A few moments ago the Apple company sent a press release in which he announces the financial results for Q4 2012, the last fiscal quarter of 2012 for the American company. According to the information in that press release, Apple sold 26.9 million iPhone terminals, 14 million iPad tablets, 4.9 million Macs, 5.3 million iPods, had revenues of 36 billion dollars and a profit of 8.2 billion of dollars. Comparing with the same period last year, Apple has 8 billion dollars more in revenue and 1.6 billion dollars more profit.
In terms of sales compared to the same period last year, we are talking about a 58% increase in the case of iPhones, a 26% increase in the case of iPad tablets, a 1% increase in the case of Macs and a 19% drop in iPod sales. In just a few tens of minutes, Tim Cook and other vice-presidents of Apple will discuss these financial results and the most important information you can find here!
Apple Reports Fourth Quarter Results
26.9 Million iPhones Balance; Record Fourth Quarter Revenue and Profit
Board Declares Quarterly Dividend of $2.65 per Common Share
CUPERTINO, California—October 25, 2012—Apple® today announced financial results for its fiscal 2012 fourth quarter ended September 29, 2012. The Company posted quarterly revenue of $36.0 billion and quarterly net profit of $8.2 billion, or $8.67 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $28.3 billion and net profit of $6.6 billion, or $7.05 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. Gross margin was 40.0 percent compared to 40.3 percent in the year-ago quarter. International sales accounted for 60 percent of the quarter's revenue.
The Company sold 26.9 million iPhones in the quarter, representing 58 percent unit growth over the year-ago quarter. Apple sold 14.0 million iPads during the quarter, a 26 percent unit increase over the year-ago quarter. The Company sold 4.9 million Macs during the quarter, a 1 percent unit increase over the year-ago quarter. Apple sold 5.3 million iPods, a 19 percent unit decline from the year-ago quarter.
Apple's Board of Directors has declared a cash dividend of $ 2.65 per share of the Company's common stock. The dividend is payable on November 15, 2012, to shareholders of record as of the close of business on November 12, 2012.
"We're very proud to end a fantastic fiscal year with record September quarter results," said Tim Cook, Apple's CEO. "We're entering this holiday season with the best iPhone, iPad, Mac and iPod products ever, and we remain very confident in our new product pipeline."
"We're pleased to have generated over $41 billion in net income and over $50 billion in operating cash flow in fiscal 2012," said Peter Oppenheimer, Apple's CFO. "Looking ahead to the first fiscal quarter of 2013, we expect revenue of about $52 billion and diluted earnings per share of about $11.75."
