{"id":50870,"date":"2026-01-30T17:03:58","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T22:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=50870"},"modified":"2026-02-03T09:16:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T14:16:12","slug":"apples-q1-2026-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/30\/apples-q1-2026-results\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple’s Q1 2026 Results"},"content":{"rendered":"

Apple<\/a> (transcript<\/a>, MacRumors<\/a>, CNBC<\/a>, Hacker<\/a> News<\/a>):<\/p>\n

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The Company posted quarterly revenue of $143.8 billion, up 16 percent year over year. Diluted earnings per share was $2.84, up 19 percent year over year.<\/p>\n

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“iPhone had its best-ever quarter driven by unprecedented demand, with all-time records across every geographic segment, and Services also achieved an all-time revenue record, up 14 percent from a year ago. We are also excited to announce that our installed base now has more than 2.5 billion active devices, which is a testament to incredible customer satisfaction for the very best products and services in the world.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Jason Snell<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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And now, to help you visualize what Apple just announced, here is our traditional barrage of charts and graphs[…]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Jason Snell<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Even more interesting, though, is Apple’s suggestion that it’s still selling the iPhone 17 about as fast as it can make them—or to be more specific, about as fast as TSMC can make cutting-edge 3nm chips to power them, per Cook[…]<\/p>\n

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Mac revenue was down 7% in the quarter, the poorest performance of all Apple’s categories. But it’s hard to be that down about the results, because not only did the Mac still generate $8.4B in revenue and reach an all-time high in its overall installed base, but this was all happening in a quarter that is the proverbial “tough compare”—since Apple released the M4 MacBook Pro, Mac mini, and iMac in the year-ago quarter, and only the low-end M5 MacBook Pro in this quarter.<\/p>\n

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Apple posted a company gross margin of 48.2%, based on a 40.7% products margin and an astounding 76.5% margin on services.<\/p>\n

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What really<\/em> impressed the analysts was his insistence that even this upcoming quarter, where memory price issues are expected to become even more serious, Apple says it feels “pretty good” about its guidance to another 48% to 49% margin quarter.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Joe Rossignol<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Apple CEO Tim Cook believes that his company will have opportunities to deliver “innovations that have never been seen before” this year.<\/p>\n

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Cook hypes up Apple’s future on every earnings call, but “innovations that have never been seen before” is particularly bold wording compared to his usual comment about how the company’s product pipeline is stronger than ever.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

I’m still waiting for the secret Leopard features<\/a> and for Catalyst to get really good<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

John Gruber<\/a> (Mastodon<\/a>):<\/p>\n

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It is difficult to get a company to see that certain of its core competencies<\/a> are in severe decline<\/a> when the company is making more money than ever.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n