Shortly before the conference for the presentation of the financial results for Q4 2013 (Q3 for the rest of the world), the company Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), announced that in the last three months it sold 33.8 million iPhones, 14.1 million iPad tablets, 4.6 million Macs, 3.9 million iPods and generated revenues of 37.5 billion dollars and a profit of 7.5 billion USD. Making a comparison with last year, the Apple company generated 1.5 billion dollars more in sales, but the profit decreased by 700 million dollars.
Regarding a comparison of the terminals, the sales of iPhone terminals increased by 6.9 million units, those of iPad tablets by 0.1 million units, and those of Macs decreased by 0.3 million units. Through these results, the Apple company exceeded even its estimates regarding the receipts, which were between 34 and 37 billion dollars. During this evening, Tim Cook and Peter Oppenheimer will discuss these financial results.
CUPERTINO, Calif. - (BUSINESS WIRE) –Apple® today announced financial results for its fiscal 2013 fourth quarter ended September 28, 2013. The Company posted quarterly revenue of $ 37.5 billion and quarterly net profit of $ 7.5 billion, or $ 8.26 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $ 36 billion and net profit of $ 8.2 billion, or $ 8.67 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. Gross margin was 37 percent compared to 40 percent in the year-ago quarter. International sales accounted for 60 percent of the quarter's revenue.
"We're pleased to report a strong finish to an amazing year with record fourth quarter revenue, including sales of almost 34 million iPhones"
The Company sold 33.8 million iPhones, a record for the September quarter, compared to 26.9 million in the year-ago quarter. Apple also sold 14.1 million iPads during the quarter, compared to 14 million in the year-ago quarter. The Company sold 4.6 million Macs, compared to 4.9 million in the year-ago quarter.
Apple's Board of Directors has declared a cash dividend of $ 3.05 per share of the Company's common stock. The dividend is payable on November 14, 2013, to shareholders of record as of the close of business on November 11, 2013.
“We're pleased to report a strong finish to an amazing year with record fourth quarter revenue, including sales of almost 34 million iPhones,” said Tim Cook, Apple's CEO. “We're excited to go into the holidays with our new iPhone 5c and iPhone 5s, iOS 7, the new iPad mini with Retina Display and the incredibly thin and light iPad Air, new MacBook Pros, the radical new Mac Pro, OS X Mavericks and the next generation iWork and iLife apps for OS X and iOS. "
“We generated $ 9.9 billion in cash flow from operations and returned an additional $ 7.8 billion in cash to shareholders through dividends and share repurchases during the September quarter, bringing cumulative payments under our capital return program to $ 36 billion,” said Peter Oppenheimer, Apple's CFO.
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