Apple Reports Fourth Quarter Results

The short version report on Apple’s fiscal Q4 2013 financial results is: $37.5B revenue, $7.5B net profit representing $8.26 per share, which calculates to 4.2% growth of in revenue and a 4.7% decline in earnings per share and net profit down 8.6% year over year.

In terms of sales, in the quarter Apple sold 33.8M iPhones, 14.1M iPads (up only a tenth of a point from Q4 2013 iPad sales, but that was before the new iPad models were announced) and 4.6M Macs resulting in record Q4 revenue, and iPhone sales growth of 26% also logging a record high water mark. iPad sales were relatively flat. Apple sold a total of 71M iPads in fiscal 2013. Apple sold just 3.5M iPods in the quarter.

Now the details.

iPhone Sales Grow 26% to Establish New September Quarter Record

As noted, 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.

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.

Apple is providing the following guidance for its fiscal 2014 first quarter:
revenue between $55 billion and $58 billion
gross margin between 36.5 percent and 37.5 percent
operating expenses between $4.4 billion and $4.5 billion
other income/(expense) of $200 million
tax rate of 26.25 percent

Apple has posted streaming of its Q4 2013 financial results conference call on October 28, 2013 at http://www.apple.com/quicktime/qtv/earningsq413. This webcast will also be available for

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