Apple today announced financial results for its fiscal 2005 fourth quarter ended June 25, 2005, reporting the highest revenue and earnings in the company’s history. The company posted revenue of $3.68 billion and a net quarterly profit of $430 million, or $.50 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $2.35 billion and a net profit of $106 million, or $.13 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. Gross margin was 28.1 percent, up from 27.0 percent in the year-ago quarter. The company also noted that international sales accounted for 40 percent of the quarter’s revenue. In addition, the company said that it shipped 1,236,000 Macintosh units and 6,451,000 iPods during the quarter, representing 48 percent growth in Macs and a 220 percent growth in iPods over the year-ago quarter.
