Wow!!!!
Was that Steve Jobs roof blowing off his house?


Quarterly Revenue & Net Income Highest in Apple's History

CUPERTINO, Calif., Jan. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Apple(R) today
announced financial results for its fiscal 2005 first quarter ended December
25, 2004. For the quarter, the Company posted a net profit of $295 million, or
$.70 per diluted share. These results compare to a net profit of $63 million,
or $.17 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. Revenue for the quarter
was $3.49 billion, up 74 percent from the year-ago quarter. Gross margin was
28.5 percent, up from 26.7 percent in the year-ago quarter. International
sales accounted for 41 percent of the quarter's revenue.
Apple shipped 1,046,000 Macintosh(R) units and 4,580,000 iPods during the
quarter, representing a 26 percent increase in CPU units and a 525 percent
increase in iPods over the year-ago quarter.
"We are thrilled to report the highest quarterly revenue and net income in
Apple's history," said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. "We've sold over 10 million
iPods to date and are kicking off the new year with a slate of innovative new
products including iPod shuffle, Mac mini and iLife '05."
"We're pleased to report 74 percent revenue growth, 26 percent Mac unit
growth and 525 percent iPod unit growth," said Peter Oppenheimer, Apple's CFO.
"Looking ahead to the second quarter of fiscal 2005, we expect revenue of
about $2.9 billion and earnings per diluted share of about $.40."
Apple will provide live streaming of its Q1 2005 financial results
conference call utilizing QuickTime(TM), Apple's standards-based technology
for live and on-demand audio and video streaming. The live webcast will begin
at 2:00 p.m. PST on Wednesday, January 12, 2005 at
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/qtv/earningsq105/ and will also be available
for replay. The QuickTime player is available free for Macintosh and Windows
users at http://www.apple.com/quicktime.
This press release contains forward-looking statements about the Company's
estimated revenue and earnings for the second quarter of fiscal 2005. These
statements involve risks and uncertainties and actual results may differ.
Potential risks and uncertainties include continued competitive pressures in
the marketplace; the effect competitive and economic factors and the Company's
reaction to them may have on consumer and business buying decisions with
respect to the Company's products; the ability of the Company to make timely
delivery of new programs, products and successful technological innovations to
the marketplace; the continued availability of certain components and services
essential to the Company's business currently obtained by the Company from
sole or limited sources, including the timely resolution of manufacturing
issues associated with the G5 microprocessors used in many of the Company's
Macintosh systems; possible disruption in commercial activities caused by
terrorist activity and armed conflict, such as changes in logistics and
security arrangements, and reduced end-user purchases relative to
expectations; possible disruption in commercial activity as a result of
natural disasters or major health concerns including epidemics; risks
associated with the Company's retail initiative including significant
investment cost, uncertain consumer acceptance and potential impact on
existing reseller relationships; the effect that the Company's dependency on
manufacturing and logistics services provided by third-parties may have on the
quality, quantity or cost of products manufactured or services rendered; the
Company's reliance on the availability of third-party music content, and the
ability of the Company to successfully evolve its operating system and attract
sufficient Macintosh developers. More information on potential factors that
could affect the Company's financial results is included from time to time in
the Company's public reports filed with the SEC, including the Company's Form
10-K for the fiscal year ended September 25, 2004 and the Company's Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended December 25, 2004 to be filed with the SEC. The Company
assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements or information,
which speak as of their respective dates.

Apple ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the Apple
II and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the Macintosh.
Today, Apple continues to lead the industry in innovation with its award-
winning desktop and notebook computers, OS X operating system, and iLife and
professional applications. Apple is also spearheading the digital music
revolution with its iPod portable music players and iTunes online music store.

NOTE: Apple, the Apple logo, Macintosh, Mac, Mac OS, iPod and QuickTime
are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Apple. Other company and
product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.


UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In millions, except share amounts)

ASSETS:
Dec. 25, Sept. 25,
2004 2004
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents $2,475 $2,969
Short-term investments 3,973 2,495
Accounts receivable, less allowances of $51
and $47, respectively 865 774
Inventories 156 101
Deferred tax assets 281 231
Other current assets 572 485
Total current assets 8,322 7,055

Property, plant, and equipment, net 735 707
Goodwill 80 80
Acquired intangible assets 16 17
Other assets 209 191
Total assets $9,362 $8,050

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY:
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable $1,737 $1,451
Accrued expenses 1,487 1,200
Total current liabilities 3,224 2,651
Deferred tax liabilities and other non-current
liabilities 348 323
Total liabilities 3,572 2,974

Commitments and contingencies

Shareholders' equity:
Common stock, no par value; 900,000,000 shares
authorized; 404,549,022 and 391,443,617 shares
issued and outstanding, respectively 2,911 2,514
Deferred stock compensation (83) (93)
Retained earnings 2,965 2,670
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (3) (15)
Total shareholders' equity 5,790 5,076
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity $9,362 $8,050


UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(In millions, except share and per share amounts)

THREE MONTHS ENDED

Dec. 25, Dec. 27,
2004 2003

Net sales $3,490 $2,006
Cost of sales 2,494 1,470
Gross margin 996 536

Operating expenses:
Research and development 123 119
Selling, general, and administrative 470 343
Total operating expenses 593 462

Operating income 403 74

Other income and expense:
Gains on non-current investments -- 4
Interest and other income, net 26 9
Total other income and expense 26 13

Income before provision for income taxes 429 87
Provision for income taxes 134 24

Net income $295 $63

Earnings per common share:
Basic $0.75 $0.17
Diluted $0.70 $0.17

Shares used in computing earnings per share
(in thousands):
Basic 394,516 362,450
Diluted 419,087 372,308


Apple Computer, Inc.
Q105 Unaudited Summary Data

Q404 Actual Q104 Actual Q105 Actual

CPU Rev CPU Rev CPU Rev
Operating Segments Units k $m Units k $m Units k $m
Americas 471 $1,196 378 $924 476 $1,637
Europe 155 423 240 519 320 847
Japan 56 175 77 157 64 185
Retail 98 376 73 273 119 561
Other Segments (1) 56 180 61 133 67 260
Total Operating Segments 836 $2,350 829 $2,006 1,046 $3,490

Units Rev Units Rev Units Rev
k $m k $m k $m
Product Summary
iMac (2) 229 $216 227 $251 456 $620
iBook 238 256 201 221 271 297
Power Mac (3) 156 340 206 398 167 381
PowerBook 213 419 195 399 152 307
Subtotal CPUs 836 1,231 829 1,269 1,046 1,605
iPod 2,016 537 733 256 4,580 1,211
Other Music Products (4) NM 98 NM 47 NM 177
Peripherals & Other HW NM 271 NM 222 NM 284
Software & Other NM 213 NM 212 NM 213
Total Apple $2,350 $2,006 $3,490

Sequential Change Year/Year Change
Operating Segments Units Revenue Units Revenue
Americas 1% 37% 26% 77%
Europe 106% 100% 33% 63%
Japan 14% 6% -17% 18%
Retail 21% 49% 63% 105%
Other Segments (1) 20% 44% 10% 95%
Total Operating Segments 25% 49% 26% 74%

Sequential Change Year/Year Change
Units Revenue Units Revenue
Product Summary
iMac (2) 99% 187% 101% 147%
iBook 14% 16% 35% 34%
Power Mac (3) 7% 12% -19% -4%
PowerBook -29% -27% -22% -23%
Subtotal CPUs 25% 30% 26% 26%
iPod 127% 126% 525% 373%
Other Music Products (4) NM 81% NM 277%
Peripherals & Other HW NM 5% NM 28%
Software & Other NM 0% NM 0%
Total Apple 49% 74%

(1) Other Segments include Asia Pacific and FileMaker.
(2) Includes eMac product line.
(3) Includes Xserve product line.
(4) Other Music Products consists of iTunes Music Store sales and iPod
related services and accessories.

NM: Not Meaningful




SOURCE Apple Computer, Inc.
Web Site: http://www.apple.com

I'd like to have $6.45 Billion in the bank/investments, too, please.

Great! I love when stuff like this happens- 'cause we all know that apple is doomed!

Apple haters can eat SH*T!

From http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/050112/earns_apple_7.html :

My favourite line thus far - G5 in a Powerbook is "the mother of all challenges"

Looks like it will be a while yet. That's probably why no one is buying them right now.

I didn't know Apple was still in business. That was a comment from a person I know 6 months ago believe it or not. I took him to my local Apple Store and he was amazed. An iPod and iMac G5 later, he is a very happy camper.

If they gave "comeback" awards in the computer industry, Apple would be the runaway winner. A terrific story indeed.

Extracting some tidbits: 100% sequential change on European sales from 423 million to 847 million. 99% sequential change on iMac units from 229k to 456k PB units down 29% sequentially Operating margin of 11.5% (403 million operating income on 3.49 billion in revenues)
For those who don't want to read the several hundred lines of text in MRG4U's post, here's the links to the formatted financials:

Press release:
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2005/jan/12results.html
Financial statements:
http://images.apple.com/pr/pdf/q105fin_statements.pdf
Data Summary
http://images.apple.com/pr/pdf/q105data_sum.pdf

Com'on don't exaggerate. There are only 999 lines in my above post.

Somethng Peter Openheimer said in the conference call is particuarlly good news I think. He said the margins on the Mac mini are "reasonablly the same as the eMac." I believe that means around 25%. There was some concern by analysts that it would be less.

Lovely!

And it's hilarious that some naysayer at Fool.com refutes his Mac-loving colleague's assertion that Apple's margins are higher than Dell's today. The Fool insists that operating margin is what matters, and Dell's 3.3% beats Apple's 2.2%.

I wonder how hard his jaw will hit the floor now that Apple has posted over 11%?

Go Apple!

Mac sales up--and up more than overall PC sales, which means... more market share even BEFORE the Mini!

And strong laptop sales? So much for the laptop line being dead with a G5...

But I thought Steve said the iMac G5 was the best Mac holiday seller.