Apple Reports Best Quarter Ever in Q1 2012: $13.06 Billion Profit on $46.33 Billion in Revenue

[Cinematographer]

AAPL over $465 in after hours trading.

 

[Peace]

If Apple could make one I’m sure they would, but simply put they don’t make crap computers.

With all due respect they just announced a 44% margin. Most companies would kill for that kind of profit margin. If Apple decided to lower that margin a bit they could very well sell a Mac Pro equilevent desktop for $1799.

 

[usarioclave]

Hockey stick

Holy ****, a hockey stick graph on a company that does $40bn a quarter.

 

[basesloaded190]

This must be your first Apple call.

Apple stock goes up the vast majority of the time. Myopic investors just remember the times they feel wronged much more strongly than they remember the times it went up. Over the past 4 years it has gone up after earnings 70% of the time. Do your homework.

Let me know how it is when people are selling it like crazy tomorrow

 

[Tiger8]

Wow! And folks were talking how 'huge' of mistakes Apple did that quarter; afterall, they released an iPhone 4s, not 5, they did a minor refresh for Mac, and to top it off, they did not release the iPad 3 in time for holidays 2011 to compete with the rest of tablets!~~

 

[*LTD*]

Man the marginally upgraded 4s really destroyed them this quarter...hope they can bounce back.

or, there a lot of "sheep" in the world. Take your pick.

Bad day for the haters.

And damn, that's a lot of iPads.

 

[applesith]

Those Chinese workers sure come in handy.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/b...d-a-squeezed-middle-class.html?pagewanted=all

Do you blame the workers when Apple's competitor's don't perform like this? Who cares about all the people apple continues to employ with their success!

 

[sw1tcher]

Holy moly. Up $34.xx in after hours.

 

[iMikeT]

AAPL over $465 in after hours trading.

Yeah, I think my neighbors just heard my screams of joy a few minutes ago.

I'll probably sell tomorrow morning then pick up shares the next day.

 

[cameronjpu]

And yet...the stock price stagnates. Does any company in the world get less credit for dominating their industry in earnings?

EDIT: oops, I spoke to soon. After hours stock just jumped from around +0.5% to +8% That's more like it.

Actually Apple is the most highly valued company in the world. How can you interpret that as having a stagnant stock price? Up 400% in 3 years, up 4000% in 10. Get a grip.

 

[sw1tcher]

I am taking bets on when Apple is going to kill the iPod line completely.

Not anytime soon. Sold 15.4 million iPods last quarter.

The company sold 37 million iPhones in the quarter, 15.4 million iPads, 5.2 million Mac computers, and 15.4 million iPods, it said.

 

[Diiiiips]

Who is the one analyst that has a SELL rating for aapl? He must have done that just to create a name for himself and must regret it now surely.

 

[Rocketman]

There was an announcement that iPad was in supply demand balance, barely, and that iPhone was in shortage at least 2 weeks. I suppose the Chinese buyers riots should have been an indicator . . . . .

People love Siri . . .

Rocketman

 

[cameronjpu]

How on earth is market “analysis” not border-line criminal?

You think being wrong should be against the law?

Gee, I hope Apple keeps performing and making you correct in your bullishness, or you'll have a paradox on your hands.

 

[Apple...]

Impressive. Most impressive.

 

[Jaro65]

Do you blame the workers when Apple's competitor's don't perform like this? Who cares about all the people apple continues to employ with their success!

I wasn't blaming anyone.

 

[rdowns]

Astonishing numbers, especially non-US sales.

http://images.apple.com/pr/pdf/q1fy12datasum.pdf

 

[divinox]

Wow! And folks were talking how 'huge' of mistakes Apple did that quarter; afterall, they released an iPhone 4s, not 5, they did a minor refresh for Mac, and to top it off, they did not release the iPad 3 in time for holidays 2011 to compete with the rest of tablets!~~

You do know that one can make a mistake and still do well, right?

For example, i can bet 1M on red, win and be happy. But if 14 was the winning number, betting on that would've been better. Crappy analogy, but it should get the point across.

 

[voonyx]

Since apple has reached quite the balance between supply and demand, they should now lower their prices, right?

 

[badtzwang]

What does "net cpu" "net iphone" "net ipad" mean in the chart?

Sales are sales. There is nothing subtracted from those sales numbers to call them "net"

In retail, net sales refers to (gross sales) - (sales returns)

 

[cameronjpu]

It's exec lingo for "a lot".

Apple didnt say it, it was Macrumors.

 

[carmenodie]

As much as I admire Apple, this will never be enough for them creeps on Wall Street.
IT IS NEVER ENOUGH!
The problem is that Wall Street always wants you to make more money, even if you have to break the company up and change the CEO 15 times in a month. Apple is building all these stupid a** brick and mortar stores just to pump out more crap to people so they can keep hat stock price up. They will soon implode. I hate to say it but it is true.
Enjoy the renaissance while it lasts.

 

[Ryth]

This shouldn't surprise anyone if you follow Apple.

Just think about how much growth potential they have in.

-Phones (still not much of the market share...but all the profits)
-Tablets (most of the market share but still most don't own one)
-Computers (hardly any of the market share but the halo effect occurs)

and anything else like the TV rumor.

$1000 a share in 2015

 

[cameronjpu]

Always wondered the same. Expect the stock, however, to get to over $500 within the next 6-8 months I would guess.

At which point all the dumb money will go back to complaining about how the stock has stagnated at $500.

 

[basesloaded190]

This shouldn't surprise anyone if you follow Apple.

Just think about how much growth potential they have in.

-Phones (still not much of the market share...but all the profits)
-Tablets (most of the market share but still most don't own one)
-Computers (hardly any of the market share but the halo effect occurs)

and anything else like the TV rumor.

$1000 a share in 2015

I would think a stock split would be in order before that happened.