Apple Inc. operates in the Electronic computers sector.
In addition to historical fundamental analyses, the complete report available to purchase compares Apple Inc. with three other
manufacturers of computers and peripheral equipment in North America:
Hitachi Limited
(2012
sales of $122.66 billion
of which 16%
was Information & Telecommunication systems),
Hewlett-Packard Company
($120.36 billion
of which 30%
was Personal System Group), and
International Business Machines Corporation
($104.51 billion
of which 39%
was Global Technology Services).
Sales Analysis.
Apple Inc. reported sales of $156.51 billion
for the
fiscal
year ending
September of 2012.
This
represents
an
increase of 44.1%
versus 2011, when the company's sales were $108.60 billion.
Sales at Apple Inc. have increased during each of the previous five years
(and since 2007, sales have increased a total of 552%).
Sales of Iphone Related Products saw an increase
of
71.0% in 2012, from
$47.06 billion to $80.48 billion.
Not all segments of Apple Inc. experienced an increase in sales in 2012:
sales of Ipod fell 24.7% to $5.62 billion.
Business Description