Apple just announced its second quarter results for 2014 with revenue for the quarter coming in at $45.6 billion. That’s compared to the guidance it previously provided of $42 – $44 billion and estimates by analysts averaging approximately $43.5B. Apple’s $45.6 billion in revenue reported today is also up from the $43.6 billion in revenue in the year ago quarter.
Break down of device sales for Q2 2014 include 43.7m million iPhones, 16.3 million iPads, and 4.1 million Macs. Compare that to an average of 38M iPhones, 19.3M iPads, 4M Macs, and 3M iPods predicted by the analysts leading up to today. In the same quarter last year, Apple sold 37.4 million iPhones, 19.5 million iPads, just under 4 million Macs, and 5.6 million iPods.
It also reported net quarterly profit of $10.2 billion, or $11.62 per diluted share in contrast to quarterly net profit of $9.5 billion, or $10.09 per diluted share in the same quarter last year.
“We’re very proud of our quarterly results, especially our strong iPhone sales and record revenue from services,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. “We’re eagerly looking forward to introducing more new products and services that only Apple could bring to market.”
“We generated $13.5 billion in cash flow from operations and returned almost $21 billion in cash to shareholders through dividends and share repurchases during the March quarter,” said Peter Oppenheimer, Apple’s CFO. “That brings cumulative payments under our capital return program to $66 billion.”
Apple is providing guidance for its next quarter of revenue between $36 billion and $38 billion.
The question of the day for Tim Cook and other Apple executives on today’s call will surely be the new product categories that Cook previously said were coming across 2014 and have yet to make an appearance in the first quarter. With Apple’s WWDC developer conference just around the corner, we’ll have to wait and see if Cook gives us any clues of what’s to come during the call today at 2:00 p.m. PST/5:00 p.m. EST. Stay tuned to our live blog for coverage.
Apple’s full press release is below:
“We generated $13.5 billion in cash flow from operations and returned almost $21 billion in cash to shareholders through dividends and share repurchases during the March quarter” “We’re very proud of our quarterly results, especially our strong iPhone sales and record revenue from services,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. “We’re eagerly looking forward to introducing more new products and services that only Apple could bring to market.” “We generated $13.5 billion in cash flow from operations and returned almost $21 billion in cash to shareholders through dividends and share repurchases during the March quarter,” said Peter Oppenheimer, Apple’s CFO. “That brings cumulative payments under our capital return program to $66 billion.” Apple is providing the following guidance for its fiscal 2014 third quarter: • revenue between $36 billion and $38 billion • gross margin between 37 percent and 38 percent • operating expenses between $4.4 billion and $4.5 billion • other income/(expense) of $200 million • tax rate of 26.1 percent Apple will provide live streaming of its Q2 2014 financial results conference call beginning at 2:00 p.m. PDT on April 23, 2014 atwww.apple.com/quicktime/qtv/earningsq214. This webcast will also be available for replay for approximately two weeks thereafter. This press release contains forward-looking statements including without limitation those about the Company’s estimated revenue, gross margin, operating expenses, other income/(expense), and tax rate. These statements involve risks and uncertainties, and actual results may differ. Risks and uncertainties include without limitation the effect of competitive and economic factors, and the Company’s reaction to those factors, on consumer and business buying decisions with respect to the Company’s products; continued competitive pressures in the marketplace; the ability of the Company to deliver to the marketplace and stimulate customer demand for new programs, products, and technological innovations on a timely basis; the effect that product introductions and transitions, changes in product pricing or mix, and/or increases in component costs could have on the Company’s gross margin; the inventory risk associated with the Company’s need to order or commit to order product components in advance of customer orders; the continued availability on acceptable terms, or at all, of certain components and services essential to the Company’s business currently obtained by the Company from sole or limited sources; the effect that the Company’s dependency on manufacturing and logistics services provided by third parties may have on the quality, quantity or cost of products manufactured or services rendered; risks associated with the Company’s international operations; the Company’s reliance on third-party intellectual property and digital content; the potential impact of a finding that the Company has infringed on the intellectual property rights of others; the Company’s dependency on the performance of distributors, carriers and other resellers of the Company’s products; the effect that product and service quality problems could have on the Company’s sales and operating profits; the continued service and availability of key executives and employees; war, terrorism, public health issues, natural disasters, and other circumstances that could disrupt supply, delivery, or demand of products; and unfavorable results of other legal proceedings. More information on potential factors that could affect the Company’s financial results is included from time to time in the “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” sections of the Company’s public reports filed with the SEC, including the Company’s Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 28, 2013, its Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 28, 2013, and its Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 29, 2014 to be filed with the SEC. The Company assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements or information, which speak as of their respective dates. Apple designs Macs, the best personal computers in the world, along with OS X, iLife, iWork and professional software. Apple leads the digital music revolution with its iPods and iTunes online store. Apple has reinvented the mobile phone with its revolutionary iPhone and App Store, and is defining the future of mobile media and computing devices with iPad. NOTE TO EDITORS: For additional information visit Apple’s PR website (www.apple.com/pr), or call Apple’s Media Helpline at (408) 974-2042. © 2014 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, Mac, Mac OS and Macintosh are trademarks of Apple. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.
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Mostly good numbers, but the iPad decline is pretty steep…
What in God’s name are you talking about?
They’re down only a couple million, plus the market’s saturated as it is.
I think you’re being unrealistic.
something tells me you like the ipad..
just..
something..
The iPad is doing not so well…
If 16.3million sales is “not so well” then i want to do “not so well”. You could ensure your family for the next 10 generations never have to work a day of their lives with that kind of “not so well”.
I think by saying “not so well” one might mean “not as well as could be wished.” Yes, we’d all like to be among the steenking rich and famous and doing a fraction as well as our ol’ pard Apple. But we may with some validity admit that sales are somewhat sluggish, and Apple’s not going head over heels gangbusters leading the way as they were for awhile. (I rue the day AAPL was at 704 and we didn’t sell: now it’s hovering in the 500s.)
But NOOOOOO, I was WROOOOOOONG about releasing the iPad mini!
Honestly, there’s nothing wrong with iPad sales. I think we’ll see the 6th gen blow people away.
Damn…
Might want to change your title from “Q2” to “Q1″lol
Apple’s financial quarters don’t match the calendar quarters.
Having said that, I don’t remember what quarter we’re really on. 9to5 is probably right.
Nice revenue, the ipad sales might be a bad sign though
Or maybe people aren’t buying tablets as much anymore? I still know people with iPad 2s who are perfectly happy. People don’t necessarily upgrade their iPad every 2 years. And there’s only been 4 years of iPad anyway.
I agree but it also seems like apple is losing market share on the tablet front. I personally haven’t used my ipad 3 in forever (I have since given it to my girlfriend) and have moved on to a Surface Pro 2, which I know isn’t in the same category but I really love the added functionality and I love having it as a secondary PC to my Mac book Air.
Hopefully apple announces something soon to change this negative trend.
My iPad 1, iPad 2, iPad 3 and iPhone 4S are all being used by family members. They may not be new sales to Apple, but they are new customers. I suspect this is being played out in other families also.