49.6 billion US-Dollar
Apart from Microsoft also Apple has communicated their quarterly results. In the case of Apple the numbers refer to their third fiscal quarter 2015, which ended June 27, 2015. Revenue, net profit and gross margin were 49.6 billion US-Dollar, 10.7 billion US-Dollar and 39.7 percent, respectively.
Compared to the same quarter one year ago Apple was capable of significantly increasing it's numbers, since revenue was at 37.4 billion US-Dollar, net profit at 7.7 billion US-Dollar and gross margin was at 39.4 percent. Once more the international sales are picking up for Apple. Meanwhile 64 percent of the revenue is made in other countries than the US.
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For its fourth fiscal quarter 2015 Apple is expecting revenue between 49 billion and 51 billion US-Dollar. Gross margin should be between 38.5 percent and 39.5 percent. Regarding operating expenses the company is calculating with 5.85 billion and 5.95 billion US-Dollar, whereas the tax rate is 26.3 percent. Regarding the quarter that's just ended Apple also declared a cash dividend to it's shareholders of 0.52 US-Dollar per share.
Source: PR
Compared to the same quarter one year ago Apple was capable of significantly increasing it's numbers, since revenue was at 37.4 billion US-Dollar, net profit at 7.7 billion US-Dollar and gross margin was at 39.4 percent. Once more the international sales are picking up for Apple. Meanwhile 64 percent of the revenue is made in other countries than the US.
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"We had an amazing quarter, with iPhone revenue up 59 percent over last year, strong sales of Mac, all-time record revenue from services, driven by the App Store, and a great start for Apple Watch," said Tim Cook, Apple's CEO. "The excitement for Apple Music has been incredible, and we're looking forward to releasing iOS 9, OS X El Capitan and watchOS 2 to customers in the fall."
"In the third quarter our year-over-year growth rate accelerated from the first half of fiscal 2015, with revenue up 33 percent and earnings per share up 45 percent," said Luca Maestri, Apple's CFO. "We generated very strong operating cash flow of $15 billion, and we returned over $13 billion to shareholders through our capital return program."
For its fourth fiscal quarter 2015 Apple is expecting revenue between 49 billion and 51 billion US-Dollar. Gross margin should be between 38.5 percent and 39.5 percent. Regarding operating expenses the company is calculating with 5.85 billion and 5.95 billion US-Dollar, whereas the tax rate is 26.3 percent. Regarding the quarter that's just ended Apple also declared a cash dividend to it's shareholders of 0.52 US-Dollar per share.
Source: PR
News by Luca Rocchi and Marc Büchel - German Translation by Paul Görnhardt - Italian Translation by Francesco Daghini
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