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Apple posts $74.6B in Q1 revenues based on iPhone, Mac sales
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Jan 27, 2015, 05:52 PM
 
Apple has posted the results of its first fiscal quarter for 2015, which actually ended on December 27. The company says it achieved record quarterly revenue of $74.6 billion, and similarly record-setting net profits of $18 billion, or $3.06 per share. The figures compare against $57.6 billion, $13.1 billion, and $2.07 in Q1 2014; gross margins increased from 37.9 percent to 39.9 percent. Apple notes that international sales made up 65 percent of the recent quarter's revenues.

The company credits its performance to record iPhone, Mac, and App Store sales. The only unit number mentioned in the official press release, however, is 74.5 million iPhones. The iPad is unmentioned except in a detailed breakdown PDF, showing poor results for the device.

Over $8 billion was funneled into the company's capital return program for investors, bringing the total to nearly $103 billion. Guidance for the next quarter includes revenue between $52-55 billion, a gross margin of 38.5 to 39.5 percent, $5.4-5.5 billion in operating expenses, and an "other income/(expense)" tally of $350 million. In the meantime, Apple has declared a cash dividend of 47 cents per share, payable on February 12 to shareholders owning stock by the end of trading on the 9th.
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Jan 27, 2015, 06:01 PM
 
Wow. Great numbers. Again.
     
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Jan 27, 2015, 06:09 PM
 
So AAPL is up 5 at 2:08 PT after all the shorters dropped their stocks this morning, leaving it 3.9 down. Only with Apple stock.
     
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Jan 27, 2015, 06:50 PM
 
you hear that? it's the wailing and gnashing of teeth of those suffering from Apple Derangement Syndrome.
     
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Jan 27, 2015, 06:56 PM
 
it would have been even bigger had the dollar not recently regained its mojo
     
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Jan 27, 2015, 07:25 PM
 
While I'm delighted that the dollar is strengthening (some travel destinations now getting to be more affordable, for example), I'm mystified as to why. Our banking system is nowhere near as stable as some other countries, yet they get "punished" and we get rewarded for our insane risk-taking and backwards tax issues. I guess it must be the perception that we have the deficit under control (and it is much improved), but I still think the economy is a bit fragile (though happily moving in the right direction).
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Jan 27, 2015, 11:21 PM
 
not a currency expert here but I suspect it's a combination of prolonged weakness in the Eurozone, the ECB reacting to the potential for deflation by announcing their own version of quantitative easing (printing Euros, basically), the enduring status of the USD as a safe haven when other economies are weak, and Japan and China buying dollars to keep their currencies down (thereby supporting their exports).
     
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Jan 28, 2015, 04:25 AM
 
That certainly makes sense, climacs. I was thinking of countries like Canada and those in northern Europe, which appear to have stable and fairly robust economies that weathered the 2008 storm pretty well.
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Jan 28, 2015, 11:43 AM
 
Hope you bought your stock right at 9:30 this morning. Since then it has shot up 7% as of 10:30.
     
   
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