Asa cum au planificat inca de la finele lunii trecute, compania Apple a anuntat in cursul acestei seri rezultatele financiare ale ultimului trimestru fiscal al lui 2013 in Statele Unite (trimestrul 3 al anului fiscal 2013 in Romania). Apple obisnuieste sa anunte rezultatele financiare pentru fiecare trimestru al unui an fiscal, asa a facut-o si in cazul ultimului trimestru din 2013, iar rezultatele financiare sunt asa cum ne asteptam cu totii, foarte bune. In primul rand, Apple a avut in acest trimestru fiscal venituri de 37,5 miliarde de dolari si un profit net de 7,5 miliarde $. sau 8,26$ per actiune. In comparatie cu acelasi trimestru fiscal al anului trecut, Apple a inregistrat o crestere a incasarilor, avand venituri cu 1,5 miliarde $ mai mari in acest trimestru, dar a inregistrat o scadere a profitului net fata de cele 8,2 miliarde $ sau 8,67$ per actiune cat inregistrau anul trecut. Marja bruta inregistreaza si ea o scadere cu 3 procente fata de aceasi perioada a anului trecut, acum fiind de 37%. Aceste scaderi ar putea fi explicate de faptul ca Apple a cheltuit foarte mult in cercetare, dezvoltare, achizitionarea de noi companii, dar si ca a ales sa returneze mai multe venituri investitorilor in cadrul celui de-al doilea trimestru fiscal al anului, dar pe termen lung cei din Cupertino vor avea de castigat mai mult.
In ceea ce priveste vanzarile de produse, Apple a vandut 33,8 milioane de iPhone-uri, un record pentru ultiumul trimestru fiscal al anului si asta dupa ce anul trecut vindeau “numai” 26,9 milioane de terminale iPhone. In ceea ce priveste tabletele iPad, Apple a vandut cu 0,1 milioane mai multe tablete decat anul trecut in aceeasi perioada, inregistrand acum 14,1 milioane de unitati vandute. In ceea ce priveste Mac-urile, Apple a vandut 4,6 milioane de unitati, in comparatie cu 4,9 milioane cat vindea anul trecut.
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CUPERTINO, Calif.Apple® today announced financial results for its fiscal 2013 fourth quarter ended September 28, 2013. 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.
“We’re pleased to report a strong finish to an amazing year with record fourth quarter revenue, including sales of almost 34 million iPhones”
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.
