Apple Records Q4 2012 Earnings of $8.2B on $36B in Revenue, Tops $150B in Sales for Fiscal 2012 [Call Ended]

[TRMC13]

Blah blah blah we made a crap-tonne of money and we're awesome. Thank you and Goodnight.

*drops mic*

I would pay so much money to watch Tim Cook do this just once.

 

[BaldiMac]

This wasn't a good quarter.

Maybe you should qualify that statement if you don't intend this to be part of a comedy routine.

 

[iMikeT]

Insanely low... most expected $15.00 EPS next quarter. This wasn't a good quarter.

Actually, far from it. The Q1 2012 estimate was only $9.30 from AAPL and they crushed it with $13.87 actual EPS.

Keep in mind that AAPL is conservative and crush their own estimates while analysts are all over the damn place. Do what I do, don't listen to analysts.

 

[realtwang]

Plus it's kind of depressing to see that a computer company barely sells any computers anymore looking at that chart.

If you think Apple "barely sells any computers anymore", you should probably check again:

http://techcrunch.com/2012/09/12/apple-is-number-1-in-u-s-notebook-sales/

Plus, we are making the transition from computers to tablets anyway. All that factored in, I'd say they've got pretty undeniable sales.

 

[realeric]

Apple is Doomed

What a disappointing results. Analysts expected 15M ipads but apple sold only 14M ipads.

 

[sampaul]

iTunes launching soon! Woohoo finally!

 

[knarzie]

interesting that year on year growth of Macs is only 1%. I thought they would be more successful in selling iOS devices as gateway drugs.

 

[ECUpirate44]

Someone tell Tim iMessage is down again

 

[50548]

Its good to see that iPad sales only top CPU sales by a small margin.

Yes - proof that rumors concerning the imminent demise of the Mac are grossly exaggerated. Time to release the new MacPros and the fabled xMac, Tim?

 

[gmanist1000]

$124 billion in cash. They could give every person in the world $18

 

[NutsNGum]

blah blah blah we made a crap-tonne of money and we're awesome. Thank you and goodnight.

*drops mic*

"Goodnight Springton, there will be no encore!!"

 

[poloponies]

What a disappointing results. Analysts expected 15M ipads but apple sold only 14M ipads.

That does provide some insight about the new iPad release. They need to invigorate purchasing for Q1.

 

[pedromartins]

interesting that year on year growth of Macs is only 1%. I thought they would be more successful in selling iOS devices as gateway drugs.

the industry is down 10%, mac refreshes were much later than expected.

wait and see 6 million macs sold next quarter, together with 25millions iPad ( mini included), 40million iphones and 15 million iPods.

then what? Apple is doomed?

 

[WeegieMac]

How many "new iPads" did they sell in the quarter before they tossed it on the scrap heap?

 

[FlameofAnor]

Post-PC world. Apple has been saying that for the past 2-3 years now and iOS device sales are through the roof.

The only reason to attribute low sales of the iPhone in this quarter is people awaiting the release of the iPhone 5. This holiday quarter will crush your pessimism.

Amazing how people fail to grasp such simple things, isn't it?

 

[GunZi]

does "itunes launching soon" mean today or tomorrow? i can't wait..

 

[unplugme71]

scares me how many macs there are and sold, and its such a small percentage. And damn at 50% for iPhone. That's 72% from iPad/iPhone.

 

[lilo777]

Post-PC world. Apple has been saying that for the past 2-3 years now and iOS device sales are through the roof.

The only reason to attribute low sales of the iPhone in this quarter is people awaiting the release of the iPhone 5. This holiday quarter will crush your pessimism.

And unlike you, analysts did not know this in advance and had unreasonably high expectations, right? Brilliant!

 

[Peace]

$11 EPS for next quarter ?

Wow.

 

[skitzogreg]

Stop asking financial questions. Ask about iTunes 11 release date!

 

[tipp]

Insanely low... most expected $15.00 EPS next quarter. This wasn't a good quarter.

Pass some of what you're smokin' buddy. They matched or beat almost all the analysts' estimates, and added $8 billion to their warchest. Only in today's weird market could this not be considered good.

 

[ECUpirate44]

Stop asking financial questions. Ask about iTunes 11 release date!

"Soon"

 

[Will do good]

Your statement is insane. Wait and see how low APPL will drop once they open the trades again (AAPL trades are halted right now).

You do know the market closes at 4pm EST...

 

[SoApple]

What do they define profit as?
Everything after taxes , employee salary , equipment , materials etc?

 

[lilo777]

Pass some of what you're smokin' buddy. They matched or beat almost all the analysts' estimates, and added $8 billion to their warchest. Only in today's weird market could this not be considered good.

It's good, but not $600 per share good.