On the same day that the US economy technically entered a recession, Apple presented profits 6.7% higher than those of a year agoand its CEO, Tim Cook, predicted a good end of the year.
The technology giant announced this Thursday net profits between October and June of 79,082 million dollars, 6.7% more than in the same period of the previous year. In the first nine months of its fiscal year 2022 (Apple’s fiscal year begins in October), the Cupertino (California, USA) company entered 304,182 million dollars, above the 282,457 billed in the same nine months of the previous year . For their part, investors in the company with the bitten apple pocketed $4.86 per share during this period, compared to $4.42 a year ago.
In a call with investors to explain the accounts, Cook indicated that although they are seeing a certain relaxation in demand in specific places, in general terms they expect that in the current quarter (which will end in September) the arrival of income will accelerate. “Our forecast is that in the quarter that ends in September, billing will accelerate compared to the year-on-year result of the quarter that ended in June,” said the company’s chief executive.
By business segments, the iPhone phone represents, with 162,863 million dollars in incomemore than half of the total billing of the company. Although Apple does not detail the phone models to which the billing corresponds, it is reasonable to assume that a large part of these come from the sales of the iPhone 13, which went on sale at the end of September, that is, just before it began. the period analyzed today. In addition, Cook said there is “no obvious evidence” that there is a macroeconomic impact of the recession on iPhone sales.
Behind the iPhone, although far behind, are services, one of the company’s biggest bets in recent years, in which it has launched a multitude of subscription platforms in sectors as diverse as television entertainment, video games, the press, physical exercise and music. Between October and June, Apple entered 58,941 million dollars for these subscription services; Those followed by clothing and home technology (a segment that includes sales of, among others, Apple Watch watches and AirPods headphones), with 31,591 million dollars. For their part, Mac computers (Apple’s original product) reaped good sales results and allowed the firm to enter 28,669 million dollars for this concept, above the 26,012 million for the same period in 2021.
The negative note, however, was put by the iPad tabletswhose sales fell year-on-year and went from contributing 23,610 million to the company’s accounts to only 22,118 million.
The Cupertino company achieved more than a third of its revenues in the American market (including the US, Latin America and Canada), the region with the largest business for the company. Behind America came the European market, closely followed by China, and further behind Japan and the rest of the Asia-Pacific region.
The good results presented by Apple encouraged investors on Wall Street, and the company’s shares rose 3.24% to 162.72 dollars per share in electronic operations after the close of the New York markets.