Reading Between the Lines of Apple’s 3Q25 Earnings Q&A With Analysts
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For today’s update, we will conclude our Apple 3Q25 earnings review with the latest installment of Reading Between the Lines. Apple’s 3Q25 earnings call with analysts touched upon most of the interesting discussion topics worth going over from earnings. There are a few remaining items like margins and capital management that could use more discussion. We will see if those topics can be fit into the schedule later this week.
Reading Between the Lines of Apple’s 3Q25 Earnings Q&A With Analysts
After recapping each question-and-answer exchange that occurred on the call between Apple and sell-side analysts, we will go over my response to the exchange. Let’s go beyond what was talked about on the call with the 15th installment of Reading Between the Lines of Apple's earnings Q&A with analysts.
NOTE: The following earnings call questions (“Q (Sell-Side Firm)”) and answers (“Cook” or “Parekh”) have been cut, summarized, paraphrased, and rearranged for clarity. To read the full question and answer exchanges, The Motely Fool offers a written transcript here.
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Q (TD Cowen): How was iPhone channel inventory?
Cook: iPhone channel inventory fell throughout the quarter with inventory ending toward the low end of our targeted range.
My response: There was no sign of Apple stuffing the channel with excess iPhone inventory. Such excess inventory would have had the effect of artificially boosting 3Q25 iPhone revenue.
Q (UBS): What drove iPhone strength in 3Q25?
Parekh: iPhone 16 family strength vs. the iPhone 15 family last year. We also recently introduced the iPhone 16e.
My response: The takeaway is that
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Reading Between the Lines of Apple’s 2Q23 Earnings Q&A With Analysts
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Reading Between the Lines of Apple’s 2Q23 Earnings Q&A With Analysts
Instead of just recapping the question and answer exchanges that occurred on Apple’s 2Q23 earnings call, we will go over Neil’s thoughts / response to each exchange. This will allow Neil to go beyond what was talked about on the call.
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