[Eug]

Yowza

Rev: $4.84 billion
Profit: $546 million (62¢ per share)
Macs: 1.61 million
iPods: 8.73 million
Cash: $10 billion

Pick:

[dbranham]

How does that compare with past quarters and years?

[itai195]

Pretty nice. Too bad they still have to restate previous earnings.

[Eug]

29.2 percent margin

Originally Posted by dbranham 

How does that compare with past quarters and years?

"...representing 30 percent growth in Macs and 35 percent growth in iPods over the year-ago quarter."

Note: "These preliminary results may be subject to significant adjustment as a result of a likely restatement of historical results."

[Chuckit]

That's up about 400,000 from this time last year, and up almost 300,000 from Q3 2006.

[mitchell_pgh]

Here is my tracking to date. I had to look high and low and am missing 1997 and a few quarters around there.



IMHO, things are looking good. I was amazed when someone came to me just yesterday and said "I'm interested in buying a Mac" (She is NOT a computer person... but saw one on a train trip and was amazed).

[gperks]

The best quarter ever for Macs was around 1.3 million sold. This quarter they sold 1.6 million.

Good quarter for sure :-)

Over $10 billion in the bank now. Best sales ever. Apple is doing very well and is very strong.

[Eriamjh]

Go Apple!

[hyteckit]

What's the marketshare? I want to piss off a few pc users.

[Eug Wanker]

We'll probably see market share number in a few weeks. It's still likely below 5% in the US, but increased over previous quarters. The numbers will be lower worldwide.

[Chuckit]

The market share is almost certainly not greatly changed.

[Eug Wanker]

It closed at $74.53, but went up to $78.90 in after hours trading.

Globe and Mail: Apple's Intel gamble pays off as Mac shipments hit record

The results surprised analysts, who had expected flat profit and sales in the three months ended in September.

The company's shares climbed in after-hours trading, rising as high as 4.5 per cent or $77.86 after closing yesterday at $74.53 on the Nasdaq Stock Market.

The only relatively sluggish area of Apple's business appears to be iTunes, even though it dominates on-line music sales.

Revenue in that division was $452-million in the quarter, down 1 per cent from a year earlier.

[Eug Wanker]

Originally Posted by Eug Wanker 

We'll probably see market share number in a few weeks. It's still likely below 5% in the US, but increased over previous quarters. The numbers will be lower worldwide.

Originally Posted by Chuckit 

The market share is almost certainly not greatly changed.

AI: Apple's share of U.S. PC market jumps to 6.1 percent

Apple had an impressive showing in the US:

1) Dell: 32.1%
2) HP: 23%
3) Gateway: 6.4%
4) Apple: 6.1%
5) Toshiba: 5.1%

However, as expected, it did not make the top 5 worldwide.

[ironknee]

excellent...this is just the beginning

[xi_hyperon]

Originally Posted by mitchell_pgh 

IMHO, things are looking good. I was amazed when someone came to me just yesterday and said "I'm interested in buying a Mac" (She is NOT a computer person... but saw one on a train trip and was amazed).

I just spoke with a former boss of mine, who lives in Austria now. When I worked for him, he was always giving me static for being the lone Mac guy in our group. Yesterday, he called me from overseas to tell me he just got... a Mac.

He told me, in his thick Austrian accent, "well, I drank the Kool-Aid and bought a MacBook Pro."

[dbranham]

Originally Posted by Eug Wanker 

AI: Apple's share of U.S. PC market jumps to 6.1 percent

Apple had an impressive showing in the US:

1) Dell: 32.1%
2) HP: 23%
3) Gateway: 6.4%
4) Apple: 6.1%
5) Toshiba: 5.1%

However, as expected, it did not make the top 5 worldwide.

Is that the comprehensive top 5? It adds up to less than 60%. I'd think the top 5 would account for more. Where is IBM and Acer? Does this represent only the desktop market?

[Eug Wanker]

Originally Posted by dbranham 

Is that the comprehensive top 5? It adds up to less than 60%. I'd think the top 5 would account for more. Where is IBM and Acer? Does this represent only the desktop market?

Acer didn't make the top 5 in the US. They are #4 worldwide though.

IBM doesn't sell PCs, so their market share would be 0.

This number is desktops and laptops combined.

[Art Vandelay]

Originally Posted by Eug Wanker 

The only relatively sluggish area of Apple's business appears to be iTunes, even though it dominates on-line music sales.

Revenue in that division was $452-million in the quarter, down 1 per cent from a year earlier.

This category also includes iPod accessories. It declined because Apple purposely depleted inventory of older accessories before the new iPods and updated accessories were released in Sept. according to Apple's financial conference call today.

[Eug Wanker]

Heh. I thought AAPL would hit well over $78 for sure, but now it's over $79.50. That's up 5% since yesterday's close.

Will it hit $80 (again) this week?

[legacyb4]

Kudos to Apple!

[dbranham]

Originally Posted by Eug Wanker 

Acer didn't make the top 5 in the US. They are #4 worldwide though.

IBM doesn't sell PCs, so their market share would be 0.

This number is desktops and laptops combined.

IBM --> Whoops

[dbranham]

Has anyone ever wondered how large Apple's market share can grow before it other manufacturers of Mac-based computers begin popping up? Let's say Apple one day achieves a 25% market share. At that point, can anyone imagine there being no competition to temper prices?

[itai195]

There can't be any competitors, Apple doesn't license Mac OS.

[olePigeon]

Originally Posted by Eriamjh 

Go Apple!

This needs something a little more official

[indigoimac]

Proud to be a part of last quarter!

Go Apple!

[Kerrigan]

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