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Apple Q4: iPhone up 6% YoY to $49.03B, vs. $50.19B est., Mac up 13% to $8.73B, iPad flat at $6.95B, and Wearables, Home, and Accessories flat at $9.01B

https://www.apple.com/... Forums: r/apple : Apple reports fourth quarter results

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Apple entered the quarter after a strong Q3 iPhone and Mac performance, with iPhone revenue growing faster than the prior-year Q4 comparison and Mac sales improving markedly from the same quarter a year earlier.

The report matters because the growth is concentrated in Apple’s two largest reported computing categories, while iPad and Wearables, Home, and Accessories show little movement. That leaves the company’s quarterly product mix dependent on continued iPhone and Mac momentum.

First-order effects

  • Apple’s iPhone business grew year over year but came in below the cited revenue estimate, while Mac posted the strongest growth among the reported categories.
  • Flat iPad and Wearables, Home, and Accessories revenue limits those segments’ contribution to quarterly product growth, despite iPad declining in the preceding quarter.

Second-order effects

  • Apple’s results sharpen attention on whether Mac demand can remain a meaningful offset when iPhone growth does not clear expectations; PC rivals face a stronger Apple comparison in the premium-computing market.
  • Stagnation in iPad and wearables/home accessories raises the bar for those categories to contribute incremental hardware growth, rather than merely sustain their existing revenue base.

Third-order effects

  • If this mix persists, Apple’s hardware growth profile will become more concentrated in flagship phones and Macs, making quarterly performance more sensitive to refresh cycles in those categories.
  • The contrast between Mac growth and flat adjacent-device sales points to an uneven recovery across consumer hardware, rather than a broad-based expansion across Apple’s device portfolio.

The trend: Apple’s results are another data point in a consumer-hardware market where growth is concentrating in selected premium computing categories instead of lifting every device segment at once.

Discussion

  • @jimcramer Jim Cramer on x
    The Apple bears owe us an explanation for what they have been pushing about lead times, and store demand, and approximation, They were almost all wrong.
  • @anshelsag Anshel Sag on x
    The iPhone air is suffering from a marketing problem. They need to get it in the hands of celebrities and fashion influencers. It's the most misunderstood Apple product since the Vision Pro. It's ultra sleek and premium, but stuck between a very good iPhone 17 and Pro. It needs
  • @maxwinebach Max Weinbach on x
    Apple has had a killer quarter and gross margin increased YoY, which is a bit of a surprise. Most investors I saw expected a hit in gross margin due to tariffs + competitive iPhone pricing. [image]
  • @munster_gene Gene Munster on x
    $AAPL hits record number of active devices. We did not get a number. My take: Good news and as expected.
  • @rihardjarc Rihard Jarc on x
    $AAPL growing 8% and trading at a 40x P/E will never feel normal to me. I guess I am the outlier.
  • @chriscamillo Chris Camillo on x
    OGs waking up $AMZN $AAPL
  • @lanceulanoff Lance Ulanoff on x
    The press release for Q4 Apple Earnings is one of the shortest I've ever seen for the company https://www.apple.com/...
  • @maxwinebach Max Weinbach on x
    Listening to Apple earnings and Tim Cook just said “We also set a September quarter revenue record in emerging markets and an all time revenue record in India.” and “We set an all time revenue record for iPhone and in services.”
  • @munster_gene Gene Munster on x
    $AAPL is going higher. The iPhone miss for September doesn't matter because the December guide was stronger than expected and more than made up the miss. September iPhone grew 6% yy, vs. Whisper of 10%. December guided to “double digit growth” which is above the in print and
  • @Cdespinosa@mastodon.social Chris Espinosa on mastodon
    Apple today announced financial results for its fiscal 2025 fourth quarter ended September 27, 2025.  The Company posted quarterly revenue of $102.5 billion, up 8 percent year over year.  Diluted earnings per share was $1.85, up 13 percent year over year on an adjusted basis  —  …
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    Apple reports fourth quarter results