IP Democracy: Apple's Seasonally Strong Showing

Apple Computer Inc. issued its Q2 06 earnings report (the company’s Q2 fiscal quarter ended on 4/01/06) today showing strong sales and net income growth, and continued strong demand for iPods. Revenues or net sales were $4.359 billion, up 34% year-over-year. Net income was $410 milion, up 41% year-over-year.

iPod sales, which, like revenue and net income were down sequentially from Apple’s seasonally strong Q1, weighed in at 8.525 million units sold during the quarter, up 61% year-over-year. Music sales, which consists mostly of music and video sold via iTunes, reached $485 million, up 125% year-over-year.

Apple Operating and Sales Data by Segment, Product
Units in 000s, $ in mil.
	Q205		Q106		Q206
Operating Segments	CPU Units	Rev	CPU Units	Rev	CPU Units	Rev
Americas	447	$1,443	515	$2,700	$       494	$2,122
Europe	276	$   705	387	$1,242	$       316	$   966
Japan	102	$   284	81	$   355	$        82	$   309
Retail	144	$   571	193	$1,072	$       154	$   636
Other Segments	71	$   240	78	$   380	$        66	$   326
Total Operating Segments	1,070	$3,243	1254	$5,749	$    1,112	$4,359
Product Summary
Desktops (2)	608	$   803	667	$   912	$       614	$   833
Portables (3)	462	$   691	587	$   812	$       498	$   739
Subtotal CPUs	1,070	$1,494	1254	$5,749	$    1,112	$1,572
iPod	5,311	$1,014	14043	$2,906	8,526	$1,714
Other Music Products (4)	NM	$   216	NM	$   491	NM	$   485
Peripherals & Other HW	NM	$   280	NM	$   303	NM	$   264
Software & Other	NM	$   239	NM	$   325	NM	$   324
Total Apple		$3,243		$5,749		$4,359
(1) Other Segments include Asia Pacific and FileMaker.
(2) Includes iMac, eMac, Mac mini, PowerMac and Xserve product lines.
(3) Includes iBook and PowerBook product lines.
(4) Other Music Products consists of iTunes Music Store sales and iPod related services and accessories.
NM: Not Meaningful

Posted by Cynthia Brumfield on April 19, 2006 6:40 PM to IP Democracy