Apple’s fiscal fourth quarter is somewhat of a mixed bag; as least as far as some Wall Street types are concerned. The company today announced nearly 27 million iPhones were sold last quarter, but just 14 million iPads, which is far below what many were anticipating. In terms of the numbers, Apple announced revenues of $ 36 billion and $ 8.2 billion in profit, or $ 8.67 per share.
While the revenue was in line with expectations, earnings per share were slightly off: Financial analysts had been anticipating revenue between $ 34.28 billion and $ 38.04 billion, and around $ 8.75 earnings per share.
Here’s the product sales tally:
- 26.9 million iPhones in the quarter, up 58 percent from the same quarter a year ago.
- 14 million iPads, an increase of 26 percent.
- 4.9 million Macs, barely above the same quarter a year ago, just a 1 percent unit increase.
- 5.3 million iPods, which is a 19 percent unit in the last year.
CEO Tim Cook was predictably pleased with the results. “We’re very proud to end a fantastic fiscal year with record September quarter results. We’re entering this holiday season with the best iPhone, iPad, Mac and iPod products ever, and we remain very confident in our new product pipeline,” he said in a press release Thursday.
Looking ahead to next quarter, Apple says it sees $ 52 billion in revenue and $ 11.75 in earnings per share.
