The technological giant Apple announced Thursday that it obtained a net profit of 61,110 million dollars in the first semester of its 2025 exercise (it does not follow the natural calendar), 6.18 % more interannual.
The iPhone manufacturer company reported an accumulated turnover of 219,659 million dollars in the first nine months, 4.43 % more compared to the same section last year, according to a statement.
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In the most recent quarter, which ended on March 29 and is the most often by analysts, Apple increased their profits by 4.8 %, to 24,780 million dollars, while their income grew 5.07 %.
Apple earnings driven by the iPad
The iPhone, the company’s engine, increased its sales by 1.9 % more in the second quarter, although the greatest sales growth was for the iPad, which increased its income by 15 %, to 6,402 million dollars.
On the other hand, MAC revenues grew 6.6 % (7,949 million dollars), and accessories, including ‘wearables’, dropped 4.9 %, to 7,522 million dollars.
Although the quarterly results exceeded the expectations of analysts, their sales for Apple’s services -which include Apple Music, TV or Apple Pay subscriptions -had a lower growth than expected, 11 % (up to 26,645 million dollars).
On the other hand, investors have been aware of the call of the technological to investors in which the company reported that if the high tariffs raised by the US president, Donald Trump, remain at the current level will have an impact of about 900 million dollars in costs the next quarter.
Fall of sales in China and growth in America
The company’s maximum executive, Tim Cook, highlighted – in the statement – the launch of the iPhone 16E and other “new and powerful Mac and iPad that take advantage of Apple’s extraordinary capabilities.”
In addition, Cook reported that the technology has reduced its carbon emissions by 60 %in the last decade.
Sales this quarter only fell in China, 2.25 %, to 16,002 million dollars, while they grew in America (8 %), in Europe (1.37 %), in Japan (16 %), and in the rest of the Asia-Pacific region (8.4 %).
The results, published at the close of the day on Wall Street, were not well received by the investors and the shares of the company dropped 2 % in the subsequent electronic operations.
*With EFE information.
