Cupertino, Calif. –
Apple reported triple-digit growth in iPads and iPhones in record fiscal third-quarter
results.
Apple posted
record quarterly revenue of $28.57
billion and record quarterly net profit of $7.31 billion for the quarter, ended
June 25. These results compare with revenue of $15.7 billion and net quarterly
profit of $3.25 billion in the year-ago quarter.
Gross margin was
41.7 percent, compared with 39.1 percent in the year-ago quarter. International
sales accounted for 62 percent of the quarter’s revenue.
Apple sold 20.34
million iPhones in the quarter, representing 142 percent unit growth over the
year-ago quarter. It sold 9.25 million iPads during the quarter, a 183 percent
unit increase over the year-ago quarter.
Mac unit sales
were 3.95 million during the quarter, a 14 percent unit increase over the
year-ago quarter. Apple sold 7.54 million iPods, a 20 percent unit decline from
the year-ago quarter.
“We’re thrilled to
deliver our best quarter ever, with revenue up 82 percent and profits up 125
percent,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO, in a prepared statement. “Right now,
we’re very focused and excited about bringing iOS 5 and iCloud to our users
this fall.”
Peter Oppenheimer,
Apple’s chief financial officer, commented, “Looking ahead to the fourth fiscal
quarter of 2011, we expect revenue of about $25 billion and we expect diluted
earnings per share of about $5.50.”
