Company Profile For Apple Inc.

Apple Inc. (Apple) designs, manufactures, and markets personal computers, mobile communication devices, and portable digital music and video players, and sells a variety of related software, services, peripherals, and networking solutions. The Company sells its products worldwide through its online stores, its retail stores, its direct sales force, and third-party wholesalers, resellers, and value-added resellers. In addition, the Company sells a variety of third-party Macintosh (Mac), iPhone and iPod compatible products, including application software, printers, storage devices, speakers, headphones, and various other accessories and peripherals through its online and retail stores, and digital content and applications through the iTunes Store. The Company sells to consumer, small and mid-sized business (SMB), education, enterprise, government and creative customers.

BRIEF: For the fiscal year ended 27 September 2009, Apple Inc.'s revenues increased 12% to $36.54B. Net income increased 18% to $5.7B. Revenues reflect a substantial increase in income from iphone and related products and services, increase in portable sales, higher income from software, service and other net sales. Net income also reflects increased gross profit margin and substantial increase in operating income.