Last night, Apple reported its second quarter results of fiscal year 2015, which ended in the calendar producer March 28.
Revenue of $ 58 billion was a record for this time of year, an increase of 27%. Tim Cook said that on iPhone becomes more users than the company expected. Actually, it was the realization of smartphones determinesApple financial health - the company gets in this area of activity 69% of revenue. In the last quarter, has sold more than 61 million. IPhone for $ 40.2 billion. - 40% and 55%, respectively, higher than in the first quarter last year. But when compared with the previous quarter, before the holidays electronic devices are always sold better than in the first quarter of the year. IPhone sales volumes in sequential comparison decreased by 18%, revenues declined by 21%.
It should be noted that iPad dives behind the rest of the tablet market, if not ahead . In the last quarter, Apple sold 12.6 million. Tablet for $ 5.4 billion. In the previous quarter it sold 41% more tablets, a year earlier - a 23% increase. Revenues for the periods indicated decreased by 40% and 29%, respectively.
By the way, the growth in sales of computers Mac (this includes laptops) was not that impressive: the volume of sales for the year increased by 10% to 4.6 million. Units, while revenue increased by only 2%. In addition, compared to the last quarter of last year also there is a drop in Mac: revenue fell by 19%, the number of computers sold decreased by 17%.
By the way, Apple's revenue of $ 58 billion. Corresponds to a net profit of $ 13.6 billion. Profit rate managed to increase from 39.3% to 40.8%. It is noteworthy that 69% of our revenue outside the United States. In the current quarter, Apple expects to receive revenue in the range of $ 46 billion to $ 48 billion., As well as to keep the rate of profit in the range of 38,5-39,5%.
The company also announced that it increases the cost of returning capital to shareholders by nearly 50%. According to the new conditions, Apple until March 2017 is expected to return to shareholders at least $ 200 billion. In the form of dividends and share buybacks costs. Apple's Board of Directors also approved the decision to increase its quarterly dividend by 11% to $ 0.52 per share. As explained by Tim Cook, the bulk of funds for repayment to shareholders, the company will be spent on the purchase of own shares. Related Products :
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