Apple anuncia resultados do primeiro trimestre

CUPERTINO, Califórnia — 25 de Janeiro de 2010 — A Apple® anunciou hoje os resultados financeiros referentes ao primeiro trimestre do seu ano fiscal de 2010, terminado a 26 de Dezembro de 2009. A empresa apresentou receitas de 15,68 mil milhões de dólares e um lucro líquido de 3,38 mil milhões de dólares, ou 3,67 dólares diluídos por acção. Estes resultados compararam-se com as receitas de 11,88 mil milhões de dólares e lucros líquidos de 2,26 mil milhões de dólares, ou 2,50 dólares diluídos por acção, alcançados no ano passado. A margem bruta foi de 40,9 por cento, comparado com os 37,9 por cento conseguidos há um ano. As vendas internacionais foram responsáveis por 58 por cento dos resultados do trimestre.

A Apple vendeu 3,36 milhões de computadores Macintosh® durante o trimestre, o que representa um aumento unitário de 33 por cento face ao ano passado. A empresa vendeu 8,7 milhões de iPhones no trimestre, o que representa um crescimento de 100 por cento relativamente às unidades vendidas no mesmo trimestre de há um ano. A Apple vendeu 21 milhões de iPods no decorrer do trimestre, representando uma quebra de oito por cento do relativamente ao mesmo trimestre do ano anterior.

No decorrer do trimestre, a Apple adoptou retrospectivamente os standards contabilísticos da Financial Accounting Standards Board*, relativamente ao reconhecimento de determinadas receitas. A adopção dos novos standards contabilísticos muda significativamente a forma como a companhia contabiliza alguns artigos, particularmente vendas do iPhone® e da Apple TV®.

“Se anualizar as nossas receitas do trimestre, é surpreendente, a Apple ser uma empresa de mais de 50 mil milhões de dólares”, disse Steve Jobs, CEO da Apple. “Os novos produtos que estamos a planear lançar este ano são muito fortes, começando já esta semana com a apresentação um espectacular produto com qual estamos bastante entusiasmados.”

“Estamos bastante satisfeitos por ter gerado 5,8 mil milhões de dólares em dinheiro no decorrer do trimestre”, disse Peter Oppenheimer, CFO da Apple. “Olhando para o segundo trimestre fiscal de 2010, esperamos receitas entre os 11 e os 11,4 mil milhões de dólares e ganhos diluídos por acção entre os 2,06 e os 2,18 dólares.”

A Apple vai disponibilizar o live streaming da conference call de apresentação dos resultados do primeiro trimestre de 2010 através de QuickTime®, a tecnologia baseada em standards da Apple para streaming de vídeo e áudio em directo e on-demand. O webcast começa às 2:00 p.m. PST a 25 de Janeiro de 2010 em www.apple.com/quicktime/qtv/earningsq110/ e que ficará disponível por aproximadamente duas semanas.

*Adopção retrospectiva da modificação dos Standards ContabilísticosOn September 23, 2009, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ratified Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) Issue 08-1 and EITF Issue 09-3, resulting in the issuance of accounting standard updates ASU 2009-13 and ASU 2009-14. Apple was required to adopt the new accounting standards no later than the first quarter of fiscal 2011.

Apple elected to adopt the new standards during the first quarter of fiscal 2010, as reflected in its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 26, 2009, which was filed with the SEC on January 25, 2010. The Company also filed a Form 10-K/A to amend its Form 10-K for the year ended September 26, 2009 solely to reflect the retrospective adoption of the new accounting standards to the periods presented in that report. Additionally, Apple filed a Form 8-K that included selected quarterly financial schedules reflecting the impact of retrospective adoption of the new accounting standards and reconciling the application of old and new accounting principles to historical income statements, balance sheets, cash flow from operations, deferred revenue and summary data information. These financial schedules will also be available on the Company’s website at www.apple.com/investor.

The new accounting principles result in the Company’s recognition of substantially all of the revenue and product cost for iPhone and Apple TV when those products are delivered to customers. Under historical accounting principles, the Company was required to account for sales of both iPhone and Apple TV using subscription accounting because the Company indicated it might from time to time provide future unspecified software upgrades and features for those products free of charge. Under subscription accounting, revenue and associated product cost of sales for iPhone and Apple TV were deferred at the time of sale and recognized on a straight-line basis over each product’s estimated economic life. This resulted in the deferral of significant amounts of revenue and cost of sales related to iPhone and Apple TV.

Because Apple began selling both iPhone and Apple TV in fiscal 2007, theCompany retrospectively adopted the new accounting principles as if the new accounting principles had been applied in all prior periods. Consequently, the financial results of each quarter from fiscal 2007 through fiscal 2009 have been revised. The Company believes retrospective adoption provides analysts and investors the most comparable and useful financial information and better reflects the underlying performance of the Company’s business.

For additional information refer to the “Explanatory Note” in Apple’s Amendment No. 1 to its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 26, 2009. 

This press release contains forward-looking statements including without limitation those about the Company’s estimated revenue and earnings per share. These statements involve risks and uncertainties, and actual results may differ. Risks and uncertainties include without limitation the effect of competitive and economic factors, and the Company’s reaction to those factors, on consumer and business buying decisions with respect to the Company’s products; continued competitive pressures in the marketplace; the ability of the Company to deliver to the marketplace and stimulate customer demand for new programs, products, and technological innovations on a timely basis; the effect that product transitions, changes in product pricing or mix, and/or increases in component costs could have on the Company’s gross margin; the inventory risk associated with the Company’s need to order or commit to order product components in advance of customer orders; the continued availability on acceptable terms, or at all, of certain components and services essential to the Company’s business currently obtained by the Company from sole or limited sources; the effect that the Company’s dependency on manufacturing and logistics services provided by third parties may have on the quality, quantity or cost of products manufactured or services rendered; the Company’s reliance on the availability of third-party digital content and applications; the potential impact of a finding that the Company has infringed on the intellectual property rights of others; the Company’s dependency on the performance of distributors and other resellers of the Company’s products; the effect that product and service quality problems could have on the Company’s sales and operating profits; the Company’s reliance on sole service providers for iPhone in certain countries; the continued service and availability of key executives and employees; war, terrorism, public health issues, and other circumstances that could disrupt supply, delivery, or demand of products; potential litigation from the matters investigated by the special committee of the board of directors and the restatement of the Company’s consolidated financial statements; and unfavorable results of other legal proceedings. More information on potential factors that could affect the Company’s financial results is included from time to time in the Company’s public reports filed with the SEC, including the Company’s Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 26, 2009 and its Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 26, 2009. The Company assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements or information, which speak as of their respective dates.

A Apple deu início à revolução nos computadores pessoais nos anos 70, com o Apple II, e reinventou o computador pessoal nos anos 80, com o Macintosh. Actualmente, a Apple continua a liderar o mercado em termos de inovação, graças aos seus computadores premiados, sistema operativo OS X e aplicações iLife e profissionais. A Apple lidera também a revolução multimédia digital, com os leitores de música e vídeo portáteis iPod e a iTunes Store online, tendo entrado no mercado dos telemóveis com o revolucionário iPhone.

 

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