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[sonycowboy]

21M units!?!?! 50% higher than last year's insane totals.

$1.14 per share earning vs analysts expectations of $0.77

Apple Reports First Quarter Results
Wednesday January 17, 4:30 pm ET
Revenue Exceeds $7 Billion; Record Profit of $1 Billion

CUPERTINO, Calif., Jan. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Apple® today announced financial results for its fiscal 2007 first quarter ended December 30, 2006. The Company posted record revenue of $7.1 billion and record net quarterly profit of $1.0 billion, or $1.14 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $5.7 billion and net quarterly profit of $565 million, or $.65 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. Gross margin was 31.2 percent, up from 27.2 percent in the year-ago quarter. International sales accounted for 42 percent of the quarter's revenue.


Apple shipped 1,606,000 Macintosh® computers and 21,066,000 iPods during the quarter, representing 28 percent growth in Macs and 50 percent growth in iPods over the year-ago quarter.

"We are incredibly pleased to report record quarterly revenue of over $7 billion and record earnings of $1 billion," said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. "We've just kicked off what is going to be a very strong new product year for Apple by launching Apple TV and the revolutionary iPhone."

"We generated over $1.75 billion in cash during the quarter to end with $11.9 billion," said Peter Oppenheimer, Apple's CFO. "Looking ahead to the second fiscal quarter of 2007, we expect revenue of $4.8 to $4.9 billion and earnings per diluted share of $.54 to $.56."

 

[Link1110]

And this is -against- the Zune. Any sales figures for that, or would they be too emasculating for Microsoft to admit?

 

[sonycowboy]

And this is -against- the Zune. Any sales figures for that, or would they be too emasculating for Microsoft to admit?

Microsoft is hoping for 1M units by June 30th.

 

[GhaleonEB]

21M units!?!?! 50% higher than last year's insane totals.

$1.14 per share earning vs analysts expectations of $0.77

Absolutely incredible. That blows away the most aggressive estimates. 0_o

And shares are down 2.2% right now after hours. W.T.F.?

 

[Timbuktu]

Absolutely incredible. That blows away the most aggressive estimates. 0_o

And shares are down 2.2% right now after hours. W.T.F.?

Maybe some people believe in the classic "buy on the rumor, sell on the news" thing? Short term investors would sell now.

 

[thesoapster]

That's a lot of iPods. I still use my 4th gen one. w00t

 

[Nameless]

I honestly don't get the ipod craze; whatever, though, good job Jobs!

 

[soundwave05]

Don't worry, by 2039 MS will be able to make their big stand with Zune 3000.

Wait till they get that iPhone interface into their regular iPods too ... wowza.

 

[Rancid Mildew]

iPod sales are excellent.

The computer sales are lower than I had expected however.

 

[soundwave05]

I want a Mac or a Macbook Pro but I don't know whether to buy now or to wait.

 

[Nameless]

I want a Mac or a Macbook Pro but I don't know whether to buy now or to wait.

Just buy two IPhones instead.(Of course you would be sending the second one to me!)

 

[Systems_id]

I contributed to that 21 million! I would like to know why iPod's freeze all the time though.

 

[ToxicAdam]

I saw a top 10 list for December and Ipod had 8 spots and Sansa had the other two. Zune couldn't even crack the top 10.

 

[cank stoochie]

Microsoft is hoping for 1M units by June 30th.

:lol :lol :lol oh microsoft

 

[Odysseus]

Microsoft is hoping for 1M units by June 30th.

it's like xbox vs ps2 all over again


in japan

 

[Smiles and Cries]

thats some sick numbers

 

[GhaleonEB]

Maybe some people believe in the classic "buy on the rumor, sell on the news" thing? Short term investors would sell now.

Some detail in a Reuters article:

But the forecast for the current quarter lagged analysts' targets and shares of the company, known for its cautious outlook, slipped in after-hours trade.

"The guidance is pretty conservative, more so than what people were expecting," American Technology Research analyst Shaw Wu said. "The iPod business is stronger than most people were expecting."

This is yesterday's earnings. It's all about the forecast. Same thing bit Intel yesterday when we reported - beat expectations, lagged on the forecast.

 

[Mrbob]

Zune is pretty much done already.

 

[Nick]

Holy shit, these are beyond amazing numbers. I remember analyst's speculating that it would take an act of God to top 2005's Q4 fiscal year, but this is unbelievable.

 

[Sean]

Amazing.

I didn't think they would reach those numbers - the iPod video was barely upgraded at all (just software and it was given away in a firmware update too for older iPod 5G owners). The nano wasn't really much different either (besides more colors).

Pretty impressive how much they sold with just minor changes to the line (aside from the shuffle). Imagine what the touch-screen iPod will sell when it's released.

 

[soundwave05]

I like to see MS get their asses handed to them.

However on the other hand ... I do sort of worry that Apple themselves might be getting too powerful. Oh well.

 

[mollipen]

I want a Mac or a Macbook Pro but I don't know whether to buy now or to wait.

http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/

 

[Mrbob]

Amazing.

I didn't think they would reach those numbers - the iPod video was barely upgraded at all (just software and it was given away in a firmware update too for older iPod 5G owners). The nano wasn't really much different either (besides more colors).

Pretty impressive how much they sold with just minor changes to the line (aside from the shuffle). Imagine what the touch-screen iPod will sell when it's released.

I really want a ipod similar to the iphone, without the phone part.

I want a widescreen ipod, and the tilt and touch functionalies are icing on the cake and nice inclusions which should be made.