Impresionantes resultados Q1 2011 de Apple

Apple acaba de ofrecer sus cifras del primer trimestre fiscal de 2011, y son realmente sorprendentes batiendo sus propios récords con ventas de 16,24 millones de iPhones, 7,33 millones de iPads, 19,45 millones de iPods, 4,13 millones de Macs y unos ingresos de cerca de 26.740 millones de dólares.

La nota de prensa de Apple no deja lugar a dudas, tiene márgenes impresionantes. De hecho el mes de diciembre ha sido récord -trimestre fiscal Q1 2011 para Apple acabó el 25 de diciembre, con unos beneficios netos de 6.000 millones de dólares.

La compañía de Cupertino sigue in crescendo ya que si comparamos con los resultados del trimestre anterior – 14,1 millones de iPhones, 4,19 millones de iPads, 3,89 millones  de Macs, y unos ingresos de 20.340 millones de dólares- es un aumento notable intertrimestral.

Os dejamos a continuación la nota de prensa en su formato original:

CUPERTINO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Apple® today announced financial results for its fiscal 2011 first quarter ended December 25, 2010. The Company posted record revenue of $26.74 billion and record net quarterly profit of $6 billion, or $6.43 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $15.68 billion and net quarterly profit of $3.38 billion, or $3.67 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. Gross margin was 38.5 percent compared to 40.9 percent in the year-ago quarter. International sales accounted for 62 percent of the quarter’s revenue.

“We couldn’t be happier with the performance of our business, generating $9.8 billion in cash flow from operations during the December quarter”

Apple sold 4.13 million Macs during the quarter, a 23 percent unit increase over the year-ago quarter. The Company sold 16.24 million iPhones in the quarter, representing 86 percent unit growth over the year-ago quarter. Apple sold 19.45 million iPods during the quarter, representing a seven percent unit decline from the year-ago quarter. The Company also sold 7.33 million iPads during the quarter.

“We had a phenomenal holiday quarter with record Mac, iPhone and iPad sales,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “We are firing on all cylinders and we’ve got some exciting things in the pipeline for this year including iPhone 4 on Verizon which customers can’t wait to get their hands on.”

“We couldn’t be happier with the performance of our business, generating $9.8 billion in cash flow from operations during the December quarter,” said Peter Oppenheimer, Apple’s CFO. “Looking ahead to the second fiscal quarter of 2011, we expect revenue of about $22 billion and we expect diluted earnings per share of about $4.90.”