By the numbers: Apple's ludicrous fourth quarter
Apple reported the biggest quarter in its history this week --?and one of the largest by any company ever -- by nearly every metric imaginable. AppleInsider puts those mind-boggling numbers into perspective.
Apple could fund the entire Apollo program using cash on hand, with enough left over to buy 5 nuclear aircraft carriers.
Note: All numbers refer to the quarter ending Dec. 27, unless otherwise noted.
$179 billion: Apple's cash-on-hand.
$131.4 billion: The total cost of the Apollo program, adjusted for inflation.
$74.6 billion: Apple's revenue.
$72.9 billion: The combined revenues of Microsoft, IBM, and Procter & Gamble in the same period.
$60.1 billion: Luxembourg's GDP in 2013.
$18 billion: Apple's profit. This is the most profit ever reported by a publicly-traded company.
$6.2 billion: The purchase price of a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier.
1 billion: iOS devices sold by Apple since the introduction of the iPhone.
500 million: Visitors to Apple's brick-and-mortar and online stores.
474 million: Tourist arrivals to France, the U.S., Spain, China, Italy, Turkey, Germany, the U.K., Russia, and Thailand in 2013.
74.5 million: iPhones sold by Apple in the quarter.
25 million: Apple TVs sold since its release.
21.4 million: iPads sold by Apple in the quarter.
20 million: Copies of the game Skyrim sold since 2011.
5.5 million: Macs sold by Apple in the quarter.
$761,000: Apple's revenue per employee.
$575,000: Apple's revenue per minute.
$184,000: Apple's net profit per employee.
$144,000: Average salary for an Apple software engineer, according to Glassdoor.
$687: The average selling price of the iPhone.
575: The number of iPhones Apple sold every minute of every day.
$45: The average selling price of phones from Microsoft's handset unit last quarter.
Apple could fund the entire Apollo program using cash on hand, with enough left over to buy 5 nuclear aircraft carriers.
Note: All numbers refer to the quarter ending Dec. 27, unless otherwise noted.
$179 billion: Apple's cash-on-hand.
$131.4 billion: The total cost of the Apollo program, adjusted for inflation.
$74.6 billion: Apple's revenue.
$72.9 billion: The combined revenues of Microsoft, IBM, and Procter & Gamble in the same period.
$60.1 billion: Luxembourg's GDP in 2013.
$18 billion: Apple's profit. This is the most profit ever reported by a publicly-traded company.
$6.2 billion: The purchase price of a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier.
1 billion: iOS devices sold by Apple since the introduction of the iPhone.
500 million: Visitors to Apple's brick-and-mortar and online stores.
474 million: Tourist arrivals to France, the U.S., Spain, China, Italy, Turkey, Germany, the U.K., Russia, and Thailand in 2013.
74.5 million: iPhones sold by Apple in the quarter.
25 million: Apple TVs sold since its release.
21.4 million: iPads sold by Apple in the quarter.
20 million: Copies of the game Skyrim sold since 2011.
5.5 million: Macs sold by Apple in the quarter.
$761,000: Apple's revenue per employee.
$575,000: Apple's revenue per minute.
$184,000: Apple's net profit per employee.
$144,000: Average salary for an Apple software engineer, according to Glassdoor.
$687: The average selling price of the iPhone.
575: The number of iPhones Apple sold every minute of every day.
$45: The average selling price of phones from Microsoft's handset unit last quarter.
Comments
Nope, only for one year as an upgrade. OSX is simply free.
Using all that cash, isn't time Apple acquires Microsoft then sell off its pieces?
So basically, Microsoft has no retail revenue from the operating system... And Office revenue is hanging on by a thread. Sounds to me like...'Deadman Walking.'
The only reason it is going to be free is the fact MS already knows comsumers will not be upgrading hardware when Windows 10 comes out so the only way MS will get anyone to use it is making it a free upgrade. Yep, MS is in the death spiral. Apple killed them when they did the free update since they still make money selling hardware which MS currect mostly gives away.
When you whole business model is based on making money on selling Software and support services you can not give away hardware and software and survive.
Apple could buy out IBM with its cash (but I am not suggesting it should do so), and still have $25B in pocket change left!
Mind-boggling.
by ludicrous we assume you have probably meant "ridiculously".
ludicrous does have an associated meaning of ridiculous. but only when the implication is that the condition is somehow not believable or feigned.
Hopefully there will be lots of thrashing around and gasping for air before the end.
Pretty soon, Apple will be talkin' some real money...
I don't think that's a fair comparison since Mac OS X is given to those that have already spent hundreds to thousands on an Apple-branded "PC" to go with it.
Low taxes on the high seas.
Fuçk Google barges, Apple has a motherfucking aircraft carrier.