{"id":25406,"date":"2012-10-26T17:36:40","date_gmt":"2012-10-26T07:36:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/power-up.space\/?p=25406"},"modified":"2012-10-26T17:36:40","modified_gmt":"2012-10-26T07:36:40","slug":"apple-reports-fourth-quarter-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=25406","title":{"rendered":"Apple Reports Fourth Quarter Results"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>26.9 Million iPhones Sold; Record Fourth Quarter Revenue and Profit<\/p>\n<p>Board Declares Quarterly Dividend of $2.65 per Common Share<\/p>\n<p>CUPERTINO, California\u2014October 25, 2012\u2014Apple\u00ae 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\u2019s revenue.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Apple\u2019s Board of Directors has declared a cash dividend of $2.65 per share of the Company\u2019s common stock. \u00a0The dividend is payable on November 15, 2012, to shareholders of record as of the close of business on November 12, 2012.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re very proud to end a fantastic fiscal year with record September quarter results,\u201d said Tim Cook, Apple\u2019s CEO. \u201cWe\u2019re entering this holiday season with the best iPhone, iPad, Mac and iPod products ever, and we remain very confident in our new product pipeline.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re pleased to have generated over $41 billion in net income and over $50 billion in operating cash flow in fiscal 2012,\u201d said Peter Oppenheimer, Apple\u2019s CFO. \u201cLooking ahead to the first fiscal quarter of 2013, we expect revenue of about $52 billion and diluted earnings per share of about $11.75.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Apple will provide live streaming of its Q4 2012 financial results conference call beginning at 2:00 p.m. PDT on October 25, 2012 at<a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/quicktime\/qtv\/earningsq412\">www.apple.com\/quicktime\/qtv\/earningsq412<\/a>. This webcast will also be available for replay for approximately two weeks thereafter.<\/p>\n<p>This press release contains forward-looking statements including without limitation those about the Company\u2019s estimated revenue and diluted earnings per share. These statements involve risks and uncertainties, and actual results may differ. Risks and uncertainties include without limitation the effect of competitive and economic factors, and the Company\u2019s reaction to those factors, on consumer and business buying decisions with respect to the Company\u2019s products; continued competitive pressures in the marketplace; the ability of the Company to deliver to the marketplace and stimulate customer demand for new programs, products, and technological innovations on a timely basis; the effect that product introductions and transitions, changes in product pricing or mix, and\/or increases in component costs could have on the Company\u2019s gross margin; the inventory risk associated with the Company\u2019s need to order or commit to order product components in advance of customer orders; the continued availability on acceptable terms, or at all, of certain components and services essential to the Company\u2019s business currently obtained by the Company from sole or limited sources; the effect that the Company\u2019s dependency on manufacturing and logistics services provided by third parties may have on the quality, quantity or cost of products manufactured or services rendered; risks associated with the Company\u2019s international operations; the Company\u2019s reliance on third-party intellectual property and digital content; the potential impact of a finding that the Company has infringed on the intellectual property rights of others; the Company\u2019s dependency on the performance of distributors, carriers and other resellers of the Company\u2019s products; the effect that product and service quality problems could have on the Company\u2019s sales and operating profits; the continued service and availability of key executives and employees; war, terrorism, public health issues, natural disasters, and other circumstances that could disrupt supply, delivery, or demand of products; and unfavorable results of other legal proceedings. More information on potential factors that could affect the Company\u2019s financial results is included from time to time in the \u201cRisk Factors\u201d and \u201cManagement\u2019s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations\u201d sections of the Company\u2019s public reports filed with the SEC, including the Company\u2019s Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 24, 2011, its Forms 10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended December 31, 2011; March 31, 2012; and June 30, 2012; and its Form 10-K for the year ended September 29, 2012 to be filed with the SEC. The Company assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements or information, which speak as of their respective dates.<\/p>\n<p>Apple designs Macs, the best personal computers in the world, along with OS X, iLife, iWork and professional software. Apple leads the digital music revolution with its iPods and iTunes online store. Apple has reinvented the mobile phone with its revolutionary iPhone and App Store, and is defining the future of mobile media and computing devices with iPad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>26.9 Million iPhones Sold; Record Fourth Quarter Revenue and Profit Board Declares Quarterly Dividend of $2.65 per Common Share CUPERTINO, California\u2014October 25, 2012\u2014Apple\u00ae 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<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=25406\">Read More\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tech-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25406"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25408,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25406\/revisions\/25408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}