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April 22nd, 2009

Apple's Q209 earnings. Recession? What recession? (Updated)

Posted by Jason D. O'Grady @ 12:00 pm

Categories: AAPL, Earnings, Finance

Tags: Apple Inc., Financial Web Site Seeking Alpha, Financial Accounting, Finance, Jason D. O'Grady

Q2 - 2009Apple, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is holding its Q209 earnings conference call with analysts today, 22 April 2009 at 5pm ET, 2PM PT. The call is being streamed via QuickTime from Apple’s investor Web site.

Highlights of the results include:

  • Revenue of $8.16 billion, compared to $7.51 billion in the year-ago quarter
  • Net quarterly profit of $1.21 billion, or $1.33 per diluted share, compared to $1.05 billion, or $1.16
  • Gross margin was 36.4 percent, up from 32.9 percent
  • International sales accounted for 46 percent of the quarter’s revenue
  • 2.22 million Macs sold during the quarter, a three percent unit decline
  • 11.01 million iPods sold during the quarter, representing three percent unit growth
  • 3.79 million iPhones sold, a 123 percent unit growth

A press release has all the details.

Update: WSJ has a live blog of the call that reads like a transcript.

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3% during a MAJOR recession and a product refresh
period is well pretty darn good. I would say perhaps even to some
FANTASTIC! Apple has NEVER been in the low margin game I don't think
its a shocker that they are not jumping into it now or ... (Read the rest)
Posted by: James Quinn Posted on: 04/24/09 You are currently: a Guest | | Terms of Use
I am thinking not too good.  Bruizer | 04/22/09
Let's say record breaking  Ken_z | 04/22/09
iPhones up 123%...  Sleeper Service | 04/22/09
Still largest Jan-Mar Quarter  Ken_z | 04/22/09
I don't care how Dell have done...  Sleeper Service | 04/22/09
To a WinMo lover, yes it would be.  Bruizer | 04/22/09
I'm not amazed you've made an irrelevant comparison...  Sleeper Service | 04/23/09
@Sleeper  Bruizer | 04/23/09
Compared to a non event quarter in 2009?  Bruizer | 04/22/09
Not completely meaningless...  msalzberg | 04/22/09
Apparently not!  comp_indiana | 04/23/09
3 percent fewer Macs will be spun as Great!  BillDem | 04/23/09
3% during a MAJOR recession and a product refresh  James Quinn | 04/24/09
Try keep up please NBMers  theoxygenthief | 04/23/09
Where's non zealot???  i8thecat | 04/22/09
He was waiting for MSFT  rynning | 04/23/09
RE: Apple Q209 earnings conference call  AllenKenya | 04/23/09
RE: Apple Q209 earnings conference call  famulla | 04/23/09

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