Mon, 10/19/2009 - 12:58 by Greg Sterling
It's saying a lot that Apple posted its "most profitable quarter ever" during the worst recession in memory. Here are the top-level numbers from the Apple release:
- Revenue of $9.87 billion and a net quarterly profit of $1.67 billion, or $1.82 per diluted share
- Apple sold 3.05 million Macintosh computers during the quarter, representing a 17 percent unit increase over the year-ago quarter.
- The Company sold 10.2 million iPods during the quarter, representing an eight percent unit decline from the year-ago quarter.
- Apple sold 7.4 million iPhones in the quarter, representing seven percent unit growth over the year-ago quarter.
The results and numbers generally exceeded consensus financial estimates.