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Apple Reports Q2 2013 Quarterly Results: $9.5 Billion Profit on $43.6 Billion in Revenue, Increases Dividend and Share Repurchases
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You nailed it. Half it's 'value' in real, pure cash! $40bil per quarter cash flow with a cool 10billion in profit per. That's amazing. Double the iPad sales. Mac sales off seems right. Three quarters since the new release of the 15". Just the 13" retina update and tough times getting the iMac out. Had that been more smooth they easily could've exceeded YoY Mac sales as well. They're knocking it outta the ballpark. @ $400 the price is an absolute bargain.
Not so much though. The iMac sales seems string even though the constrained supply the first 90 days post launch. Imagine the process was smoother. They should've easily met or exceeded Mac sales as well. Even though their selling less computers than iOS devices...they Mac 'section' alone is a top 200 Fortune 500 company on its own
. As is iTunes! They're kicking ass right now. They're the only PC manufacturer continuing to increase sales of actual 'computers'Solid performance. But apple needs to show that they can put exciting new products or features on the market before share prices will move upwards. The stock price at the moment seems fair.
For not really releasing any new products this past fiscal quarter (I can only think of the 128GB iPad 4 and the spec bump on the rMBP's), I'd say they did a damn good job.
EDIT: Can't wait to see what they have in store for their Mac lines (Haswell, Mac Pro revision, etc.), iPad 5 (redesign, lighter, thinner, etc.), iPad Mini (Retina Display, etc.), iPhone 5S (who knows), AppleTV 4 (App Store?), iWatch (wearable computing is the fuuuutuuuure!)
EDIT: Can't wait to see what they have in store for their Mac lines (Haswell, Mac Pro revision, etc.), iPad 5 (redesign, lighter, thinner, etc.), iPad Mini (Retina Display, etc.), iPhone 5S (who knows), AppleTV 4 (App Store?), iWatch (wearable computing is the fuuuutuuuure!)
Actually, they're flat. Which is very impressive considering the huge drops the PC industry has seen.
If they can do this well in a quarter with no new product releases, they should be in good shape when they actually release updates.
I'm not really familiar with Apple's internal budget.
How much are they spending on R&D?
If you could tell me, than I could better assess if they are spending enough.
Thanks...
Apple no longer bases warranty decisions solely on the moisture indicators. It's all good.
Because the increase in iPad sales will be largely down to the mini launching, which carries lower margins than the 9.7" iPad.
I think that is a big part of it. I wonder what the mini/full sized ratio is. (not 7.9/9.7)
Probably selling less 32 gb iPhones and 64 gb iPads and more of the low end memory models. The biggest margins come from those $100 price bumps to add a bit of larger flash memory. If you are still buying an iPhone 4, you aren't going to buy it with a larger flash memory for an extra $100 (if that option is even available, I don't know that it is). Same thing for iPad Mini, less likely to bump its price by $100 to add memory than for an iPad.
The lower stock price is a blessing for Apple. They can really snag a bucket of their stock back at 1/2 the price. I really hope their long term plan is to basically take the company private. The laws and reporting regulations are just a drag on the company.
They'll latch onto the low guidance for Q3. I.e. probably no new product releases (iPhone 5S and "cheap" iPhone) until July or August.