Mac Musings
A Closer Look at Apple's Financials
Dan Knight - Oct. 21, 2000 - Tip Jar
There are a lot of ways to look at Apple's sales figures for the past quarter, but the most stunning is that over half the computers sold were iMacs.
- 571,000 iMacs
(51%), $593 million
up 28% from 447,000 previous quarter
up 28% from 445,000 fourth quarter 1999 - 269,000 Power Mac
G4 (24%), $528 million
down 21% from 351,000 previous quarter
up 21% from 223,000 fourth quarter 1999
(I believe this excludes the Power Mac G3, which was discontinued 8/21/99) - 107,000 Cubes (9.5%), $165 million
- 89,000 iBooks
(7.9%), $121 million
down 15% from 105,000 previous quarter
way up from 6,000 fourth quarter 1999 - 86,000 PowerBooks (7.7%), $198
million
down 24% from 113,000 previous quarter
down 12% from 98,000 fourth quarter 1999 - software & peripherals, $266 million
Overall unit sales are up roughly 10% over the third quarter and 40-45% over fourth quarter of fiscal 1999.
The big surprise: Apple sold 107,000 Cubes, making it more popular than either the iBook or the PowerBook. Not bad for a computer many consider overpriced, even if that does fall short of Apple's projections.
The down side: Power Mac G4 sales were down, due in part to people buying the G4 Cube instead. Combined sales for the G4 models were 376,000, a 7% increase over the previous quarter.
The Pismo is selling at a slower pace than the Lombard did. If not for the addition of the iBook to the lineup late last year, that number would undoubtedly be higher, but total portable sales would probably be well below 175,000. Apple has advanced from 10% portables in FY 1999 to about 16% in the last quarter. Industry analysts project the entire PC industry moving toward the 25% mark in the coming year.
The big disappointment: Apple's gross margins dropped from 28.7% in FY1999Q4 to 25.0% for FY2000Q4. Apple is predicting reduced profits for the current quarter as well.
Still, Apple has increased unit sales and revenues by at least
40% over the same quarter last year - an impressive accomplishment.
It does make you wonder why Wall Street drove Apple stock below the
$20 mark when it was in the $50 range not too many weeks ago.
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