EARNINGS REVIEW
Apple FY24 Q1 — Read the revenue recovery against a 13-week versus 14-week comparison
Historical earnings report · Management guidance reflects expectations at the time of the release, not subsequent outcomes. The financial comparison uses the site’s normalized dataset, including comparative figures restated in later filings.
iPhone revenue was 69.702 B$, changing +6.0% year over year; Services was 23.117 B$, changing +11.3%. Greater China was 20.819 B$, changing -12.9%. Products and geographies classify the same revenue in different ways and must not be added together.
Assessment · Separate Greater China, iPad and wearables weakness from services growth. Different week counts prevent a simple growth rate from fully measuring demand. Vision Pro is a separate opportunity requiring subsequent sales and profitability evidence.
01 Business growth and drivers
iPhone revenue was 69.702 B$, changing +6.0% year over year; Services was 23.117 B$, changing +11.3%. Greater China was 20.819 B$, changing -12.9%. Products and geographies classify the same revenue in different ways and must not be added together.
02 Earnings quality and comparability
Original revenue and cost-of-sales figures imply gross margins of 39.4% for Products and 72.8% for Services. Services’ higher margin makes revenue mix important to earnings. These are before R&D and selling and administrative expenses, not Services operating margins or AI returns.
03 Cash flow, investment and financial position
The existing audited series shows quarterly OCF of 39.895 B$, cash CapEx of 2.392 B$ and resulting FCF of 37.503 B$. Cash and equivalents of 40.760 B$ differ from total liquidity including marketable securities. Fiscal-year-to-date cash flow in the attached statement is not mixed with quarterly amounts; FCF is before repurchases and dividends.
04 Management commentary and outlook
Cook announced more than 2.2 billion active devices and Vision Pro availability beginning the day after release. The company stated that this quarter had 13 weeks versus 14 a year earlier. Vision Pro’s subsequent launch is not attributed to the already-ended quarter. This report is limited to the contemporaneous official release; unreviewed quantitative conference-call guidance has not been inserted.
05 Investment interpretation and next checks
Separate Greater China, iPad and wearables weakness from services growth. Different week counts prevent a simple growth rate from fully measuring demand. Vision Pro is a separate opportunity requiring subsequent sales and profitability evidence.
Quarterly results · CY-aligned presentation
| Metric · B$ | 2022 full-year total | 1Q FY22 Q2 2022-03-26 | 2Q FY22 Q3 2022-06-25 | 3Q FY22 Q4 2022-09-24 | 4Q FY23 Q1 2022-12-31 | 2023 full-year total | 1Q FY23 Q2 2023-04-01 | 2Q FY23 Q3 2023-07-01 | 3Q FY23 Q4 2023-09-30 | 4Q FY24 Q1 2023-12-30 | QoQ Δ | YoY Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 387.537 | 97.278 | 82.959 | 90.146 | 117.154 | 385.706 | 94.836 | 81.797 | 89.498 | 119.575 | 30.077 | 2.421 |
| Operating income | 113.965 | 29.979 | 23.076 | 24.894 | 36.016 | 118.658 | 28.318 | 22.998 | 26.969 | 40.373 | 13.404 | 4.357 |
| Operating margin (%) | 29.408 | 30.818 | 27.816 | 27.615 | 30.742 | 30.764 | 29.860 | 28.116 | 30.134 | 33.764 | 3.630 pp | 3.021 pp |
| Net income | 95.171 | 25.010 | 19.442 | 20.721 | 29.998 | 100.913 | 24.160 | 19.881 | 22.956 | 33.916 | 10.960 | 3.918 |
| FCF · calculated | 97.498 | 25.652 | 20.790 | 20.838 | 30.218 | 106.869 | 25.644 | 24.287 | 19.435 | 37.503 | 18.068 | 7.285 |
| Operating cash flow · total | 109.190 | 28.166 | 22.892 | 24.127 | 34.005 | 116.433 | 28.560 | 26.380 | 21.598 | 39.895 | 18.297 | 5.890 |
| Net cash CapEx · common | 11.692 | 2.514 | 2.102 | 3.289 | 3.787 | 9.564 | 2.916 | 2.093 | 2.163 | 2.392 | 0.229 | −1.395 |
| Cash CapEx · Chinese company definition | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| FCF · total calculation | 97.498 | 25.652 | 20.790 | 20.838 | 30.218 | 106.869 | 25.644 | 24.287 | 19.435 | 37.503 | 18.068 | 7.285 |
| Net cash · liquid assets less borrowings | −59.755 | −68.470 | −71.460 | −71.765 | −59.755 | −34.940 | −53.743 | −46.798 | −49.533 | −34.940 | 14.593 | 24.815 |
| Liquid assets · including short-term investments | 51.355 | 51.511 | 48.231 | 48.304 | 51.355 | 73.100 | 55.872 | 62.482 | 61.555 | 73.100 | 11.545 | 21.745 |
| Borrowings · interest-bearing debt | 111.110 | 119.981 | 119.691 | 120.069 | 111.110 | 108.040 | 109.615 | 109.280 | 111.088 | 108.040 | −3.048 | −3.070 |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 20.535 | 28.098 | 27.502 | 23.646 | 20.535 | 40.760 | 24.687 | 28.408 | 29.965 | 40.760 | 10.795 | 20.225 |
| Total liabilities · accounting liabilities | 290.020 | 283.263 | 278.202 | 302.083 | 290.020 | 279.414 | 270.002 | 274.764 | 290.437 | 279.414 | −11.023 | −10.606 |
CY denotes the calendar quarter with the greatest overlap with the fiscal period. If the first period has no start date, 89 days before its end is used only for calendar mapping. Financial values are not recalculated into calendar quarters. Incomplete years show totals of included quarters; cash, liabilities, borrowings and net cash use the last period-end balance. QoQ and YoY show absolute changes; margin changes are percentage points. Dashes indicate missing evidence or incomparable periods or definitions. Total liabilities never substitute for borrowings.
Definitions and evidence coverage
A dash means unavailable or undisclosed, not zero. Company-defined FCF may differ from total operating cash flow less common-basis CapEx. Total liabilities are accounting liabilities, not interest-bearing debt.
Management commentary is based on the original release; it does not imply completed conference-call Q&A review. Financial tables use the existing audited InveDeck dataset and may include comparative figures from subsequent filings.
Official source documents
- AAPL FY24 Q1 original earnings release ↗
- AAPL FY24 Q1 original financial statements ↗
- Canonical financial dataset primary source ↗
- Canonical financial dataset primary source ↗
- Financial filing · 2022-03-26 ↗
- Financial filing · 2022-03-26 ↗
- Financial filing · 2022-03-26 ↗
- Financial filing · 2022-06-25 ↗
- Financial filing · 2022-06-25 ↗
- Financial filing · 2022-09-24 ↗
- Financial filing · 2022-09-24 ↗
- Financial filing · 2023-04-01 ↗
- Financial filing · 2023-07-01 ↗
- Financial filing · 2023-09-30 ↗
- Financial filing / balance sheet ↗