In 2008, ExxonMobil new world record. Followed a period of record high oil prices, the company produced an annual profit of 45 billion dollars.
The record has kept long, but tonight could Tim Cook show what markets expected – that Apple has taken first place also in this ranking.
According to Cook came namely Apple’s profit in the gigantic $ 53.4 billion.
A fairly significant contributor to this result was the sale of their latest edition smartphones – iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus.
See below for an overview of the growth the company has experienced in recent years:
The dollar weighs
Tim Cook cautioned that growth company experienced will fall significantly in the important Christmas trading period.
At the same time, he announced that sales of their iPad fell to the lowest level since 2011.
The company expects sales in the current quarter will be of between 75.5 to 77.5 billion dollars – which represents an increase of only 1 percent compared with the same period the previous year. A stronger dollar gets part of the blame.
In the last quarter Apple sold all 48 million iPhones – which represents an increase of 22 per cent compared with the same period the previous year.
This figure includes 2 day sales of the new smartphone.
For more information about the company’s quarterly results see here.
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