Apple announced its financial results for the fourth quarter of 2014. The financial report shows that Apple's revenue in the fourth quarter was 42.123 billion dollars, up 12% year on year; The net profit was US $8.467 billion, up 13% year on year.; Gross profit was 38%, compared with 37% in the same period last year. Apple's fourth quarter performance exceeded market expectations, and its sales of related products also increased significantly, but the iPad continued to decline.
Apple sold 5.52 million iMacs in the fourth fiscal quarter, up 21% year on year; The sales volume of iPhone was 39.272 million, up 16% year on year; The sales volume of iPad was 12.316 million, down 13% year on year and 10% compared with the previous fiscal quarter; The sales volume of iPods was 2.641 million, down 24% year on year and 10% compared with the previous fiscal quarter.
Apple also expects its revenue in the first fiscal quarter of 2015 to be $63.5 billion to $66.5 billion, with a gross profit of 37.5% to 38.5%.