However, some of its quarterly results might be significantly altered as a result of restatements following an internal investigation into earlier irregularities in its stock option grants accounting, Apple said.
Preliminary results may be subject to significant adjustment as a result of a likely restatement of historical results, read a company statement.
Early last month, chief executive Steve Jobs apologized to the company’s shareholders and workers after the irregularities were uncovered, which raised serious concerns about two former Apple execs. However, Jobs has admitted to knowing about the options backdating.
At the time, Apple stressed that no current Apple management were involved in the mishandling of options accounting.
For the most recent quarter, income grew to $546m, or 62 cents a share, from $430m, or 50 cents, a year ago.
Revenue at the Cupertino, California-based company rose 32% to $4.84bn from $3.68bn last year.
This blew past analysts’ targets of earnings of 51 cents a share on revenue of $4.66bn, according to Thomson/First Call.
However, Apple’s forecast for the current quarter fell short of analysts’ expectations. The company said it would earn between 70 cents and 73 cents on revenue of $6bn to $6.2bn. Analysts had hoped for 77 cents on $6.45bn.
Shares in the company rose more than 4.4% to $77.85 in after-hours trading on the Nasdaq, following the earnings announcement.
