“Apple’s post-earnings sell-off was no surprise. For the first time in 13 years, revenue contracted, with iPhone sales falling sharply,” Jeremy Bowman writes for The Motley Fool. “However, lost in the chatter was the key to what could be renewed growth down the road: The company’s services segment grew 20% to $6 billion in sales in the quarter, as CEO Tim Cook touted the ‘incredible strength of the Apple ecosystem and our growing base of over 1 billion active devices.'”
“The category includes steady earners such as Apple Pay, Apple Music, App store sales, subscriptions, and others,” Bowman writes. “Essentially, they’re all the sales Apple makes without selling an actual device. That’s why Cook insists that the company’s ecosystem of more than 1 billion active devices is so valuable.”
“This is where the power of services comes in. They provide a consistent revenue stream from Apple’s installed base of over 1 billion devices. Services are the blade to the iPhone’s razor, and like the razor blade, Apple’s services carry significantly higher margins than its devices do,” Bowman writes. “CFO Maestri would not provide a number on the recent call, but said that ‘it’s very clear that [the profitability] is significantly higher than company average.'”
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MacDailyNews Take: People are going to be gasping over Apple’s already gasp-worthy services revenue before too long.
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