Just a few minutes ago, the Apple company announced the financial results for Q4 2014, declaring that it sold 39 million iPhones, 12.3 million iPad tablets, 5.5 million Macs and 2.6 million iPods, having of 42.1 billion dollars and profit of 8.5 billion dollars. The financial performance of the Apple company is clearly superior to that obtained in the same period last year, when it collected 37.5 billion dollars with a profit of 7.5 billion dollars.

  In the same period of last year, the Apple company sold 35.2 million iPhone terminals, 13.2 million iPad tablets and 4.4 million Macs, so we observe a healthy increase of over 10% in the sales of iPhone terminals and 20% in the Mac ones -hate. Unfortunately, Apple's iPad tablets continue to suffer from sales declines due to a decline in the popularity of tablets, and the recently launched iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3 have little chance of solving the company's problem.

  iPhone 6 si 6 iPhone Plus have seriously contributed to the increase in sales of iPhone terminals, they represent at least a third of the total sales of iPhones in the last two weeks of Q4 2014. Apple will present all this information in detail during an audio conference that will start on 10 minutes,

Apple Reports Fourth Quarter Results

Strong iPhone, Mac & App Store Sales Drive Record September Quarter Revenue & Earnings

CUPERTINO, California—October 20, 2014—Apple® today announced financial results for its fiscal 2014 fourth quarter ended September 27, 2014. The Company posted quarterly revenue of $42.1 billion and quarterly net profit of $8.5 billion, or $1.42 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $37.5 billion and net profit of $7.5 billion, or $1.18 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. Gross margin was 38 percent compared to 37 percent in the year-ago quarter. International sales accounted for 60 percent of the quarter's revenue.

Apple's board of directors has declared a cash dividend of $.47 per share of the Company's common stock. The dividend is payable on November 13, 2014, to shareholders of record as of the close of business on November 10, 2014.

"Our fiscal 2014 was one for the record books, including the biggest iPhone launch ever with iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus," said Tim Cook, Apple's CEO. "With amazing innovations in our new iPhones, iPads and Macs, as well as iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite, we are heading into the holidays with Apple's strongest product lineup ever. We are also incredibly excited about Apple Watch and other great products and services in the pipeline for 2015." 

"Our strong business performance drove EPS growth of 20 percent and a record $13.3 billion in cash flow from operations in the September quarter," said Luca Maestri, Apple's CFO. "We continued to execute aggressively against our capital return program, spending over $20 billion in the quarter and bringing cumulative returns to $94 billion."

Apple is providing the following guidance for its fiscal 2015 first quarter:

• revenue between $63.5 billion and $66.5 billion
• gross margin between 37.5 percent and 38.5 percent
• operating expenses between $5.4 billion and $5.5 billion
• other income/(expense) of $325 million
• tax rate of 26.5 percent

Apple will provide live streaming of its Q4 2014 financial results conference call beginning at 2:00 pm PDT on October 20, 2014 at www.apple.com/quicktime/qtv/earningsq414. This webcast will also be available for replay for approximately two weeks thereafter.