AAPL Quarterly Earnings Details - Oct 2010

The Quarterly Figures ended Sept. 25:

• Profit of $4.31 billion, with revenue of $20.34 billion. That compares to a $2.53 billion profit on sales of $12.21 billion for the same period last year.
• Earnings of $4.64 per diluted share against analyst expectations of $4.06 a share on $18.86 billion in revenue for September quarter.
• Sold 4.19 million iPads; it was the company’s first full quarter of iPad sales. (Note that iPad sales fell short of analyst expectations of between 5 million and 6 million)
• Sold 14.1 million iPhones, fueled by the launch of the iPhone 4. By comparison, Apple says smartphone rival Research In Motion sold 12.1 million phones during its most recent quarter.
• The iPod segment continues to shrink, with Apple selling 9.05 million music players during the quarter -  that’s an 11-percent drop from last year’s figures.
• Sold 3.89 million Mac computer, up 27 percent from its year-ago sales. That’s a new record for Mac sales. Laptops account for 71 percent of the Macs sold during the September quarter. Sales of desktops rose nearly 28 percent to a little more than 1 million units.

•  Nearly half of Apple's revenue - $8.8 billion - came from the 14.1 million iPhones it sold
• Apple earned $14.3 billion in revenue from iPods, iPhones, iPads, and iTunes downloads, representing 70 percent of the company's revenue for the quarter.
• AAPL is sitting on slightly less than $41 billion dollar cash hoard

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