Apple posts $8.2 billion fourth quarter profit

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Apple 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’s revenue. 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.


  • rwitt

    Doomed.

    • http://twitter.com/forty2j Jim McPherson

      Gross margins declined by 0.3%! Sky falling!

  • Canucker

    iPads sales are low – perhaps the trend spurred the “aggressive” revamp with the new iPad before the Holidays, esp. with the Mini release, although that was likely put in motion more than three months ago.

    • rwitt

      Honestly, I attribute the iPad bump almost exclusively to the Lightning connector and Apple not wanting to support multiple connectors. I bet otherwise they would have been content to wait

      • Canucker

        Agree that was likely a factor but the A5X to A6X bump is the most significant part. Not sure Apple really wanted to cluster its iOS upgrades in one quarter (not to mention the iMac). Actually, the iMac is interesting as its a major redesign but not available for several weeks (27″ especially). Likely to get ahead of the Windows 8 deluge. Likely we will see some sales on the “old iMac” which is no laggard.

      • http://www.facebook.com/dan.felixpierce Dan Pierce

        The iPad was updated now for the holiday quarter.

    • http://www.facebook.com/dan.felixpierce Dan Pierce

      iPad sales were low because of expectations for the forthcoming iPad mini.

  • sethdillingham

    Apple now has NaN (overflow error) dollars in the bank.

  • lkalliance

    I predicted 27.1 million iPhones. And their gross margin was down .3 percent from last year. The bloom is off the rose, everyone. Better sell off your shares now.

  • EVula

    Steve Jobs would never post a quarterly net profit of $8.2 billion.

    …wait, I think I’m doing this wrong.