Apple posts $7.46 billion third-quarter revenues

Dubai:Apple this week announced revenue of $7.46 billion for its fiscal 2008 third quarter ended June 28, 2008, and net quarterly profit of $1.07 billion, or $1.19 per diluted share.

These results compare to revenue of $5.41 billion and net quarterly profit of $818 million, or $.92 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter.

Gross margin was 34.8 per cent, down from 36.9 per cent in the year-ago quarter. International sales accounted for 42 per cent of the quarter's revenue.

Apple shipped 2,496,000 Macintosh computers during the quarter, representing 41 per cent unit growth and 43 per cent revenue growth over the year-ago quarter.

The company sold 11,011,000 iPods during the quarter, representing 12 per cent unit growth and seven per cent revenue growth over the year-ago quarter. Quarterly iPhone™ units sold were 717,000 compared to 270,000 in the same quarter in 2007.

"We're proud to report the best June quarter for both revenue and earnings in Apple's history,'' said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. "We set a new record for Mac sales, we think we have a real winner with our new iPhone 3G, and we're busy finishing several more wonderful new products to launch in the coming months.''

"We're extremely pleased with the growth of our business and the generation of almost $5.4 billion in cash in the first three quarters of fiscal 2008,'' said Peter Oppenheimer, Apple's CFO. "Looking ahead to the fourth quarter of fiscal 2008, we expect revenue of about $7.8 billion and earnings per diluted share of about $1.00.''