "only" $27,64 billion. It should be noted that this quarter is the strongest thanks to Christmas sales.
iPhones were expected to sell the most, with 37,04 million units sold, up 4% from last quarter when the iPhone 128S was introduced. An increase in sales was also recorded by the iPad, which sold 15,43 million units, which is almost three million more than in the last quarter (11,12 million units). If we were to compare iPad sales with the first quarter of last year, there is an increase of 111%.
The Macs didn't fare too badly either. The MacBook Air led the way in sales, with 5,2 million Macs sold overall, up roughly 6% from last quarter and up 26% from last year. iPod music players weren't the only ones to do well, with sales falling from 19,45 million last year to 15,4 million, a 21% year-over-year decline.
The lower sales of iPods are primarily caused by the partial oversaturation of the player market, which Apple dominates anyway (70% of the market) and partially cannibalizes the iPhone here. Additionally, Apple didn't show off any new iPod last year, only updating the iPod nano firmware and introducing a white variant of the iPod touch. The reduced price of the players didn't help either.
Apple CEO Tim Cook stated:
“We are extremely excited about our extraordinary results and record sales of iPhones, iPads and Macs. Apple's momentum is incredible and we have some amazing new products that we're going to launch.”
Further comments Peter Oppenheimer, Apple's CFO:
“We're really happy to have generated over $17,5 billion in revenue in sales during the December quarter. In the 2012-week fiscal second quarter of 13, we expect revenue of around $32,5 billion and a dividend of around $8,5 per share.”
Unbelievable number:-))) holding their shares was the right decision :-)))
Especially when purchased in 2009 for $180!
Dividend? I've been holding Apple shares for a long time and this would probably be almost the first time :) Skrblíci.
I got a shock today when I saw Apple stock soar to $450 per share!!! The company is currently valued at $415MLD and that is absolutely amazing!!
Where did you repurchase the shares?