Apple stock drops down

Apple stock drops down

Consumer electronics behemoth Apple (AAPL) said late Thursday that its fiscal third quarter profitability above Wall Street’s goal while sales came in on schedule. In late-night trade, Apple’s shares decreased.

The Cupertino, California-based business posted earnings of $1.26 per share on revenues of $81.8 billion for the three months that ended on July 1. Apple was anticipated to earn $1.20 per share on sales of $81.8 billion by analysts surveyed by FactSet. Apple’s earnings rose by 5% year over year, while its sales fell by 1%.

Chief Financial Officer Luca Maestri remarked in a news release that “Our June quarter year-over-year business performance improved from the March quarter.” In addition, extremely high operational cash flow of $26 billion was produced during the quarter, over $24 billion was distributed to shareholders, and long-term growth plans continued to receive investments.

Apple stock drops down

Apple shares fell on the report. Today’s stock market had a 1.5% fall in after-hours trading to 188.39. The stock decreased 0.7% during Thursday’s regular session to settle at 191.17.

Apple’s hardware sales fell 4.4% year over year in the June quarter to $60.58 billion, but its services income increased by 8.2% to $21.21 billion.

Additionally, Apple’s iPhone revenue fell 2% to $39.67 billion, or 48% of the company’s overall revenues.

Apple’s sales of iPad tablets dropped nearly 20% to $5.79 billion, while sales of Mac computers dropped 7% to $6.84 billion.

Positively, Apple’s wearables, home, and accessories division’s revenue increased by 2% to $8.28 billion in the June quarter.

 

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