Apple reported its fiscal Q1 2017 earnings on Tuesday. The company posted all-time record quarterly revenue of $78.4 billion for a $17.89 billion profit and all-time record quarterly earnings per diluted share of $3.36. These results compare to revenue of $75.9 billion and earnings per diluted share of $3.28 in the year-ago quarter.
Gross margin for the quarter was 38.5% compared to 40.1% in the year-ago quarter. International sales accounted for 64% of the quarter’s revenue. Apple sold a record 78.3 million iPhones, 13.1 million iPads, and 5.3 million Macs. As usual, no numbers were reported for the Apple Watch or Apple TV.
“We’re thrilled to report that our holiday quarter results generated Apple’s highest quarterly revenue ever, and broke multiple records along the way. We sold more iPhones than ever before and set all-time revenue records for iPhone, Services, Mac and Apple Watch,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. “Revenue from Services grew strongly over last year, led by record customer activity on the App Store, and we are very excited about the products in our pipeline.”
“Our outstanding business performance resulted in a new all-time record for earnings per share, and over $27 billion in operating cash flow,” said Luca Maestri, Apple’s CFO. “We returned nearly $15 billion to investors through share repurchases and dividends during the quarter, bringing cumulative payments through our capital return program to over $200 billion.”
Apple is providing the following guidance for its fiscal 2017 second quarter:
The Company also announced that its board of directors has declared a cash dividend of $0.57 per share of the Company’s common stock. The dividend is payable on February 16, 2017 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on February 13, 2017.
Apple will provide live streaming of its Q1 2017 financial results conference call beginning at 2:00 p.m. PT / 5:00 p.m. ET this afternoon at www.apple.com/investor/earnings-call/. We’ll report on the highlights of the call later today.
