Apple (AAPL) shares this afternoon have been halted ahead of its fiscal Q4 report.
Analysts on average are modeling $35.86 billion and $8.84 per share.
Update: Apple is reporting $36 billion in revenue and $8.67 per share in profit.
The company said it sold 26.9 million iPhones in the quarter, somewhat higher than recently reduced estimates in the neighborhood of 25 million to 26 million.
Apple’s sales of iPads totaled 14 million, down from even recently reduced estimates for 15 million or so. Mac computer sales totaled 4.9 million units, while iPods totaled 5.3 million units.
Apple’s gross margin totaled 40%, roughly the same as the year-earlier quarter. Operating margin totaled 30.43%, down from 30.81% a year earlier.
For the current quarter the company forecasts $52 billion in revenue and $11.75 per share in profit, way, way below the consensus $55.15 billion and $15.59.
CEO Tim Cook remarked, “We’re very proud to end a fantastic fiscal year with record September quarter results.” CFO Peter Oppenheimer remarked, “We’re pleased to have generated over $41 billion in net income and over $50 billion in operating cash flow in fiscal 2012.”
Cash and marketable securities at quarter’s end totaled $121.3 billion.
Apple shares are set to resume trading at 4:50 pm, Eastern time, with a quote time of 4:45 pm. The stock had risen by $3.74, or 0.6%, at $613.28 before being halted.
Management will host a conference call with analysts at 5 pm, Eastern time, and you can catch the webcast of it here.
