If we look back, a few months ago Apple announced financial data related to the fiscal third quarter of 2013 for the Big Apple and these were the summarized results: ingresos de 35 billion of dollars; 31,2 million iPhones sold; 14,6 million iPads sold; 3,8 million Macs sold; 4,57 million iPods sold; $ 3,9 million in related revenue iTunes. As you can see, they are totally incredible results. Today, Apple has announced the financial results and the Q4 (fourth fiscal quarter of the big apple) and these are the announced data:
Summarizing the data from Q4
First, before starting with the full analysis of the financial results of Q4, let's look at the data that Apple announced a few minutes ago:
- $ 37500 billion revenue
- Net profit of $ 7,5 million
- iPhones: 33,8 million units sold
- iPads: 14,1 million units sold
- Mac: 4,6 million units sold
Comparing with the data with the Q4 of 2012
Next I am going to leave you the financial results of the fourth fiscal quarter of the previous year, 2012 so that you can compare with those of this year (previous data):
- $ 36000 billion revenue
- Net profit of $ 8,2 million
- iPhones: 26,9 million units sold
- iPads: 14 million units sold
- Mac: 4,9 million units sold
IPads and iPhones will go up in the next quarter
After the launch of the iPhones (5S and 5C) in addition to the drop in price of the iPhone 5 and the launch of the new iPads: iPad Air and iPad Mini 2; revenues and sales related to these devices will increase during the first fiscal quarter of next year since during this last quarter, the sale of these has not flourished much since the iPad (for example) has not been launched in many countries yet and during Christmas they will sell quite well (or so it is expected from Apple).
Letter sent by Apple with data for the last quarter of 2013
For those of you who want to learn more about the data from this last quarter, just read the letter that Apple executives have sent to the press:
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.
Learn more - Apple to report Q3 data on July 23