NPD data suggests Apple sold 2.9M Macs, 10M iPods in Q2 2010
New data from the NPD Group implies Apple could announce sales of 2.9 million Macs and 10 million iPods when it reveals its earnings for the second quarter of fiscal 2010 Tuesday afternoon.
The data was revealed Monday by analyst Gene Munster with Piper Jaffray in a note to investors. NPD's findings suggest Apple sold between 2.8 million and 2.9 million Macs in the March quarter, which would be an increase of 25 percent year-over-year. Munster expects those totals to skew slightly higher, to as much as 31 percent growth.
iPod sales, too, were strong for the first three months of calendar 2010, up 3 percent in the U.S. over the same timeframe in 2009. Munster said the NPD data suggests iPod sales between 9 million and 10 million sales for the quarter, which, despite domestic growth, would represent between 9 percent and 17 percent less than in 2009 worldwide.
"We believe this data suggests slight upside to Mac and iPod in the quarter, and Apple's announcement of 50m+ iPhones sold to date on 4/8 also suggests upside for the iPhone segment," Munster wrote.
It was a few weeks ago that Apple co-founder Steve Jobs revealed that has company has sold more than 50 million iPhones worldwide to date. As noted by Munster last week, that means Apple sold at least 6.9 million iPhones in the March quarter, and likely many more.
Munster again presented an "aggressive case," in which Apple could have sold 7.8 million iPhones in the three-month frame, bringing the worldwide all-time total to 51 million handsets. Wall Street consensus, he said, calls for Apple to have sold 6.8 million iPhones.
The analyst also noted that Apple continues to have favorable comparisons on its side for the first half of the year. In the first six months of 2009, the average year-over-year growth rate was down 1 percent, putting Apple in a position to exceed expectations.
In its first quarter of the 2010 fiscal year, Apple sold a record 3.36 million Macs, as well as 8.7 million iPhones, and 21 million iPods over the holiday season. Munster has high hopes for Apple in 2010, particularly in terms of Mac sales, dubbing it the "Year of the Mac."
Apple will officially announce its quarterly earnings, along with Mac, iPhone and iPod sales, after the market closes Tuesday afternoon.
The data was revealed Monday by analyst Gene Munster with Piper Jaffray in a note to investors. NPD's findings suggest Apple sold between 2.8 million and 2.9 million Macs in the March quarter, which would be an increase of 25 percent year-over-year. Munster expects those totals to skew slightly higher, to as much as 31 percent growth.
iPod sales, too, were strong for the first three months of calendar 2010, up 3 percent in the U.S. over the same timeframe in 2009. Munster said the NPD data suggests iPod sales between 9 million and 10 million sales for the quarter, which, despite domestic growth, would represent between 9 percent and 17 percent less than in 2009 worldwide.
"We believe this data suggests slight upside to Mac and iPod in the quarter, and Apple's announcement of 50m+ iPhones sold to date on 4/8 also suggests upside for the iPhone segment," Munster wrote.
It was a few weeks ago that Apple co-founder Steve Jobs revealed that has company has sold more than 50 million iPhones worldwide to date. As noted by Munster last week, that means Apple sold at least 6.9 million iPhones in the March quarter, and likely many more.
Munster again presented an "aggressive case," in which Apple could have sold 7.8 million iPhones in the three-month frame, bringing the worldwide all-time total to 51 million handsets. Wall Street consensus, he said, calls for Apple to have sold 6.8 million iPhones.
The analyst also noted that Apple continues to have favorable comparisons on its side for the first half of the year. In the first six months of 2009, the average year-over-year growth rate was down 1 percent, putting Apple in a position to exceed expectations.
In its first quarter of the 2010 fiscal year, Apple sold a record 3.36 million Macs, as well as 8.7 million iPhones, and 21 million iPods over the holiday season. Munster has high hopes for Apple in 2010, particularly in terms of Mac sales, dubbing it the "Year of the Mac."
Apple will officially announce its quarterly earnings, along with Mac, iPhone and iPod sales, after the market closes Tuesday afternoon.
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How many times have we heard Year of the <Insert product here>? Mac, Notebook, Netbook, Linux, Wii, DS, you name it. Of course, the DS and Wii actually came thru in multiple years heh. Apple sales have been doing exceptionally well tho.
2009 was the Year of the Mac. After what Apple pulled off during a recession 2009 should be one for the record books. But now we're into the iPad, Apple's next "Mac."
iPod Touch will make a remarkable jump in sales as compared to Q1 2010.
It's not a Mac. It is not really an iPod, tho is shares the OS with the iPhone/iPod Touch.
I say we lump the iPad in with the iPod numbers - Consumer Device.
It'll be over 3 million Macs sold and will blow the theory that Windows 7 is stunting Mac growth.
iPod Touch will make a remarkable jump in sales as compared to Q1 2010.
Ahhh the "Window 7 is so good people aren't leaving" red herring. Yeah I expect that to take a big blow tomorrow.
It's kind of weird how journalists have been prone to manufacturing news rather than simply reporting it.
Ahhh the "Window 7 is so good people aren't leaving" red herring. Yeah I expect that to take a big blow tomorrow.
It's kind of weird how journalists have been prone to manufacturing news rather than simply reporting it.
Given that all of the Pro desktop and laptop computers were in need of an update, I'm not so sure that we can expect Mac sales greater than 3 million. If Apple sells more than 3 million Macs it would have to be considered a blow-out quarter. I would think 2.6 to 2.8 is more realistic, given the age of the Pro lineup.
Ahhh the "Window 7 is so good people aren't leaving" red herring. Yeah I expect that to take a big blow tomorrow.
It's kind of weird how journalists have been prone to manufacturing news rather than simply reporting it.
It should also be noted many Mac users buy Windows 7. I bought several copies to run under Parallels. Windows sales do not a PC sale make in all cases.
Glad i bought more apple stock yesterday while it tanked for no good reason.
Good move. It never fails to dip around announcement time. Probably will dip after spectaular results too. But it will climb back I have no fear ... To infinity and beyond .....
The pre-earnings announcement funk has begun, it would seem: the stock is down >$4 after-hours.....
'Tis the season...
Oh well; volatility is fun to trade as well. Got four more contracts at a pretty steep discount today.
Good move. It never fails to dip around announcement time. Probably will dip after spectaular results too. But it will climb back I have no fear ... To infinity and beyond .....
It often fails to do this.
The pre-earnings announcement funk has begun, it would seem: the stock is down >$4 after-hours.....
The market rally which has been going on for about a year now is pretty weary, and AAPL in particular has soared during that time. You should not read anything into changes that occur on a daily or even weekly basis. They are fundamentally meaningless.
You should not read anything into changes that occur on a daily or even weekly basis. They are fundamentally meaningless.
I never read anything into short-term changes. (Unless they are truly huge in percentage terms).
The pre-earnings announcement funk has begun, it would seem: the stock is down >$4 after-hours.....
Well, it's only down seven cents right now in after-hours. The short-term changes are meaningless when they are very minor percentage swings.
I never read anything into short-term changes. (Unless they are truly huge in percentage terms).
And are for reasons that can be identified as being material to profitability. Otherwise, you're probably looking at program trading, which means nothing to us peon investors except that it creates volatility, which to the best of our ability, we should ignore.
Glad i bought more apple stock yesterday while it tanked for no good reason.
AAPL was the first stock I bought when I figured the recession started to turn around - $89.
I sold enough shares at $245, last week, to erase my original purchase and now I'm playing with "house money".
Feels pretty good. Thank you, Apple.