Last night, Apple reported for the fourth quarter of 2017 fiscal year, which ended September 30. Right before the world launch of sales of the iPhone X, the company set a new financial record, which is important at a time when analysts are trying hard to "bury" it.
Apple's revenue for the quarter was $ 52.6 billion, up 12% from a year earlier, while net earnings per share for the quarter were $ 2.07, or $ 10.71 billion, an increase of 24% . The total revenue for the fiscal year amounted to 229.23 billion dollars, while last year it was at the level of 215 billion dollars.
As for iPhone sales, they grew by 3% in quantitative terms and by 2% in monetary terms in comparison with the previous year and amounted to 46.7 million devices. It is also curious that for the first time in a long time sales of iPad (by 11%) and even the number of Mac computers sold (by 10%) increased, reaching 5.4 million computers.
The profitability of services also increased - by 34% compared to last year - and amounted to 8.5 billion dollars. This includes the App Store, iTunes Store, Apple Pay and others. The growth also occurred in the segment of "other" devices, which include Apple Watch: they brought Apple 3.2 billion dollars.
Against the backdrop of a positive financial report, Apple's capitalization approached $ 900 billion. The company managed to surpass all expectations of analysts, so it ensured a rapid growth in the share price.
In the last quarter, Apple's results were not so impressive.
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