18 Key Takeaways From Apple's First Earnings Call of 2019

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Apple yesterday reported its earnings results for the first quarter of the 2019 fiscal year. Apple's CEO Tim Cook and CFO Luca Maestri then went on a conference call with analysts to discuss the results. Key takeaways are below.

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  • Revenue of $84.3 billion. For financial details, see our earnings report coverage.

  • 1.4 billion active devices at end of quarter.

  • Apple Music now has over 50 million paying subscribers.

  • App Store set single-day spending record: over $322 million on New Year's Day.

  • 1.8 billion Apple Pay transactions in quarter, more than 2x vs. year-ago quarter.

  • Target, Taco Bell, and Jack in the Box stores in U.S. will accept ‌Apple Pay‌ soon.

  • Apple News now has over 85 million monthly active users.

  • ‌Apple News‌ launching in Canada later this quarter. English and French.

  • Apple's gross margin was 34.3% for hardware products and 62.8% for services.

  • Apple remains on track to double its fiscal 2016 services revenue by 2020.

  • Apple now has 360 million paid subscriptions across its services.

  • Apple expects to surpass 500 million paid subscribers across its services in 2020.

  • Wearables revenue driven by "amazing popularity" of Apple Watch and AirPods.

  • Wearables category is "approaching the size of a Fortune 200 company."

  • 506 Apple Stores across 22 regions at end of quarter.

  • Apple ended the quarter with $245 billion in cash plus marketable securities.

  • Apple to provide update on its capital return program in March earnings report.

  • iPhone XR is best-selling ‌iPhone‌ model, then ‌iPhone‌ XS Max, then ‌iPhone‌ XS.

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A replay of the conference call is available on Apple's website for a limited time.

Tags: Earnings, AAPL

Top Rated Comments

TantalizedMind Avatar
TantalizedMind
69 months ago
I love how none of the 18 takeaways are

1. iPhones are too expensive.
2. You should be concerned that nearly 2/3 apple's revenue is from iphones.
I remember when Apple made computers.
Score: 17 Votes (Like | Disagree)
kahkityoong Avatar
kahkityoong
69 months ago
I love how none of the 18 takeaways are

1. iPhones are too expensive.
2. You should be concerned that nearly 2/3 apple's revenue is from iphones.
That’s because the takeaway points are based on fact rather than opinion.
Score: 12 Votes (Like | Disagree)
T'hain Esh Kelch Avatar
T'hain Esh Kelch
69 months ago
"$245 billion in cash"

trying to understand how much that is.
About 245 million iPhones.
Score: 10 Votes (Like | Disagree)
TantalizedMind Avatar
TantalizedMind
69 months ago
iPhone XR is best selling yet I haven’t seen ONE in the wild other than mine. Weird.
Score: 10 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Carnegie Avatar
Carnegie
69 months ago
What would be the price tag to take the company private?
Likely well over a trillion dollars.

I might be willing to contribute a few thousand if someone can pull the rest together.
Score: 8 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Totally Avatar
Totally
69 months ago
I love how none of the 18 takeaways are

1. iPhones are too expensive.
2. You should be concerned that nearly 2/3 apple's revenue is from iphones.
Score: 8 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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