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Tuesday, October 11, 2005

Apple Reports Fourth Quarter Results

Apple PR:

Apple today announced financial results for its fiscal 2005 fourth quarter ended September 24, 2005, reporting the highest revenue and earnings in the Company’s history. Apple posted revenue of $3.68 billion and a net quarterly profit of $430 million, or $.50 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $2.35 billion and a net profit of $106 million, or $.13 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. Gross margin was 28.1 percent, up from 27.0 percent in the year-ago quarter. International sales accounted for 40 percent of the quarter’s revenue.

Apple shipped 1,236,000 Macintosh units and 6,451,000 iPods during the quarter, representing 48 percent growth in Macs and 220 percent growth in iPods over the year-ago quarter.

These numbers are just smoking. More important, perhaps, we're not seeing a slowdown in Mac sales (yet), which is astonishing given the fact that Apple is abandoning its current hardware platform 9 months from now. It would be completely understandable for sales to slow, but they haven't. Bravo.

Related: Apple Financial Results Conference Call (audio)

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