Jul 20, 2011 06:55 GMT  ·  By

Apple has disclosed the financial results for its fiscal 2011 third quarter ended June 25, 2011, posting a record quarterly revenue of $28.57 billion and record quarterly net profit of $7.31 billion, or $7.79 per diluted share.

In accordance with the methodology for determining a company’s stamina year-over-year, these results compared to revenue of $15.70 billion and net quarterly profit of $3.25 billion (or $3.51 per diluted share) in the same quarter last year.

Apple reported 41.7 percent gross margin (39.1 percent in the year-ago quarter) and noted that 62 percent of the quarter’s revenue were the result of international sales.

As usual, the Cupertino, California technology giant disclosed sales numbers for its main business pillars, including the iPhone, the iPad, the Macintosh line of computers, and the iPod.

According to Apple’s official report, the company sold 20.34 million iPhones in the quarter, which translated into a 142 percent unit growth over the year-ago quarter.

iPads sold during the quarter counted 9.25 million - a 183 percent unit increase.

Also on the rise was the Mac, of which the company sold 3.95 million units (notebooks and desktop systems combined), which represented a 14 percent unit increase over the year-ago quarter.

Finally, Apple sold 7.54 million iPods - 20 percent less units than last year’s Q3.

It is worth noting that Apple’s iPod business has been declining considerably in the past couple of years.

Commenting on their announcement, Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO, said “We’re thrilled to deliver our best quarter ever, with revenue up 82 percent and profits up 125 percent. Right now, we’re very focused and excited about bringing iOS 5 and iCloud to our users this fall.”

“We are extremely pleased with our performance which drove quarterly cash flow from operations of $11.1 billion, an increase of 131 percent year-over-year,” added Peter Oppenheimer, Apple’s chief financial officer.

“Looking ahead to the fourth fiscal quarter of 2011, we expect revenue of about $25 billion and we expect diluted earnings per share of about $5.50.”

Readers can download Apple's Q3 2011 Unaudited Summary Data chart in PDF format here.