Apple beats Wall Street estimates of .14 with .17 per share earnings and revenues of 2 Billion. More to follow.
Official press release:
Quote:
Apple Reports First Quarter Results
Revenue Increases 36 Percent Year-Over-Year
CUPERTINO, California?January 14, 2004?Apple® today announced financial results for its fiscal 2004 first quarter ended December 27, 2003. For the quarter, the Company posted a net profit of $63 million, or $.17 per diluted share. These results compare to a net loss of $8 million, or $.02 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. Revenue for the quarter reached a four-year high of $2.006 billion, up 36 percent from the year-ago quarter. Gross margin was 26.7 percent, down from 27.6 percent in the year-ago quarter. International sales accounted for 44 percent of the quarter?s revenue.
The quarter?s results include an after-tax investment gain of $3 million which increased earnings per diluted share by $.01.
Apple shipped 829 thousand Macintosh® units during the quarter, up 12 percent from the year-ago quarter, as well as 733 thousand iPod® units, up 235 percent from the year-ago quarter.
?It was an outstanding quarter for Apple, with double-digit unit and revenue growth and over 730,000 iPods sold,? said Steve Jobs, Apple?s CEO. "We?re kicking off 2004 with strong momentum, especially for Mac OS X, which is now used by almost 40 percent of our installed base, iPod and the iTunes Music Store, which has a 70 percent share of the legal music download market.?
?We are very pleased to have exceeded our revenue and profit targets for the first quarter,? said Fred Anderson, Apple?s CFO. ?Continued strong asset management enabled us to increase cash by $225 million to just under $4.8 billion. Looking ahead to the second quarter of fiscal 2004, we expect our third consecutive quarter of year-over-year double-digit growth in both revenue and earnings, with revenue of about $1.8 billion and earnings per diluted share of $.08 to $.10.?
Apple ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the Apple II and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the Macintosh. Apple is committed to bringing the best personal computing experience to students, educators, creative professionals and consumers around the world through its innovative hardware, software and Internet offerings.
Apple will provide live streaming of its Q1 2004 financial results conference call utilizing QuickTime?, Apple?s standards-based technology for live and on-demand audio and video streaming. The live webcast will begin at 2:00 p.m. PST on Wednesday, January 14, 2004 at http://www.apple.com/quicktime/qtv/earningsq104/ and will also be available for replay. The QuickTime player is available free for Macintosh and Windows users at www.apple.com/quicktime.
This press release contains forward-looking statements about the Company?s estimated revenue and earnings for the second quarter of fiscal 2004. These statements involve risks and uncertainties and actual results may differ. Potential risks and uncertainties include continued competitive pressures in the marketplace; the effect competitive and economic factors and the Company?s reaction to them may have on consumer and business buying decisions with respect to the Company?s products; the ability of the Company to make timely delivery of new programs, products and successful technological innovations to the marketplace; the continued availability of certain components and services essential to the Company?s business currently obtained by the Company from sole or limited sources; possible disruption in commercial activities caused by terrorist activity and armed conflict, such as changes in logistics and security arrangements, and reduced end-user purchases relative to expectations; possible disruption in commercial activity as a result of major health concerns, such as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS); risks associated with the Company's retail initiative including significant investment cost, uncertain consumer acceptance and potential impact on existing reseller relationships; the effect that the Company?s dependency on manufacturing and logistics services provided by third-parties may have on the quality or quantity of products manufactured; the Company?s reliance on the availability of third-party music content; and the ability of the Company to successfully evolve its operating system and attract sufficient Macintosh developers. More information on potential factors that could affect the Company?s financial results is included from time to time in the Company?s public reports filed with the SEC, including the Company?s Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 27, 2003 and the Company?s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 27, 2003. The Company assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements or information, which speak as of their respective dates.
Followed by a commensurate drop in stock price. Investors are funny about AAPL.
Did I call it or what? Moron investors. AAPL didn't beat the "whisper" numbers, so they fall. It happens every time. On paper, investors are conservative about AAPL but they always have hopes that are too high.
In regards to G5 sales Apple said it wouldn't go back to the previous levels a few years ago for pro desktops. Sales beat expectations though. It's a laptop world out there now.
Quicktime link still not active yet. 2 minutes to go.
Weird. Apple has not posted results on their site and the Quicktime link is not working, 10 minutes after 5 PM. Either the conference call is delayed or there's problems at the Apple website.
Also the first official admision about the 15" Al Powerbook screen issue, a lot of warranty repairs, but mentioning that currently shipping 15" PowerBooks no longer have that problem. This alone is great news, kinda Rev. 1.01 15" Al PowerBook.
Edit: Fine, but how am I going to artificially boost my post count
iPod mini margins to be lower then iPod margins.
Creative markets are improving, ad revenues are going up.
higher ed was strong, lower ed was down slightly.
Best Buy no expansion of macs in store.
Channel reduction was primarily due to PowerMac clearing. HINT HINT
50% of eligible user base running OSX.
2/3 of iPod sales were in the US.
80 ARS by back to school.
Apple under NDA about HP deal and Pepsi deal.
Expected sustained PM sales at or around 200,000 level per quarter.
Big quarter for Yurup both YoY and sequentially.
Concerned with unit sales more then margins for PowerMac. "Unit sales is first priority"
No comment about video iPod. Yadda yadda yadda
For competitive reasons, they won't release win/mac iPod sales.
37% of total revenue was non-cpu. 12% was iPod alone.
"We feel comfortable with our current product pricing portfolio". Fred's gut says that price drops in the wintel world had no impact on sales. Take that Cheep Whinny Geeks®
Last question:
positive surprises: iPod, record sales of PB, Panther, retail stores and store.apple.com.
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Official press release:
Apple Reports First Quarter Results
Revenue Increases 36 Percent Year-Over-Year
CUPERTINO, California?January 14, 2004?Apple® today announced financial results for its fiscal 2004 first quarter ended December 27, 2003. For the quarter, the Company posted a net profit of $63 million, or $.17 per diluted share. These results compare to a net loss of $8 million, or $.02 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. Revenue for the quarter reached a four-year high of $2.006 billion, up 36 percent from the year-ago quarter. Gross margin was 26.7 percent, down from 27.6 percent in the year-ago quarter. International sales accounted for 44 percent of the quarter?s revenue.
The quarter?s results include an after-tax investment gain of $3 million which increased earnings per diluted share by $.01.
Apple shipped 829 thousand Macintosh® units during the quarter, up 12 percent from the year-ago quarter, as well as 733 thousand iPod® units, up 235 percent from the year-ago quarter.
?It was an outstanding quarter for Apple, with double-digit unit and revenue growth and over 730,000 iPods sold,? said Steve Jobs, Apple?s CEO. "We?re kicking off 2004 with strong momentum, especially for Mac OS X, which is now used by almost 40 percent of our installed base, iPod and the iTunes Music Store, which has a 70 percent share of the legal music download market.?
?We are very pleased to have exceeded our revenue and profit targets for the first quarter,? said Fred Anderson, Apple?s CFO. ?Continued strong asset management enabled us to increase cash by $225 million to just under $4.8 billion. Looking ahead to the second quarter of fiscal 2004, we expect our third consecutive quarter of year-over-year double-digit growth in both revenue and earnings, with revenue of about $1.8 billion and earnings per diluted share of $.08 to $.10.?
Apple ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the Apple II and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the Macintosh. Apple is committed to bringing the best personal computing experience to students, educators, creative professionals and consumers around the world through its innovative hardware, software and Internet offerings.
Apple will provide live streaming of its Q1 2004 financial results conference call utilizing QuickTime?, Apple?s standards-based technology for live and on-demand audio and video streaming. The live webcast will begin at 2:00 p.m. PST on Wednesday, January 14, 2004 at http://www.apple.com/quicktime/qtv/earningsq104/ and will also be available for replay. The QuickTime player is available free for Macintosh and Windows users at www.apple.com/quicktime.
This press release contains forward-looking statements about the Company?s estimated revenue and earnings for the second quarter of fiscal 2004. These statements involve risks and uncertainties and actual results may differ. Potential risks and uncertainties include continued competitive pressures in the marketplace; the effect competitive and economic factors and the Company?s reaction to them may have on consumer and business buying decisions with respect to the Company?s products; the ability of the Company to make timely delivery of new programs, products and successful technological innovations to the marketplace; the continued availability of certain components and services essential to the Company?s business currently obtained by the Company from sole or limited sources; possible disruption in commercial activities caused by terrorist activity and armed conflict, such as changes in logistics and security arrangements, and reduced end-user purchases relative to expectations; possible disruption in commercial activity as a result of major health concerns, such as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS); risks associated with the Company's retail initiative including significant investment cost, uncertain consumer acceptance and potential impact on existing reseller relationships; the effect that the Company?s dependency on manufacturing and logistics services provided by third-parties may have on the quality or quantity of products manufactured; the Company?s reliance on the availability of third-party music content; and the ability of the Company to successfully evolve its operating system and attract sufficient Macintosh developers. More information on potential factors that could affect the Company?s financial results is included from time to time in the Company?s public reports filed with the SEC, including the Company?s Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 27, 2003 and the Company?s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 27, 2003. The Company assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements or information, which speak as of their respective dates.
17 cents EPS on revenue of $2.006 billion.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040114/sfw069_1.html
Highlights:
International sales accounted for 44% of revenue for the quarter
829,000 Macs shipped
Cash increased by 225 million to 4.8 billion
Expected revenue for next quarter of 1.8 billion, with earnings per diulted share of 8-10 cents
Originally posted by torifile
Followed by a commensurate drop in stock price.
Did I call it or what? Moron investors. AAPL didn't beat the "whisper" numbers, so they fall. It happens every time. On paper, investors are conservative about AAPL but they always have hopes that are too high.
- Only 206,000 PowerMacs sold for the quarter.
- Laptops accounted for ~47.7% of CPU sales (396k/829k) for the quarter. Powerbook sales continue to be pretty strong, with 195k units sold.
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/qtv/earningsq104/
Weird. Apple has not posted results on their site and the Quicktime link is not working, 10 minutes after 5 PM. Either the conference call is delayed or there's problems at the Apple website.
Are you listening to the conference call. The "Listen Now" logo is not active.
UPDATE: Just started in progress here on the east coast.
Any financial types want to explain the implications of that?
Edit: Fine, but how am I going to artificially boost my post count
iPod mini margins to be lower then iPod margins.
Creative markets are improving, ad revenues are going up.
higher ed was strong, lower ed was down slightly.
Best Buy no expansion of macs in store.
Channel reduction was primarily due to PowerMac clearing. HINT HINT
50% of eligible user base running OSX.
2/3 of iPod sales were in the US.
80 ARS by back to school.
Apple under NDA about HP deal and Pepsi deal.
Expected sustained PM sales at or around 200,000 level per quarter.
Big quarter for Yurup both YoY and sequentially.
Concerned with unit sales more then margins for PowerMac. "Unit sales is first priority"
No comment about video iPod. Yadda yadda yadda
For competitive reasons, they won't release win/mac iPod sales.
37% of total revenue was non-cpu. 12% was iPod alone.
"We feel comfortable with our current product pricing portfolio". Fred's gut says that price drops in the wintel world had no impact on sales. Take that Cheep Whinny Geeks®
Last question:
positive surprises: iPod, record sales of PB, Panther, retail stores and store.apple.com.
That's all folks.