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Apple set a new quarterly record

July 21, 2010

Another record for Apple. While disappointments are linked from the opening ball of quarterly publications, the company announced at the apple on Tuesday after the close of Wall Street, results well above the consensus for the Third quarter of its fiscal year ended 26 shifted June Its net profit was up by 78% to 3.25 billion dollars against 1.83 billion a year earlier to the same period. Based on the number of shares, this equates to a profit of 3.51 dollars, while analysts expected $ 3.11 on.

The turnover reached 15.7 billion dollars, up 61%. Again, beyond the consensus that Apple gave a quarterly income of 14.75 billion dollars.

Apple explains this performance by the 33% increase in sales of its Macintosh computers during the quarter, 3.47 million units.The company has passed 8.4 million iPhones, a figure up 61% over the same period last year. Only sales of iPods fall from 8% to 9.41 million units. Regarding the iPad, Apple puts the figure of 3.27 million units sold this quarter.

"It's a phenomenal quarter, exceeding our expectations," said a delighted boss of Apple, Steve Jobs, in a statement. "And we still have to launch new products this year," he promises.

For the rest, Apple expects earnings per share of 3.44 dollars on a turnover of 18 billion dollars. On Wall Street, the ads are already welcomed. The Apple stock gained 2.62% to 258.50 dollars in after market trade.

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