-- Apple (AAPL) reported fiscal Q2 earnings late Thursday of $2.01 per diluted share, up from $1.65 a year earlier.
Analysts polled by FactSet expected $1.95.
Revenue for the three months ended March 28 was $111.18 billion, up from $95.36 billion a year earlier.
Analysts surveyed by FactSet expected $109.46 billion.
The company raised its quarterly dividend to $0.27 per share from $0.26, payable May 14 to stockholders of record May 11.
The company also authorized a stock buyback program to repurchase up to $100 billion of common shares.