Apple's sales fall for the fourth straight quarter despite a strong start for latest iPhones
Apple’s sales remained on a downward slope during the summer
Apple’s sales remained on a downward slope during the summer, resulting in a full year of declining revenue at the technology trendsetter with a long history of steady growth that turned it into the world’s most valuable publicly traded company.
The slight sales deterioration announced Thursday for the July-September period marked the end of Apple’s fiscal year — a stretch that saw the company suffer a revenue decrease from the prior year in each quarter.
Although this past fiscal year’s revenue only dipped by 3% from the previous fiscal year, it was still a noteworthy anomaly in a business that has been so successful that Apple became the first U.S. company to be valued at $3 trillion earlier this year.
It’s the first time Apple’s fiscal year revenue has dropped since 2019 when sales fell by 2%.
Although Apple's revenue in the latest quarter deceased 1% from last year to $89.5 billion, its profit rose 11% to $22.96 billion, or $1.46 per share. Both figures eclipsed analysts' projections, according to FactSet Research.
“We continue to face an uncertain macroeconomic environment,” Apple CEO Tim Cook said during a conference call with analyst.
Apple's stock price fell more than 3% in extended trading after the results came out. The shares have fallen by nearly 10% from their all-time highs reached in July amid worries about the sales slowdown and that China may prohibit purchases of iPhones by government workers amid rising tensions with the U.S., at the same time China's Huawei rolls out new smartphones that pose tougher competition.
The Cupertino, California, company didn't fare as well in China as analysts had hoped in the most recent quarter, with revenue in
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