Ships second largest number of Macs in the company's history

Apple reported the highest revenue and earnings in the company's history this evening (October 11th 2005). Here is a breakdown of the main figures from the results:
Mac numbers:

• Apple shipped 1,236,000 Macs (up from 1,182,000 last quarter).
  • Mac growth was 48% from last year's quarter
  • 602,000 of these were desktop Macs [this includes, eMacs, iMacs, PowerMacs, Mac minis- Xserves are included by Apple in this figure].
  • 634,000 of the total Macs were portables [PowerBooks and iBooks] (set new company record for the number of portables shipped in a quarter, by 139,000 units).
  • 45% of Mac buyers are new to the platform.
  • 202,000 Mac minis were sold in the quarter.
  

iPod numbers:

• Apple shipped 6,451,000 iPods (up from 6,155,000 last quarter).
  • iPod growth was 220% from last year's quarter
  • $1.212 billion of the $3.68 billion in revenue for this quarter was the result of iPod sales.
  • Apple sold 1 million iPod nanos in the 17 days between its launch and the end of the quarter.
  • Apple has shipped 28.2 million iPods since it was launched in 2001.
  • There are now over 1000 third-party iPod accessories available.
  • The iPod represented 75% of all MP3 players sold in August 2005.
  • The "music" segment of Apple's products accounted for 40% of revenues.
  • Demand for iPod nano described as "staggering" by Apple.
  

Revenue and Profit:

• Revenue was $3.68 billion for the fourth quarter (compared to $2.35 million during the same quarter last year).
  • Profit for the quarter was $430 million (up from $106 million last year).
  • Gross margin for quarter was 28.1% (up from 27.0 % last year)
  • Earnings represent $.50 per diluted share (up from .13 last year's quarter)
  • For the fiscal year 2005, Apple generated $13.93 billion in revenue (up 68%) and a net profit of $1.335 billion (up 384%).
  • Research and development expenses amounted to $147 million for the quarter (up from $122 million for the last quarter).
  

Retail:

• 14.8 million people visited the Apple retails stores this quarter.
  • There were over 50 million visitors to stores in the last year.
  • This works out at an average of 9,800 visitors per store per week.
  • The company expects to open 35-40 new retail stores in 2006.
  • Retail store revenue stood at $663 million for the quarter.
  • The average quarterly revenue per store was $5.7 million.
  • 14 stores were opened this quarter.
  

Software:

• Apple quarterly revenue from Mac OS X Tiger was around $35 million this quarter, and represents the best selling OS product in Apple's history.
  

Inventory:

• Total inventory at the end of the quarter stood at between 3 to 4 weeks.
  • Looking forward:
  • Apple expects to see $4.7 billion in revenue and 35% year on year growth in the first quarter of the next financial year.
  • Apple currently holds almost $8.3 billion in cash and short-term investments.