Today Apple held their quarterly earnings call for the fourth quarter of 2011 and the first fiscal quarter of 2012. Once again, Apple had their best quarter to date. Apple posted a revenue of $46.33 billion and a net quarterly profit of $13.06 billion ($13.37 per diluted share). As for the sales of their products, Apple sold 5.2 million Mac’s this quarter. The iPhone had the highest sales in history, more than 120% over last quarter, selling 37.04 million units. The iPad also had a record breaking quarter, selling 15.43 million units. The iPod showed a decline and sold 15.4 million units. It seems that every quarter for the past 2 or 3 years have had some kind of increase. From what I’ve seen, the sales of the iPods and Macs have been fluctuating the most. What I mean is that every quarter, either the iPods sell the most and the Macs have a loss, or vice versa.
What are your thoughts on Apple’s profits for Q1 2012? What new Apple announcement coming up this year could get those numbers even higher? Please post your thoughts in the comments below.
