Bedda Madri
4/20/2010-Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) reported fiscal Q2 EPS of $3.33, topping consensus estimates of $2.45.
Sales in the quarter surged 65.4% year-over-year to $13.50 billion, ahead of consensus estimates of $12.04 billion.
Apple issued fiscal Q3 EPS guidance of $2.28 - $2.29 (vs. consensus estimates of $2.70). The company sees sales of $13.0 billion - $13.4 billion.
Apple sold 2.94 million Macintosh(R) computers during the quarter, representing a 33 percent unit increase over the year-ago quarter.
Apple sold 8.75 million iPhones, representing 131% unit growth over the year-ago quarter.
Apple sold 20.97 million iPods units, vs. 10 million expected.
"We're thrilled to report our best non-holiday quarter ever, with revenues up 49 percent and profits up 90 percent," said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. "We've launched our revolutionary new iPad and users are loving it, and we have several more extraordinary products in the pipeline for this year."