04-24-2014, 12:58 PM
Handy metrics from yahoo:
Let's get right to the big numbers everyone cares about:
- Revenue: $45.6 billion, up 4% year over year, versus $43.6 billion expected by analysts.
- EPS: $11.62, up 15% year over year, versus $10.16 expected by analysts.
- iPhones: 43.7 million, up 17% year over year, versus 37.7 million expected by analysts.
- iPhone ASP: $596 versus $610 expected by analysts.
- iPads: 16.35 million, down 16% year over year, versus 19.7 million units expected by analysts.
- iPad ASP: $465 versus $430 expected by analysts.
- Macs: 4.1 million versus 4.03 million expected by analysts.
- iPods: 2.76 million versus 2.99 million expected by analysts.
- Gross Margin: 39.3% versus 37.7% expected by analysts.
- Q3 Revenue: $36 billion to $38 billion versus $38.1 billion expected by analysts.
- Apple also announced a 7-for-1 stock split, and an increase in its buyback program and dividend.
APPLE BEATS ON EARNINGS, ANNOUNCES STOCK SPLIT; STOCK EXPLODES HIGHER - Yahoo Finance
Can they keep this up? The iPads come in weak but the iPhone is still rocking (and is more important for Apple). Overall revenue growth at 4% isn't terribly impressive, where is new revenue growth going to come from? A larger iPhone, for sure, but apart from that, they need new products, IMHO.