October 13th: From DD News
Apple on Wednesday announced their 4th quarter results. We are thrilled to report our highest fourth quarter revenue in nine years, said Steve Jobs, Apples CEO. We shipped over 2 million iPods, our Retail store revenue grew 95 percent year-over-year, and the new iMac G5 has received phenomenal reviews and is off to a great start. Apple shipped 836,000 Macintosh computers and 2,016,000 iPods during the quarter, representing a 6 percent increase in CPU units and a 500 percent increase in iPods over the year-ago quarter. Apple posted a net profit of $106 million, or $.26 per diluted share. These results compare to a net profit of $44 million, or $.12 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. For more info, check out the press release. They will have a conference call today at 5:00pm, which we will cover, and post highlights here.