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man-bear-pig on 26 October 2012

All estimates are from analysts compiled by Bloomberg.

 

Est. revenue: $34bn

Est. profit: $8.3bn

Est. earning per share: $8.75

Est. iPhones sold: 26.3 million

Est. iPads sold: 15.3 million

Est. Macs sold: 4.9 million

Est. iPods sold: 5.8 million


Revenue: $36bn

Profit: $8.22bn

Earnings per share: $8.67

26.9 million iPhones sold

14 million iPads sold

4.9 million Macs sold

5.3 million iPods sold



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VicViper on 26 October 2012

Q4?

Isn't Q2 (fiscal year) or Q3 (calendar year)?



man-bear-pig on 26 October 2012
VicViper said:
Q4?

Isn't Q2 (fiscal year) or Q3 (calendar year)?


Yes, Q4. It's Q4 in Apples 2012 fiscal year



My prediction threads:

Wii U will sell under 40m units (made on 14th September 2012)

PS Vita will sell under 20m units (made on 30th September 2012)

Wii U will sell under 7m in 2013 - I was right

Halo 4 first 9 weeks sales prediction

PS4 to be down YOY in 2015

VicViper on 26 October 2012
man-bear-pig said:
VicViper said:
Q4?

Isn't Q2 (fiscal year) or Q3 (calendar year)?


Yes, Q4. It's Q4 in Apples 2012 fiscal year


Oh, they're different even in that regard?

(spurgeonryan moment of 2 questions in a row - Are they the only ones who do that?)



man-bear-pig on 26 October 2012
VicViper said:
man-bear-pig said:
VicViper said:
Q4?

Isn't Q2 (fiscal year) or Q3 (calendar year)?


Yes, Q4. It's Q4 in Apples 2012 fiscal year


Oh, they're different even in that regard?

(spurgeonryan moment of 2 questions in a row - Are they the only ones who do that?)


Different companies have their fiscal years at different times e.g. Microsoft Q3 2012, Apple Q4 2012 and Amazon Q1 2013 could all cover the same calander quarter. I hope this makes sense...



My prediction threads:

Wii U will sell under 40m units (made on 14th September 2012)

PS Vita will sell under 20m units (made on 30th September 2012)

Wii U will sell under 7m in 2013 - I was right

Halo 4 first 9 weeks sales prediction

PS4 to be down YOY in 2015

Around the Network
famousringo on 26 October 2012

 

These financials are considered a bit of a disappointment. The main problem seems to be that Apple is refreshing an unprecedented number of products in the past couple of months.

 

iPad Mini New product
iPad Refreshed
iPod Touch Redesigned
iPod Nano Redesigned
iPhone Redesigned
iMac Redesigned
Mac Mini Refreshed
13" MacBook Pro Redesigned

 

That is an awful lot of assembly lines to stop, retool, and ramp up in just a couple months. Probably represents around 75% of Apple's revenues. The iPhone in particular is having a hard time getting up to speed.

But once all these new products are shipping on schedule... the holiday quarter is gonna be nuts.

Edit: And interesting fact that came up on the earning call: Apple sold 5 million Apple TVs over the past year. That's a $500 million hobby.

 



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